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Wow, what a bummer. Never seen smoke on mine and you have two engines that did it. Good luck with the fix! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No doubt. I paid $1500 delivered. Sell was $1200, dealer made money on it and Ford makes money on it. I would guestimate the true cost to Ford to be around $400-$600. Of course there is labor too but Ford doesn't pay $145/hr for warranty work either.

The one I purchased was MB5Z-5035-E . It came with the two isolators for the two bolts. My diff cover had two bolt holes. I did buy some bolts for the subframe but don't remember the part numbers.

Bummer, sorry about your troubles.

Please thank him for his service when you visit!

Welcome and congrats!

Pinch welds where I use rubber blocks should be close enough for the standard model. I'll find out soon enough.

Correct, my diff cover had two bolt holes with only one of them used. Regarding solid bushings, I'm not a big fan unless you are talking pure performance and not comfort. I put some poly bushings in my CTSV and while it handled great, daily driving was horrible and I swapped them back out.

I think it's hit or miss on the quality. Mine has been outstanding so far but I also did a sound deadening exercise for stereo. Fingers crossed.

Can't speak for the diff cover but my 4-bolt subframe was $1600 delivered.

I have the 5000 for a 66 Mustang in Florida. I just bought the 7000 bundle just for the extra insurance. It's not like a two post lift regarding construction. While I don't worry about my 3,000lb Mustang on it, not sure I would feel great about a 4500lb Explorer on it.

Right now Ford will not replace a 3-bolt with a 4-bolt even if you break the 1 bolt. The Police version may be the exception. The lame solution from Ford is to replace the 1 bolt. It appears to me that an average fabricator could find a bushing, drill out where the second bolt goes, and weld...

Just an FYI quickjacks are on sale at Costco. I have been using one in Florida. While not a full lift, they are very nice if you are tight for space and want a reasonably cheap way to easily get your car in the air. Quickjack

Pulled the complete interior, seats and console and trim panels, to do sound deadening. I believe when I had it out you could see the cup holders on the bottom. I assume they snap in some how but I never attempted.

I don't remember seeing any spare wires but I pulled it out complete and re-installed it complete. Just a few electrical connections. Should have taken a peak while I had it out. Oh well.

5 Gallon pail. Upside down of course :LOL:

Looks like you have to remove the center console to get at the cup holders. It's not too bad is you have some mechanical skills. I did it when I emptied the interior to do sound deadening. If you are up for it there are videos.

What if you pulled the cup holders, wrapped them around the outside of the cup holder with possibly some small cutouts to let the light into the holder. Just a thought. You would get the cool lighting with no noticeable source.

Bummer, sorry to hear.

Just an annoying complaint about the recall and parking brake. My wife's Mercedes locks the parking brake every time you shift into park. As soon as you shift out of park it released the parking brake automatically. Why can't Ford do it this way? I suppose they are thinking if the driveshaft...