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Ebay - Cam Failure # 00
new 4/23/04
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96-99 V8 Taurus SHO
Short block 3.4 LOOK! |
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3.4 Liter V8 Ford Taurus SHO
engine. 99 model that suffered head damage while having the cams
welded. 45k on this engine. I owned it for 12k and used mobil 1
every 2000 miles. I had big plans for this engine but a cheap
machine shop changed all that. Both the engine heads were damaged
badly during cam welding. This shortblock is untouched. It will
come with the oil pan, front cover, all pulleys, flexplate
(flywheel), rear secondary air control valve assembly, both exhaust
manifolds, secondary air injection tubing and EGR tubing, coolant
temp sensors, water elbow, oil cooler assembly, crank position
sensor, all engine mounting brackets. The rear cylinder head will
be removed unless told otherwise. (it was not damaged like the
front head) Id like to have this item picked up instead of shipping
it. However if that cannot be done we will work something out.
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Some may ask if it is proper to include this as a cam failure. We have
learned of 3-4 engines lost in cam weld procedures do to poor workmanship.
Fact is all engines will fail if the cam are not welded and almost all
independent shops and dealerships are operating well beyond their skill level to
try this. For every one motor lost in self welding we know of 100 lost because they
were not welded, and suspect another 1000.
We emphatically recommend owners of V8SHO visit
Folks Who Will Weld Your Cams, and
find someone close to them with a proven track record because MOST shops
have never done this and should never do this.
We have a few folks on the list who have successfully done this
themselves. God bless those with outstanding mechanical and welding skills.
Again we also know of one owner who warped all 4 cam tubes and needed $4,800 worth of cams when Ford
sold cams for $1,200 each. We know of at least one owner who trusted a
dealership to try this and they warped the cams.
Lastly, we have several reports of Ford Dealerships calling the folks on
Folks Who Will Weld Your Cams and
have customer's cams welded. Again, most of those folks have done the procedure
100's of times and have a proven track record.
Thanks for sharing the road,
Buford
On further reflection we did not include any other self inflected wounds
in the total, yet Ford does bear some blame and this should be documented. I
changed the number to "00" and will not include it as part of the total.
Buford
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4/26/2004
Sure you can do it yourself as others have.. But what if you make a mistake?
What if the welder does not hold his bead tight on the back cams. Its just
something to think about.
Look what happened to this poor guy..
Kirk J Doucette
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