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Lil Henry
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Townsville Nth Queensland
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Lets say it takes 3 - 4 seconds to do that menouvre, at the same time you have your clutch in to do that........ wouldnt you think to just push your clutch in for 3 seconds to save wear and tear on having to unnesesary wear on the gear box? |
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Zetec 09 5 DR in Vision
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Sydney
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Will look forward to what they can do for you and I'll see what they can sort out at our service tomorrow. |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,040
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The gearbox would get no wear and tear from those movements
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Fixing Ford's **** ups
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: In a house
Posts: 4,759
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Another suggestion is, if the car is parked and you have to reverse out of your spot, select reverse prior to starting the car. No crunch then.
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Zetec 09 5 DR in Vision
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Sydney
Posts: 373
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Well, they dumped the gearbox oil and refilled it.
Gotta say, it is better. I got the oil and filter change as well (supplied a fully synthetic I bought). I was rather surprised how carbonised the old oil was after just 3,000km. Was suggested the fuel economy should improve (seemed to be running rich) - they did the usual safety check, checked the ECU and error codes - all good. Didn't apply the USB update - they said it already had the update done. Maybe it came in the software update the Germans emailed over. They did a pretty good job I must admit. Goes against the horror stories that seemed to be around about Ford Service Depts. I declined the wash and vacuum ofcourse. All done in an hour and a half. |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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Zetec 09 5 DR in Vision
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Sydney
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 976
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Candyman what oil did you get put in it (the gearbox)
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Zetec 09 5 DR in Vision
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Sydney
Posts: 373
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Redline MT90 was used. Not sure what was in there before, the Ford guys didn't know either.
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Zetec 09 5 DR in Vision
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Sydney
Posts: 373
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Oh and they didn't know what to do about the carpet in the footwell. They were going to screw it to the rubber firewall lining but I told them not to bother.
Got home and I used some 3M industrial strength double sided tape (wiped both surfaces with meths) and stuck it down with that. We walked up to the dealers yard while we were waiting- sheesh they have a few Fiestas on the yard. We counted 6 incl white, black, vision, silver and 2 of them were Zetecs ! That blue dash is a bit of an eyeful and I still can't get used to the purple dash either. Kinda like the funky seat design in the LX's though ![]() Last edited by Candyman2; 17-05-2009 at 09:17 AM. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 976
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The girl that works at the local dealer here still doesn't have her Squeeze Zetec that she ordered in Feb as far as I know
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Starter Motor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Toowoomba
Posts: 4
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I get the same thing with our WQ LX 1.6 manual.
I'd go with waiting for 3 seconds. Works for me - my fiancee just slams it :S When we told Ford about it, they told us all manual Fiestas do it.
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