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Old 17-09-2014, 05:35 PM   #91
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So what's your general problem with post 9?

I'm really curious now...
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Post of the year goes to poster #11 who's attitude is enough to send any young "leftist" into a spastic fit And would be enough to make someone believe unemployment is a good thing
Did you actually read the post?
I was stating if I employed someone without ethics, whose only goal was to tell beat up stories about Australian Manufactureres and took joy in their demise, I would show him the door, because he doesn't have the intergrity to hold the position of power he has

No where do I think unemployment is a good thing. Everyone has the right to work and earn a living. However, this dweeb takes delight in making up stories and put people that want to work at factories like Ford , Holden and their suppliers out of work, yet I am the villen

Mate you need to get some reality in that deluded brain of yours
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Old 17-09-2014, 06:12 PM   #93
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So what's your general problem with post 9?

I'm really curious now...
Probably too factual, and told the truth rather than the crap that Mr Dowling sprouts
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Old 17-09-2014, 06:37 PM   #95
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+1 with no feeding, it's not even Friday yet
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Old 17-09-2014, 06:44 PM   #96
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Funny and subtle at the same time
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Old 17-09-2014, 06:46 PM   #97
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Errr. Its why cars have a warranty isnt it. Some people on this forums love cranking off at the drop of a hat dont they?
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Theres a good reason the falcon isnt being made anymore...
Its not because ford are as awesome as you think,you may have had a good run but alot of others havent...
Not treating people like people is the exact reason the falcon isnt being made anymore,ford treated customers as cash machines and paid the toll!
Absolute rubbish, i suppose you will make that same assumption for the other manufacturers that have closed down/ will be closing down ?
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Old 17-09-2014, 08:00 PM   #99
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Has aff become the anti ford forums?

Seems to be a certain group of members that seem to revel in slagging off ford, falcon, and it's supporters any chance they get, and they seem to be getting more and more vocal. Yet they're still here, and members who swear get warnings? Worlds gone upside down...

As alluded to earlier, the grommet isn't the issue, fords service isn't the issue, it's that muppet dowling who should be the one who's visiting the unemployment line.
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No complaining about Fords/FPVs attention to this issue from me.
Ford bloke said he'd be at my house at 09.30, he arrived at 09.15, and was gone in ten minutes...
BTW this issue was only for cars built up to early August.
My ute was born in July, and its grommet was fine and healthy.
I had numerous calls from FPV about it and missed most of them due to working shift at the time.

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Old 17-09-2014, 09:23 PM   #101
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All this for a grommet!

Slow news day...

So what happens when the grommet drops out, does it fall out of the bell housing or inside?
The impression I get from the reference to 'roulette wheel' is that it falls inside the BH and gets spun around making the extra noise.

If so, I assume they need to pull the box back/off of the affected cars and remove the old seal and replace it with a new one.
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It's only rubber, would have to think it would disintegrate pretty quickly.
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All this for a grommet!

Slow news day...

So what happens when the grommet drops out, does it fall out of the bell housing or inside?
The impression I get from the reference to 'roulette wheel' is that it falls inside the BH and gets spun around making the extra noise.

If so, I assume they need to pull the box back/off of the affected cars and remove the old seal and replace it with a new one.
If you read the bulletin, the scenario of the grommet falling into the bellhousing hasnt actually happened.
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I read Dowling's article . .The only good thing in it was those 2 pics of the Blue GTF which are now part of my screensaver . . haha.

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If you read the bulletin, the scenario of the grommet falling into the bellhousing hasnt actually happened.
Then how do they know it will sound like a roulette wheel?
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Then how do they know it will sound like a roulette wheel?
They probably guessed it would sound that way bouncing of the flywheel teeth?
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Note the spin put on it also.. A seal is not a grommet..
Makes it sound far worse than it is..
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No problems with Grommet but Wallace is feeling a little off..
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geez not every new car is going to be perfect, gotta expect little flaws like this no matter what car ya get, at least Ford/FPV are on top of it and aware of the issue and fixing it
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it appears many people are jealous of those fortunate enough to purchase a GT-F
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No comments allowed on the article?

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No comments allowed on the article?

What a ******

Ha, as someone else said he's smarter than he sounds.

Although if you have a twitter account I'm fairly sure you can reply to the articles....

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the less we go to his online articles and respond to him, the less attention he gets, isn't that better?
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THANK GOD THERES NOTHING REALLY WRONG WITH IT. ITS AMAZING HOW LONG THIS TRAIL OF DRIBBLE HAS RUN FOR OVER A STUPID GROMMET, SOME MEMBERS NEED TO GET OUT MORE I THINK
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The incessant need of some to continually have to find fault in everything and everyone makes it obvious why the Ford Falcon had no future here.
Even in our enthusiast forum many people still can't recognise that Ford Australia have done an awesome job addressing this issue, they have not only sent letters, but they have called owners, even offered to send trucks and/or mechanics to owners homes..
FFS, it is just a rubber grommet/seal for the bell housing, not the end of the world.
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I'm never buying an FPV new, ever!!!! They never called me about my used BF GT. My windscreen wiper bush is on it's last legs ffs. Holden sux.
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Play it down all you guys like. It's cost me 100's of thousands of dollars for the last time I had a loose rubber on my bell end. Maybe you guys will be lucky.
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Sadly it seems to be heading that way.


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Seems to be a certain group of members that seem to revel in slagging off ford, falcon, and it's supporters any chance they get,......

Make no mistake I'm not for defending the indefensible. And FoMoCo should be held to account. But this was a very minor glitch, and very well handled, but somehow it's all over forums and social media. It makes me wonder if it were not an orchestrated campaign.
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Make no mistake I'm not for defending the indefensible. And FoMoCo should be held to account. But this was a very minor glitch, and very well handled, but somehow it's all over forums and social media. It makes me wonder if it were not an orchestrated campaign.
It is perfect timing to coincide with Holden laying off three hundred engineers...
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