Dampener is a BHJ, installed 300 miles ago...
Just went through the balancer/sensor nightmare about 300 miles ago. It had been in the shop 3 or four times before, when I contacted this message board and asked why the crank bolt kept breaking. Was told by many to replace balancer, after which I called Serramonte Ford in Colma and <I>actuallly exlpained to them</I> how to fix the thing. I provided them with a BHJ balancer I'd gotten straight from the factory in Fremont, CA. Crank sensor failure makes sense...when it dies, it bucks and heaves in the same manner it did when the crank bolt broke....Only this time it will start after it cools down. Funny thing is that this part was replaced the 1st time (500 mi ago) that the car went to Serramonte.<BR><BR>What was most amazing....a 2nd Ford dealer just told me "It's a bad ECC". $50 later, the ecc is sent to SIA, who called me to tell me they couldn't find anything wrong with it. From what I can see, the idiots at Big Valley Ford in Stockton didn't even pull codes from it... <BR><BR>Are all dealership mechanics this bad? Or just Ford? If this thing gets pitched, I have serious reservations about buying another Ford Product.