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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by jtharvey
It might. If they see that you can manually lock the TC, they might think you would be lugging the engine or somehow causing damage otherwise. These engines are expensive pieces, and from what I understand, they will avoid warranty work if they can find a way to blame you for it. But, I don't know for sure that it would hurt your engine warranty.
Do you think that a Ford dealer service manager would give a straight anwser to what would void the engine warranty? Is it thier call or someone that they would have to contact at Ford?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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That depends on how well you know your service guy, and just how honest he is. I'd guess that your best bet is to call a dealer and ask.
 
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