Manufacturing Mistakes
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From: Saskatoon SK Canada
Manufacturing Mistakes
How many of you have found little mistakes on your trucks. One of my rear leaf mounts was put in upside down.
Nathan
This is not meant to make fun of Ford.
Nathan This is not meant to make fun of Ford.
all alone in the world
Joined: Feb 2002
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From: oklahoma
Manufacturing Mistakes
i worked at a dodge assembly plant in downey calif. for about a year, and have freinds that work at the g m plant in okla. you would not beleive the things i have seen and have heard of happening. the worst one i saw was a plymouth duster with body trim on only one side, mismatched front and rear seats, and different bolt pattern wheels on the front and rear. i have heard of some serious screw ups at the g m plant, like front wheel drive assemblies falling out! not just one side, but the complete drive train not getting its 6 bolts all in.
Posting Guru
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Boise, Idaho
Manufacturing Mistakes
I've heard that the Ford had a bad reputation for assembly quality in the late 40's early 50's and had to go on a campaign to fight the bad public perception they were getting.
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Iowa
Manufacturing Mistakes
Spent a half a day looking for a rattle in a 80s Ford van 15 years ago at a small shop. Turned out to be a soda pop bottle sealed up in the chassis during assembly. Van had been to many shops and the lady spent quite a bit of money just to have a bottle broken. Folks not appreciating how good a job they have can also be a problem in any manufacturing process.
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Cargo Master
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Oxford, Indiana
Manufacturing Mistakes
Back in my days as a Ford sevice tech, we had a customer complain of a rattle in the back of a new T-Bird. The car had been in for this several times and a couple of other techs had combed the car and not been able to find it. This lady had had enough and wanted the car replaced under the Lemon Law. The service manager calmed her down and she agreed to let us take one last stab at finding it before she called her lawyer. Well, I found it. Some dumb slob on the assembly line had tied a piece of twine to a nut and hung it from a trim stud inside the quarter panel so that as the car moved over the road it would swing and bang against the quarter. I had to disassemble almost the entire interior of the car a piece at a time with a rode test after each piece to find it. Needless to say, we didn't tell her what we really found! To this day she thinks that her kids lost change under the seat. Sometimes the truth is better left unknown.
