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Sound insulation with a tar mat is a cool weekend project. Makes a difference. Could also replace the speakers with some quality units while you're at it. That is, if you are into tinkering with your car.

It can easily handle a metric ton (2200 lbs), trust me, I've tested

Living in the rust belt, mine's approaching 9 years and there's plenty of smooth surface rust on the underbelly but no penetrating rust anywhere. The frame is pretty well designed in that sense.

It should reset itself after driving for a while.

Or a bad tie rod end, not enough to clunk but enough to wobble.

I'm 6'3" and I find the driver seat thigh support a bit weak, how do you feel?

here: http://fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=148920&p=1249370

I have read about such plans before and it usually gets stuck behind the impossible bureaucracy you'll face. The diesel engines are not compliant with the US emission requirements, which I have never understood how a 10 mpg truck is and a 50+ mpg van is not. If you were to go this way then there's zero point of importing it from UK as they have RHD. Pretty much all other European countries have the TC in LHD.

The reservoir is hidden over the front wheel. You may only have a leak in the tubing towards the nozzles. Spark plugs don't cause trans sputter, engine sputter is likely.

You have 20,000 to 30,000 km (12,500 to 18,750 mi) oil change interval on most new cars in Europe now.

The gas fumes in the tailpipe would ignite, so, no, it was not gasoline.

It feels narrower and the driver's seating position is really upwards, like sitting on a bar stool. Overall feeling like an Asian fish cart.

Why would you want that 6000-series radio, it's not good at all. For factory look, yes.

You should really force Ford to consider a diesel in the US. I've been getting 40 mpg of diesel in urban driving most of the time.

Nice, I've grown to like the SWB model.

You'll have more luck in UK forum, Americans don't have a manual TC at all.

All European Fords have a diesel option and it's far more popular than gasoline, so, it's more like the other way around - a gasoline option. Big Transits or other commercial trucks are not available with gasoline engine option at all.

The high roof has to come back. The sales of TC has dropped to almost zero here whereas the old one sold like crazy. I have a hunch that the roof has smth to do with it. What good is the floorspace for two fully laden pallets if you can't load it with a forklift.

The mount is asymmetrical and bends inwards before the tailpipe.

Do you ever rev it?

Kurt Vonnegut wrote about it. It was a Pontiac plant tho.

http://fordtransitconnectforum.com/topic/2694-transit-connect-doors/

Are you sure it was Transit Connect not Transit Custom?

IIRC, the center caps attach to the wheel nuts, each one individually, not to any other tabs. I'll check when (and if) I find them.

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