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Check out http://www.cargurus.com There are several Transit Connects listed and the one you are looking at is on the high side Good luck and let us know how it turns out

Don't worry there is another one out there to buy. The wheel bearings are worth 75.00 (Ford Retail) and should not be more than 3 to 4 hours labor to install.

Sorry how many miles since your rebuild? did you check the cyl bores for taper and wear, how were the ring grooves in the pistons, if the cyl bore is out of round it can take a while to break in you could have a leak in a vacuum servo or some where else.

Sounds like you could offer less for the car because of the bad wheel bearings . All they can do is say no!

How many miles on the engine, the low compression would effect the cyl power and make the idle a little lumpy but should not cause a skip is the AC always affected when it skips Are the heater controls run by vacuum ? check for a vacuum leak

Is the skip all the time or at low speed only? Did you listen to the injectors with the screw driver? did you move the injector from cyl 3 to cyl 4? do the compression test. spray some carb cleaner or Mass air flow cleaner at the intake manifold see if the engine sound channges the noid light will tell you if the injector is firing but won't tell you if it is clogged

Just to cover all the bases a compression test should be done Could be an intake leak You said it has good power under load? Did you swap the coils?

Ok take a long shank screw driver and put it on the injectors, put your ear to the top You should here the injector clicking test all 4 of them for clicking. They should all sound the same. If they all are clicking add a bottle of Sea Foam fuel system cleaner and run that through the system let me know if it helps.

Get A Plug Just in case, Let me know

have you been for a ride after changing the plugs?

Would not be the first time a plug was bad right out of the box

worth a try !!

Does the code say cyl 4 miss Did you try a new Plug? what is the number of the code

Is is a constant miss or an intermittent skip? when you drive it does it have good power some times

If the fluid is at the level and some comes out it is ok, you would see some bubbles in the fluid. I think that the fluid at the level of the hole is the the top of the range. So some fluid Driping out the hole would be fine. If you found the fluid with in 1/4 " of the hole with the tie wrap dipstick it would be fine also. If you were to add fluid with the plug in it would be easy to add too much Yes I used a lift. I have a receiver hitch on mine so two ramps in the front and a floor jack Under the receiver would make the job easy. The air dam is very easy to pull it makes an oil change an easy job.

Another thing if the fluid is not hot the tie wrap will tell you if the level is close You are right the fluid wants to be just at the level of the plug

I posted before I got your whole post, good job. If you take a 4 inch tie wrap and put a 90 degree bend that is 7/16 or 1/2 inch long You can get it through the hole to get an idea of the fluid level is if it is not comming out the hole. this will allow you to guage the leak rate. mine seems to be less as the joint wears in

The dip stick on the Escape goes in through a port on the back of the trans the Tc has a plug there. At one point I will see if the plug can be removed I will keep you posted How much was you trans down? How many miles on your TC

Here is a picture. The cap is right below the throttle and the cap has Mercon stamped on it

The fill cap is black plastic and very close to the engine I will try and post a picture as soon as possible.

Great the finish line is in sight. Let us know when the final issue is solved and how the TC drives

The video arrived and it is good . Sounds like the crank gear is held with the crank bolt and extreme care needs to be taken when the cover is put on and the balancer is installed. The crank gear can slip is the balancer is not tightened correctly. I would like to know the proceedure for making sure the crank gear is not turning on the Crank shaft Happy Fourth

Cool When you pull the vent fill cap round off the splines on the inside end it will make it putting it back easier A worthy project. Have a great Holiday.

No video can't wait to see

I bet a Turbo kit for your 2.5 would do the job also !!