[DeTomaso] Another 72 Question

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/17/08 23 06 36, artstephens at charter.net writes:


>        Does anyone know if any of the 72's came with a dash 1 trans?
> 
> 
> Sure, hundreds of them did.   The Dash-2 wasn't used until about March 
> 1972, so all the early '72 model year cars (those built from fall '71 through 
> March '72) had the Dash-1.
> 
Most were retrofitted with the Dash-2 as part of a TSB campaign, but not all. 
  There was never a good reason to replace the perfectly good Dash-1 with a 
Dash-2; that was all a big goof on Ford's part.   Some early cars had 
misadjusted clutches which caused premature synchro wear.   Ford panicked and issued a 
notice to the dealers saying that if they encountered a car with that problem, 
that an updated transaxle could be had under warranty.

Soon every dealer was installed one in every Pantera that came in for 
service, because they got paid big bucks by Ford to handle the warrenty claim!   But 
in most cases there was nothing wrong, and the perfectly good, low-mileage 
Dash-1 gearbox was scrapped, as it wasn't felt that there was any value in 
'repairing' them. :<(

Mike

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