Posted by Butch (IP: 152.163.207.52) on September 14, 1999 at 12:32:14:
In Reply to: I have to disagree here... posted by Paulie on September 14, 1999 at 10:07:16:
What Paulie said about her Alice is correct. Neither one of my cars with damage to the mounts has any rust in that area. As a matter of fact, I bought the newest one specifically because it had not rust anywhere! One of them did have air shocks (the parts car) and the other did not.
As to engine size - I assumed (which we should never do) that wheel hop would put tremendous stress on the shock mounts. The rest of you have a advantage over me, however, because I have never actually driven any of my mavs, only been working on them. I have however, been driving fords since before many of you were born. That experience included problems with wheel hop. If that is not a problem then so be it. I greatly appreciate the advice given so far and any given in the future.