CIC Data Base Inquiry
Reference No. 192
 

Subject:             No labor notation and inaccurate labor allowance

                                   

Make:                         Ford

Model:                          Explorer and Explorer Sport Trac 4X4

Year:                            01-03

Operation:                     R&R engine mount (Four wheel drive) 

                                   

Time allowance:            Mitchell                        Rt side 0.5 hrs (no mechanical designation)

                                                                        Lf side 0.7 hrs (no mechanical designation)

Labor text note:           None

                                                                       

                                    Motor                           Rt side 0.8 hrs (shows a mechanical designation)

                                                                        Lf side 0.9 hrs (shows a mechanical designation)

Labor text note:           None

                                               

                                    ADP                            Presently not known

 

                                    CCC                             Same as Motor

                                    Labor text note:           Same as Motor

                                   

Date of Inquirery:          December 31, 2003

 

Inquirery (as stated by inquirer)

  • As with previous model Rangers with four wheel drive, the left engine mount mounting bolt where it attaches to the frame in inaccessible, this is due to the four wheel drive differential unit that restricts access to the attaching bolt.

 

  • This operation should be designated as a mechanical operation

Suggestion:

¨       Motor: Please review operation and add labor note.

¨       Mitchell: Please review operation, add labor note and designate operation as mechanical.

¨       ADP: Please review operation.

Response:

Mitchell: Operation was designated as mechanical and time adjusted based on the necessity to loosen the axle housing and stabilizer bar for access as well as the need to remove the mount bracket and EGR tube.  Labor notes were input to reflect these necessities.

 

ADP: 04/21/2004 We have this left engine mount in our system as a mechanical operation. Based upon our research we found that the differential must be dropped for the left engine mount to be removed on 4WD models for the Explorer and the Explorer Sport Trac. We will change the labor in our system to allow for this time.

 

MOTOR: 04/01/05 -

MOTOR has added an "Add if Required" operation, to R&R the left motor mount with 4WD with labor time of 2.0 hours and footnote "Time is for lowering axle housing to R&R left mount mount."

 


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