Cardone remanufactured Syncronizer. Good or no good?

[atxjax]

I need to replace a syncronizer in a 97 mountaineer 5.0. I can get one at Advance Auto for $48 out the door with limited lifetime warranty. Are these units re-manufactured Ford pieces?

 

[SoNic67]

Get a Motorcraft one, it's an essential piece, failure will leave you instantly without an oil pump.

 

[atxjax]

Get a Motorcraft one, it's an essential piece, failure will leave you instantly without an oil pump.

Im going to go look at one ay advanced auto. I know what Im looking for as far as the roll pin goes. If it seems flimsy I will just get the new Ford one.

 

[SoNic67]

I did go that route. When I compared the one that I extracted from my car with the Chinese-made one, I decided not to save money there.
This is how my old one was looking:

Note the phosphate treatment.

 

[mic98xlt]

About three years ago, I replaced mine with one from Napa. It was a re-manufacturer Ford unit. No problems since then.

 

[atxjax]

I did go that route. When I compared the one that I extracted from my car with the Chinese-made one, I decided not to save money there.
This is how my old one was looking:

Note the phosphate treatment.

Chinese made one as in a Dorman unit? Or was it a Cardone reman?

 

[SoNic67]

It was new, looking like this:

 

[atxjax]

It was new, looking like this:

Thanks for the pic. What brand was it?

 

[atxjax]

About three years ago, I replaced mine with one from Napa. It was a re-manufacturer Ford unit. No problems since then.

Thanks. That's one more place to check.

 

[SoNic67]

Mine was sold by NAPA, but is identical to Dorman one. I guess the Chinese mfgr will put any name you wan on the box:

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/C...nchronizer-Assembly/_/R-NDP6002901_0390194965

 

[atxjax]

Mine was sold by NAPA, but is identical to Dorman one. I guess the Chinese mfgr will put any name you wan on the box:

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/C...nchronizer-Assembly/_/R-NDP6002901_0390194965

Thank you. I will steer clear of any chinese ones. now if I run into a reman that has fomoco stamped onto the body I will take a look at the roll pin and see if it is good to go or not.

 

[atxjax]

Maybe someone here can chime in. What I want to do is before I take the old one out is to pull my #1 spark plug and set TDC by feeling for the compression coming out of the spark plug hole then lining up the crank with the timing mark.

I have yet to see a picture of what exactly the timing marks look like.

 

[atxjax]

I found one....sorry

 

[SoNic67]

I left my setup in place and put back the sensor in the same relative position - that's why I took a pic before, to see how was aligned.