Latest reason for the hold on GT's/Rumours on the Holds/Update on the Holds/Holds
6/15/10, 08:25 PM
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You might not be able to tell without looking at the actual part numbers, believe it or not those numbers can even change a few times during the same model year run.
6/15/10, 08:31 PM
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OAC= Oakville Assembly Complex
Sparky= Old term referring to an electrician
I work in the bodybuild area of the plant that makes the Ford Edge, Flex and Lincoln MkX and MkT.
By trade I am an electrician (with a tool and die background), the official title is "Electrical Weld Repair Technician". I work maintenance on all electrical equipment in the plant from conveyors to tooling to automated welding equipment to programming robots to programming PLC and machine controls. It's a broad spectrum.
Sparky= Old term referring to an electrician
I work in the bodybuild area of the plant that makes the Ford Edge, Flex and Lincoln MkX and MkT.
By trade I am an electrician (with a tool and die background), the official title is "Electrical Weld Repair Technician". I work maintenance on all electrical equipment in the plant from conveyors to tooling to automated welding equipment to programming robots to programming PLC and machine controls. It's a broad spectrum.
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6/15/10, 08:35 PM
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OAC= Oakville Assembly Complex
Sparky= Old term referring to an electrician
I work in the bodybuild area of the plant that makes the Ford Edge, Flex and Lincoln MkX and MkT.
By trade I am an electrician (with a tool and die background), the official title is "Electrical Weld Repair Technician". I work maintenance on all electrical equipment in the plant from conveyors to tooling to automated welding equipment to programming robots to programming PLC and machine controls. It's a broad spectrum.
Sparky= Old term referring to an electrician
I work in the bodybuild area of the plant that makes the Ford Edge, Flex and Lincoln MkX and MkT.
By trade I am an electrician (with a tool and die background), the official title is "Electrical Weld Repair Technician". I work maintenance on all electrical equipment in the plant from conveyors to tooling to automated welding equipment to programming robots to programming PLC and machine controls. It's a broad spectrum.
6/15/10, 08:48 PM
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If you're referring to floorpans, is it possible or is it the reason? As I said in the post you quoted, I don't work at AAI so I don't know the reason for the holds. I only know what rumors are out there from reading the various posts here and on a few other forums. From those rumors, I can discard a few as being implausible based on my experience with the Ford system.
So if you're asking if misaligned floorpans could be an issue why those 18 cars got scrapped? It's possible but not certain. There are so many welds involved that you cannot change one without pretty much destroying the car. It would be a scrappable defect. Thankfully it's not a problem that happens often.
So if you're asking if misaligned floorpans could be an issue why those 18 cars got scrapped? It's possible but not certain. There are so many welds involved that you cannot change one without pretty much destroying the car. It would be a scrappable defect. Thankfully it's not a problem that happens often.
6/15/10, 08:58 PM
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Other cars that do get scrapped can be for a myriad of reasons; whether an equipment malfunction (robot decides to rip a "new window" in the side") or an out of tolerance build. A car can also be scrapped from a subpar paint job. They will try to repaint a car if a paint defect is found, but there is a limit to the number of times that the car can be painted (because then parts won't fit like trying to put on your shoes with 5 pairs of socks on.)
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6/15/10, 09:00 PM
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If you're referring to floorpans, is it possible or is it the reason? As I said in the post you quoted, I don't work at AAI so I don't know the reason for the holds. I only know what rumors are out there from reading the various posts here and on a few other forums. From those rumors, I can discard a few as being implausible based on my experience with the Ford system.
So if you're asking if misaligned floorpans could be an issue why those 18 cars got scrapped? It's possible but not certain. There are so many welds involved that you cannot change one without pretty much destroying the car. It would be a scrappable defect. Thankfully it's not a problem that happens often.
So if you're asking if misaligned floorpans could be an issue why those 18 cars got scrapped? It's possible but not certain. There are so many welds involved that you cannot change one without pretty much destroying the car. It would be a scrappable defect. Thankfully it's not a problem that happens often.
6/16/10, 04:44 AM
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And the difference is the Big Mac doesn't have hundreds of parts being supplied from all over world.
When I worked at taco bell we used to call tickets out of order all the time. We didn't call them based on who ordered first, we called based on which was more convenient for us to make first
When I worked at taco bell we used to call tickets out of order all the time. We didn't call them based on who ordered first, we called based on which was more convenient for us to make first
6/16/10, 05:37 AM
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6/16/10, 06:43 AM
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6/16/10, 07:00 AM
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Take another 1000... I'm goin' there for lunch today.
6/16/10, 08:43 AM
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6/16/10, 09:18 AM
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Thanks for the update Steve!
I wonder if this mass shipment for the end of June has ANYTHING to do with 2nd quarter numbers at Ford. . . they can't count revenue/profit until the cars are sold, right?
I wonder if this mass shipment for the end of June has ANYTHING to do with 2nd quarter numbers at Ford. . . they can't count revenue/profit until the cars are sold, right?
6/16/10, 09:27 AM
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Is this the King Rd. lot?
EDIT - looking at the sat. pic, that was taken when the XL7s were still there. They used the lots of the industrial park that's due west as overflow storage. That building is now where GM makes battery packs for the Volt.
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6/16/10, 09:28 AM
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in the railcars
are our ordered cars
i really could use my GT right now (GT right now, GT right now)
dare we think that on the train tracks
moving through the night now
are our missing cars
i really need my GT fixed by now (fixed by now, fixed by now)
6/16/10, 02:54 PM
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We take random shells and various parts from the line daily to do deconstructive weld tests. Every weld is ripped apart to test for quality. Obviously, those parts are non-serviceable and are scrapped. A complete shell taken from the line would be resequenced right away.
6/16/10, 05:23 PM
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I think that's the purpose of the blend #. Based on OAC_Sparky's post, the blend puts "like cars" together. So I doubt it's that big of a deal to pull 1 RapidSpec 401a from 500.