Any Ford mechanics around???

mech1nxh said

not a 'ball' per say its this plastic, yes plastic... gizmosis...engineering
water mark of stupidity.

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snapped in from the 'backside'...Ie , trans removal to replace.

Their so cheap Dorman has a part #... muscle around that ZF 6 speed
get the alignment a bit 'skewed' --- pop goes the plastic.

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From what I can see it does not look anything like this. It was metal, the end that is visible is shaped like a standard throw out lever, sort of has a balled style recess. No amount of wiggling was going to get it back on. He will be renting a trans jack, Friday morning we will be pulling the trans out....