Have you ever wished the Transit Connect had a traditional dome light switch that allowed you to turn on all of the overhead lights from the driver’s seat? This is your project. What you’ll need: How it works With the rear switches in the door position, the lights normally come on when the BCM dimmer […]
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Quick little upgrade after stopping in at Damond Motorsports over the weekend. Despite the Ford part numbers being different for the Transit Connect and ST for the passenger side motor mount, we can now confirm that the ST mount Matt offers will fit, and will also fit on a stock Transit Connect (14-18, with 2.5L).
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Upgraded engine splash shields with 3 access panels. Made of polypropylene (rigid–does not roll up, ships flat), approximately 3/16″ thick. Mounts without any modification using your existing hardware (3 screws across front, one near each wheel opening, and two at the rear of the subframe). Fits 2012-2018 Focus, 2014-2018 Transit Connect, and 2013-2018 C-Max. Three
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NOTE: This post reflects the plan to use the MTX75, which was shelved in favor of the MMT6 to get up and running quicker . Stock ST flywheel and clutch kit, but standard Focus slave cylinder. The stock clutch is plenty good enough, the dual-mass flywheel makes for a smoother driving experience. Remember, this is
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After talking about how straightforward the engine choice was, the transmission decision was the product of far more research than I really want to admit. I started with my spreadsheet with gear ratios and wheel speed calculations that’s nearly a decade old–when the ST hadn’t yet hit dealer lots, and I was comparing it to
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In many respects, my last post was putting the cart before the horse just a little bit. I haven’t talked about why we’re going after the engine and transmission combo we are, or the big picture in the sense of where this build is going. To that end, first of all, credit where credit is
Making the Boot…Scoot Read More »
I’m going to try to document my 2014 Transit Connect’s conversion from the stock 2.5L Duratec engine and 6F35 automatic to a shift-it-yourself 2.0L EcoBoost. Why? Because, that’s why. The Transit Connect in stock form leaves a lot to be desired in the performance department, and the transmission is perhaps the only real negative in
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April 21, 2021. Approximately 3:30 pm, 4 miles north of the Illinois-Kentucky border on Interstate 24. I was about halfway through my ~8 hour drive, just passing through some construction traffic when it happened–first, a little lag between shifts, then pretty quickly I was essentially in neutral, lucky to make it to the end of
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First order of business with the new Transit Connect is draining and refilling the transmission. It has a sporadically rough 2-3 shift, and has signs of a leaking driver’s side axle seal leak. There’s also no evidence of the fluid ever being changed, so we’re going to do it right away. Note that I fully
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If that doesn’t sound like something you’d see on the dumbest automotive channel on all of YouTube, I don’t know what would. And if you don’t recognize that phrase, go check out Tyler Hoover’s years-long habit of buying and fixing busted oddball cars and sharing his experiences on Hoovie’s Garage. That wasn’t our intention, but
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