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Adjusted the air pressure in the tires and checked the fluids under the hood. Topped it off with fresh fuel and went for a short warmup ride. Jumped on it a couple times. It made me smile.

I’m sorry to inform you that the clutch “judder” that you feel in your foot when letting out the clutch peddle is a sure sigh the flywheel should have been resurfaced or replaced.

I think there was a break package change that came in with the 19mm ball joint. I have an early build 2010 that has 18mm ball joints.

The stock damper from my 2010 GT is roughly 6 3/4” where the belt rides and I replaced it with an ATI 6.78 damper. It will take the same belt your using now. The 7.5” measurement is the heavy part of the damper in front of the belt.

Is there a bypass valve transferring at that time?

Yes. That ground wire connects to the rear of the drivers side cylinder head.

You can see the BMR relocation bracket on the bottom right corner of the table. Next to the orange hammer.

If you are referring to this one; yes you will have to relocate the panhard bar.

I think they can be used on the lower control arm if you complete the slotted mounting holes.

Those darn “O”Rings.

Front wheels pointed towards center is positive toe and is most common for hiway vehicles. Offers stability at speed. Negative toe”pointed out” can be twitchy at speed and scary.

Your alignment numbers look very good to me for a stock suspension. The chassis appears straight, not warped or twisted. In factory form the only adjustment available is the front toe and I would not add more. How does the car accelerate on flat, level ground? Nice and straight I bet. Upset the...

You have 200,000 miles on the clock so a timing set replacement is a very good idea. Remove the front cover and replace the crank gear, timing chains, tensioners and guides and phasers. Use only Ford parts here. Timing the cams with the front cover off is very easy.

When installed, there isn’t much to see.

If you look at the nipple on the center section you can see two “O” Rings. These had failed and allowed the spring perch to wobble around on the nipple. I replaced the “O” Rings with some from a hydraulic supply house but they were not adequate and failed rapidly.