06StangGT
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Alright I got 1 on the way!
Went w\ Tasca Ford using the link that JeremyH provided as they clearly show the newer part #DR3Z-7A543-A is the same part as part #DR3Z-7A543-AA & was 1 of the best on price that I found as well. Thanks again for posting the link, JeremyH!
I never got any feedback from GaudinAutoParts eBay store (....in their defense they stated in description that they only had 1 left in inventory so it could have sold already so no reason to respond...their price was in line w\ Tasca's but would've been nice to have gotten a response stating that they were out) & the other eBay store (Euro Auto Solutions) kinda gave a half-hearted response even though I sent them the picture of this MC w\ the part# clearly displayed on it to help w\ verification as they didn't list a picture of the product...so I walked (their asking price was $138.95 + tax so it wasn't too hard to walk anyway when I knew there was 1 potentially available for less).
Used PayPal so all the shipping info would be provided up front as well. Looks like it'll be shipped USPS so I'll assume a delivery time of the end of this week.
Gonna be looking forward to getting this puppy installed to see how she performs! Really love the fact that it's a genuine FoMoCo all aluminum part....didn't think Ford made 1 out of metal as all I saw listed on Ford.Parts.com were the plastic ones...even for the 13-14 GT500 as the only part # shown on Ford.Parts.com was the 7A543 suffix w\ the same picture drawing so was surprised when ghunt said that this part was metal....and got very excited when I saw the picture of the actual part so I had to snag 1 while the getting was good as these S197's are getting close to the Ford limit of 10 yrs parts inventory post manufacture (to cover any warranty repairs then % based on the number of sold units....mine is already there) & it gets worse for any special limited run vehicles such as this 13-14 GT500 (or my '09 Glass Roof Edition if looking for parts for the factory glass roof like the sunshade assembly as Ford.Parts.com shows it as discontinued & no aftermarket replicas exist but I was blessed to find a NIB genuine FoMoCo color matching replacement assembly on eBay after a yr of searching & am already having to wait on delivery of my FoMoCo EVAP replacement system that was ordered on 2-6-20, now due to lack of availability....back ordered).
Sorry for rambling & hijacking...…. Still am interested as to how the clutch operation came out w\ just 1 3\8" shim installed to bring the TOB preload to 5\8".....
The picture that comes up on Tasca looks plastic to me, am I missing something?
Andrew, "Raredesign " bought the 13/14 GT500 unit and the billet end separately. He had such a hard time removing the original plastic end because it was on so well, that he ended up purchasing a second 13/14 unit and decided against the billet end replacement.