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Message: <blockquote data-quote="woody" data-source="post: 1285565" data-attributes="member: 18138">Good News Today I discovered my Cruise Control now works, so the replacing of the Airbag Clock Spring was not a waste of time.Compression Test Completed.Cylinder #1 180Cylinder #2 180Cylinder #3 180Cylinder #4 185Cylinder #5 180Cylinder #6 180Cylinder #7 180Cylinder #8 185Per the Ford book they are all within spec and within 75%Cooling system flush completed and now crap in the system and pressure tested. I have noticed that the hose that keeps popping off is not like the OEM hose. It was too easy to slide off and the pressure meant the clamp couldn't hold it. Put a screw clamp on it and now the hose stays put under hard acceleration.Like my dad said, the coolant smell is residual coolant that hasn't burned off from the time it showered the engine in coolant. The under side of the hood and top of the engine is sticky and smells like coolant. It will go away with time and a good cleaning.Bad News A week ago I started hearing a faint grinding or metal rubbing noise coming from under the car when I was slowing to a stop. The noise was occurring with the car out of gear and rolling to a stop. I then noticed it was also occurring in gear but was not as loud. Shortly after this I noticed a hum above 65 on the freeway.  Took it to my dads today to work on it. It did fine on the freeway to my dads from Mukilteo to Covington.  Jacked it up and took off the rear wheels. Placed the rear axle on jack stands and chocked the front tires. Had my dad start the car and put it into gear to listen for the noise. In the video you car hear it, and it's not coming from the rear end. It get more noticeable towards the transmission. So we thought it was a drive shaft or a transmission issue. Since I didn't have a good jack to lift it high enough to look at better. We took it for a road test and the car started shaking and we could feel it in our seats and got worse the faster we went. It also got worse the further we drove the car and made it back to the house.  I parked it and ordered a new drive shaft.</blockquote>