My '85 Cougar had one on the tranny tailshaft. One night coming home from the Dog Track I heard an explosion, and my gas gauge started dropping real fast. I got off the interstate and had the car towed home because there was a huge gash in the fuel tank.

Come to find out that weight broke away from the tranny and bounced up and ruined the tank. Ford had a recall and extended the warranty to 50,000 miles, but my car had 50,300 on it and they refused to make it good. When I threatened to sue them they guy on the phone said "go ahead buddy, we have tons of Attorneys on staff just waiting for some work!"

Needless to say, I bought my own tank and fixed it, but never bought another new Ford after that.

Don