psoum

From what several mechanics were saying, it's not an unusual problem and is
caused by gas station attendants who roughly insert the gas hose and cause
chips in the filler neck. They didn't want to try the salvage yards because
of the likelyhood that they'd get a part that had the same problem.

We're now stuck with a car that we had to pay $200 to pass inspection, this
year and last and still isn't repaired. And who is going to want to buy it?

I wouldn't be surprised if this is a problem with alot of other ford cars in
states that have full-service only gas stations.

In NY? Check into this. I might be misremembering, but ISTR that you
can get an inspection waiver if you spend more than $300 trying to get
the vehicle to pass inspection.

If you have a car that you can't sell to a private party in good
conscience, then do what everyone else does: take it to a dealer and
trade it