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If it’s green like that pic do no throw it away. It’s gold - 100x more reliable than any brand you can buy from stores new. Regrease and reboot and they’ll last the life of the vehicle usually. Aftermarkets fail in multiple ways and are true garbage. They’re made so poorly because laziness and shop time wins over replacing the boot.

Quick update, the lights work! The original battery cables were junk, and had tiny terminals on them that won't fit a modern battery. I parted out a '90 Loyale last fall, so I grabbed the cables from that car. They fit excellent, and are a big upgrade from the stock setup. The lights all just worked, I didn't have to do any wiring diagnostics at all. More soon.

I think the xt6 oem cv's were black. Don,t toss it, if it is not making noise yet, just clean, regrease, reboot and run it. Btw, the retainer pin only fits 1 way! The cv will slip on any spline,, the pin will seem to be ok in 2 places,, no, pin can start but will not align all the way through, only 1 is correct. Outer cv can be serviced while you have the inner one off, but they don't come off, just flush it out and repack grease, slip new boot over shaft.

Monstaru is the guy you want to talk to, I know he personally has put escort dizzys on ej22. Not sure if he still hangs around here Here’s a thread from a decade ago, not sure why or how this is what my brain remembers.

No. He is saying that the large metal cylindrical part to the inside of the axle is usually a medium green color if it is OEM. See image for green color reference.

in this case, I think the 'devil you know' is the best choice. re-do the heads.

Not really but I'm hopeful to move to the porch by spring. And now wife is touchy because the oven went lukewarm and pizza night was almost a bust. Teenage daughter moaned her sweet potato fries were too crunchy. Time for the oven catapult.