mk2 escort build
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cheers mate, i broke the bracket for the map sensor when i was taking everything apart so it's bolted temporarily so I don't loose it in the mass of bits sitting about
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Lol I know your pain. Its mental how many bolts you end up with when an engine is stripped
half the weight of the car is bloody bolts, and i think the guy who put my car together set himself a challenge to try and make every bolt different. I don't think i've come across 1 bolt that looks the same. I must be really anal but i just bought a ton of bolts to make sure most of them look the same
I was up with a fella during the week who has just bought a mk2 cossie and it is running rough and I did notice his map sensor was sitting vertical so maybe that's the first thing he needs to sort out and see if it makes a difference.
Mine was the same, buying bolts from Ford gets expensive quickly lol
The very first 3 doors had them verticle and were recalled to get changed. I think its fuel that damages them, if they aren't upside down any fuel that gets into them can't drain out and ruins the diaphram. If his is running really rich and is lumpy and smokey at idle the map sensor is a good place to start looking!
You going to show the car once its together again?
The very first 3 doors had them verticle and were recalled to get changed. I think its fuel that damages them, if they aren't upside down any fuel that gets into them can't drain out and ruins the diaphram. If his is running really rich and is lumpy and smokey at idle the map sensor is a good place to start looking!
You going to show the car once its together again?
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His is running seriously rich and lumpy so i'll let him know
Yeah it should be out at a few shows but it'll be driven too. It's too tempting not to take it out when the weathers good.
Yeah it should be out at a few shows but it'll be driven too. It's too tempting not to take it out when the weathers good.
If you are interested in convoying up to any with us, you're more than welcome
We usually organise things through www.ni-fords.co.uk
We usually organise things through www.ni-fords.co.uk
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If you are interested in convoying up to any with us, you're more than welcome
We usually organise things through www.ni-fords.co.uk
definately. I must get signed up to the site to keep myself in the loop
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You still owe me a nosey round it Richie! After you chasing me about Belfast in the vw!
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By the way it's cunningpork off the iec with the ratty mk2 escort
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Definitely lad, when she's back up in Belfast I'll get you out although my rwd'ing may not be as polished as yours
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Update from the weekend.
It was one of those weekends that everything fought with me, topping off with breaking a stud on the exhaust manifold where the turbo bolts. Only solution was to drill it out which means sending it to get welded and re-drilled - yet another delay and cost I don't need
The car is to go and get a few strengthening bits welded on this weekend and there is a tear in the boot floor from the amount of power going through the axle, not good but will get sorted.
Few more pics
It was one of those weekends that everything fought with me, topping off with breaking a stud on the exhaust manifold where the turbo bolts. Only solution was to drill it out which means sending it to get welded and re-drilled - yet another delay and cost I don't need
The car is to go and get a few strengthening bits welded on this weekend and there is a tear in the boot floor from the amount of power going through the axle, not good but will get sorted.
Few more pics
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Will she be at Neal Egan run? Mine will definitely be back up and running for that!
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cheers guys. Should be some big updates next week. I'm off work all week so hopefully get the majority of it sorted out. Got a few bits of welding done last weekend to strengthen the shell, just a few cable holes to weld up in the bay and it'll be going to paint.
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i know, and at the minute that depresses me. My back can't take much more of this.
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