lol

opaul can you help me?

fucking seriously underpowered below 2k

untill the turbo kicks in, was even struggling up a hill earlie,r had to drop to 1st haha


ill clean the intercooler up and see what the air filter is like, oil is black, will service it soon and the belt/s

had a good run in it now ive sorted the brakes, does well, nippy untill i hit 70

the oil will always be black in a diesel

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To rebuild?

Check the pipe which runs from the fuel pump to the turbo, it runs under the fuel filter on the right hand side of the engine, if this has split it makes it run like a sack.

What you need to be doing is turning the preboost fueling screw up a little, wont have any issue with low off boost power

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

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lol good call

having trouble finding this hose you spoke of mate, its not bad just pretty gutless untill mr turbo answers the call really

picture update to coincide with the above

O/S lower arm removed







with the two wishbones and the gaiter done, this arrived this morning




coudlnt for the life of me get the old pipe off the mid section while on the car, hammering the hell out if it and it wouldnt budge, even penetration fluid wasnt helping

so had to take the whole midsection from the cat back off




back on the car





all done with that, not that it was loud without it, but its nice and hush quite now

pictures of the sill repair, it will get a new sill one day as this is temporary, i know crappy welds, but its the best i could get out of my crappy mig, even with gas!




also replaced the fog light bulbs



ive sorted out the washer jets, the tube was blocked, a spare tube/hose is fitted and is much better, the jets aint all working, but 2 our of four will do, each side is working
also aimed them right

then began topping up the fluids, coolant and powersteering fluid




in the middle of sorting the horn, after checking the fuse, button behind airbag, connections behind them, and the runner behind the wheel itself, nothing all fine, then checked the wiring under the wing, rust earth cleaned still nothing, tested horn itself, knackered, so if i can get another in the morning before work good stuff, otherwise ill have to try and use the fiestas one for the test untill i can sort one out

all the cars ive broken for sapres and no bloody spare horn, gonna gather loads from now on!


MOT is booked for 4pm tomorrow, so wish me luck :Q

What tools did you need for the lower arm?
I need to check to make sure I have the right ones (lost a load) before I start doing mine

Hope it passes the MOT mate

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Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

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A solid ratchet, the ones that don't turn, and a extension tube, or just a long power bar, a impact 15mm socket

Ball joint breaker, think it was a t30 or so torques ratchet, a 17mm socket and ratchet, and a 18 mm longish sinner for the nuts on the top of the lower arm carrier
Some copper grease

Oh and Phillip hammer

Pretty sure I've got all that still - I need to sort out my tool collection at some point.

I'll get the wishbones done after the brakes, the its clutch time

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

Catch me on Facebook as I'm rarely on here.

lol, turns out the mot was at 3, i swear i booked 4, i turned up and they had started another car

so its going in tomorrow at 12 now, so im without a car atm, the insurance is on the escort and the fiesta has no insurance haha

bugger

well it failed

the escort is now in the hands of my local, he has the list so ill have to try and remember

was 2 pages long, about 16 items

mostly stupid things such as bulbs and rubber items, anyway

1 n/s headlight aim too low
2 o/s headlight aim too high and wide
3 n/s front indicator lamp wrong colour
4 near number plate lamp not working
5 brake pedal rubber grip excessively worn
6/7 both rear road wheels excessively buckled
8 n/s front coil spring snapped on top and bottom
9 o/s front wiper blade worn
10 o/s track control arm excessively worn
11 front lower gearbox rubber mount is excessively worn (cant remember if it was just an advisory or not)
12 o/s front steel brake pipe corroded
13 o/s rear steel brake pipe corroded
14 n/s rear steel brake pipe corroded
15 /os rear suspention mount area excessively corroded
16 n/s rear suspention mount area excessively corroded
17 rear hand brake adjustment exceeds limit


the mechanic is doing the following
the welding, brake pipes, track rod end, pedal rubber, coil spring and the headlamp adjustment

ill do the rest as theyre all easy enough, bunch of blades and a orange bulb, ill have to fit another pair of wheels

should be done by wednesday latest, and ill rebook it free of charge
hate it when things cost more than you expect even when you expect them to cost more then you expect (ha if that makes sense)

but ive come too far and spent too much to turn back for these silly things


oh and apperently my pas pump pulley bearing is on its way out and is making a whinning noise, i figured it was just a diesel being a noisy diesel




my worst failure so far out of all the cars ive owned
once its done im keeping this one for a bloody while, after all this fuss

Doesn't beat my old 106, but thats quite a few! Should have bought a banger with ticket on to thrash for a whlile, would have saved you some cash. But at least it'll be done soon

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you coulda picked up a 106 derv that will do twice the mpg that escort td does for around that price with 12 months ticket.

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The Fat Fake Xr2i

i highly doutb that lol, 100mpg? very bold claim

plus theyre shit i wont touch one

thinking about it the seller must have known, explains the price, baxtered
the worst of it is the rear chassis needs welding,

its mainly done now, just one more brake line and bleeding, then headlight adjustment and a new indicator bulb, wiperblades and ill pop my fiestas wheels on the back untill i buy some new ones!

never liked the xmas tree wheels it has anyway

should be getting it back tomorrow, then mot/tax it later that day or thursday

im planning on getting either some BBS sharktooth lookalikes, some cheap Zetec S wheels, or some RS7 softlines in 15s

what you think?



Update

heres how she looked when i popped up there earlier
fuel tank was off, the owners son giving his welder some runs underneath and the new brake lines were just finished prior, needs a few more things and shes back in my care






cant wait to get her back, ill pop my dvd player, and sub in, have the ISO leads and a facia read for it, already tucked my toolkit under the boot floor, and working on this for it

its a 115/70/15 spacesaver i got off the XR
prepping




the only colour :Q



didnt fancy anything else in the inventory


as i left it after its first coat on both sides



will update tomorrow/thursday if well it should pass
goign to rape my discount tomorrow for some wipers, after its on the road and i get paid it will see a full engine service including the two driveshaft belts

Not too bad a fail TBH, mainly shitty little things

Escort headlights are the easiest lights to adjust everrrrr, was well impressed when I popped the bonnet to adjust mine!

Once its passed you'll be loving MPG & torque

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Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

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well my old man took it to the station earlier after i dropepd off some bosch 19" wipers (meant to be 20 oops)

come home to see it had passed after finding out that the tax has gone up, it got 6 months on it, 118.75 now!

been out in it all night, fitted my dvd headunit, but need to get an ariel adapter as the mk3 uses a longer one than the escort, tup

fitted the monitor too, tomorrow ill fit the sub and 16cm front speakers hopefully

im loving the space in the back


think ive decided on a set of RS7s from a mate whos Constantly picking up sets of wheels to sell on,

the other choises were, 16" mondeo Si wheels, or these BBS sharktooth lookies, or them wolfrace 6 spokes


decisions decisions

How much does he want for those sharktooth?

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The Fat Fake Xr2i

Tax has gone up!???
I got my letter last week and it was still 112ish... bastards

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Daily isn't so Special. And it makes me sad.
Need space and time and I'll crack on with Jams si!

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yeah tax has gone up on most cars but my £30 a year stays the same

unlucky with the mot jony

hopes its all sorted soon

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Fiesta 1.1
Peugeot 206 sw 1.4

Lol it passed mate

£130 mate, there not actual cossie wheels but BBS ones that look like them, Ford fitment, 7J et 35