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  1. Hi all I'm after a bit of help purchased a new car brakes are not to clever I'm losing brake pressure I've bleed the system no air am I thinking that the servo seals will need replacing the a mk1600 ghia thanks
  2. the shonkster

    malta

    What's on in Malta 1st week of april ford related cheers
  3. here is a couple of pics I found of my old escort
  4. As per title diff for sale £100
  5. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181161269371?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649
  6. Does anybody know how much it costs to ship an escort back from south africa and what is involved thanks?
  7. well saturday was the day i decided to go down the town and took my old gold rings and a chain came back very happy with a grand in the pocket so now the escort project can get the green light
  8. well i'm from herts i was following you up the A1 the other week and gave you the nice looking car and keep it you will regret selling it theres plenty of us around
  9. same old story this what happened to all those lorry drivers that blocked the petrol stations and so on that was at £1 per litre now look at it £1.33 and nothing gets done me personally i tink that if everybody ditched the car for one day and use public transport just to see how bad the situation is sooner or later something has to give driving or job
  10. http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/defau ... ryId=23043
  11. i went with steve mk2 to peter baldwin what that chap doesnt know about tuning well worth a visit £75 an hour
  12. atm running 1660 xflow toying with going zetec any one done this on budget and whats needed open to some pics aswell cheers
  13. this has been on this site for a long time i looked at this and rang the company about the car they was supposed to remove this add
  14. ok come back from chelsea bridge last night left the car in garage got the car out in the morning check under the bonnet and its coverd in oil looked like it was coming from the breather box thingy on side of engine so cleaned everything up changed a couple of pipes went for another spin gave it some beans checked under bonnet again oil every where so i think it is coming out of dipstick any ideas cheers engine is crossflow
  15. pcd 4-108 offset et -7 hope this helps
  16. do 7j wheels with 185 /60/13 fit under standard arches and lowered 2 inches on mk2 escorts
  17. i got in touch with ford archive to find the build date of my mk1 escort a few years back you could try that i also thouht that the cut off date was 30th jan 1973 good luck
  18. how easy is it to chage an auto to manual and what is needed cheers
  19. i see there was quite a few people taking pics any chance of some being posted had great drive down to the bridge but going home nightmare blew top hose of rad sitting in traffic done the ususal road side autos fix then head of home all good
  20. had a look at some photos today because i cannot post them up it has got gears iinside so its not plate type
  21. took diff out of my car today thinking it was fk but to my suprise found it has got a lsd in it one of the bolts had come lose and was hitting casing so had all cleaned up tightened bolts up but how do i know what sort is it as i have never had one before ie make /type
  22. cheers steve for that now time to take out old 1 and replace well took the old diff out today and a nice surprise to find it has got l s d fitted the clunking niose was where some of the bolts had come loose on the plate that is bolted to the crown gear all cleaned up bolts locked in put back together then let mexicomick have a test run wot a laugh that was job well done cheers mate
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