mk2estate

cheers for the quick replies people i think it's only started annoying me a bit more since i got back to my car at the leeds cruise to find some idiot pointing it out to his mate by stick his finger in it! . i wasn't even there, i was looking at all the other motors. d1ckhead!!! (sorry, rant over)

i have owned my mk2 escort estate for about 3 months now and i'm loving it but there's one thing that's been buggin' me & that's the tailgate not sitting quite flush. it doesn't let any water in and it doesn't even look bent when open but when it's shut the gap at the top is small but at the bottom it's bigger please somebody tell me there's an easy way to adjust this before i start taking things apart and not being able to put them back together

i think Dave mk14dr is from wakey and we all me at a garden centre just off the A1 or M1 whichever it was near there, cant remember the junction number though you probably mean carr gate garden centre at J41 off the M1? i can meet you & Dave there if you want, just sort a time out between yourselves & i'll be there

aint been pulled for them yet & i was followed by police on the way back from Leeds at the weekend! i'll change them for MOT time or if i get told to

rage against the machine

fave pic by me fave pic by Jon Cass for retro cars magazine

i'll be setting off from Wakefield & can meet anybody on the way if they want, just let me know a time/place & i'll do my best to be there

let us know Tony, i'll deffo have one

not a username sticker but does anybody like the idea of a sticker for their everyday car (if it's not an osf?) the same as the "liable to go sideways" one but... just an idea if anyone gets any made i'll have one

i'd have loved to see greames wagon in real life, it's luverly looks like a top day out was had by all, nice one tony

He reckoned his gear was worth about 8 grand in total!!! That was taken with a 10 foot ally pole held on the roof by 3 suction cups, i was only moving about 3 mph but he was using a really slow 'shutter' speed. Really clever but very simple. The pole is later photoshopped out of the image. your car looks amazing mate here's the photographer from retro cars, jon cass, setting up one of those poles on my car. the car has yet to featured in the mag

great pics mike, looks like a good time had by all

same date as the redbeck meeting!

getting sorted this week, ta i'll be there if nowt else goes wrong

new master cylinder ordered, going to a mates garage to replace it tomorrow. more room to work there thanks for all the advice folks, very helpfull

they sell repair kits here but how do i know which one i need from all the different bore sizes? http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/BRAKE ... Qgod7z4Biw sorry if i'm being a pain in the ass

when my alternator belt snapped a couple of weeks ago i was in a traffic jam on the A64 only two vehicles crawled past me, one was a coach full of schoolkids laughing at me & my old car in the pissing down rain. 10 minutes later i was back on the road, half an hour later the traffic had cleared and the coach was on the hard shoulder of the M1 with the hazzards on . i didn't take the piss, much

anybody heard maiden heaven? it was a free tribute cd with kerrang, loads of bands doing iron maiden covers i was never really into iron maiden but this cd is brilliant, especially trivium - iron maiden & gallows - wrathchild well worth a listen people

there's a few different ones, i'm not sure which size mine is? is the number on the side of the master cylinder important? it's 74666220 if it helps! i think i might have to take it off first and make sure by taking it to a friendly local garage, he might be able to get the parts for me or even a new master cylinder. still need to get a bleeding kit though

yeah, the paint's dissapeared from the chassis rail on mine too i'm gonna have a go at re-furbing it myself first but pastparts is a very useful place to know, thanks

cheers for that mate can't find them on their website but is the kit on ebay the thing i'm looking for? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Escort-Brake ... m153.l1262 edit: just noticed that it's for ATE & mines girling

been looking this job up on t'net & haynes manual, looks like i don't have to bleed the entire system? just attach a bleeding kit to a bleed screw & pump the brake pedal till the reservior and cylinder are empty. take the master cylinder off, replace the seals, master cylinder back on, fill reservior up with brake fluid, bleed it through the system till there's no air bubbles & bob's yer aunties live in lover! please tell me that's the way to do it cos it sounds like not too bad a job as long as i don't spill any brake fluid (how much will i need btw?) p.s. sorry for being such a newbie

would this be the right kit to rebuild my master cylinder? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Escort-Brake ... m153.l1262 or does anyone know anywhere better to buy it?

cheers for the quick responses people, i'll have to buy a brake bleeding kit then, i've never done it before is it just a matter of replacing seals and filling the system back up then?

do i have to drain the system to take the master cylinder off? & how do i fix the leak once it's off? sorry for all the newbie questions but i'm a newbie you see