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Based on your part number, this site reckons its for a mk2 escort, os i assume its for an english axle? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=176800244

Definately xflow... as listed below http://www.yatego.com/ws-autoteile/p,49bb1400c26b5,474af572a8a928_9,thermostat-ford-fiesta-escort-transit-ohv

As mex255l suggested.... diff crush washers? Pic from rally design http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=50&products_id=7273

probably a silly question but is there a reason why I cant just fill the "dimple" in the door with filler and just use fibreglass where the handle goes through the door?? I cant weld so trying to think of alternatives

Looking great Taz. Did you just use body filler to fill the holes or did you weld a plate in?

doesnt seem to be an mot failure http://www.ukmot.com/6-5.asp

Cheers fezza, my thoughts exactly! just what i was looking for Did you have any issues with the mot as lee suggested??? im not 100% sure if thats true other wise the mazda RX8 wouldnt get through the mot (doesnt have rear handles either)

just looking to clean up the lines, not ashamed of a 4 door never used the rear doors anyway

does anyone have any pics of a 4 door escort with the rear handles removed and filled? Im debating whether to do it or not as im in process of prepping the body before paint cheers

....becareful what you wish for.....

fixed the oil leak and the clutch so ill be there

ill probably pop up and say hello depending on how the escort is running

Sounding like a plan

watching it at the moment. Some very nice cars

pm nik3100 he should be able to make you some up

try rally design Direct link to their master cylinder section ---> http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/index.php?cPath=562_582 they do various master cylinders with integrated reservoirs and some without normally a direct replacement

Hi all, this months SEFOC meet is at the usual place, the Kent Hop Farm in Paddock Wood from around 6:30pm onwards. Directions are HERE We hope to see many of the new faces who have joined up recently along with all of our usual regulars who can make it. Looking forward to seeing you all there

Also worth a read http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/weak-spark-off-coil-154184.html

Based on an mg but should be the same troubleshooting principals... http://www.vord.net/cars/helga/hot-starting-problems.html Hot starting and weak sparks The traditional method of removing a spark plug from the engine, earthing the end and connecting an ignition lead is not a good test. It is much easier for a spark plug to spark in the air than in the engine. The air gets less conductive when the air is compressed (as in a cylinder) and even less conductive when you add a little fuel into the mix. That's why cars with weak sparks are prone to flooding. Once the air is heated (hot starting) it becomes even less conductive. A better technique for diagnosing hot starting problems is to turn the engine over with a ignition timing strobe attached to check for a spark. It's a real test of whether the spark plug is sparking under real conditions. Mine wasn't sparking when hot. It would spark if I removed the plug from the engine. Diagnosis weak spark. They are the worst to diagnose. There are many possible causes for a weak spark. Poor connections in the system, poor coil, worn points, low battery voltage, excessive starter current drain, too much fuel in the engine, engine too hot, etc. One very common one for cars with points is a bad earth in the distributor base plate. My MGA has a ballasted coil. The coil operates on 6V as standard, the voltage being reduced with a ballast resistor. The reason for this is the starter motor takes so much power on starting that the voltage supply drops causing a weak spark. That's the last thing you would want on starting. So with a ballasted system the starter solenoid provides a temporary 12V supply to the coil while the starter is turning and gives the spark a boost. On the MGA the starter solenoid turned out to be faulty - it wasn't supplying the boost to the coil, so the spark was weak enough to be overcome by all the adverse factors I mentioned. My temporary fix was to wire a 12V boost through a switch on the dashboard. Longer term I'll need a new starter solenoid.

you mentioned that the clocks arent plugged in.... have you tried plugging these back in? In my escort if the rev counter isnt connected then it wont start...

same here... scared the crap out of my gf at the time!!!

they look like 15's n goin on the dish 7" wide Spot on!! 15x7j performance alloys. Bought them off a guy on here. Unfortunately theyve got 195/50s on them at the moment which scrubbed on the arches, hence I took the lowering blocks off. Ill replace them with some 195/45s when they wear out.... Just means ill need to do a lil more of this....

I took advantage of the great weather and managed to get a couple of bits done on the escort. Completed rolled one of the rear arches and also flared it out slightly Before.... ...and after. Its subtle but its made a big difference to the clearance at the back. Rolled arch... ...unrolled arch Also added a -1 1/2inch lowering kit. Will see how it drives, may have to swap for -1 inch blocks... Heres what it used to look like... Now with the rear sitting squat

maybe of interest?? running a 2.8i lump http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=140307779890

maybe something along these lines.... not entirely sure on the colours though, maybe a red, dark blue, then the black?