ZetecVan 2.0 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 I hope this isn't a sign. I went to work in the van today (35 miles each way). On the way back, on a 50mph road with no pavements, just grass, it cut out. And I'd just blasted past a golf gti on the dual carriage way before it went to single lane. Wouldn't restart. Then, I could hear that the fuel pump wasn't pumping. So I had a fiddle around with the fusebox and it started again. Bad connection. Then in the centre of leeds I braked for a roundabout, and there was this thunk, and then a grating sound as I moved. I'd changed the discs last week and the caliper must have moved a fraction under braking, and is now scraping on the inside of my lotus steels. The bolts mustn't be as tight as I thought.... I hope the third breakdown isn't tomorrow....
mk1mexico Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 Hope not mate at least you have some spare fanbelts now
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Posted May 30, 2008 mike, i'll have the toolboxes in the boot Me too!! Plus two fan belts! I had a proper look at the fuses, and one of the spades on the fuel pump one was damaged. Must have been when I was fitting it one time. Anyhoo, replaced it just to be sure.
Anglia68 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 Glad they were only little problems that were soon sorted.You'll be ok. Just out of interest how come you changed the discs? Were they worn out or have you upgraded to a better spec?
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Posted May 30, 2008 One of the discs was slightly warped and it started bugging me. I bought some drilled and grooved XR2 discs off ebay as I thought the full setup was xr2, but it turned out they're RS 1600i/RS Turbo discs. So i had to pop down to the local factors for a pair of standard vented. So I've effectively downgraded them (temporarily).
Anglia68 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 One of the discs was slightly warped and it started bugging me. I bought some drilled and grooved XR2 discs off ebay as I thought the full setup was xr2, but it turned out they're RS 1600i/RS Turbo discs. So i had to pop down to the local factors for a pair of standard vented. So I've effectively downgraded them (temporarily). WTF??? When I did the conversion I used the discs & calipers off an old XR2 that my mate had,I even took them off the car myself and once I was happy with it I replaced them with new ones. Where the hell have the RS discs come from? How do they differ from the XR2 ones? I'm really confused here Mike.
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Posted May 30, 2008 Not as confused as me!! I took them down to my local OSF friendly garage who said they looked like Escort discs. They suggested I go to a motorfactors a few miles away, so I went over with the disc. They measured them up and then flicked through their books and found what they were. I'll post up a picture of the discs as a comparison.
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Posted May 30, 2008 Here we go. The new disc on the left. The original on the right. You can see how much wider the disc itself is, and the bit that slides over the hub is wider too.
Anglia68 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 Quite a big difference there Mike but I can't shed any light on what's going on. I would still swear blind that they were XR2 but I guess they're not.
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Posted May 30, 2008 On the subject of brakes, are the rear shoes Mk1 Escort 1600 Sport?
Anglia68 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 The rear brakes are definatetly 1600 Sport ones Mike.
Rick Posted May 31, 2008 Report Posted May 31, 2008 better that things like this happen before we all jump on the motorway though
pauln Posted May 31, 2008 Report Posted May 31, 2008 I have just had a look down rally designs list and all the fwd ford ones are all 24mm thick. Most ford fwd brakes can be interchanged. http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=6605 What size is your old disc?
Ken B Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 If my opinion helps Mike the one on the right deffo look like an Escy one. When I did the development for the disc brake convers all those years ago, I had all these discs on the bench at the time, both vented and non for both esc and Fez. The Esc has a lot deeper bell than the fes. As my memory serves right though the XR2 and XR3 are near enough the same diameter.
sporty-corty16v Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 been too 14 break downs my self today lol
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted June 1, 2008 Author Report Posted June 1, 2008 I have just had a look down rally designs list and all the fwd ford ones are all 24mm thick. Most ford fwd brakes can be interchanged.http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_in ... ts_id=6605 What size is your old disc? I'll measure them tomorrow... Luckily, I got there and back without major issues.
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