Classic Ford breakdown thread

[Vista]

my gearbox is foooooooooooooked !!!!

about a 3rd of the tailshaft end decided to break on the way up there, (only 100miles into the journey !) so i hab to stop 5 times to fill it up !! buuuuuuuuuuuuut, with the aid of a coke can,3 cable ties and chemical metal off kj 1320 the job was bodjed like a good un !! managed to do 310 miles like that before i needed to put any more oil in !!

 

Didn't see you all day Sunday mate so assumed you were changing that Box, did you not manage to get your hands on one then?

[lead foot]

my gearbox is foooooooooooooked !!!!

about a 3rd of the tailshaft end decided to break on the way up there, (only 100miles into the journey !) so i hab to stop 5 times to fill it up !! buuuuuuuuuuuuut, with the aid of a coke can,3 cable ties and chemical metal off kj 1320 the job was bodjed like a good un !! managed to do 310 miles like that before i needed to put any more oil in !!

 

Didn't see you all day Sunday mate so assumed you were changing that Box, did you not manage to get your hands on one then?

no scott, it did not turn up so it was time to lash it up !!!

[geoffersmasher]

worst i had was having to prime the fuel pump before my second run, then locking the keys in the boot then having to use about 3 different marshals keys to open it up

 

apart from the she drove 200 miles and 60 seconds of pure anger beautifully

[geoffersmasher]

we re-wired my whole car near enough on friday night with the help of my friend cisco again.....Then to blow my gearbox saturday morning just as im leaving...

 

so i turned up to classic ford show .... in a vw

 

was it a golf???

[sab6024]

The Gold coloured rot box was running sweet as, all the way up and back Does still have a nasty judder on the clutch when pulling away but doesn't affect the driving Have been informed this evening that summat did come off my car and took a chunk out of my brothers scuttle panel I heard something drop off on the way back but ignored it

[jamesmk1]

my escort killed the head gasket on the way. but with a new one fitted on sunday it made it home just.

[over_head_cam]

my escort killed the head gasket on the way. but with a new one fitted on sunday it made it home just.

 

Sorry m8. But we got it fixed

[Beakster]

My lot (4 Capris) were all pretty trouble free. I wasn't really expecting any problems though, after all whats a 180 mile round trip to a car with 212,000 on the clock

 

Only scary bit was when the car at the back radio'ed the rest of us to say something had fallen off his car! We all pulled up and saw him in the distance running back to the round about expecting him to come back with a caliper or something in his hand, but when he got back on the CB he said it was just a massive clump of earth that must have got lodged somewhere trying to get out of the mud bath that was the camping field!

[Liam.]

well i made it there and back but now my diff is wineing big time and gearbox is making dodgy noises! its too much fun i canr help my self from driving it like a nutter, prob why its braking! anyone got a good type 9 for sale?!

[kevmk2]

No problems for me and my brothers cars, drove them from Essex to pod, run a few 11's and a 10 and drove home in the traffic with no over heating and had a blast when the traffic cleared

Also overtook a motorbike whilst he was flat out, that was the best part of the day

On the other hand my mate's Duratec mk2 had to be towed home due to a dodgy throttle sensor