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I used to try and organise Cov meets, I stopped when only me and two other people showed up,
much better to get involved in the big West Mids meets, it's more fun and less demoralising.
Plus car park meets are boring.
I've got Powerflex arb bushes, tbh if I was to do it over again i've fit new standard bushes,
since I upgraded i'm going through a set of ball joints every year.
Leaking oil from somewhere most probably the gearbox,
there's also some kind of intermittent knocking coming the back that sounds expensive,
but at the moment isn't affecting the car in any way.
That's just the latest things, there's no point in posting all the other problems I have to live...
I doubt it'll be the starter motor shield it's not flimsy or big enough,
it's usually always some part of the exhaust heatshield in my experience.
My car sounded like a load of scrap metal in the back of a van
until I tracked down which part was rattling, then zip ties to the rescue.
Probably, old Fords seem to come with tin worm as standard,
my mate had a white XR3i in 1992, you could almost see the thing rust before your eyes in winter.
There's loads of members in and around Brum, (i'm from Cov)
there's a fair few regular meets including our monthly pub grub meet,
if you become a member you'l have access to the West Mids section and can see what's going on.
This can't be right looks far too nice to go for £800 quid, maybe £1800,
if it is it's a right bargain!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escort-XR3i-1989-G-Reg-Barn-Find-/111297413540?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item19e9d7c1a4
I've got an idea, it's something I did a couple of years ago,
i'd go so used to way my car drove that i'd started taking it for granted
so one quiet Sunday I decided to put the laptop and the RST in the car and go to an business park
half way down a 60mph duel carriageway near my house.
I...
That's weird, having the raised engine idle but still having the, nothing.....nothing.....nothing......5k finally some power,
it definitely shouldn't be like that.
Mine idles at 1100rpm when cold, then drops to 950 when up to temp,
also your 5k kick should be gone, other than the noise there should'nt be a sudden burst of acceleration.
I've got one of the original units I bought years ago when all the software was free
and I tried loading just the cal file on Henks recommendation,
it did absolutely f*ck all, so loaded the appropriate RST then the cal file,
went out for a drive with a mate and even he could tell the car had...
Ah right, without looking at it I can't really help mate,
when I took mine apart to colour code the button the whole mechanism was solid,
so I didn't even try taking the button off, I just masked it all up and sprayed the thing.
Yes, climb inside the boot, unscrew the plastic boot cover and pull/push the metal bar that locks/unlocks it,
i your boot has stopped working it'll be the solenoid that's packed up, they're not expensive around £30.