First car iv owned thats not a ford

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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by filthyjohn » 06 Feb 2009 11:33 pm

Aye the sierra I had for a bit was a 1.8 and went better than a 1.4 340, but not much. It was also burning unbelievable amounts of oil, like 2 litres between Sheffield and Sunderland.

As for your speedo, I'm 90% sure it'll just have popped out at the hub end. There's a square end on the cable, which goes through a matching hole in the bearing grease cap, held in by a small clip. The cable is a push-fit into the centre of the passenger side hub, so check it's all the way in first. If it's all fitted properly then you might have a snapped cable, I've had one before but it's not very common. It's easy to remove and check so don't stress it, I can even sell you a cable if yours is twunted.
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by kaos » 07 Feb 2009 01:02 am

shifty babe wrote: oapem, im only 20 atm so my list of cars isn't that great lol
in my range lol..

20 and a list of cars... dont get me started! im on my 6th car on the road which makes aroudn 20 car total including ones that never made it there or owned before license
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by shifty babe » 08 Feb 2009 08:09 pm

yea i love my fez, because its the uglier of the mk4/5 era people assume its pretty slow...good fun showing them up lol


germ its a 1.7 :)

filtyjohn thanks for the instructions...we'll get the wheel off and have a look to see if its popped out...fingers crossed it has :D



il copy and paste the thread on ukfn.com....shows what happened to the sierra and what we have done on the volvo today :)

few pics of the damage that was done recently...

egged windows?

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engine in

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engine out

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smashed light

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looks like my bros car, a monster truck :D sorry rob :P

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bye bye to my first drift car and onto the second...

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did some more work on it today


how it started:


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Gave it a oil change and new filter:

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fitted a fire extinguisher.After the last engine fire with the sierra we though it would be useful...

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from the rear window :)

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also fitted the 4 point harness to the passenger seat and gave the car a very good clean...

i also thought i would get happy with a can of spray paint cause im a wheel whore lol

after white spirit and some sanding

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primer

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and paint:

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and done for the day...last pic of the harnesses from the front cause im a pic whore to lol

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we put 4 legal tyres on to so as soon as the insurance comes through i will be buying tax and this will become my daily drive and the fiesta will be off the road for some new bits :D

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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by volvosneverdie » 08 Feb 2009 08:48 pm

lookin pretty sweet.
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by kyle_furlong » 09 Feb 2009 08:31 pm

wow its kel's old volvo i have seen you out in your fiesta. im getting a 340 1.7 this week completey stanard so i can have a play

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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by kaos » 12 Feb 2009 09:12 pm

Im gonna say this.

change the 4 points rear mounts arround! they shouldnt be crossed like that!

apart from that it looks good.
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by magnumpi » 12 Feb 2009 11:21 pm

I like that, looks quite good in Army green, but i do like any matt colour. If my paint on mine was shite i'd do it in brown with "this way up" to make it llok like a cardboard box :lol:

I guess the wheels are your drift wheels, but a little tip for spraying them is put a coating of neat washing up liquid on the tyre, then any over spray just wipes off easy as.
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by MJ » 14 Feb 2009 12:17 am

Good tip, sounds easier than masking :) She said that she's going to be replacing the tyres soon anyway though, so it doesn't really matter.

You mean the 4 point harness?
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by shifty babe » 18 Feb 2009 12:13 pm

magnumpi wrote:I like that, looks quite good in Army green, but i do like any matt colour. If my paint on mine was shite i'd do it in brown with "this way up" to make it llok like a cardboard box :lol:

I guess the wheels are your drift wheels, but a little tip for spraying them is put a coating of neat washing up liquid on the tyre, then any over spray just wipes off easy as.

those tyres are off now as they were bald but i still have the other 2 to do so i will be using that tip...thanks :)

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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by shifty babe » 18 Feb 2009 12:14 pm

kaos wrote:Im gonna say this.

change the 4 points rear mounts arround! they shouldnt be crossed like that!

apart from that it looks good.

i was always told that they should be crossed :( il have a look into it...

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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by OapEM » 18 Feb 2009 12:29 pm

Aye don't cross them. or just get another 3 pt. then you can't go wrong :lol:

At least you haven't got them looped around a rear strut brace that bolts to the strut tops - seen that too many times for my liking lol.

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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by Jason B » 24 Feb 2009 01:34 am

Yep, if the harnesses don't come with a cross buckle already fitted (which some 4 points do) then don't cross them.. I also echo the rear strut brace bit, harness bars are the optimum solution but a strut brace is not a harness bar. Though if you find a rear "strut brace" fitted to a 300 then I would avoid getting in the car if the person who fitted it is driving :lol:

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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by sven360 » 24 Feb 2009 01:43 am

You forgot to mention harnesses in a car without a cage there Jason :wink:

Still eating snails??????

Crossing harness belts makes them angry.An angry belt is a dangerous belt IMHO.
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by Jason B » 24 Feb 2009 01:56 am

tbh I didn't even look at the pics of the car, but yes, harnesses and buckets without a cage are a very bad idea imho.

@sven, more like abusing snails with a grinder at the minute :( - turns out those french dinky toys are a bit fragile! - bottomed out the rear suspension in a brisk encounter with a road-width pothole on a local club's 12car... this somehow fractured the boot seam!! :lol:
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Re: First car iv owned thats not a ford

Post by Bazboy » 24 Feb 2009 12:50 pm

So why are harnesses and buckets without a cage, a bad thing?

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