The Ford Capri Laser Page

With all the good advice being given, we could have gathered around the thing and TALKED it off by now!

Same tyred old jokes!

You need to keep a low profile

Well it certainly looks wheely different.

I did the simple conversion of just removing the blue covers, for a fellow member of Kings Lynn Capri Club a few years back at a local show. So there I was, leaning over the boot of his 280, with the instrument cluster in pieces, removing a couple of the gauges to get the blue covers off easily, whe...

I did use a mallet but sparingly as I didn’t want to damage anything, also all of the online advise said not to try and lever it off, is the back plate stronger than it looks? It is strong enough for this purpose, yes. You could try using a drift and tapping the drum outwards (i.e. from the diff di...

Possibly because your inbox is full of old messages?
I think you only get space for 50, so you need to delete old ones if you've read them.
Then it should have space to appear.

I think it`s something they used to have (hence the hole in the face of the drum) nbut they stopped fitting. There was never really much point when the hub has studs as they locate it anyway (more useful if you have wheel bolts ) Just give it a tap and it should pop off, unless very badly worn so t...

Take the plug in the footwell out too until you sort it - so long as the water can get out agian youre ok. 😂 Don't laugh, that's not such a silly idea. At least it'll reduce the build up. You can also put something under the carpet to hold it up, so it drains instead of soaking in. Short term preve...

The state of components plays a large part in the how many clicks the handbrake has to be setup with. On a previous Capri I found I always needed it adjusted to at least 6 clicks to avoid the shoes rubbing against the drums when the handbrake was off. Mine now works perfectly on 3 clicks. The diffe...

If you really can't get your head around the Haynes manual then why not give my method a go. It works. ;) Your manual does indeed seem to show the old set up with various pulleys etc. Interestingly though, it shows it on a Salisbury axle, whereas more commonly that arrangement appeared on the front ...

It`s a bit bewildering as apparently there was a changed adjustment procedure for later models (presumably with the nylon adjuster?) TBH I wouldn`t have anything like this much travel but this is what Ford recommend. I make no recommendations or comments, just present the info I have. https://i.pos...

There was a 'famous' case of a white Tickford that sat in the Aston Martin showroom in Long Stratton, Norfolk, for many years. It was finally sold and registered on a 'J' plate. So that would have been quite a discrepancy from the build date. Way back in 1999 I organised an attempt to get a 'Mile of...

Remember that most of the connections happen underneath the box via a huge multi-plug. I think, from memory, the black wire to terminal 6 is for the windscreen wash pump. I had a problem years ago with mine not working, but a simple test with one of those light up screwdrivers showed power getting ...

Wouldn't leave you stranded, the car can be driven without the clutch . Ah yes , us brilliant men could but what about the Mrs ......spose that's why there is a magnet in the bottom of the gearbox :) That's a bit generic! My wife, who is an automotive purchasing manager, has a product licence from ...

It is very easy to adjust once you've found it. The outside of the cable itself is a coarse thread which the adjuster winds along to take up the slack. Some would say it's always worth checking the adjusters on the brake drums first. To do that you would slacken them off (Haynes manual covers it) t...

It makes the back end easier to control.....you can still get it sideways coming off a roundabout but without spinning it. I fitted a genuine Skorpion X-frame on my 2.8i way back in the early 90s. It actually gave me understeer! Easy solution.....give it more welly off roundabouts. Expensive soluti...

From my experience, if you take the connector off the left strut then the wiper will work but will just stop wherever you switch it off. Either way, you should have an earth on the body of the motor, a power supply from the 'penny' connector on the left side of the tailgate, and a self park earth at...

Remember that most of the connections happen underneath the box via a huge multi-plug. I think, from memory, the black wire to terminal 6 is for the windscreen wash pump. I had a problem years ago with mine not working, but a simple test with one of those light up screwdrivers showed power getting t...

No need to change them as the wear on them is irrelevant. The gap is not irrelevant, but it honestly will not affect the actual timing, the spark occurs the instant the field collapses in the coil , gap just affects the quality of the spark, . I`m sure you`re thinking of the points gap which DOES a...

Larger plug gaps causes ignition to be retarded ? :python: me thinks your plug gap needs closing up a bit :poke: :xd: ,that's right up there with the misinformation mother's tell unruly kids about what's going to happen if they swallow Cherry stones or chewing gum,.....or don't eat their Brussel sp...