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by burtonm
Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:28 am
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Escort van, tempermental lights.
Replies: 11
Views: 3559

Re: Escort van, tempermental lights.

It's a relay under the bonnet, not under the dash. Anyway its black and has the number 93 BB 6M 092 BA on it. I've already ordered one off eBay as I want the van working properly asap, but would be interesting to see if you did have one. If you do chuck it on ebay as £25 is about the cheapest even f...
by burtonm
Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:41 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Escort van, tempermental lights.
Replies: 11
Views: 3559

Re: Escort van, tempermental lights.

Tail lights fixed now, it was the stalk. As for the glow plugs, I'm now 99% sure its the relay as I poked around with my multimeter and the rest of the circuit seems fine. Glow plugs are also fine as I can start the van easily by popping the bonnet and using a wire to manually hook up the glow plugs...
by burtonm
Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:01 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Is someone here selling a Transit on eBay?
Replies: 0
Views: 653

Is someone here selling a Transit on eBay?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Transit-100- ... 4cee9fcf82

I ask because look at the seller name.
If so do you care to give a fellow Capriest a special deal and honest info on its condition? :D
by burtonm
Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:31 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Escort van, tempermental lights.
Replies: 11
Views: 3559

Re: Escort van, tempermental lights.

Fuses are all good. I'm pretty certain it's the relay (I screwed around with it thinking it was the headlight relay, turned out it was the glow plug module). However my local motor factor doesn't stock it (not Halfrauds), and ford want £100 quid for one which is a quarter of the vans value...screw t...
by burtonm
Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:26 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Escort van, tempermental lights.
Replies: 11
Views: 3559

Re: Escort van, tempermental lights.

Okay...another problem has cropped up.
Glow plugs aren't coming on, neither is the glowplug dash light.
Where is the fuse and relay for them? First place to check I guess.
Making for very difficult first starting...
by burtonm
Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:09 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Escort van, tempermental lights.
Replies: 11
Views: 3559

Re: Escort van, tempermental lights.

Scratch that mate I've got one now. Cheers for the help, I'll let you know how I get on.
by burtonm
Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:44 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Escort van, tempermental lights.
Replies: 11
Views: 3559

Re: Escort van, tempermental lights.

Okay I fixed the brake lights. Connection on the switch had broken, rewired it and now they're fine. Sidelights still giving me trouble, but I searched the Internet and people with the same symptoms as me fixed it with a new sidelight switch. So, I would be eternally grateful if you could send one o...
by burtonm
Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:30 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Escort van, tempermental lights.
Replies: 11
Views: 3559

Escort van, tempermental lights.

I own an M reg Escort van, and recently the lights are being a bit funny. When I turn the lights on, the headlights always come on fine, but the sidelights, dash lights and most worryingly the tail lights don't always come on (they either all come on or none at all). I can get them to come on by swi...
by burtonm
Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:54 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Alternator kaput?
Replies: 3
Views: 1371

Re: Alternator kaput?

Nah I thought of and tried that peter, didn't seem to make a diference. I think olly may be right, just seems strange it was fine until I stalled it, then wouldn't run without a battery 5 seconds later. Doesn't really matter, I need a new alternator anyway as one of the fixing holes is broken. Altho...
by burtonm
Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:26 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Alternator kaput?
Replies: 3
Views: 1371

Alternator kaput?

Decided to try and start the capri today, been sitting in the garage since the MOT failure back in august due to lack of funds/bad weather. Didn't have a battery in it because I'd donated it to a friend ages ago, so I took the battery out of my van, but its a flat type connector rather that the roun...
by burtonm
Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:56 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Turns out my car is made of filler
Replies: 13
Views: 3187

Re: Turns out my car is made of filler

Gonna take the old girl to a mates garage (unfortunatly doesn't do MOTs), get it on a lift and have a very good look and take pics.
I'll update you when this is done.
by burtonm
Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Turns out my car is made of filler
Replies: 13
Views: 3187

Re: Turns out my car is made of filler

yeah, it really annoys me when people call my car a banger. it doesn't bang in any way shape or form, pulls smoothy, starts first time every time, gets good mpg. to add insult to injury they put as an advisory 'emits blue smoke under acceleration'. it's one of the unsmokiest capris i've seen. said i...
by burtonm
Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:02 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Turns out my car is made of filler
Replies: 13
Views: 3187

Re: Turns out my car is made of filler

reassuring comments from both of you thanks. the picture one of the testers painted was very bleak, tbh he was just an old git. 'dunno why you like it, it's not even a 2.8. you may as well scrap it' he really twisted the knife in as much as he could. i think i will take it off the road, strip it to ...
by burtonm
Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Turns out my car is made of filler
Replies: 13
Views: 3187

Re: Turns out my car is made of filler

i'll give a list, and i'll try and get pics later. 001 offside rear leaf spring cracked (this must be recent as i looked at them not long ago and it wasnt the case) 002 offside rear suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded 003 offside outer rear lower (sil) vehicle sruct...
by burtonm
Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:41 pm
Forum: Rant and Rave
Topic: Turns out my car is made of filler
Replies: 13
Views: 3187

Turns out my car is made of filler

just done the old MOT. talk about a disaster! has a whole page of structural failures including bad repairs. had a years MOT when i bought it, would appear he (the guy i bought it off) must have bodged it and got a dodgy MOT as it passed before with no advisories. i knocked around the structure a lo...
by burtonm
Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:50 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: 1600 bottom with 2.0 injection head
Replies: 13
Views: 2847

Re: 1600 bottom with 2.0 injection head

i'm trying to look up a lot, but it's hard to find specifics regarding carbed pintos with FI. what i do come across tends to be injection and/or turbo, which i'm not interested in. and so many of the answers are here 8-) i'm piecing it together in my head a slightly different way though. i want to s...
by burtonm
Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
Topic: grey carla check recaro interior
Replies: 6
Views: 2009

Re: grey carla check recaro interior

they're purdy. what are they like to sit on? when you sit on my back seats you almost sink to the floor. they seem more worn that the front one's. the previous owner was a lady as well, haha. anyway, if they're good to sit on i'd like to take the lot off your hands but you are a good 2 hours away fr...
by burtonm
Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:59 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: 1600 bottom with 2.0 injection head
Replies: 13
Views: 2847

Re: 1600 bottom with 2.0 injection head

you haven't lowered your comp? interesting. are you using standard pistons or have you gone forged? are you set up so you get your 7psi at redline? what do you consider your redline? because capri tacho doesn't have a physical redline, but if i remember rightly a standard 2 litre recommended max rpm...
by burtonm
Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:34 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Battery leads
Replies: 6
Views: 1365

Re: Battery leads

2 metres, are you putting the battery in the boot?
i can't see why it would matter though, as long as it's thick enough.
by burtonm
Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:09 pm
Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
Topic: wanted: pinto efi inlet manifold
Replies: 0
Views: 732

wanted: pinto efi inlet manifold

anybody got one knocking around?
decent condition preferably.
happy to pay postage, but i'd rather collect.
i'm in middlesex.
cheers.