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Velcro , that way when it falls off you can just stick it back on again

And don't forget the valve clearances , if these ain't right nothing else will get it to run right

I fitted a MK4 Cortina column to my escort, all the switches , steering wheel and mounting brackets fit straight on

Rev counter needs 12v + , an earth and a signal wire from coil -. A quick check with a tester/multimeter will show which bit is missing , and then it's a case of finding the fault with a continuity meter ( ohms setting on a multi meter will do )
It won't do nuffin if the motor isn't running

My Capri doesn't have unleaded valve seats and I use Penrite lead substitute ( used to use valve master but it got expensive and hard to find here )otherwise I lost 1 thou of ex valve clearance every 1000km. Our regular petrol is 91 and Crapi don't like it at all ( I have 9.75:1 cr) so I use our sup...

So what's the diff? I ask because I have had major issues getting a screen to fit properly. The screen that came with the car fitted real good but ones fitted later all seem a tad wide. The car is a 1980 MK3 and I assume the rubber is too as I have not changed it . The windscreen company have fitted...

Last time I was at the garden centre there was a sign saying "All unattended children will be given a free can of red bull and a pet rat ",......I laughed all the way home. Didn't go there for bulbs tho

Who did that? ..........and thankyou

I have a set of louvres for (I believe) a MK1 Capri , couple of splits but no missing bits. Pix if ya want
Hamish

I'll see what I can do

:agree: either we can see the original post as well as the "new" version ,or no editing after your post has been replied to , or put a time limit on editing .Say, 10mins, allowing the poster to make corrections to spelling or grammar ( and now days with predictive text making some of us look illiter...

Ah ha ,that's a bit sneaky chariepinto, you might have said that you had edited the post ,not fair on 340truck as it leaves his post not making sense and looking harsh ,which is what I thought, and any one searching for a solution to a similar issue might find it hard to understand the thread . Apol...

I gotta say I didn't see ,in the initial post , any sign of Charlie pinto either wanting to, or asking how to bodge the job or fool the inspector. Also gotta say that if the car has been laid up for a while paying attention to the whole braking system would be a wise move , even if they seem to be w...

I have thought about these but I figured they would be a job for an auto upholstery guy to do,and when I asked him it turned out to be cheaper to get him to make the thing as well,then I got a mint dash on eBay so never bothered. I guess getting the old cracked dash smoothed off so said cracks didn'...

I have the Haynes manual but the wiring for the wipers and washer pump are different to what's actually in the car and I have not been able to find correct diagram ( haven't looked to hard ). Some of the wiring defies logic and common sense

I have found that araldite ,being epoxy is sometimes a bit reluctant to stick to some plastics and a polyester glue (fibreglass resin ) often works better. I just make little dams our of plaster scene or bluetac and pour it in and pack in a bit of the glass strands from the bottom of the bag .....wa...

And a bigger hat if all the compliments keep rolling in :burnout: :xd: Thanks Hamish... I will take this as a 'compliment' mate :lol: :lol: :lol: Or friendly poke in the ribs ,,And what's with the B112 ? Is your car a Capri royalty , movie star , significant history car? We (me and Di ) are always ...

Fordoholic Nick wrote:

Thanks chaos.... think I am going to need a bigger tub of Autoglym

And a bigger hat if all the compliments keep rolling in

I have (had) a stock 2l and when doing the motor up I fitted a stock ford cam (got it cheap ) and I set the timing so the intake lobe center angle was 108 Deg atdc. Real good low mid range power , tows a trailer easily ,gets 40mpg,still does the ton ,only downside is that if runs out of puff at abou...

I been looking at lsd's from Burton's and Rally design ,they seem to have got cheaper ,think I'll go for the torsen type ,..........but do I get the stronger 2 piece axles too .Mmmmm sounds like a decision for the Mrs :sarcasmalert: actually the best time to bring the Mrs in on decisions like this i...