Also my voltmeter, which has never worked ever since I bought this car 16 years ago, has suddenly begun working. But the horn is now bust
Fo any of your cars have odd habits?
Quirks
Quirks
..so I did my valve clearances this afternoon, jumped in the car for a test run and found that the clock, that has been buggered for a year, has started functioning again.
Also my voltmeter, which has never worked ever since I bought this car 16 years ago, has suddenly begun working. But the horn is now bust
Fo any of your cars have odd habits?
Also my voltmeter, which has never worked ever since I bought this car 16 years ago, has suddenly begun working. But the horn is now bust
Fo any of your cars have odd habits?
I'm the one that leaves all those shoes in the carriageway.
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D366Y
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1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8... - Location: Buckinghamshire
Re: Quirks
My indicator on the rear recently stopped working but couldn't for the life of me figure out why
Swapped it with the front one and both worked - not the first time it has done so!
My rev counter also has a habit of occasionally just not working for the first 10seconds of the engine being on, but then suddenly decides to work
Swapped it with the front one and both worked - not the first time it has done so!
My rev counter also has a habit of occasionally just not working for the first 10seconds of the engine being on, but then suddenly decides to work
A wise man once said... "you can never have too many capris - buy another" 
It's me, I'm the wise man.
It's me, I'm the wise man.
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Re: Quirks
Might pay to do a dummy practice disconnect the rev counter wire at the coil on roadside. Mine did similar thing , also would die for ½ a second, and take the sparks with it. I didnt know what caused it till the engine died ( halfway up a hill heading out of Nelson at peak traffic ). Turned out the tacho had a intermitant short when something inside got hot and shorted the coil - to earth .
Sometimes I talk to myself ... and we both have a good laugh
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D366Y
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1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8... - Location: Buckinghamshire
Re: Quirks
That's what I do, always works!
A wise man once said... "you can never have too many capris - buy another"
It's me, I'm the wise man.
It's me, I'm the wise man.
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Fordoholic Nick
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Re: Quirks
Quirks.......
I once mistakenly hit a lever on the side of my steering wheel and two rubber lined "arms" moved across and back on my windscreen.
I once mistakenly hit a lever on the side of my steering wheel and two rubber lined "arms" moved across and back on my windscreen.
I was born a Fordoholic, They'll bury me a Fordoholic...
Re: Quirks
Fordoholic Nick wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:22 pm Quirks.......
I once mistakenly hit a lever on the side of my steering wheel and two rubber lined "arms" moved across and back on my windscreen.
What is this devilry.I'm the one that leaves all those shoes in the carriageway.
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Re: Quirks
I was born a Fordoholic, They'll bury me a Fordoholic...