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Found the download link for the x/flow book, just downloaded it again and it works fine. Also found a Pinto one while i was there. (Just do the free download and wait like a minute for them to start).

Crossflow:

http://rapidshare.com/files/381904855/Ford_s_Kent_Crossflow_Engine.pdf

Pinto:

http://rapidshare.com/files/382326327/how_to_power_tune_Ford_SOHC_DOHC.pdf

Cheers

Matt

Got it sorted, just silicones the park bulb behind the clear clear bit on the sealed unit. Passed wof sweet as. Will do for now till I get some decent lights.

Cheers for the help

Got these ones off trademe. Yea prob didn't explain that well. The lights have a circle cut out of them in the metal where the park lights would go. The hole has like a rubber / silicon cover on it though that looks like it's always been there. Concern is that if I just cut that rubber out and plug in the park lights it will fuck them coz it's a sealed unit.

Thinking theyre just from a metal cast that's used for both types kinda thing.

Raizer, will it not matter that the park lights are orange if I go the indicator way?

Cheers guys!

Matt

The new bulbs have a space for the parklights, but its siliconed over (looks like its like this from factory). Are there any implications with just putting the park lights in there and siliconing over it again?

Not a special gas / no oxygen in the lamps or anything?

Hmm I see, so the park lights are required as well for the warrant? Just focused on getting the car warranted now, as will be redoing all this wiring when I set up spot-lights and de-loom the engine bay.

Is there somewhere in the indicator unit that I could mount the park light bulbs in Raizer? Dam should have got some lamps with the park lights in them!

Cheers guys

Something funny with the wiring in the new escort around the headlights.

I have some new sealed beam units that have the 3 prongs going into it. The escort loom has 3 wires going to the main unit, and also 2 wires going to what i think is the park light. New sealed beam units don't have the smaller park light in the side of them like the old ones did.

Question is, with the new sealed beam ones with no park lights in the side, does the main unit deal with all 3 light settings (park / lights on / full beam?) and do I not need to worry about the other 2 wires? In theory I should just be able to plug it in and look myself, but at the moment no power is getting to the main units at all as the looms been butchered. Just want to double check how this is meant to work with the new unit before I figure out why there's no power.

Hope that makes sense!

Cheers

Matt

Hey bro, could i get a rough quote on fitting 4 flared guards and front air dam to a mk2 escort. Would need to be rivited/fibreglassed on, and molded to the body (not bolt on style flares). Also will obviously need the panels repainted too, not sure if you can do / have any one that could do that.

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Matt

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=351024741

Anyone know anything about this car? Thinking about buying it an putting my motor in it and wheels on it, then just selling my coupe shell with those modgies and the motor from that car.

Mainly interested to know what the panel / paint work is like? Anyone here in Nelson seen it / own it? Gonna be far cheaper to buy a shell that's already been painted nicely.

Cheers

Matt

Think I have that book as a pdf somewhere. Will look.

Have 1300 pistons in my 1600 with a fast road / rally cam (stage 3 from kelfords) and dellorto 40's. I'd tell you how it runs but I haven't got it in the car yet. Pics/info in my project thread.

sweet, do you know if you can tell them apart by chassis number or anything? Cheers

Oh really? I thought the sports came out with higher compression motors?

Am looking at another mk2 esky, is there any way to tell if it's a genuine sport through the chassis number or anything? I'm sure when I looked one up on carjam a while ago it said on there, but the one I'm looking at now doesn't mention it. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Matt

Car went for about $5500, was at turners in petone tonight. Seemed mechanically mint and drove well but had some structual rust around the pillars/roof. Ah well.

Cheers guys. Whats a standard good condition 12A worth?

Even if the motor seems poked or its got a bit of rust, do you think a couple of grand would still be a good price?

What would one of these be worth in standard condition (pretty sure its a 12a)? I've been looking on TradeMe and they seem to be starting at about 6 grand but none seem to have people bidding.

I might have the opportunity to pick this one up cheap as, wof expired in November but the reg is on hold so still in the system etc. Anything i really need to look out for, and what would be a good price to pay, or does anyone know anything about this car. I've never had anything to do with rotary's before so am a total noob in this dept.

Cheers

Matt

yea, have a feeling I wont be seeing it again in one piece. little fuckers

Yep insured for theft, just not insured for as much as its worth and just did a stack of work on it (cambelt etc). Could be worse, just frustrating.

Hey guys,

My daily got stolen from central wellington last night. If anyones seen it could you drop me a PM?

Cheers

Matt

Used a wirebrush drill bit to get the paint off some old wheels, worked really well.

Yea had it sussed out by a lawyer aye man, looks like its gonna be real expensive to do it myself either way so might have to hit him back with the response to his response. Fun times.

Yea have been back to him bro. Sent him a big statement from a lawyer saying what i'm covered under etc, turns out im not covered by the CGA though, only under some other act (misrepresentation of contract or something), he's replied saying he still doesn't think hes at fault etc etc so the next step is court. That'll be expensive if I don't win though, so just tryin' to sus out how much its gonna cost to do it myself aye.

Brought it off a Subaru mechanic who got it with blown head gaskets and did all the work on it himself. Thought it was a blocked radiator that caused it to heat up so had it at the radiator shop who also said they're hard to bleed in. But yea, then tested the coolant with some chemical that checks for engine fumes in the coolant and it rekon's its a head gasket aye.

My thoughts are that the heads went soft the first time it blew, and the guy that did the head gasket didn't bother about them.

Sup guys

Brought a Suby 250t (1995) that had just had the head gaskets done, but its popped one (3 months later), so I've been jacked. Lookin' for a new engine (EJ25 non turb) or someone that wants a cash job on it. Cars in Gisborne at the moment though.

Anyone?

Cheers

Matt

I'm sure I remember one being on TradeMe, the firewall was pretty modified though... (like it was almost mid engined)

Don't let go of the wheel and let it slide through your hands when coming out of a roundabout, move your hands and grip the wheel the whole time.