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dylan

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  1. would be a bitch to get a bbq into though
  2. so you have no spark at the points?, did you try a new coil or a second hand one?
  3. dylan

    ballast resistor

    yep thats normal for them to get pretty hot
  4. problem found to be faulty condenser......... cheers fellas
  5. yea true that... it has an alarm and immobiliser also but that appears to be working fine when its immobilised theres no power at the coil and when i press the beep beep button there is power there
  6. alright ill grease the rubbing block and also recheck/set the gap tomorro night and yea i gave the points a rub with light grit wet and dry sandpaper before fitting them
  7. ah cant remember now but i looked the points gap up on autodata when i replaced them and yes set at the top of the points cam its been running sweet for the last month.
  8. my little hilux appears to have no spark out the plug leads about a month ago i replaced the coil,plugs,points,dizzy cap and rotor so these should still be fine yes?.. also i do have power to my coil and earth im gonna replace the condenser and earth wire in the distributer tomorro as it looks a little ratty any guidence on other things i should look for would be much appreciated!
  9. hey i think iv been to your house must of been when the previous owners where there nice shed!
  10. i bought round ones for mine there out of a landrover its just a round rubber peice with a bolt out either side an i chopped the old rubber peice off the mount then drilled into that mount put a nut on the other side and that has worked for me no longer breaking engine mounts
  11. well things have changed alot since my last post motor went good and i used it for my daily for a while then i revamped my suspension with new everything got a 2inch exhaust i got sick of the faded red so i primered it
  12. cheers for the help guys iv got everything pretty well sussd now
  13. oh sweet thats handy.. so the spline on my auto escort driveshaft is right for the 5 spd but i take it its the wrong length or something? becuse it wasnt mentioned in that thread?
  14. im really shit at using the search on this site so just after a bit of info or to get pointed in the direction of some info so ill need... modified sump gearbox crossmember driveshaft (i have auto 2 piece one..is this all g?) longer accelerator cable longer fuel line what else should i be looking for? also if anyone has bits already made up that there willing to sell im keen as any help would be appereciated
  15. yea same here ...... would be nice to get a good variety of cars out there too,was the mintest day for a cruise out to the point
  16. O/T: are you still using stock Escort mounts with the glued on rubber? yea what else is there?
  17. yea ffs the engine mount on the same side snapped again.........i think ill buy a couple of new ones this time....... will still be keen when i fix that tho......i could just tag along with steve tho?
  18. ah problem fixed tappet settings changed to 10/12 after seeking more advice..........she goes a fuckload better now no flooding type action or anything
  19. yea i found out the stock settings which are 10-22 and i originally had them at 12-22 anyway got some advice from a guy whos rebuilt a couple of these and he said with my lumpy cam i should set them at 10-16 and this has made it run a fuck load better.......still i seem to have a bit of a problem with what feels like flooding if you take off and put yor foot down it stays at the same sorta speed for a while before it actually goes and also theres absolutely no way you can take off on a hill as it plops and farts away.........iv set the timing slightly advanced,and iv also tried 3 different carbs the standard sport twin throat and two 2L ones it actually goes a slight bit better with th 2L one on it.....................any ideas guys?
  20. does anyone know off hand what the standard tappet settings ar for a 1600 crossflow? any help would be greatly appereciated
  21. yea im keen as for a meet up/cruise or whatever now that my car is back on the road
  22. yay its all back in now sounds pretty agressive with the new cam in it all i needa do now is get some brake fluid and bleed the brakes(i replaced a couple of brake lines in the engine bay) and make up a couple of spacers for the electric fan as its hitting the rad
  23. cheers mate...................hey is new zealand small fords working on your comp?
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