dylan
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would be a bitch to get a bbq into though
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so you have no spark at the points?, did you try a new coil or a second hand one?
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yep thats normal for them to get pretty hot
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problem found to be faulty condenser......... cheers fellas
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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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hey i think iv been to your house must of been when the previous owners where there nice shed!
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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
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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
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cheers for the help guys iv got everything pretty well sussd now
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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?
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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
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im keen for pizzas
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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
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O/T: are you still using stock Escort mounts with the glued on rubber? yea what else is there?
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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?
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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
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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?
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does anyone know off hand what the standard tappet settings ar for a 1600 crossflow? any help would be greatly appereciated
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yea im keen as for a meet up/cruise or whatever now that my car is back on the road
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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
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cheers mate...................hey is new zealand small fords working on your comp?