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will try and get there, depends on which way the fire goes today. some fresh air would be nice.

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as mentioned above, escorts have the ballast wire INSIDE the wiring loom, usually a pink wire that looks out of place. that is why you have 10v. put an ohm meter between the battery "+" and the feed to the external ballast resistor. probably be around 1 - 1.5 ohms. (with the key on) if so, you have an internal ballast wire. this can be checked with the battery "-" removed, to save flattening the battery. you are just checking resistance, not voltage. now turn the key to start, and the resistance should drop to nothing. or close to it. that means your bypass is working. hook everything back up. when the key is turned, battery voltage (not always 12v..) is applied to the end of this wire usually from the starter solenoid or the key. thats what the extra small terminal on the solenoid is, hence" ballast bypass" how many volts at the battery terminals when cranking? probably around 10. should be a bit more, battery is probably down a bit from cranking over a lot. just because it went before, dose not mean it was right. charge the battery, remove/bypass the external extra ballast resistor, and it will be sweet. put a jug on it...

escorts have the ballast wire in the wiring loom. shit of an idea. sounds like you have an extra one wired in? would mean full voltage when cranking (ballast bypass), and drop down to less than what is needed when running. bypass the external resistor and see what happens. it should run. then check voltages. cheers.

So happy you got this car instead of the red one I looked at on your behalf. It was a dog. This is lush. Stoked.

Cliff bond are wizards when it comes to rings. And stuff. In the past they supplied rings to fit an obscure size on a motorbike engine. Machined the ring groove in the piston to suit the bits they had in stock. Was about $300 cheaper than factory ones. Clever buggers.

earth from the battery to the body. it looks like you have earthed the motor, but not motor to chassis. motor is rubber mounted, was probably earthing through the speedo cable or the choke cable.

When I had a look, the radiator was really blocked. Needs rodding out by a radiator shop. It should be fine, its a 4 core unit. Probably a diesel one with the tanks changed to suit the 202. Used to work in a radiator shop back in the day when ld28 conversions were the norm. Thr flexi fan without a shroud is doing fuck all, same as the tiny electric fan. Which is also has no shroud, and is a few inches in front of the radiator. Get thr radiatir rodded out, the core looks o.k. Fit a proper electric fan on the front of the radiator, ditch the flexi fan before someone looses a finger. Go to a radiator shop, pull it out. Get it fixed, put it back in and get the shop to bleed the system properly. They will be able to advise you about a good fan. It will be 3 to 500 for a recore. Just my opinion, from what I saw when working on it. Cheers.

This is why I like old school. Osgc's everywhere. Happy trails!

still looking for it, the shed had consumed it somewhere...

Talking to an old boy at the pub today, said he knows of a complete engine in Christchurch. Auto restorations did a car for someone, the motor in was not correct for that year. So they brought another one. Also said he has many contacts and address for bits. Not a computer user, or cell phone user. Totally old school. Can give you his land line number if you want?

Have a spare car if you want to borrow it. 86 mirage hatchback, has reg and WOF. In governors bay, but can drop off tomorrow afternoon. Try butler auto spares for parts, has a lot of old school stock. Usually very helpful, got a good website too. Think there is going to be a car working bee at i500gt's (karl) place in the next few days, maybe we can sort it out there? Depends if they are an interference motor or not. 3onthetree will be there, think he knows a bit bout those motors...

kill it with fire. it's no vn mayte...

Coes ford was not swimmable last I heard.

Kaikoura? The road will be open then.

Same frame as a gb250. Which means the tanks fit.

Make shire the dizzy is spinning... Been caught out before.

Swap a set of those badges you wanted if you can get my bag back from marku. The one that had carsbergs in at nats .

What's the black one? On my phone so can't see properly.

Dt175

carb diaphrams are usually what goes. try this place... http://jbmindustries.com/Keihin_diaphragm.html and http://www.kz400.com/

Coil up a longer hose going to it? Ling post...

I have a set of bars at home that I would donate to this. 6 benders. My first rat bike was a 5ta in an a10 frame.

Pull the top plate off the wipermotor and clean/bend the contacts on the round bit inside. Probably got caked up grease on it.