fiestaturbo.com

[trecoll]

Oh wait! Now I recognise the username! It's the same You got the hybrid off of Eric!?

[rs1800dom]

Yep lol. Was on hear first about 6-7 years ago.

[trecoll]

Spent some much needed time on this on Saturday afternoon.
 
Got it on the ramp, phoned Euro Car Parts to get rear discs, rear pads and a center pipe as mine is blowing.
They can't get the center pipe!
 
Phoned the local Ford parts, they might be able to get one, but if they can it'll be £80-£90!! (Glad I ain't paying for it!)
Going to do a late night on it, hopefully Wednesday, changing that over (or going pikey on it) and hopefully (finally!) changing my boost pipes over as I'm really really down on power and MPGeees.
 
Some pictures. I left my mechanic to do the fronts, whilst I was doing the rears.

 

We'll swap the discs to the correct sides on Wednesday too!  :blub:
 
And I sorted the rears

 
Bloody Hell are the abso's good!!!

[trecoll]

Turns out I can even break these!

 

Diff exploded and went through casing into bell housing. You can just make out the main pin in the hole on the left which has blown a hole in the casing.

[bakewell001]

Whoops!

[dontpannic]

How the hell did you manage that?!

[trecoll]

They reckon a bearing seized up in the diff

[Smo]

Whoops!

Do any of the non ST TDCi Mondeos use the same box? They're 6 speed aren't they?

[rs1800dom]

Fudgin heck mate, good effot.

Have you spoke to nik aka victor (profile pic of victor meldrue) on mondeostoc.com? He had a box for sale not long ago.

[trecoll]

Nik does still have a box, but I didn't have time to get over to him again. I bought one fairly cheap on ebay, 3 months warranty etc. £200 posted.

Should be getting the car back tonight.

Found out it's been in a huge front ender before, chassis legs and the old gearbox have been welded a fair bit. This isn't the original box either. It's been decatted and chipped too.
That along with the repaired rear arch are pissing me off!

It's probably getting traded in soon.


It was driveable with the box in that condition. Can't work out how though!

[dontpannic]

Sounds like a potentially dodgy one! Was it HPI clear?

I guess it was crashed and repaired on the cheap without insurance knowing - exactly the same situation with my MK5 Fiesta.

[trecoll]

It was HPI clear, so guess it was bodged!

[trecoll]

Well this gets traded in on Tuesday. Just agreed a fantastic price on a new car. The head unit has been taken out, everything else is staying on the car (part of the deal).

New car is not a ford, red, 1.6 petrol with over 200 brake.


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[rs1800dom]

Corsa vxr?

[trecoll]

It's older than the mondeo, so no. (It's 2003)


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[dontpannic]

Could literally be anything, Rob

[trecoll]

Yes it could. You'll find out 7:30 Saturday morning in morrisons car park! Lol


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[hb69]

You've bought a mini haven't you

[dontpannic]

Great shout Henry!

[trecoll]

They're like 160/170bhp?


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[hb69]

Didn't say it was standard

[trecoll]

Good call. It's a works cooper s!