Originally Posted by shamoan mother fukcer
you need to match the last 3 letters or numbers,so as yours is a BAA thats what you got to replace it with, mine is a bbd and i have got 2 mk5 escorts and both have gone tits up,i got a new 1 from the small ford center in rochester kent for £150 and my m8 repaired 1 for me
cheeRS Gary
AKA shrek
Don't bother. I used to work there once. New boxes are direct from Ford and if you can get discount @ your local dealer, it will be cheaper. (there are 3 remaining types BAA, BBD and one other I can't remember). All other versions are superceeded to those.
In fairness though, the rebuilt ones are good. The bloke who taught me (guy called Alan), although he is a [insert comment] and me and him don't see eye to eye anymore unfortunately, he does know what he is doing with them. Same as alternators and starter motors, he used to work for a place that built them and taught me everything I know about them.
Point to note: if your fusebox has green "gunge" in it, or stains, get the windscreen checked, as we used to get loads come in with that and everyone one, when checked needed the windscreen resealing.
Make sure you mark ALL the fuses, relay locations and bridge bars BEFORE you strip the old fusebox, one bit in the wrong place and cause more problems that you had before.
Also, the 1st item normally to go on a fusebox in a MK5 is the interior heater blower. If this goes, the rest of the box will not be far behind.
MK6 boxes (1995 onwards) have busbars instead of a printed circuit board and no longer have this issue.