hi folks, iam currently forced into driving a 1.1 fiesta due to not being able to find anyone in my area who is willing to restore my 4x4, its had an accident in past and was garaged for years till it was repaired (nothing major just side swipe to rear quarter) it was logged on the log book repaired and put back on road it was then purchased off ebay by my father he had new clutch fitted by mr clutch who didnt know what they were doing that lasted couple of months before going back for another as it collapsed (shit bits) they fitted another then four weeks later it started to play up again! i bought off of father and had another fitted and guess what! yep again started to play up has trouble engaging gears when warm got pissed off and parked it up two years have passed and thought i should do something with it, body wise its ok scab on roof top of winscreen usual spot, rear arch slight scab and the rear chasis where the cradle mounts is rough on drivers side its only done 46,000 since new its in ash black (rare now apparently) and engine is purrrfic.
is it worth sticking 3000 into it to get body repaired and resprayed and moted ? but most of all has anyone had the same problem with the clutch situation could it be as simple as the wrong oil in the box? i have plenty of bits t.box g.boxes only thing i aint got is a spare engine. was going to do a 2.3 conversion but there is no real gain as they are a lower bhp the rs is the only one as far as iam aware thats 150bhp all oter variants are lower. possibly may bolt in an st170 lump and keep the original to go back in in the future. PLEASE HELP DONT WANT TO SCRAP!