I noticed when fitting the engine undershield that my washer bottle wasn't very secure. In fact it was leaning down one side and had a lot of movement. I can't for the life of me work out how its fitted as I can't see any bolt/screw holes or mounts on it anywhere from above or below? Surely they don't just rest there
Anyone got any advise?

 

no more nails

 

u'll probably find one of the mouting lugs has snapped off (very common) i mad e anew ally bracked and revitted that into teh bottle with some epoxy resin underneath to seal the holes, you will find that in teh std location, one of the lugs is under a lot of strain (the one that snaps) I HAD TO ADD A SPACER (ABOUT 1/2") between teh lug and the shell to get it to sit nicely.

 

Paul,

thereis a strap that keeps it in place iirc.

not that secure.

 

definately shouldn't be a strap, there are 3 mounting points... its the upper fornt one that is strained.

 

Will spend some more time looking at it tomorrow

 

i think you have to take off the arch liner to get to 2 fixing points got same prob with mine might be worth taking it off just to check and have a clean up while your at it if you have microcat that will show you all the fixings cant get mine to work at the mo but im sure some kind soul will post up the layout. at the mo i just cant remember

 

Tried microcat and like everything Cosworth it showed the base model washer bottle which is different

 

sounds about right will have a look when car next comes out if no one has come up with anything else

 

i had the same problem!!! on mine it was the mounting point under the n/s headlight which had broken!!! just replaced the plastic lug with a nut and bolt,, the bumper was removed at the time which made life a lot easier!!

 

tie wraps

 

Found the problem as suggested above one of the mounts had broken off
Its Zip tied until I get a new one

 

you cant get em Paul, i tried
Ford will sell you a bottle but it doesn't come with the bracket (which you can't buy separately) for about Ł35

I did find a brand new bottle but the guy wanted Ł300

 

Bracket? theres no bracket that I can see?

 

thats because yours is missing because its broke.....

there are 3 mounting points for an escoss washer bottle, 2 mount to the chassis rail the third mounts underneath the n/s headlight, this is the 1 that breaks, its an L shaped bracket which is plastic welded to a std mk5 escort washer bottle, this is the bracket which is no longer available...

HTH

 

Cable tie Paul, but a black one & not a white one like i did!

 

checked mine yesterday when i was under the car and its solid as a rock, suppose if you had a little knock/bump on that side it could easily snap the bracket off?

 

Funny how many common problems cossies share!

 

Do Escort Cosworth washer bottles have a warning switch?

 

They have a level sensor if thats what you mean?

 

yes, the light comes on in the clocks for a warning the level is low.

 

I get it now.. you made it sound like there was a seperate bracket part.

Microcat shows two types of washer bottles for the Escort Cosworth one with a warning switch and one without I'll double check whats availible

 

Ordered a new one with level sensor Ł30+vat

 

good price for a cossy part,makes a change

 

Where from Paul?

 

If its the right one can you let me know please and i'll get one, when i ordered mine the bloke said 'its the right 1 for an escort blah blah' but when it came the bracket was missing, then after further digging he said it was no longer available!!

 

As Monster says I think you will find it will be wrong...

As above common fault snaping lugs off, mine was the same, though I just plastic welded it, solid as a rock now

Perhaps I should hunt one down and offer repaired items on EBay on an exchange basis

 

I'll let you know when it arrives