Hi all. My escort cossie has broken down in the road outside my house (will turn over but wont start). The problem I've got is that I need to get it into my garage to fix it (My road is full of snobby gits who dont like seeing cars being worked on!) My drive is on an upward incline so what would be the best way to move it? Would putting it in gear and turning over on the starter be sufficient to move it? Am also worried what effect it would have on my PAS! Please help!

 

Steering will be fine, but it might be a bit heavy.

How steep is the drive? If it's not too steep you'll be fine, just don't keep it spinning for long without a rest, you could burn out the starter. At the risk of stating the obvious, use 1st gear.

 

have you checked the fuel inertia switch before you resort to pulling the car in bits

 

I certainly have, now gonna check sensors, etc once it's in garage

 

Large turbo Esc Cos - it's in the passenger footwell. Not sure on small turbo...

 

check the wires on the ign coil as this happended to me the other day after giving it some and ended up leaving the car at my mates house

 

remove spark plugs to give the starter an easier time of it

 

Had exactly the same problem with my EsCos 2 weeks ago. Had to wait nearly three hours for RAC, and then a low loader.

Turned out to be fuse box problems, very common on them apparently.

My car was turning over fine, but my fuel pump wasn't priming.

 

get some mates to help push it up the drive too

 

Fuck the neighbours!

 

U pay road tax so u have the right to work on ur car at the side of the road.

Tell ur neighbours to fuck off if they moan

 

erm,,,,,,,,,,, that aint quite true mate

 

there is a new law that says u cant work on the side of the road

 

exactly what i thought your house you do what you bloody want on your drive

 

No, it is against the law