Got my mate round tonight to change bushes, bushes werent a prob, it was ANOTHER loose bolt

So, left it at that....

Was looking round the car generally, and noticed these 2 problems




LOOK at the state of that wiring!!




A "little" more concerning, the wire above had shorted through to chassis and over time caused the air filter to burn, how bad could that have been!!!

Still glad I found it!!!

Anyone got a spare filter

 

Shocking mate

 

that was fooking lucky

 

you Lucky Boy!

 

lucky you found it

 

More to the point where has all the smoldered foam ended up

 

wasnt your engine removed recently? wasnt it noticed then? Or was it done Blunkett spec

 

That is bad! spose thats the thing with old cars, its so easy to over look the wiring.

 

Jesus stu, I think that car is trying to tell you somthing

 

Close!

 

could of been alot worse


this is why im gonna be putting a complete new loom in


dont want no 20 odd year wiring in mine, something that is easily overlooked

 

I almost set my car on fire yesterday aswell.

While welding in a rear wheel arch the waxoil in the sill caught fire.

Ever seen burning waxoil dropping out of the holes in the sill onto your garage floor?

Also damaged a bit of the wiring loom that goes to the rear lights...

 

I thought Karl had sweat blood and tears on that only a few weeks ago?

 

Basically, the car HAS had a brand new loom, both normal loom and cossie management loom, the wires above control the fans from the temp sensor, just when they were connected up originally they were soldered very badly.

Karl wouldnt have known about this as it was all taped up.

As said, very lucky

 

still suprised it wasnt seen it obviously hasnt happened over night

 

Lucky escape Stu.

 

wont kill a big fire but will help save the car

http://www.safelincs.co.uk/page.php?...37060b3ec55a9d

 

very lucky


Brian

 

Got one like the small one under the passenger seat

allways have had one in my cars

Edited to say

lucky escape there fella

my mk5 3i allmost went to the scrappy from some crap wiring

 

What, one of these?

 

Stu.H

 

nice , and to all the people who dont carry a fire Extinguisher in there car, what are you thinking GET ONE!

 

wonder if its only ford enthusiasts that carry fire exstinguishers.

i expect so,

wonder why that is

 

what filter do you need? i have this at home but its for a cossie so dunno if it will fit or is any good?

 

Yeh its a cossie one thats on it, its set up same as cossie, so straight from turbo to air filter...

I need a T34 one, is that off a 34 or a 3?

 

NEWSFLASH: Turbos get hot, so dont put your wires next to them unshielded