hi all im new to the forum and to ford ownership myself, altho family had alot and uncle had mk1 escorts, mexicos rs2000's etc etc

i just bought this a month ago and have had nothing but trouble with it gota have new turbo, cylinder head hub loadsa bits wrong. any way does any1 no it, owned it, recognise it? its just i have no history watsoever, and ford said i need to no where it was serviced to get the history if any.

or it would be brill if sum1 out there ( previous owner ) still has the service book etc?


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thanks newbie luke!

 

Welcome to PassionFord. Sorry to hear that about the car. Dont recognise it either.

If you found out the dealer that the car was service'd at, they can print off the service history for it. I was told this by my ford dealer a few years ago as my Focus at the time had a gap in the service history.

Andy

 

yeah thats what ford said, but with it been 7 tears old and me going all the way to london to get it i dont have a clue where it was serviced =[ oh well thanks

 

where did u buy it from. i cant be certain if its yours but ther was an imp blue rs with a private plate ending FRS up the road from me in doncaster.

 

i bought it in london, its a private plate, i was told it came from london before the last guy had it and left me with a load of fecking problems! some people are just ass holes, hes obviously thought i cant afford to fix it so ill sell it on without telling the new guy! :@@@@@@@

 

gutted pal. usually the mk1 rs are fairly reiable. im sorry u picked up a dodgy motor but any problems uv got, post em up and somebody will no doubt tell u what the answer is!

 

yeah thanks mate i will, i think ive solved most of the probs now, ive got the turbo rebuilt at a cost of 450quid the head is off being rebuilt now at another 250quid, ive already had other bills of 450 labour costs for dodgey bearing the last owners garage fitted, then hopefully it will be fine,

when the head was off had a good look at the block and pistons, they were very carbonised on top and very oily, mechanic said that this was okay jst tired from the use, i guess this type of car will have had a lot of stick unless u buy a very low miler or sum1 has looked after it meticulasly, ive jst put it down to luck of the draw and hope things are looking up now!

thanks luke.

 

If you haven't done so already you should also ask this question on the RSOC forum in the Mk1 FRS section - the car may be known there or may be on the Mk1 FRS build list that is managed by Clayton

http://bbs.rsownersclub.co.uk