Evening all,

i want to remove my brake servo from my car so my mate can rub it down and paint it as its going rusty. I realise you undo the bolts from behind the dash inside the car (my dash is out at moment anyway), but what i want to know is how do u get it off of the pedal bar bit, looks complicated to me.

Any tips/pointers?

cheers

 

Easy as pie mate, undo all the bolts you can see on the left (think there are two??) stick your head behind the brake pedal and you will see a spring clip holding the bar onto the brake pedal, take it off and pull the whole assembly off as one, brake bar and all. Then go on ebay and get a some new bushes for it (they will probably have some play) and jobs a goodun.


Rob,

 

Rob you can get the bushes off ebay?!?

 

yea and i think from YWK parts

in fact here's a link for you, my car is built from there stock room lol i shudder to think how much money i have spent with them

http://www.ywkparts.co.uk/shop/artic...aid%3D10071%26


Rob,

 

Awesome mate ta

 

 

Rob- thank you mate, that epic help lol. I'll have a look 2moro as got the day off so gonna crack on with the car.

 

Just had a look at that link, didnt even know about this company. I think i'll order all new bolts for it aswell then.

 

Happy to help mate,

Your going to regret knowing about YWK mate, i do.... seriously i looked at that website and took my car to pieces lol Ł500 later on whats essentially just new bolts and shiny clips and i feel a mug.... a mug with a new escort but still a mug lol

Rob,

 

LOL i know how u feel mate, first time round when i built mine up i bought loads of new bits, then decided to strip engine bay again and go cossie management, now im going to be spending loads more.
Are the bolts etc that they sell to secure the brake bar etc zinc plated or are they just normal steel that will rust in time?
I didnt even know such a company existed that did spares like that for mk4 escorts. I am kinda gutted i saw your link, as im one of these people who if i nknow parts can be relaced for new i'll want them lol. Oh crap here we go.

 

me too mate. i just made a list for my engine bay resto........fucking hell eh.

 

Some of the bolts are, lots of the parts are original old stock ford... some are plain bolts and not plated BUT...... i have just bought a zinc plating kit so i can be extra anal.

Rob,

 

Oh right yeah, so i can send them to you with some beer tokens yeah lmao.

 

Why rob why, i would have just used all my old bolts now i no about this site im going to be poor

 

I know Conor, little does this man know how much damage he has now done to about 3 peoples bank accounts lol, by just putting up a link lmao!!

 

I know what you mean about YWK Rob. Ive been tidying my receipts today and found an invoice from them for Ł130 and several others along the way for Ł30, Ł40 and Ł50

 

Im too scared to go to their home page and follow the links through to mk4 bits.

 

lol.... Muz you don't know how much better that makes me feel! i think i have their entire catalogue on my car now lol

haha sorry mate! but seriously if i were doing it all again i would have bought these sooner, would have re used a fare few of my fasteners then, would still have spent too much with ywk parts tho!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Zinc-Electropl...item3cb19b181b

All i can say is ywk owe me lol

Rob,

 

DO IT! you know you want to.... worst bit is, i own a sierra too and thats my next project luckily i don't think they sell quite so many sierra bits.

 

i'll have a look through the site 2mora as going sleep now. Just checked out your resto thread again. Loving your car so far. Underneath looks superb.

 

Rob that zinc kit looks awsom. whats it like to use ?

 

Haha cheers mate, i've been a lazy bellend and not posted the 100 pics of bits i've done since lol, the tank is in and the backend is on the floor, engine has gone off to the machine shop and i have re made and braided my wiring loom (bastard of a job) so shouldn't be long now.... Just in time for snow and ice

Not sure i will let you know in a few weeks, going to do all of my engine mounts, front hubs etcetc any thing i forgot to take to the powder coaters lol so i will let you know

Rob,

 

Just looked through that site, pleased it was mainly just bolts on there as there isnt much i want i dont think, although would be nice to replace all the bolts underneath maybe. Pleased they dont sell things like new washer bottles etc as i know i'd like things like that.

 

Tell me about it. Mines basically got to be ready by Christmas/January time.

 

bastards whos bloody idea was it to look on there ive got a restored bare shell to build on a BUDGET!!!!!!

 

Look i've said sorry a few times now. lol

Mike, its all right unless you start restoring your car.... then new bolts look soooooo enticing, they do sell new washer bottle mounting kits tho lol, i think i will have to live with putting the bottle in the dish washer....

Rob,

 

Mine was half restored in the way that it had new panels, sills etc but then all the old suspension was just bolted back on. I took it off again and had it powdercoated but then again used the original bolts as was going to use all new stainless ones till i read somewhere they may not be as strong as original ones. But now i want to paint the underneath and change everything like the bolts etc so the mot tester gets a nice view. Face it, no one else will be able to see them lol.

 

weird isn't it, the thing im most looking forward to when its done is the look on my MOT testers face lol sad and weird....

Rob,

 

servo comes off without having to touch pedal end if it makes it easier?

 

Good picture mate, did you get it from ford? found it pretty easy to remove the hole lot tbh lol i was looking at number 4 the other day trying to think where it went!

Rob,

 

rob cheers for posting that website up small mods are the better mods,Ł40 basket on screws/nuts and bolts

 

Haha, I bought my ERST off a lad who works with my brother and when I took mine for MOT at my brothers work, hiss boss said, "Neils old Ford eh? I'll get my 'special screwdriver' shall I" expecting ti to be a rot box. Put it on the ramp, looked underneith and said "oh, fuck off!"

 

haha unlike when i took a old xr2i to be mot'd once and it was on the ramp in the air with the trainee lad in drivers seat. The tester guy at one point said oi u up there stop playing with ya phone, i can pretty much see ya thru this hole. Lol!

 

Lol, just wish i had bought shares before posting it

lol, fucks me right off when they poke around with some massive scabby screwdriver.

Haha, mate had a mini like that a few years ago, like a bloody flint stones car,

 

The guy who runs ywk parts lives just near me hes a spot on guy, he has a nice s2 too!

 

Go and get him to come on here mate, then we might get a 10% discount!

 

I bet he does, if it has all new parts like wot he sells. Yeah get him on here, theres plenty of us who are going to be ordering off that site now.

 

Sorry to bring a old thread back to life but am wondering how do u go about getting number 8, 9 , 10 off, i'll have to have a play about 2moro.

Also, the clip thats number 13, is that the one that holds the brake pedal in place onto the bar? mine has snapped one of its tabs. Anyone got microcat and can get me a part number please.

 

Hello mate,

NO6 has two nuts, one on behind the bulk head and one in front, undo them both and you should be able to pull the bar to the left giving you access to NO8, you should already have access to NO9/10..... post if you don't and i will brave the cold to refresh my memory!

although i told you to take the whole lot out on second thoughts it looks a mare with the engine in.

Good luck

Rob,

 

Cheers Rob, i'll have another look at my engine bay 2moro.