Yesterday i headed down to Aberdeen to pick this little beauty up, bought on a whim without veiwing it first and not regretting it one bit.

It has a fair few problems needing sorted out for an mot but most of them are small things.

A list of plans.

1. New fuel tank
2. Little bit of rust on both rear passenger door shuts
3. Rebuild/retrim the RS1600i front seats as they are knacked
4. New boot struts as currents cant hold boot up
5. Find a replacement front left bumper trim
6. New brakes all round (thinking cossie fronts and rear discs?? need help on this one)
7. New battery (may get a battery tray for peice of mind aswell)

After all that it may be ready for an MOT but i'll get it up on a ramp sometime this week to confirm condition. Overall really pleased with and hopefully have done fixing it.

Some Pics.





Carbs FTW





Rust on rear door shuts





Rusty rear passenger side arch



Surprisingly clean boot floor







Interior



And finally the all important badge



Cheers for looking and hopefully have some progress soon. Any comments/criticism or ideas welcome.

Cheers, Duncan

 

love a Mk3. I have some boots struts in the garage i think

 

Would be ace if you had some mate

 

i knew whoever got this would be impressed with it ,look forward to the updates

 

i like it a lot matey.

 

The boot struts are always crap.. Best getting some from a mondeo i think you can fir them from im not sure.. Looks real nice though, love the carbs

 

Im sure i know who built this and he chopped the chassis leg to fit the zetec

has it been welded back up yet? This will NOT pass the test if its the same as when i seen it matey

 

why the hell would you need to chop the chassis leg ?

the car has had approx 5 mots since it came from newcastle ,the owner i know of was called zetecnology ,then duk2 a few randoms then me and now duncan ,i will be honest i never looked for any cut chassis but what i did look at there didnt seem to be anything obvious ,are you sure it was an escort and not a fiesta your thinking about ?

 

Little update.

Went out a little blast in it around camp after work today just to get a better feel for the car as obviously i cant drive on public roads at the moment in it. Under full throttle in 4th n 5th it seems to bog down quite a lot, not sure if this is a characteristic of carbs or not

Also the brakes definately need redoing or upgrading to cossie variants.

There seems to be an electrical fault somewhere in the lights system, the right hand side lights front + rear are very dim and when you indicate right (or Hazards) the brake lights, indicators and reverse lights flash randomly.

Apart from the ever growing faults list i let it warm right up then high revved it and wow, pops n bangs more than my ST on the way down

Enjoy, Duncan

 

Did you re-jet it? How hard is it to run carbs?

 

try the earths on the front inner wings for the electrical issues they probably need a clean up

 

Nice project!

 

he defanitly chopped the chassis leg in the escort, putting the engine in from above.... honest

never mind hope this is a gud one

 

half the battle is a bloody good clean up and some new satin on the bottom half
will look loads better with just that

 

I'd go for the rear earths to be cleaned up as well,google escort disco lights as it was very common in the 80's and 90's,really is a 20 minute job.
Cool motor!!!

 

Cheers mate, I just googled that and it is the exact same problem. Seems just a clean of the contacts or new bulb holders solve the issue.

With regards to the chassis leg and whether or not its cut i'll have a good rake around tonight and get some pics. I dont see why it would though but we'll find out

Duncaan

 

Got a new battery and terminal adapters today. All fitted and starts first time every time now.

Next up is getting up on some ramps and whipping the tank off

Duncan

 

tidy any updates on the claims the chassis was cu to allow the engine to fit lol

 

Well today i was underneath and had a good look and it doesn't look like it.

Update time

The car has sat outside my accomodation looking sorry for itsel these past few weeks and i've not really showed it any attention at all.

So this morning after the F1 i was wide awake and the sun was shining so went outside and attempted to start her up..... didnt start. Thought something was draining the battery so jump started it using the Focus. In the end this problem turned out to be a loose battery connection due to using the terminal adapters.

Got it up on some ramps to have a look underneath, especially the fuel tank. Someone had tried to jack it up via it but in all fairness it looked ok. Also all sills etc underneath look in good nick for 30 yrs old.

So popped to Elgin and got some fuel to whack in the tank, had my mate underneath leak checking it and it was all good with nae leaks. Reconected it in the engine bay and boom i have a proper fuel system again, nae more dodgy coke bottles right next to the engine lol

By fixing this it brought around the next issue, the fuel warning light went out after a few litres went in the tank but the gauge on the dash refused to move. So next week i'll be stripping the clocks out and checking connections etc as the way i see it is if the fuel warning lamp is working then the sender unit is aswell (assuming they get there signal from the same place, advise if i'm wrong please)

Sorry nae pics but my phone takes crap pics and couldnt find ma camera

Cheers for reading

Duncan.

 

i never thought it for one minute but the guy was adamant ,case closed

the fuel tank wont give the correct reading because of the tank ,ie it takes Ł60 to fill the tank but it will only take Ł25 as its damaged and cant take the correct amount

 

So an update of sorts

It blew up!...... in a huge cloud of steam and coolant spewing everywhere

So a full strip down is to follow in the next few months

First of many new parts is a new bonnet pull to replace the current snapped one



Let the fun begin

Duncan

 

Like this project a lot and you no what they say if it fail build it stronger