Howdy all, long time lurker here. Been a huge fan of old Fords for years and finally took the plunge into ownership.

Thought i'd start a thread for the old girl. She's been called Sheena by my gf as it sounded "like an 80s name" whatever that means!



Apologies for iphone pics, will take better ones soon.

It's a 1989 XR3i Tennis. Quite rare i believe and very well spec'd for the year too. Has a huge file of history and only 70 odd thousand miles. Was previously owned by a bloke on this forum who carried out a lot of work on the car.

Modification wise it has Koni ajustables, fully polybushed, magnex 4 branch and full system and some lovely RS 7 spokes.



Plans for the car are to tidy it up, it's so good that it could be an absolute minter with a bit of time and money which i plan on doing. Already started stripping and cleaning the engine bay and sent a few bits off for paint.



Left work an hour early today so i could get the interior out it and back into the garage before it was dark so it's sitting in the garage ready to strip a bit more to clean and try sort a water leak. The joys of a 1989 convertible



Any help on where to start looking regards the leak would be appreciated, i appreciate there are a milion possibilities but any common spots? Battry tray has been done and fuse box area perfect.

Will update with better pics as i go, cheers for looking folks.

 

same model as mine but mine is now yellow with different lump lol.. could be door seals or window seals causing the leak

 

Door seals could be a shout as it was soaking at bottom of the doors. You mean the rubber seal attached to sill? It looked all good but was wet.

 

yes could be the seals thats over sill or could be the ones on windows the water might be running down inside the doors.. im braking 2x cabs at the min

 

are the seats wet aswell as its common for the roofs to leak

 

Seats are dry, only carpet wet. Running down doors would fit in with what i've found so far. What seal is it that goes?

 

looks spot on. exactly like my old white turbo cab i had on diamond cuts

 

Cheers, this one used to be on diamond cuts. Had S2 RST wheels on it when i went to see it, softlines were the first thing to go on. However it would drive nicer on smaller wheels so will see how it goes, may sell them.

 

Looks a mint car matey.

 

Cheers bud, always room for improvement though!

 

nice lookin cabby mate, rare the tennis is mine used to leak at the front corners of the roof where it meets the door

 

It does drip a bit there but not enough to cause the water thats in it.

 

hard to say what seal tbh as its common fault could be any lol.. could try sticking hose pipe on? before you pay for seals

 

I used to own your old white turbo cab wounder were it is now i sold it to a lad in newcastle wish i kept it now tho.

 

Cool cars when the roof is down, but I hated mine when the roof was up.... Mine was a D plater with low miles and one hell of a leaking problem. Sorted with a new roof, but the water still got inside from the front of the roof where the door glass meets the seal.
Nevertheless a bloody awful car for winter ice on both sides of the front screen, and freezing cold inside. I think they look better with the small spoilers that were fitted to some.

Also yours is dying for some spotlights.

 

Check the rear light gaskets mine was leaking there and running all the way to the front.

lovely cab that needs ambers for me though

 

It had a new roof a few years back and looks in great condition but possibly not fitted tight in bits. I like spotlights but definately not the boot spoiler.

 

I ordered some light gaskets the other night. Ambers are on the shoping list too! lol

 

Defo agree. I dont think our cars will ever be 100% spot on. There will always be something that irritates us with our cars lol.

 

Thats it, even the parts that don't affect drive and are out of sight. Everytime you're in the car you know it's there!

 

That's a nice escort you have there and the wheels suit it to

 

Considering a change to a set of escort cosworth wheels actually