PeterD

MOT time today, some of you may remember the debacle that ensued last time a tried this lark however my luck is in so far this morning.

New TCA's (courtesy of MEF, honestly if your looking for tca's, tension struts or brakes give these guys a phone or PM NutsRus they are bang on )

Full new set of polybushes

Nice new hi spec brake kit

New pro alloy rad and cooler

5th injector still in bits

and ......... a bird shite

Not driven the car since last october so the drive in this morning was a hoot

Fingers crossed

Alex_86

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u are gone fail

SafeChav

they'll take one look at that Mk4 door and that'll be it

CONDEMNED

Micky

More like they'll take one look at the Lo spec brakes and fail it!! All the best with the test mate,regards,Micky

PeterD

LOL it was the brakes it failed on last time

Not heard anything yet though so fingers crossed

SafeChav

probably because the tester is in the office having a nervous breakdown after looking over the car

PeterD

The cars probably locked the poor bastard inside pumping fumes in the heater vents

Damn clifford alarms!

SafeChav

PeterD

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO

SafeChav

GR8

smitsturbo

we'll take that as a fail then

any pics of the new pro alloy rad & cooler?

SafeChav

i want picture proof of the MOT certificate

Mr S1

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Pete, you need one of your best mates to be an MOT tester - like I have

PeterD

Been out in the car tonight, i just need to put new O ring in the 5th and i can use my high boost again then off for another setup to make sure things are still tip top.

However i can see at some point it could probably do with a wee resto, theres a patch of rust in the bay on the inner wing, the floorpans have a bit of corrosion but the sills look a bit tired up front, someone at some point obviously didnt know how to use a jack. All is still solid right enough but if its not seen to i reckon it might get hairy.

Smits gimme the weekend and ill get some pics to you of the pro alloy gear, dont think you can see the mods they did to stop them rubbing though

Stu i invited the guy to my works charity barbecue at the end of the month

SafeChav

That rust on the inner wings is so common, caused because they have no arch liners and the water works it way into the seam

bet the floor pans are going along the joins aswell yea?

You say someone doesn't know how to use a jack, YOU MEAN they son't know how to jack a car up!! Anyone that puts a trolley jack to a sill needs a good fucking hiding IMO

PeterD

breaks your heart though andy, im not loaded so i cant just go buy all the bits strip the car, weld it all up and send it for a respray at about 4k.

Baby steps though

SafeChav

yea i know the feeling mate

Personally i wouldn't even entertain welding a car, once its rotten then i'd rather pass it on you'll never beat it you are forever chasing it, and its never the same as a car thats welded in the factory.

Surely yours can't be anything significant though? Looks to be a really tidy motor from all i've seen of it, and to be fair i'm actually surprised its got rust on it!

A waxoyl kit will be your best friend at the moment........

PeterD

Its not bad andy its could just do with the sills sorted as their a bit crushed

However the car IS solid with only bits of surface here and there, think ill look into the waxoyl

SafeChav

if they are just a bit out of shape dont worry about it, just get it filled with waxoyl everywhere to help stop things rusting!

PeterRST

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I doubt that you'll be able to find a completely rust free mk4, let alone mk3 nowadays...

So I think in the long term, almost every mk3/4 escort enthusiast will come to the point where the welder has to come out. Apart from those who have bought a rot-free one years ago and put loads of waxoil in it.

And well, I wouldn't say that having a welded car is bad. In the factory they were built down to a price. If you do it yourself, you can build it to last.

SafeChav

Ah well...........you say that, my cabriolet has never seen a welder (from rust at least anyway), and won't do for many years to come yet and that is no exageration.

There is one rust hole on the car, and thats where the wing meets the slam panel so i could easily bung a new wing on there

PeterRST

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You lucky git!

Well, I can only speak from my experience. I've lifted the carpets of four Mk4 Escorts in the last 6 months and all of them had serious rust problems. I even posted pictures up here from one of them but that was by far the best. All of them didn't really look bad from the outside. 3 of them were RSTs and what can I say: Taking the bodykits off was a bit devastating for me...

HOWEVER: Cabbie's seem to be a lot better in general. I think that's mainly because they haven't been built by Ford at Saarlouis but at "Karmann" in Osnabrück. And maybe some of them weren't used during winter.

SafeChav

Duno mines been sat out in a lot of wet though thats for certain, everything else is really rusty like the fuel tank etc, shell is solid though

The Mk1 Orion has only had one bit of welding on the sill and thats a 113k car

PeterRST

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I'm actually glad to hear that cause I'm still looking for a good example, especially in Southern Europe. Has started to seem like an hopeless effort in the last few months, though.

Anyways, congrats to Lucid! All I wanted to say is: Most of the RST owners have to fight against the dreaded tinworm constantly. Part of the game...

SafeChav

finding a good one is becoming increasingly difficult, and usually you have to pay the price

PeterD

Fooking right you do

However, i bought this car because A i love the RST and i've hankered for an S1 since i was a kid and B its my hobby ( a fucking dear one )

Love it

SafeChav

we just like punishing ourselves

PeterRST

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That sums it up quite well...

rapidcossie

well done mate