RONNIE AMIS

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Mike

That could explain exactly what happens with mine. All of my fluid escapes from the centre of the cap. I thought it was the cooler not working correctly.

Thanks

mechanic28

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my 3 door had the exact problem when i done my 3 door arb easy to get on i really struggled to get it back on to start with but then found they way to do them bolt it all up undo the tcas from the subframe fit arb to body and put arb in both tcas put one tca back into subframe then put the wheel on full lock and pull bottom of wheel in(is alot easy to get someone else to push wheel in all goes to together piece of piss!and had that problem with wheel sitting to close!have you got the big yellow bushes for the arb to body?

Harris.

I have purple bushes mate , so today ive gone back upto the garage and changed it back to the H13 (standard 3 door) as i couldnt be arsed with cutting about . so took the car out to make sure all was ok and around 4k it has a stutter ,feels like the back end is jumping about??? since the diff mount and rear arb polybushes were fitted . Or could well be a missfire where its all so tight now . Il have to work it out through the week .

Thanks for all the help and advise everyone

mechanic28

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ah right i just fitted different bushes as the yellow ones were really fat think they are red ones now but cant remember anyway sorted out the wheel problem,would imagine its a misfire prob prob either spark plug,phase sensor or crank sensor

Harris.

Yeah mate it will be easier to fix than that bloody roll bar !!!!

It did it a few weeks back and it turned out the crank sensor plug had come loose so il take alook .Theres always things to do on these old girls , then next ive got to see why under real fast heavy braking my rear wheels get tto hot to touch and the fronts are still cold ?

The JOYS of FORDS

mechanic28

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trust me mate do it the way i said and u will get her in prob rear calipors starting to seize or the rear pads are stuck in the carrier

Harris.

The roll bar is back on now mate . Used a massive strap etc

mechanic28

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fair enough lol next time try it that way (if there is a next time lol)

Harris.

Never again mate

mechanic28

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lol you can never say never again with a cosworth i am sorry to say

Mike1

Bit more info on the PAS fluid leakage Ronnie. First discovered on the pre-prod press launch in Spain and also when performance testing was carried out at the Millbrook bowl for top speed.
Apparently Ford found the high speed Millbrook test was the best place to recreate the problem because of the high steering input for the Millbrook bowl ( being smaller than the Nardo one in Italy where Bill Meade carried out a lot of high speed testing for cooling systems ). The combination of high speed and high steering load produced the highest PAS fluid temps. A new cap design for the reservoir was formulated and offered to German customers ( maybe UK customers were offered it as well ) when they had the head gasket recall. Head gasket failures were 4 times more common in Germany than in the UK ( thought to be because of the higher speeds ....and consequent on/off throttle/thermal shock to the head ) on the early cars which led to an improved Reinz gasket and re-designed head bolts.

Also, more relevant to this thread, the early production 3-doors all came off the production line with the caster at the bottom limit of settings. Rod Mansfield said this gave them a problem ( in conjunction with the 3-door hubs ) of overly sensitive steering. This was highlighted by the press at the launch in Spain.
The Genk production line people were worried about the front wheel hitting the front of the wheelarch so favoured the H13 bar but the longer H14 bar was first made available to German customers in conjunction with the HG, PAS and cooling system changes above. It was a retro-fit with full Ford service approval