Anything to look for, other than the usual stuff? Any common 'odd' faults. It's a 1.4 CL with about 80k on it.

Has a full history, and seems to be in quite nice shape. So, any advice? Taking my trolley jack and stuff

 

They rust like a bastard. My sis had a '98 1.4CL one, had it about 5 years all in, and it never let her down once.

 

Rust...... As a Ford enthusiast I think I know how to spot that

Anything else?

 

 

Yeah, you'll have alot less places to look

 

Gearboxes!

They are notorious for knocking out boxes given their modest outputs!

So listen for diff bearing whines which means you may be digging deep for a rebuild!

 

Ahh, excellent. Thanks for that!!

 

Small point, but can be a painful one, check the electric windows, I am sure the CL has them, the mechanisms are crap!

Not expensive to sort, but a pain in the arse if the window is stuck down when it's chucking it down! Mk3 Golf are the same too! Crap!

 

Ok cheers!

 

Headgaskets Rab but be warned they are bad for condensating so if theres white sludge on the oil cap its not a sure fire sign its fucked. Gotta drive it.

 

My sister has one and it's been absolutely faultless while she's had it.

Clocks can play up and you lose tacho and get warning lights come up with no actual fault. Closk swap sorts it

 

Might be a good way to knock a few quid off though


Steve, cheers mate, don't suppose you know roughly how much a 2nd hand instrument pod is?