rog

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I HATE this car right now!!!!!!!!
It can never be 100% ok, there's always something wrong with it, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, this makes a noise, blah blah blah.......

I've spent a f**king fortune on it and it still isn't right!

panelbeater

you'll find the answer at the front of the car, its a blue oval badge with the letters 'ford' on it

carlo

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Every cossie is the same

rog

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No this one is proper jinxed.

charlie luciano

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Its a cossie fella, the truth is they are getting old and they are tempremental bastard things,

love hate relationship I'm afraid


Luciano

rog

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Tell me about it, but it just should be as bloody annoying as it is, it's basically new!

Twellsie

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oh how I dont miss that, lol

rog

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Yeah I bet you don't!
If there was any other big turbo'd car I liked all round i'd get rid of it pronto, but there isn't.

Twellsie

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that was what I always thought untill I had this one, a V8 is very satisfying

Graceland

Liar

Just aswell after spending a bit on your old car it is now upto scratch for me

Also, co-incidentally, it is finished too bar a set of big brakes, gave the paint a mopping earlier to get rid of some of the baked in dirt - looking good now


Still not got the logbook yet and DVLA say they never received the bit you sent off?

cozzfather

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hate to say this but this is why every single time i have ever owned a cozzie i alway have somthing else to use as a daily runner.
also its surprising how many people skimp and buy a cheep car and then start spending big when things go wrong from hard use and loads of miles.
much better to buy one with loads of evidence of last owners spending big dough so you don't have to.

phil_rs

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Just to make you feel better mate, my escos has been the most reliable car I've ever owned

Twellsie

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glad the car is coming on well, I sent the log book the mon/tuesday after you picked it up I have received the one for the BM

Graceland

I've had a letter saying I no longer own the BM but no logbook for the Cossie.

I've sent a V62 off with the green slip, so you may or may not get a letter from the DVLA about an application for a logbook

It's Czech Mate

An ideal time to go round speeding

Graceland

ROFL

dom123

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i personly always felt with the 4x4 system on mine that there is always something wrong somewhere now its rwd there alot less parts and its easier to keep on track with it... what wrong with the car mate?

LHD220Turbo

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although mine was a 2wd, i never had any major problems with it at all burst coolant pipe and a sticking caliper!

and it got abused lots and lots

maybe i was just lucky?

kosman

mine pisses me off everytime but thats how it goes,when it winds me up i put it away and rag my golf,wont do it to cossy cos itll break

TurboShed

Personally I find the electrical gremlins the most persistent Cossie faults, but then they're all 20 years old now.

fuzzy

get yourself something japanese. theyre very reliable you know and you can drive them hard without worrying.

rog

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That's the thing though, i have a 2WD and a 4x4, and a Japanese daily runner (thank christ) otherwise i would go mad. I've had the 4x4 for almost 9 years and it was an expensive car when i bought it with loads of history, and I've spent an absolute tonne on it in the last year.
That's why I'm so pissed off with it, in the last 3k miles it's had;
Brand new gearbox from Ford
New engine
New TCA's
New TRE's
New bushes
New wheel bearings
New driveshafts (front)
Complete new fuel system from tank/pump/full areoquip to rail
New bootlid
New bumper
Respray
New wheels
new radiator
New Rs500 cooler

That's why I'm pissed off!

So now it's onto replacing the propshaft and if that isn't it then it'll be the diffs and hubs that are next.
Be bad if i sold it because i don't bother keeping reciepts much anymore so you just have to take my word for it, but i don't really plan to sell it anyway.

Glenn_

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Gutted to here this.I had a few proplems with mine when i first bought it but its been spot on for ages now.

YOREVOL

I had a 2wd saff about 10 years ago every time i drove it something broke or fell off. Got pissed off sold it worse thing i ever did!

panelbeater

and the one thing that should really be changed are the looms they are also 20 years old and don't all work the same as they should along with the connectors.

rog

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Thats on my list for winter time, aswell as a better diff and box at some point. I've got a new fuel pump loom but i haven't fitted it yet.

Glenn_

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Your right there lol.

It's Czech Mate

If its a vibration problem i wouldnt mind betting that whoever replaced the wheel bearings has either not got them square or damaged the hub slightly

rog

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No it was like that before they were changed.
I have a jap car as a daily runner, but I'm not really big on evo's and scoobys etc.. TBH.

Pete frst

just remember the good times,it'll be alright............

RSTurboSI

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welcome to owning a ford lol

rog

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RIGHT!!!!!!!

I changed the prop last night and it's STILL doing it, have absolutely no clue what to do next, now i'm back to buying bits to replace perfectly good bits just for the sake of it.
i think i'll replace the front diff next.