CLIVE broke down again last night!
18-05-2005, 08:18 AM
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CLIVE broke down again last night!
I am just so jinxed with this car its unreal! 
driving down the M25 at just gone 8 last night.... i see my temperature guage go through the roof! i thought 'OH FUCK.... not again!' so i pulled over.... lifted the bonnet... everything seemed to be ok.... i sat there for just over 2 hours!!!..... let her cool down.... started her up and the temperature was fine! but by this time a friend of mine had come out and brought me some water just to make sure.... well.... her water was low ( BUT NOT EMPTY IM NOT THAT DIM! lol ) so drove a mile down the road to Clacket services... where her temperature started to go through the roof again!
anyway to cut a long story short... got a recovery truck out... the guy who looked at it loved cossies so he had a good check over.... and hey presto! MY RADIATOR IS FUCKED! Pissing water out everywhere!
so yet again... my car is off the road!
But cheers to Yum, Spiky, Gem and Brom for letting me bend their ears over the phone last night!
driving down the M25 at just gone 8 last night.... i see my temperature guage go through the roof! i thought 'OH FUCK.... not again!' so i pulled over.... lifted the bonnet... everything seemed to be ok.... i sat there for just over 2 hours!!!..... let her cool down.... started her up and the temperature was fine! but by this time a friend of mine had come out and brought me some water just to make sure.... well.... her water was low ( BUT NOT EMPTY IM NOT THAT DIM! lol ) so drove a mile down the road to Clacket services... where her temperature started to go through the roof again!
anyway to cut a long story short... got a recovery truck out... the guy who looked at it loved cossies so he had a good check over.... and hey presto! MY RADIATOR IS FUCKED! Pissing water out everywhere!
so yet again... my car is off the road!
But cheers to Yum, Spiky, Gem and Brom for letting me bend their ears over the phone last night!
18-05-2005, 08:25 AM
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Gutted for you Maria. You seem to be having a run of bad luck with Clive
Just noticed the reg number in your sig
666. Thats got to be the source of all your problems 
Get a private plate on it, that should sort it all out
Sorry, not really a helpful reply but it's still a bit early in the morning for me
Just noticed the reg number in your sig
666. Thats got to be the source of all your problems Get a private plate on it, that should sort it all out
Sorry, not really a helpful reply but it's still a bit early in the morning for me
18-05-2005, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by B19-TRB
Dont u just love old fords!
Clive is just the same as B19TRB(1) just think ur winnin then it spits soemthin else out! never endin battle! well I ended it!
Clive is just the same as B19TRB(1) just think ur winnin then it spits soemthin else out!
never endin battle! well I ended it! 
most of them are fine
18-05-2005, 08:32 AM
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What you complaining about? At least it's a cheap fix!
Just noticed the reg number in your sig 666. Thats got to be the source of all your problems
well I ended it!
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18-05-2005, 08:36 AM
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Nick they r all shonky every last 1! U busy today!? gimme a bell @ some point needs to sort out this RST Thrash/TOTB Qualifier!
Do it & dont look back M!
Jap baby its the way forward! 
U busy today!? gimme a bell @ some point needs to sort out this RST Thrash/TOTB Qualifier! Do it & dont look back M!
Jap baby its the way forward!
18-05-2005, 08:36 AM
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Maria try this guy, I recently bought one for my 3dr, I guess they must be the same for your escos but someone on pf will confirm, they are proper Ford rads and half the price
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...974850388&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...974850388&rd=1
18-05-2005, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by B19-TRB
Nick they r all shonky every last 1! U busy today!? gimme a bell @ some point needs to sort out this RST Thrash/TOTB Qualifier!
U busy today!? gimme a bell @ some point needs to sort out this RST Thrash/TOTB Qualifier! Will give you a shout later
18-05-2005, 08:44 AM
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Maria, It's just clives way of telling you he wants a new uprated copper core!
Do it & dont look back M! Jap baby its the way forward!
Cheers RS3DR!
oooooooooo maria, i know how excited you are about having him back too
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18-05-2005, 08:49 AM
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Horrible luck that, although whoever refitted the radiator during your rebuild should have given it a quick look over really, but these things happen sometimes sadly no matter how careful you are.
Fingers crossed that you havent toasted the headgasket by overheating it now, or worse still warped the head.
If it was me then if the temperature was really high like that i would really want to pull the head off and get it checked for flatness now, and fit a new gasket, rather than risk the gasket letting go in a big way and causing further problems.
All depends on how hot it was and how long for though of course, luckily the YB will take a reasonable amount of abuse if built correctly.
Fingers crossed that you havent toasted the headgasket by overheating it now, or worse still warped the head.
If it was me then if the temperature was really high like that i would really want to pull the head off and get it checked for flatness now, and fit a new gasket, rather than risk the gasket letting go in a big way and causing further problems.
All depends on how hot it was and how long for though of course, luckily the YB will take a reasonable amount of abuse if built correctly.
18-05-2005, 09:05 AM
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chip you really got a lot to learn
the rad does not need to be removed and it was all checked for leaks there was none
its been stood for 10 months i told her to watch temps i driving it 200 miles myself and it was fine
the rad does not need to be removed and it was all checked for leaks there was none
its been stood for 10 months i told her to watch temps i driving it 200 miles myself and it was fine
18-05-2005, 09:05 AM
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sorry to hear it maria 
hope you get it sorted.
i had my rad recored last year by some company near Heathrow and then 8 months later it started leaking from the end tanks
got a mate to send it to someone he knows who recores rads part time (6 months of the year, and then goes on holiday for the other 6 months ) He makes the cores bigger and you really can notice the difference.
and it only cost be about 100 quid too
hope you get it sorted.i had my rad recored last year by some company near Heathrow and then 8 months later it started leaking from the end tanks
got a mate to send it to someone he knows who recores rads part time (6 months of the year, and then goes on holiday for the other 6 months
) He makes the cores bigger and you really can notice the difference.and it only cost be about 100 quid too
18-05-2005, 09:09 AM
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PMSL at Spoon. Not heard that used as an insult for ages
although whoever refitted the radiator during your rebuild should have given it a quick look over really
Glad you both got home ok
If ya need help fitting a new rad let me know
If ya need help fitting a new rad let me know
ditsy blonde bird doin things backwards! u part Irish!?
18-05-2005, 09:16 AM
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Brom, wasnt trying to point the finger at you, so no need to get defensive, as i said, these things just happen sometimes, it can be just about to let go when you look at it but not gone yet.
As for wether or not you took the Rad out, from what Maria was saying at paintball about the amount of work done on her car it sounded like a pretty much full on rebuild, so i figured you would have had everything out of it including the Rad.
As for wether or not you took the Rad out, from what Maria was saying at paintball about the amount of work done on her car it sounded like a pretty much full on rebuild, so i figured you would have had everything out of it including the Rad.
18-05-2005, 09:19 AM
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Let me know when you get a new rad, and i'll fit it for ya
from what Maria was saying at paintball about the amount of work done on her car it sounded like a pretty much full on rebuild
18-05-2005, 09:41 AM
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Chip's a good guy really just got his wire crossed 
Anyway you don't wanna f**k with the bromster it would always be the case of wrong guy wrong place wrong time
Anyway you don't wanna f**k with the bromster it would always be the case of wrong guy wrong place wrong time
18-05-2005, 09:43 AM
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Chill peeps, its just an 11 year old radiator on an 11 year old car... no need to argue about it, just replace it and break open the beers.. job done
and then some more beers when we're up at yours when shes being mapped!
Trouble is these old cars its a fighting battle to keep on top of them
Anyway you don't wanna f**k with the bromster it would always be the case of wrong guy wrong place wrong time
18-05-2005, 09:44 AM
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should buy a mk1 xr2
but seriously, shit luck hun, hope you get it sorted cheap enough and quick enough! too much money has been chucked at Clive for you to not be able to drive it.
but seriously, shit luck hun, hope you get it sorted cheap enough and quick enough! too much money has been chucked at Clive for you to not be able to drive it.
18-05-2005, 09:48 AM
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Based on everything ive seen of Brom on here, and based on what people who know him like Doug have mentioned about him i have nothing but the upmost respect for the guy and his abilities, and im inteding at some point to stick one of his beams on my car.
Got no intention of falling out with him whatsoever!
(especially having seen the size of the fooker )
Got no intention of falling out with him whatsoever!
(especially having seen the size of the fooker
)
