picked her up lastnight and im really happy with it so far she is standard apart from an exhaust and filter and has 124k on the clock.

 

Very nice mate.Well done and enjoy.

 

looks a good one you keeping it standard?

 

looks good unmolested

 

Looks a lovely example Gav, well done mate!!!

Tarren

 

thanks guys shes a good base

i want it lowered a tad for now but all standard hoses will proberbly go back on and i have a rs500 style cooler to fit aswell, mainly want to get it looking sparkly everywhere and running as it should first then i might up the power and change the rims

 

looks good gav. whats with the green rocker cover. i've seen loads of blue ones, whats the difference.

 

thanks mate not sure about the rocker cover i thought the later 4x4's had them i want to change it back to red as i dont like the green one

 

yeah red or blue will look better the green.

 

defo, green doesnt go with the white car at all imo

 

will come take you for a blast when i get it taxed Dan

 

Looks well nice mate... Have you sold the escort..?

 

cheers Matt
yes sold the escort i ran out of things to do with that plus i was scared to drive it if there was a cloud in the sky lol,
this one will need some tlc around the edges but is a good base for me to mess around with

 

Sweet mate.

 

Nce to see one standard. Looks good one!

 

Not wanting to sound negative, but has it had a front end bang? The headlights and grill look out of line.

Still, least the bumper isnt sagging!!

Looks clean everywhere else though. I would love another cossie

 

It depends on whether you have a YBJ or YBG engine, the former was on early 4x4 examples and had the same red cam cover as 2WD models, YBG had green cam cover, 2 cats and closed loop, yours I suspect is a YBG and thus the correct colour.

Not being picky but it's not standard! It has an uprated breather and a dump valve for start, I should imagine that is stage 1?

Also what is the fuse for that is connected to the negative side of the battery?

As you are a new owner, you need to make sure the cooling fans have been rewired and also make sure the fuel pump is not short of power.

Looks nice though!

Martin

 

im not to sure mate the bonnet has the same date stamp as the front wings

its not standard we took the ecu out to find a superchip in there with 4x4sb written on it

i have no idea what the fuse is for mate havent got that far round it yet

i should be getting it set up soon so will get the pump check
as for the fans they are working fine at the minute.

also found out most of the front has been polybushed and the engine gearbox etc look as newso its had some work done to it fairly recently

 

Looks nice, leather looks in good nick too!

 

Nice, looks a good one

 

thanks mate

 

got out to the car about 10am and finished around 5pm and i havent even finished yet lol but im really happy now as i havent found any bad rot

































fitted some ford mudflaps

 

I would defo look into that fuse, the circuit wants protecting on the live side (As close to the battery as possible) the earth does not need protecting!

You are lucky in that the fans actually work but they still need rewiring, usually due to the amount of time the fans stay on for, due to the poor switch, it melts the fuse which in turn damages the fuse box!

The standard setup was no good when new, leave alone now, if you do a search on here there are plenty of diagrams etc for rewiring.

Martin

 

sweet will look into it mate thanks

 

do you mean the fuse in the black casing?

 

Fuck me you've been busy ! Nice work mate.

 

that green rocker cover is correct to the cars originality mate

and is that ruse for a power supply to an amp by any chance
looks to have had an amp in the boot at some point

looks a nice car anyway mate

 

The exposed 10A blade fuse connected to the negative side of the battery.

Martin

 

thanks mate
tell me about it my arms and back are killing me and i will be at it again tomorrow lol

thanks mate that is a amp wire i will be removing it tommorow

 

Looking clean fela top work

 

cheers mate

 

looks well mate

 

Looks nice that mate

 

Very nice mate

 

i do like a nice clean standard non concourse saff, never used to like diamond yellow, but i think its getting more "right" as the years go on

yours and your efforts are top notch

 

looks very clean inside door shuts ect, like the mudflaps too, keep at it

 

nice car you got there

 

cheers guys
im well chuffed with it now ive seen its fairly solid and the condition of the door shuts etc

 

same here mate never used to like diamond white till i saw my mates saph then i fell in love lol

 

right update time been fairly busy on the old girl sorting bits and pieces.
Had to get a new tank as mine had afew tiny holes in it replacement take was very kindly donated by jasonrs
bought a standard airbox,k&n panel filter,new spark plugs,rocker cover gasket and vibra technic engine mounts

tank off


old tank


after fitting gasket, plugs and standard airbox/panel filter


then today fitted the engine mounts




drives a million times better now with the new mounts, plans now are to fit the -25mm springs i have and uprate gearbox and rear diff mount etc and hopefully get it setup soon .