Daniel-1986

bought it a month ago for £500 , after previously owning an old mk2 golf and a mk2 ibiza so quite a jump from them lol



tinted the reverse and foglight

Glenn_

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A really good car for the money you have paid for it.

Daniel-1986

i know yeah, its LX spec with elec windows, R/C, tinted windows, alloys wheels and A/C. my last 2 cars were basic in terms of this one, only problem i know with it is the drivers side front brake is scraping so gonna change the pads and discs see if they solve the problem

schonbacher

not alot of money for a good car, i love my focus lol

front brake might be stick caliper/piston , my mate has fixed 2 mk1 focuses with this problem lately

Fordmad!

Check the clamp on the brake hose isnt pinching it too hard!

Awsome cars these, nippy and ultra reliable and cheap!!

Daniel-1986

from wat i can tell its the outer pad catching but its not a constant scratching sound more like an on off at a certain point in revolution of the wheel, i did notice wen the car was parked up at work that theres a start stop line on the disc where the pad could be catchin, and noticed tonite being it hasnt got ABS .

i can tell its nippy tho my last 2 cars mk2 golf had 55hp and ibiza had 60hp lol tho the golf was built like a tank

Daniel-1986

what would be an ideal drop for this, i dont do car sitting on the floor look like people in the VW scene and not too keen on coilovers for everyday use, my old ibiza was sat on the floor on coilovers and lasted 2 hrs before i went back to standard suspension

Daniel-1986

engine bay a little dirty, fitted a universal air filter I had from my last car to see what is like, had to remove the MAF from the air box to be able to use it as the engine would just cut out if wasn't there

Daniel-1986

got rid of that airfilter now

doing some indicator mods by fitting some 501 (T10) bulb holders connected either to the ignition or side lights

these were from a scrap yard as a test



then as I burnt out 3 heater resistors and could be down the motor so got it out stripped down and greased up, fingers crossed it will have solved the problem



smoke from the brand new resistor before blower removal



blower is running

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Lol at smoking.

Try another heater motor.

Twisted Crankshaft

Tidy motor for the money mate.

Daniel-1986

cheers got some plans for it but needs new discs, MOT, and clutch first, need must lol

I tried another resistor I manage to get at the scrap yard and that didn't smoke, after I greased up the motor I tested it and the resistor in the pic didn't start to smoke up as quick, gonna have a proper look 2mora

Magnum PI

I had the issue with the blower resistor, my focus would eat them for fun.

the issue is the actual blower motor, or rather rusty bearings in the motor not the resistor. in fact its part of another issue.

if the pollen filter cover isn't fitted correctly (black plastic cover round the wipers), water leaks into the cabin and into the blower motor, causing rusty bearings in the motor itself

actually, if you look at the pic of your blower motor you can see it's knackered - probably through water ingress, so no amount of greasing it will cure your issue

What happens is, as the blower tries to work, with knackered bearings, it causes a power surge, which then blows the blower motor resistor.

I ended up buying a new blower motor off ebay, once i fitted that the problem was resolved.

Magnum PI

buy this one, its only £30

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus...item19da7f43dd

gjh

Nice, a very good car the focus.

Daniel-1986

I would buy a new one, but gotta book it in for an mot in next couple weeks so need money incase it needs bits changing, just hope greasing it helps it temporarily

Daniel-1986

the side light mod to the indicators although had to file some of the bumper behind the indicator to the bulb holder fits, the actual indicator bulb is bright enough still

holders in the unit



how they look which I actually like and not bad for a £7 mod lol

zippyobrien

iTrader: (2)

But there orange ? How can you tell if your indicating with the side lights on?

You need to get clear indicator lenses and orange indicator bulbs. Then would look cool

Daniel-1986

The indicator bulbs are plenty bright enough

Daniel-1986

heres a quick video of them on and indicators



link incase clicking the pic don't work

http://s187.photobucket.com/user/dan...42d17.mp4.html

Lee-87

Just out of curiosity , why did you ditch the air filter ?

Daniel-1986

Took it off as it was drinking too much fuel in the cold weather

Glenn_

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Ahhh the days when fuel was cheap.

Lee-87

I shall refrain from putting one on minr in that case

danme1987

ive not seen a change in fuel usage aslong as you reset the ecu by removing the battery for 10 mins or so

Daniel-1986

yeah plus cold weather doesn't help and I kept flooring it everywhere lol

Lee-87

I have taken the smaller box off of the side of the air box as seen in your pic, have no idea what it's ment to be for but it's made the car sound "k&n"ish .

Daniel-1986

next to the washer bottle? I ent got a clue wat it is either, my air filter was a fiver off fleabay for my old Ibiza which wudnt fit properly but fit perfectly on the focus. my refit it at some point in the year

Lee-87

Yeah that's the one lol , prob put it back on , the noise at higher revs encourages you to put your foot down .... Mpg goes out the window

Daniel-1986

Yup, tho not sure if it's the same with all the cone filters but mine has a vtec element of sound wen u get past 4k rpm

Daniel-1986

bit of a bargain, brand new brembo discs for £27 off ebay

Lee-87

Yeah same here , most cars have the equivalent of "vtec" but you don't hear about nearly half as much as these sideways cap wearing baggy arsed trouser Honda fan boys go on about there "vtec yo" ! There all bloody noise , couldn't pull themselves out of a puddle they lack that much torque lol

Daniel-1986

Yeah all their torque at the redline lol, my old 1.4 Ibiza probably got more torque than them lol

Daniel-1986

ive done this aswell now and tbh its sounds better and more meaty than a universal filter

Daniel-1986

had the car mot'd last Tuesday which only failed headlight alightment which he sorted whilst doin the test and a crack in the back box which astonishingly was the original system at 13 yrs old, kwik fit was quite surprised it lasted that long, new system back box and centre box (which was badly corroded) cost £170

schonbacher

my old mk2 1997 mondeo had its original exhaust still when i sold it in late 2011

Daniel-1986

Mine had to be cut off as it was a complete pipe, no separate parts

Daniel-1986

car has been a pain past couple months, had an odd grinding noise from front end, changed the driveshaft when the clutch was done which didn't cure it so changed the lower arms and fingers crossed its gone, got some tint spray and tinted all the indicators

rear


fronts tho a bit too dark

Daniel-1986

some stupid woman let her half full trolley roll down the car park where I work and bounce off my car, cost her £210 for it to be repaired

Glenn_

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Silly bitch.