Hi everyone hows it going?
Does anyone know if there is a power steering conversion available for a mk4 escort cabriolet at all?
My girlfriend is finding it a bit tough on her arms at the minute as the car has a cosworth steering wheel and is running 205 tyres too so any help would be greatfully received.

 

Nothing off the shelf, I'm afraid.

 

i bet the car is lowered yes?

 

No mate it's standard ride height but its got Sapphire 4x4 cos wheels on it with 205's instead of 195's.

 

That's the reason its heavy - the offset of those wheels is totally wrong for a Mk4 Escort. A friend had Sierra wheels on a Mk4 escort, and when we replaced them with wheels with the correct offset the steering was much lighter.

 

think you are wrong the bloke who lives next door to me has a mk3 escort 4door 1.4cvh with a power stearing conversion? from some company i can see it being that much different to fit it to a mk4 escort? ill ask him if i can take some picks

 

Ive seen mk4's with power steering before, and aircon

 

Ok ok, I have power steering too, and it's of my shelf.

No honestly, I'm always interested in new pictures.

 

Errr i think you are wrong. Tell me............how does your friend have a 1.4 Mk3..............

The 1.4 wasn't introduced til 86 when the mk4's came out!! Mk3's had either the obselete 1.3 CVH, or 1.6 CVH.

you mean a Mk5/6

(Mk3 pictured in my siggy for reference)

 

As SafeChav says no Mk3/Mk4 Escort left the factory with power steering. Some Motorbility cars had conversion kits fitted but that was it. Mk4s were available on the continent with air con, but not over here.

 

I couldn't swap back to the standard offset wheels to be honest as I love the way the car sits on these wheels especialy with the series 1 turbo arches on the car.
I'm sure I can sort sumat out for it to be honest its just that I wanted some opinios on the subject before I go out and start studying various other fords for parts comparisons.

 

Ort m8 hows u! im about to start the power stearing conversion on my mk4 van, it can be done but its not easy! ive spoke to a few that have done it an the easyest is to use mk5 parts and other early ford which used the old belt driven system, all i no so far is that i needed to get hold of a mk5 stearing rack and a few parts on the actual van need cutting and welding to make this fit! im doing sum more research now! once the rack is fitted and i have sum more details on wat parts im going to use ill post with pics!!!
RSVMAD1

 

Nice one mate thats sound.

 

I tried the mk5 rack myself too as one of the options before chooseing another route. It fits quite nicely and easily, and the rod ends can be rethreaded to accept the mk4 rod ends, etc.. IF you first remove the steering rack mounting panel altogether. It's just a few spot welds, but it's not for everyone. A new support can by the way be made out of a Sierra crossmember (using angle grinder). It has even the same bolt spacing for the steering rack monting.

 

cheers, do u no wat power stearing pump etc etc will fit the easyest?

 

You need to find a Mk5/Mk6 escort that already has a CVH with power steering.......makes life incredibly easy when it comes to fitting a pump etc

 

Why not chop the column up and fit the vauxhall inline leccy stuff?

No need for pumps and all that gash. Just a Corsa, a grinder, a welder and some clever engineering.

I find my mk4 heavy and thats only got 185s on it - you're a mean bugger making your misses drive with 205s.

 

Geoff @ Chorley Street Garage has done a PAS conversion on his girlfriend Kerrys' car - it drives effortlessly!

 

What's he used Will?

To be honest, i think electric is defo the way to go.

 

ok mate tell me where i said left the factory????

 

i drive a mk6 escort i no wot a mk3 looks like thanks? and his car started life as a 1.3 witch is now dead. hence the 1.4 you can swap engines from car to car you no

 

Now we have clarified that you have far superior knowledge of Fords over me, all you need to do now is learn how to spell lol.

 

would you take the piss out of some one in a wheel chair?? well then dont take the piss out of some one who can not spell its not my fault mate. and i was just stating a point i wasent trying to out smart you gezz?

 

I have been thinking of something along those lines its just a bit of a bugger with clearance issues under the dash as i want it to look right not butchered or owt.

As for being a mean bugger i'm sure she wouldn't agree as I don't live with her and she is using the car as her every day transport instead of what can only be described as the worst mondeo ever built (a council door blue 1.6 with manual everything and less power than my strimmer) lol

 

Er, - show me where I said I was replying to your post? I hadn't even read what you'd written lol

 

woops my mistake mate i hang my head in shame lol

 

I recently spoke to a guy who converted his Mk4 EsCabby to accept a 406 rack and PAS, his mate uses this site (Reid) Should try looking into that mate

Hope this helps

 

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hear is my neighbours car its a mk3 escort with a power steering conversion the alternator has been moved up and the power steering pump takes its place. and the whole conversion works with out fault. there is a pic of the sticker in the back window of the company who built and fitted the kit (ps the misses spell checked this)

 

Very interesting to see but im finding it hard to make a lot out from the pictures (sorry)

I take it your neighbour is an old boy then seeing as that car has Automatic Transmission?

 

Now you're just showing off Andy - how long did it take you to spot that?

 

Only natural for all the mobility vehicles to have automatic transmission.

 

Is that an original motorbility car then? It looks like a later retro fit to me - the window sticker is wrong for a start because the phone number wouldn't have had an 01 code in the 1980s when the car was new.

 

?????? i just took the pics yea its an auto and he bort it a wile back. he aint that old en soz for the pics it was getting dark

 

i was speaking to jonesmk2 at the weekend and he has a mk4 with power steering i think he's going to break

 

ive got a mk4 escort and has been converted to power steering by the same company,its quite an old sticker as it hasnt got 01 infront of the number,its exactly the same system as pictured above

 

 

How much was your conversion just for reference then?

 

How do mate, are you keeping the car complete or would you be interested in selling the kit to me at all?

 

Back of the queue please, I asked first

 

You show me where you asked first then.