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[Michael!]

When did I mention getting rid nick?


Yeah Ben, it's the little things that mount up! And I just do not have the time or spare cash to get them sorted, no matter how small or cheap they are I just don't.


Gonna put my old frst bumper on the front if I can dig it out for a temp... And drive it carefully and lovingly until I get a couple of pennies for a new set of hubs!

[dontpannic]

Cannot wait until next month so I can hopefully afford something else...

Sounds awfully like you want to buy something else to get rid of the Fiesta.

By the way, if you can afford another car you can afford £25 for parts to repair this one.

Time? You only need a day to do it - you seem to have the time spare to sticker bomb all over the place...

[ben17southport]

when is your insurance etc up mike?

[jonyb4]

i believe that cutting out is either the ICSV like said, or the TPS, both VERY easy fixes, get them done and the issues gone

never heard of a hub to fail??

[Michael!]

A line underneath that is says

"so I can pull this apart"

And I can't afford £25 this month because I'm skint and saving up my money for next month which my my 21st birthday when I want to buy a new car.
Why you felt the need to pull what was originally a very straight forward post to pieces I'll. NEver know mate?!


It's up in April Ben why?


And neither have i Jon but when it was on the ramps you can quite clearly see there's too much play in the ball joint for it not to be the hub....?

[ben17southport]

ahh right was going to see if its soon get it off the road and get crackin' just need to make a decision, if thats a new car and to get this car done then happy days!

[jonyb4]

[Michael!]

Yeah Well the mot runs out in December Ben so by then I plan on having a new motor! Like I said with my 21st being next month I hope to have one then

I put the frst bumper I bought on because I can't very well go around without one!



Seeing it now I'm tempted to put the rear on and get a cheap kit... As I do like the look... That will have to wait though as the hubs are first on the list!

[jonyb4]

ambers are beautiful

[Michael!]

I know they suit the colour so well!

[ben17southport]

good plan man. looks spot on! well done on getting the priorities sorted first!

[Michael!]

Cheers Ben

More good news! Found some hubs but the guy wants them to go as a pair? How much do they usually go for though?

I'm gonna sort my rear bumper out too so it matches the front!
Seems like things are looking up!

[jonyb4]

id say £30-35 posted for the pair is reasonable

theyre not exactly desirable parts

[Michael!]

Sounds about right I was gonna offer £30 so that's good!

[Michael!]

right so yesterday afternoon i started my car and the hg has definitely decided to s**t itself or is very near to doing so, white smoke BELLOWING out of the exhaust filling the street with the smell of burn and people thinking someones dropped a mustard bomb in the street.

i let it warm up before i drove it, it was jittery and idling irractically all the way to work yesterday and today however is drivable...
rocker cover gundge... oil breatherpipe full of s**t, all the signs are there, so its deffo that.


also fitted this.


but first found this.


97.5% rust free!...

[craig123]

looking good mate

[jonyb4]

bah theres always a little hole behind there!

think your exhaust is hanging off? :/

LOL at the fiesta badge

[Michael!]

Well spotted Jony, it is - the back box isn't attached as it snapped at the mid section over my rear beam...

[Gus!!]

My previous mk3 had half the valance gone when i took the bumper off!! The blue mk3 had no holes though, what engine u gonna put in it then??

[Michael!]

bloody hell!

luckily this cars 90% rust free haha

[Gus!!]

Yeah i just stuck a 2i bumper over it and just ignored it. Lol. Yeah urs looks pretty solid i like the simpleness of the colour too, you could make a beast of a sleeper

[Michael!]

that was the plan but its gone on a tangeant haha ive decided (as Per pictures) to dress it upwith my old frst bumpers, they're matt black though so its kind of sleeperish haha

[Gus!!]

Yeah it'll look good u gonna wire up the fogs too?? Frst bumpers look good matte anyways

[Michael!]

both the fogs are f**cked, so need to get new ones haha, then i might - for now im gonna have a play with a cold air feed or something fancy...

[Michael!]

also, only one of my locks work...



advice?

[jonyb4]

your still driving it with the blowing exhaust?
whys it not fixed? it would have done my head in, my mk2 lasted 3 hours with the blowing exhaust before i couldnt drive it like that no more

[Gus!!]

Probably be easiest to get a new lock set, they r pretty cheap mate, where's the exhaust blow from?? My old 1 split right at the front of the centre box, it sounded well good (sort of) lol. Which lock doesnt work anyway??

[ben17southport]

nice man. thats what mine were like! a little scab on front so cut it out, fibre fillered it, painted over with hammerite and you could never tell it was a patch so get it sorted before it gets worse!

could be your key mate, get a new one cut just incase because thats what happened with mine. or could be the barrels.

[Michael!]

Well I've only been driving it to work so it doesn't bother me much, I have two keys Ben ones new and ones old and they both don't work properly! I have to open the boot from the inside...


On an up note I have found an xr3i engine and box with full exhaust system to buy next month - same guy that has the hubs.




Will my rs1800 loom work with that engine?

[Tweek]

If it's a Zetec XR3i engine then yes

[dontpannic]

Isn't the XR3i a 1.6CVH same as the XR2i? If so the Zetec loom probably won't work?

[Michael!]

Ahhh! I didn't ask that! Thanks!


Bet its a 1.6

[Gus!!]

I thought the xr3i loom was pretty simple?? If u have a later mk3 it isnt that different?? Probably?? Lol.

[Michael!]

Sayin that ^ mine is on injection? Could I use the loom?

[Gus!!]

Thats what i was thinking?? Maybe just the standard loom but there is a ecu type box which i guess would be needed for the 3i engine?? I know an xr2 is the same as mine cos they r basically just carbs