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Thought I'd take the Escort shopping this morning, it's only down the road but done a 35 mile detour to get there lol.....love driving it, gets loads of attention and so much fun.

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Went to Seaburn classic car show today, but was a wash out.....and we were soaked through after an hour. So left.

Car beaded well though.





Then a good clean, after my 84 mile round trip in the rain......as it decided to dry up lol

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Got poly exhaust hangers supplied and fitted by Evans Performance, sounds even better now with no vibrations or knocks.





Then got her washed and waxed ready for a show tomorrow.

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Oh.....new wheels!

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New Ghia conversation bolts arrived.



And all fitted, just need to sort the tyre pressures as there well over inflated.

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Got some pics today.

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One of the things that has bugged me since I got the Escort is that I had window switches and winders. Because of the Rs turbo door cards, also the handles were very tatty.

Before



Wet and dried, cleaned, prepped and sprayed with interior dye.



Blanks made, ready to bond in when paint has hardened. 

[JC600]

Door handles re-fitted.

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Nice little drive out in the Escort, breakfast then shopping on the way home lol

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New Yokohama tyres fitted,  didn't like the Bridgestone tyres and fronts were all cracked. Sits a lot better on the Yoko's.

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Some new pics of the Escort after a little out...............Oh, the brakes and tyres are really good! Some stupid idiot in a whizzpopper Mervia pulled out on me, so had to do a emergency stop!!! and she just carried on, totally oblivious to it.

Any way, heres the pic's.

[JC600]

Few tonight after work. First of all, the battery fitted was a 063 40ah & 400 cold crank. The 1.6efi engine should have a 075 60ah 540 cold crank. So got a Bosch S4 battery at a bargain price, also got some Bosch S4 spark plugs. Another job, was to replace the breather pipes as they were past there best. Also changed the crank case breather filter, and cleaned the icv. 

Fires up better now, idles smoother and revs up nicer......just need to take it for a drive at the weekend now.  

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Went, for a good drive this morning. Runs much better, and much more responsive.

On another note at 60mph my wobbly steering wheel had come back again, so went to my brothers and got all the wheels rebalanced and checked for buckles.  All ok, but checked front disc's,  and one was warped. So new disc's and pads fitted.  All fine again now.

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All ready for Blackpool, fuelled up, Tyre pressures checked, levels checked. Washed, polished and waxed.  









Also got a lock set, so I (my dad lol)  can re-code the ignition barrel to match the rest of the locks.  

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Pics of the Escort at Blackpool Ford day, I'll upload the others I took later.

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Finally got a full set of Amber's, when I fit them I'm also going to repaint the backs of the headlights.  



Also got a brake fluid leak, around the master cylinder. Leaves a patch on top of gearbox. Main seal is dry, no fluid in the servo. Servo looks brand new inside. Think it may be the lid or reservoir seals. 

Started scraping the blistered paint off the servo. 

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Loving the car [THUMBS UP SIGN]
If you're in control you're just not going fast enough

[JC600]

Loving the car [THUMBS UP SIGN]
If you're in control you're just not going fast enough

Cheers mate

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Checked for brake fluid leaks whilst under pressure, and nothing. Checked the cap and there is fluid on the threads, so think it's weeping out the cap whilst driving. 

I've ordered a new cap and keep a eye on it, it's only a very small leak. Just annoying having to wipe the gearbox off all the time. 

Think I best give the servo a lick of paint now lol

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Thats the ambers in, master cylinder and servo painted. Cleaned the surface rust off the back of the headlights, treated and resprayed them. The paint reacted, so will have to do them again at some point.

Just waiting for my remote idle speed control valve and new brake reservoir cap to arrive.