Mr_Bo11ox Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I bet you'll find a cheap engine with a bit of digging, there must be some folk breaking them on leboncoin?? Shame one can't be teleported from this end, if one was auctioned on the bay it would go for about £20 I bet Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I might be able to lay my hands on a LHD Berlingo multispack soon if you fancy a ride to blighty to collect it? dave21478 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Its true that these are mental prices compared to UK, but its just the way it is here. I chickened out of buying the 1.8 engine as the dude has apparently had it sitting in his garage for about 4 years and was kindof vague about whether it ran or not before being removed, so God knows what state it might be in. So, option 2 it was then. Granted thats another €150, but these are still the kind of prices here where I can remove batteries and cats and weigh in the shells and get my money back, so nothing ventured etc etc.... I will skip the collection capers as it was royally pissing down with rain the whole way, so nothing particularly interesting to be seen. The end result.... Yeah, I wasnt joking about the monster energy stickers and poundshop trims (fitted to the left side only) I thought the French were supposed to have style and taste? A rattle-canned blue interior is the true mark of a quality modder.... Full* service history again.... aaaaawwww yeaaahhhh, another 16v badge.... It was reluctant to idle at the guys house and the battery is flat, so I will do a bit of buggering around tomorrow to see whats what. It did start with jump leads though and sounded ok, so fingers crossed for this one. Lacquer Peel, vulgalour, Vince70 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 I might be able to lay my hands on a LHD Berlingo multispack soon if you fancy a ride to blighty to collect it? I would be vaguely interested in that if you can find out some details please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Sweet, so it's a case of one engine out and another one in. That is really odd to see a chavved up Escort on the South of France, you'd expect to see stuff like this on a Council estate in England. I thought French youths loved BXs/AXs/205s and the like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 I got it running pretty nicely this morning. I cant do a compression test though as my tester doesnt have a long enough threaded end and I have lost the wee packet of adaptors that came with it. Front end removal courtesy of a sharpened axe. To avoid looking like the dude in the other thread with the disc in his face, keep out of the line of fire.... Breaking for lunch its looking like this.... HillmanImp, KruJoe, Rusty_Rocket and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 2 hours fer lunch lol mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Up to 48 valves now, wow! I am seeing that right, he has just sprayed the whole door card, fabric and all, in metallic blue? HH-R and dave21478 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Yeah, its glorious*. He has just sprayed (badly) right over everything. The fabric section is sticky to the point where if you put your elbow on it, your jumper gets glued to it!See also the centre console and handbrake gaiter. Its a shame the seats are ruined as they are more supportive than those in the estate, but the foam is flattened to the point where you can feel the metal framework through it and the covers are ripped in various places.There was the remains of a non-standard cigarette in the ashtray too, plus the whole interior reeks of the weed. Kids these days....hotboxing their escorts.... Anyway, todays end-of-day report.... I hoiked the engine out, which was a bugger as the garage floor is mud that the crane just sinks into and it slopes uphill quite a lot away from the cars so I had to use a hand winch to pull the crane backwards away from the engine bay. Had to be a bit more careful with the silver one.....I hardly used the axe at all.In the end I decided in my usual logic to make things harder for myself to save a little time later by leaving the gearbox in place and taking the block out the top. This saves messing with balljoints and driveshafts and also allows me to leave the aircon system connected as its fully pressurised and worked nicely, and I want to keep it that way as I have a poor track record with A/C....ie of the very few cars that I have owned that have had it, only one ever worked. Like a fucking plum, I cracked the windcreen when I took the bonnet off. I dont know if I am confident enough to swap the screen from the chav chariot over....I dont have a good track record with windscreen glass. drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Shit that sucks. I have a poor track record with this age of Escort too, I find them a right PITA to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 What would Jesus do? Make sure he wasn't in when the bastard that designed/made these God awful things comes knocking. Lacquer Peel and HH-R 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I don't understand how you cracked the windscreen removing the bonnet but I do admire your use of an axe to dismantle things. Everyone knows axes are great for chopping up Escorts so you can dispose of them easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 shirley the french attitude to a bost screen is the same meh as any thing else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 My willingness to photograph the job was flagging today so The TL:DR version is this..... Plonk.... Back after a 10 mile test drive. All seems well, coolant level seems stable. It was the usual farce getting the engine and box to line up and engage the input shaft splines on the clutch.....10 minutes of heating swearing and wrenching it about then suddenly it popped together in a very anti-climactic way.Everything plugged back in, using the cars original injection loom and manifolds, turned the key and after a few chuggs it fired up and idled nicely. On the test drive power seems ok and the heater is nice and hot. The gearchange is a little notchy....I wonder if I have bent a linkage while I was jacking the box up and down..... No biggie though. Was a cruddy day though....its raining so hard my garage has flooded and I had to scrape a wee drainage ditch in the ground to divert the small river running through the place. Despite that and even with a bit of Lino to lie on I ended up getting properly crudded up. Bath time tonight, for sure. worldofceri, DeeJay, drum and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I weighed in the chav wagon today after a massive war getting my trailer up from the bottom of the garden through the mud.Anyway, the tight old giffer only gave me €60 for it, but meh....its gone, freeing up garage space and overall the replacement engine only cost me €90 and a few days of dicking around while I am currently not working, so all in all, pretty happy. There wasnt much worth keeping from the rest of it....I kept the headlights, couple of wheel rims, starter, alternator, coil pack and a few other bits n bobs which I will either keep for myself or flog on LeBonCoin to recoup a few more pennies. I was going to keep stuff like the original cylinder head which would probably be repairable with a skim, the gearbox and so on, but its all just more shit to clutter up the place that I am unlikely to ever need. I did try to take the windscreen but that ended as badly as expected. Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 I havent updated this thread in about a year and a half because....well, the bloody car just quietly gets on with the job of being a car and never needs anything.I think in that time I have put some tyres on it and done an oil change, but thats pretty much it. Oh, front discs and pads too.Obviously I hotted up the tunez early on with a Kenwood headunit and speakers, cheapy amp and sub box. I do that to all long-term cars because I am mentally still 17 and pumping out mid 90's dance tunes is just the way I roll. And have rolled. Since the mid 90's. Over twenty years ago. fuck.Anyway, the car is blandly dependable.....A few squeeks from the tailgate, the clutch is getting a bit juddery....I sometimes think its down on power, but then I realise its only a wee 1.6 and its probably pretty average. Even the aircon still works.There is a fist-sized rot hole in the middle of each sill and they are crispy along about a third of their lengths.....Thats not an issue here, and neither is the rot in the chassis rail near the rear spring mounts. Weld it? not weld it? I think not, TBQH. We will see the state of play in April when the current CT runs out, but I reckon it will be time for a change and the MGF can come out of hibernation and have the Escort insurance swapped onto it. In the meantime it wil be my winter beater again. I even have a set of proper winter tyres for it on spare rims. The reliability streak was SHATTERED recently when a rear wheel bearing started getting grumbly. I was just going to leave it till spring when it is likely to be bridged retired, but its got oppressively loud so I thought I better do something about it. Wheel off... That hubnut is proper tight, but my cordless impact rattled it off after a few seconds.Drum off...Clean enough in there...nothing to be concerned about. The inner oil seal needs pulled out then the taper roller bearings inner parts just fall out, leaving the outer races pressed into the drum, requiring knocked out.....Note, one goes out towards the rear and the other to the front. One came out easy with a hammer and drift, the other wasnt having it. Top tip....run a fat bead of weld around half the circumference of the inner race (dont weld it to the drum though, you plum!) The heat helps dislodge the parts and as the race cools it contracts and pretty much just falls out. Aaaand the new part is completely the wrong size. Obviously. So reassembly will have to wait. Lacquer Peel, Stanky, Jim Bell and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Oh dear. Euro Car Parts du Francis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 Yeah, pretty much. Piecesauto.comThe link between their parts database and warehouse picking systems must use the same randomising software as ECP. Jim Bell and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I havent updated this thread in about a year and a half because....well, the bloody car just quietly gets on with the job of being a car and never needs anything. escrotes dont do quietly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 The right bearing finally turned up so I got this back together.Clean up the hole where it mounts in the drum and press the outer race into place. I dont have a press (might make a wee one this winter actually) so just tap them in. In this case a 1 1/2 inch socket is a nice fit. It presses on the outer race so no damage to the bearing itself. Knock the oil seal into place... and then flip over to do the other side of the bearing. Once they are snug give it a bit of grease, put it back on the car and tighten the hubnut. 260NM in this case, according to Autodata. Went for a run and its nice and quiet. BorniteIdentity, DeeJay, RobT and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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