Ford Sierra-A few problems!!

[Royale80]

Hello all,

As there seem to be a few Sierras on the shite at the moment-I thought I had better post mine.

 

It's a 93 2.0GLXi auto.

 

It was bought by my father in 2000 and became mine and my brothers when he died in 2004. It had previously been owned by my Uncle for 4 years and prior to that my fathers friend bought it new-so it has been known all it's life. In very good condition for the year-the rear arches will need a little attention soon. It's used a few days a week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The eagle eyed of you may have spotted my Royale in the background-going extremely well apart from a seizing front strut.

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

[Bren]

GLX is quite rare. What is it like with the autobox?

[Royale80]

It's ok with the autobox-it's not the smoothest by far (the box in my Royale is smoother)-but alright for day to day use.

Top is quite high and the car will comfortably cruise at 80mph where roads allow. It's comfortable and quiet. It's good on juice-around the doors it does about 28mpg-on longer runs I've had 39mpg out of it (brim-to-brim refuelling).

 

It's had two small bits of welding done over the years and we changed the original front discs last year. Radio has stopped working so will have to investigate!

 

The car is from Cox's Ford in Leicester originally-still have the original plates in the garage.

 

Regards

 

Steve.

[EssDeeWon]

Did these still have the 2.0 DOHC jobby in them?

 

It looks nice, even down to the original, and rather rare wheel trims.

[Royale80]

Thanks for the replies.

 

It does have the DOHC engine which in my opinion is not as refined as the Pinto.

 

Steve

[BorniteIdentity]

Can't be many later Sierra's than this, I know my Dad held off his new company car for about 6 months to get into a Mondeo instead.

 

I'm actually turning into a bit of a Sierra Botherer.  This is lovely.

[andy18s]

Looks nice in that white

My last Sierra was a 1.6 Azura saloon,K328AUX.....

Died a good few years ago now though

[fordperv]

Very nice, built 17/6/1992 and was registered the same day as my sapphire on 1 August 1992

[egg]

Great car, so this is June 92 build. I've just been reading up and last Sierras were produced as late as December 92 apparently.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Looks clean, and great that it's stayed in the family. Still love your Royale though - I reckon it needs to return to Cornwall

[stuboy]

very nice

[purplebargeken]

This is indeed the Autoshite branch of the Sierra Owners Club. 

[brownnova]

Sierras R us on here lately!! Another nice one tho. I always like a late model.

 

Feeling the urge/pressure to go and buy a Sierra now!!

[purplebargeken]

^^ You need to.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Great car, so this is June 92 build. I've just been reading up and last Sierras were produced as late as December 92 apparently.

On Christmas Eve 1992 Mrs N crashed a brand new Sapphire 1.8i GLX , she lost it on a bend in Ridgmont Bedfordshire and managed to crack both bumpers, one on a post and one on the wall of Woburn Abbey.

It was a fleet demonstrator that Ford had put into where I worked for 3 months, It was a lovely light metallic blue and the only 1.8 with a cat that I remember ever seeing.

The thing was cursed as in the February it was stolen and stripped a couple of days before It was due to be collected.

[Bren]

I found the I4 engine to be somewhat coarse and thrashy and not as nice as a pinto.

 

The one I had was noisy at motorway speeds,despite lowish mileage and new timing chains and tensioners.

[Stixy]

Dohc engines are quite underated  , they do have their problems but its rare to see one that has completly worn out with normal use ,  I like Pinto Sierra's but they are thirstyier  engines .

[bub2006]

These seirras are growing on me. Your mpg sounds better than my Volvo too!

[Royale80]

Thanks all,

I agree Bren-the engine is gruff compared to a pinto but when in top is quiet.

 

It is good on juice-Father had a y reg Sierra 2.0 manual years ago-it struggled to get 25 on a run.

 

I'm going to pump a bit more Dinotrol into it in the summer and will look at having the arches done.

 

Regards

 

Steve

[Royale80]

Afternoon all,

Had a rear caliper sticking on the old Sierra so decided to change the pads. Got my winding back tool kit out and proceeded. Took the pads out-they had a bout a mm left.

Now the fun started. Haven't changed the read pads on a Sierra or Granada for years. Put my wind back tool in and wound back the calipers. Then couldn't remove the wind back tool. Couldn't work out why-so eventually after much huffing and puffing cut one of the parts off with my angle grinder. Soon as I had it off I remembered I should have wound in the outer sleeve-luckily had a spare winder-what a dick!

 

The other side caliper took a lot of force to start to wind it back in and the sliding pin was stuck-now all sorted-but what a knob I am!

 

Steve

[Royale80]

The calliper was still sticking badly so I bought another one. The only thing in my way was undoing the brake pipes and disconnecting the handbrake cable. Brake pipes came off relatively easily. HBOL said simply to unhook the brake cable from the calliper. After an hour I cut a piece of the hook on the calliper off. Put new calliper on attached pipes then tried to put on the brake cable. According to the HBOL it simply said to hook the cable over. After another hour the cable end snapped-oh dear I thought.

 

Still the car drives much better. The MOT is due in a few weeks so will get the garage to fit a new cable - it was over22 years old.

 

Luckily the car is an automatic so don't generally use the brake.

 

Onwards and upwards!

 

Steve

[fordperv]

You should of gone underneath the car and loosened off the cable with the adjuster rings if it was that tight

[Royale80]

Didn't think of that!

[Royale80]

Latest news!

Had the MOT done in July-needed the rear end of the sills welding-£200 so not bad.

 

Took it to Telford yesterday on my fruitless Royale viewing.

 

98 miles up from Blackwood , through Hereford to Telford via the nice A49 and finally about 20 miles of looping up and down country lanes. Decided to come back on the motorway-M58, M6, M5 M50-132 miles.

 

Old Sierra behaved impeccably-70/80 on the motorway is a lovely cruising speed. The old torquey twin cam and auto box were also ideal for the country lanes. 

 

Averaged 35mpg as well- so all good (apart from the Royale!).

 

Steve

[Stixy]

Mine averages the same mpg driven normally  

[Guest Hooli]

Used to love my 2.0 Manual one of these, great cars. I'd have another if I saw one about. RWD handling too, so much nicer in crap weather.

[Royale80]

Mine averages the same mpg driven normally  

Mine averages 30 around the doors. Have got 39 on a run to Gatwick.

 

Had a Y reg 2.0 litre Ghia manual years ago that used to struggle to reach 25mpg.

[Captain Furious]

That looks fit.

 

Surprised that the 2.0 DOHC is gruff compared to a pinto, I remember my Dad having a Mk3 Granada with this engine and thought it was very smooth.  It would have been nearly new at the time mind.

[lisbon_road]

The twin cam is smooth compared with a Pinto.

 

Anyway, nice car, glad it is going well.  They're a good auto as well I believe.

[bub2006]

Just a quick question out of curiosity. Looki g at the pics of sierra i noticed it has a analogue clock. Ive only known the diesels to hqve an analogue clock with glow plug light above it. I thought all later petrol models had digital. Cost cutting maybe?