Sold Sierraman's (dad's) Mondeo - Long MOT Hundreds spent Ice Cold Aircon M9

[AMC Rebel]

Planned engineering work - so sit in the front 4 coaches (I am - totally by chance).

[AMC Rebel]

First of three trains free wi-fi as sitting near to first class

 

Man in the ticket office tried to send me to Mansfield Woodhouse - but I knew the three letter code for Woodhouse.  There's a bloke in my Dull Men book who has been to every station (2k+) on the UK rail network - but he went by car to save time and money.

[AMC Rebel]

Next train expected 7 mins late

 

 

Chap on the station was trying to help a young woman of South East Asian origin who had got on the wrong train and had wound up at East Mids Parkway on a train bound for London in her attempt to go to Huddersfield - I wonder how she got on.

[AMC Rebel]

Now 8 mins late

[AMC Rebel]

Final train -  not Cleethorpes - the one on the right  with no destination shown yet.

 

[Rocket88]

Sunday collection.................................adventurous....beware thunderbolts from on high....................

[billyboy406v6]

Brave man, happy Kollectering !

[sierraman]

Bye bye Mondeo! Cheers AMC Rebel a pleasure to deal with! Good luck with the Mondeo!

[sierraman]

Excellent photography skillz

[AMC Rebel]

Gr6 seller would buy again

[AMC Rebel]

Back home at World Of Chod. Sorry forgot Pez shot. Turn of the century Fords rool.

 

 

[sierraman]

Good journey home?

[AMC Rebel]

Yes thanks, no worries

[AMC Rebel]

Daughter's school run verdict - 

 

-"Woo Hoo great, I get a door of my own!!!" (vs the Puma where she had to climb into the back)

 

- "This is the worst car in the world" (because of the manual window winders ) 

[Slartibartfast]

A project for you:

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

Was an OMGBARGEN'S at £350 that.

 

Well bought!

[AMC Rebel]

Was an OMGBARGEN'S at £350 that.

 

Well bought!

Thanks, I agree.  It's an interesting spec.  My Ma had a 98 S Estate one of these - I use to borrow it and I took it for a couple of MOTs, but hers was a Ghia.

 

First things I noticed were no Cruise and no radio remote (not unexpected) - also manual door mirrors and (I have never seen this on a Mondy this age) manual seat height adjuster.  This is all for the good by the way.

 

On the way to first pez stop (which was about 6 miles from home by the way so full marks to Sierraman for the fuel), I was wondering which side the filler hole was - if I'd thought about it, I'd have remembered the lever by the driver's seat - but I didn't.  Anyway, bless the person at Ford who put the little triangle in the fuel warning light to show which side - quite logical in a way - only telling/reminding you when you need to know.

 

I am enjoying the car, but there's an odd phenomenon I haven't figured out yet when going over bumps.  If it was a Boeing 737, I'd say the yaw damper was buggered - it may just be normal, but something feels a little odd - not serious.

[sierraman]

Every Mk2 I've driven drives like an old bed. If you are that way inclined, 205 width alloys makes a big difference, as does some polybushed bottom arms. On the radiant red mk2 years ago I had it had Sachs front gas shocks and springs and the wider alloys and I'd say it handled better than the mk3 I have now.

[AMC Rebel]

Free CD - does your Dad want this back? I can't say it is something I'd be spending too much time listening to 😀

 

 

[sierraman]

Err no. I'll let you enjoy the dulcet tones on 1970's middle of the road act Smokie. It's actually my Uncles CD that I believe. Awful taste in music.

[Slartibartfast]

Alice? Who the fuck is Alice?

[sierraman]

I listened to the entire CD the other day. Then left it in the car as a token of my interest in hearing it again.

[AMC Rebel]

Decided I couldn't put off the wheel bearing any longer.

 

I thought it was getting quite bad although upon jacking them up to see which side it was, it was only just apparent.

 

This was one of those lovely jobs that went so much according to plan that you wonder when the wheels will come off (and they may do).

 

old bearing (with crap autofocus)

 

 

I've pulled!

 

new one - slightly concerned as it has an ABS ring fitted and it turns out car doesn't have ABS - seemed to fit OK though.

 

 

finishing touch 

 

[AMC Rebel]

Well that went well in a "wheels are still attached" sense.

 

The noise that sounds like a grumbling wheel bearing is exactly the same as it was before though, so it's either another bearing or (I had this once before) the tyres.

[sierraman]

Could be the tyres. The wheels that are on it are off a Focus I sold a while back, they had decent tyres on whereas the Verona ones that were originally fitted were shot.

 

I can see the copper ease I smeared on the brake lines is holding up!

 

You wouldn't have liked the job of changing those rear struts... as it goes i was busy so my dad took it to the garage to have the struts replaced. It took almost an entire day, the bolts at the top sheared. That's fate for you! I think he sees it as a bad omen asking me to do jobs for him, I put a new Turbot Solenoid on the Insignia and had the pleasure of informing him that whilst I'd sorted the buzzing, his DMF was also on its way out... he was really happy about that.

[AMC Rebel]

Just back from MOT  garage was waxing lyrical about what a nice car it is, but....

 

 

Reason(s) for failure

• nearside rear outer Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

  offside rear outer Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded sill (5.2.6)

  nearside front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)

  offside front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)

  offside front Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)

  nearside rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)

  offside rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)

  central rear Brake pipe excessively corroded before tank (3.6.B.2c)

[sierraman]

Sounds worse than it is I'd say. Bit of welding on sills at the back I'd guess, a new drop link and some brake pipes. £10 for a pair of links, don't know about welding but brake pipes are easier done at the garage. At this level if £300 buys you another years test it's good value, if you feel there's other trouble on the horizon then give it the bullet.

 

I'd get Dominic Littlewood to pop round my house and shout at me as I try to drive away.

[AMC Rebel]

No complaints from me - and as the garage man said, it's a nice drive and otherwise in decent nick.  Top seller wld buy agane no need for Littlewood etc.

 

I could do the brake pipes - I've got all the kit - but it'd be easier if I didn't have two other sheds valuable projects in my garage where it's warm.   The GR7 thing is it doesn't have ABS so will be easier to bleed the brakes when done.

 

Tis a tricky one - that almost identical Verona went for £167 on ebay - but it wasn't such a nice car and there aren't any close for sale.

 

I could also do the welding in theory but I won't.  

[sierraman]

Any other Mondeo of that age will have the same problem so providing the welding was done to a good standard it would outlast the car. It's also had the timing belt done a year or two ago, that's an easy £120 job at garage, a £160 is unlikely to have had this done recently.

 

It's a tricky decision but you've got to go on it's merits as it stands, if it was giving you trouble or there was other stuff on the horizon, clutches, head gaskets etc I'd not hesitate in scrapping it.

 

From memory it's had new shockers all round, front and rear brakes overhauled, timing belt replaced. So I suppose it's dependant on the welding needed on the back, I'd hazard a guess it's the rear end of the sills, providing the inners don't require too much remedial work might be £100 or thereabouts to repair the corrosion.

[AMC Rebel]

Getting a garage estimate on Friday.