Dcsinclair22

I can't believe I'm writing this but I'm left with no choice but to sell my 2b, ive had some news recently regarding my health which means I'm having to sell all my toys, so it's a 2b correctly registered on log book, runs drives, stops absolutely fine, has mot until September, i have owned it for a year now but only covered around 100 miles, because of weather and a problem with fuel pump (now fixed)mileage is around 5200 miles (backed up by mot history, but the previous owner changed the clocks so is reading around 100 miles, in September last year it had just over £1000 spent getting it running right, charging right etc which I have the receipts for along with a massive folder absolutely stacked with reciepts, build documents etc, I've recently re wired the car, fitted new dash etc, needs wiper motor re fitting and wired up (I don't use it in the rain so took it of when I was re wiring) comes with hood and doors and some spares, it's a 2.0l pinto with twin webbers, type 9 gearbox, it's had a lot of engine work done including a bigger oil pump head work, new pistons, and fr33 cam and a lot of other work by builder, it is extremely quick for a pinto and also has either a welded diff or lsd I'm not too sure, the bonnet could do with being repainted also the rear passenger arch, the rear arches seem to have extensions on which has cracked the paint on the passenger side were the extension joins, I was intending to paint the whole car but now for obvious reasons that's not possible, ive just fitted a expansion bottle because it runs a bit hot (around 95-97°c) but does have an electric fan I've just fitted new carpet too, does need a hazard switch as the one on the stalks constantly flashed so i stuck it down, this is a great fun car and I had big plans for it but unfortunately life sometimes throws curve balls that can't be caught,I'm looking for £4500ovno and thought I would offer it here first before dealing with the Facebook scammers, tyre kickers and just general dreamers Facebook provides, car is located in east sussex, feel free to come and view anytime, it's located on an army Base in a hanger so there's land for test drives etc too. I'm going to stay a paid member of the club for as long as I am around if that's OK, it's a great club full of knowledge and great people

I'll need to double check mate, the car was like this when I bought it, I just replaced the catch can with a different one as the one that was on there originally was leaking out of some of the rivets

yeah filler cap is gone, I did drive back to see what the hell ot was that had come of/or I had run over when I saw both parts of the cap on the floor squashed I didn't bother retrieving it, it's a busy road so I just thought I'd buy a new one, my catch can is connected somewhere under the carbs, I'm pretty sure it was you who commented on one of my pictures last year about my catch can actually, either yourself or nelmo anyway,

So maiden voyage today after re wiring, new interior, my youngest son had his prom so I was designated taxi, all went fine until the 2nd run (had to pick up and drop of his girlfriend too) on way back home I heard a horrendous noise, sounded like I had ran over a massive chunk of metal, turns out my oil cap blew off so that's now dead, its a 2.0l pinto, it had a push on metal cap type thing that went over the oil cap itself, they've both gone, any ideas what might cause that to happen? Had a quick search for "pinto oil cap blew of" but seems I might be the only one

Interesting thanks guys, I tried the full lock engine off and push trick (I know this works to see if diff is welded) but that trick works on normal cars, and I wondered if it would be the same concept with a car that's half the size, but it's extremely difficult to push on full lock, infact it takes 2 people, but they could just be because I'm unfit

Possibly mate I did wonder if it could be diff related, will have a little poke around tomorrow to see what I can find

When reversing on full lock (left or right) my rear wheels skid and grind on the tarmac, hard to describe but almost like the rear wheel locks up then instantly frees itself, if it was fronts I would have thought something like this would be caused by rubber brake lines failing but rears are hard piped, if I full lock left, the left wheel skids and full lock right, you guessed it, right wheel skids. Diff looks almost brand new (probably reconditioned but unsure what would cause this

they have many old bangers mate, at this rate I'll be donating the 2b to then too

Ok scrap that, found a diagram, seems bottom hose from tank goes to bottom rad hose, top pipe on tank will go to the nipple on the filler cap (I think)

Ok so my 2.0l pinto has no expansion or header tank, so me being a cheap skate have got a solution (I think) my mum works for the ministry of defence and lives in a army barracks, at said army barracks there's a few cars they use for training search dogs, after speaking to the captain he said I could nick the coolant bottle from a ka, so I have done so. On the coolant tank there is 2 hoses 1 goes to the top of the bottle and one goes to the bottom, am I right in thinking the top thinner hose goes to the rad cap outlet (currently has a tee piece with a nipple coming out) so top hose to that and the bottom thicker hose to the hose coming from the water pump that goes round to under the carbs, I'll attach some photos (I haven't cleaned the new (old tank) out. 1st image is of tank, 2nd image is of cap with nipple, 3rd image is of the pipe coming from pump round the engine and goes somewhere underneath the carb, so top pip from bottle to the rad cap, bottom hose from bottle to pipe in 3rd picture

So after searching for some half decent led headlights I opted for some halo style led lights with integrated indicators, well they finally turned up yesterday and they don't look to bad, wired up really easy, turned them on and to my suprise the sidelights are bloody blue triple checked the listing on line and are advertised a white drl with amber turn signals and white high/low beam, so just ordered some other ones, hopefully these new ones are OK,

Assuming you've checked fuses etc, have you checked your getting power from the stalk switch? If you are then unfortunately it's probably going to be a case of tracing wires as no one knows how the car is wired except the builder (if your the original builder then happy days)

Ok so now I've sorted a few more things out on the 2b, next job is paintwork, I'm quite handy with my spray gun and compressor, so I want to respray the whole car, but the thing that concerns me is 1stly the arch extensions, on the passenger side where the arch extension joins the arch it has cracked the paint all the way around, how would I stop this happening in the future, 2nd the same has happened down the center line of the bonnet, what paint have you guys used, I see gelcoat is used a fair bit

Thanks mate, the only thing that bothers me is where do you stop new carpet, new wiring, new dash, centre and back covering, planning on respraying it, enjoy it for the summer, then during the winter months I'll hopefully be changing the engine

Thanks Bob, unfortunately I know nothing about the engine as it was in the car when I brought it, all I know is twin webbers unsure if 40s 45s or another, I know the heads been skimmed and ported but unsure about much else, here's a picture of the carbs, maybe that'll shed some light as to what carbs they actually are

Still trying to find out exactly what has been done engine wise to my 2.0l pinto, digging through even more receipts I've found these 2, bores have had a 1mm rebore, fr33 cam and I've found a reciept for the new psitons that were fitted, I'm guessing these wouldn't be standard pistons with the bores having a 1mm rebore, maybe a stupid question now but does this make it a 2.1 pinto? Roughly what kind of power could I see from this setup?

Not completely finished yet (not sure I'm overly keen on the type of faux leather) but will do for this summer, needs pulling a bit tighter to get the creases out (my own fault, purchased a good few months ago and didn't open till the other day) but here's a couple of before and afters

Thanks guys, I did check the gov website but it just asks for make of car, according to them all ford cars manufactured before 1992 should use e5 except Mondeo 1.8, I'll do as kenner says and just use vpower or in my case it'll be momentum as the nearest shell is about 15 mins away, I used momentum in all my imprezzas and my rs4's

Belive it or not, ive had the car since August last year and I haven't put fuel in yet (came with full tank and kept braking down last year) once it's back on the road (hopefully next week) I'll need to fill up, ive done a search but searching for e10 and e5 brings nothing up, alot of the stations round here no sell the e10, so is e10 OK running in a 2.0l pinto with twin webbers? Or am I better off searching around for e5?

So though I would give a quick update, here's the before and midway pictures, and a picture of what i have removed, must have gained 5hp in weight reduction, haven't taken a picture of the finished job yet, but new carpet is in, ive covered the back upright in diamond stitch faux leather, when seats go in tomorrow I'll update

Yeah after this nightmare I'll probably never touch electrics on a vehicle again m, thanks guys as always

If all else fails, could always buy a rebuild kit and try to rebuild it yourself, I'm a firm believer of if it's already broke what's the worst that can happen right...... here's a link to a rebuild kit that could fit, https://shop.grahamgoode.com/steering-rack-overhaul-service-kit--sierra--sapphire-cosworth-2wd-inc-rs500-80399-p.asp but as foz says, stick some pictures and measurements up and see if anyone can help

when was the oil changed last? could be a little thin if it hasnt been changed in a while

sorted, the stalks im using are the old ford escort ones with the hazard switch on top. turns out the hazard button is broken and was constantly sending signal to indicators, so i can officially say the whole car electric system is rewired, just a few wires to tidy then ill pop some pictures up