MarkBzero

Looks like a great build, keep going it took me 4 years. The smile on your face after the first legal drive is priceless.

Yes get rid, it should not make any difference.

Keep mine taxed for 12 months because we have some great days for driving over winter.

I got an age related plate in 2014, by declaring the Sierra parts I used and taking some photos of me stripping the Sierra. Wasn't difficult.

B reg for me, but now I know more about kit cars I personally would not care about a Q reg.

Hermes will take up to 15kg for about £12-£15 deliver in 2-3 days normally.

Showroom shine, every time good for glass, steel, powder coat and glass.

3 hours ago, theduck said:

Most of the hardwork is done, so will definitely be re-arranged.  At least by then I'll stand a chance of having the Prefect on the road...

Any chance we could agree the dates, so SWMBO doesn't book a holiday. Still gutted that I missed the Welsh trip.

You need a sensor with the same resistance as the original sensor in the Cortina. From memory they had two types white and yellow collars.

It's all about matching the ohms.

What engine do you have?

No you are correct, not needed for IVA.

Elan hotel has just cancelled my booking, maybe next year.

Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment,.
The woman apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
The older lady said that she was right our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady went on toexplain: Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags that we reused for numerous things. Most memorable besides household garbage bags was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our school books. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.
But, too bad we didn't do the "green thing" back then. We walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.
Back then we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days.
Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day.
Back then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
In the kitchen we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.
When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power.
We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blade in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the "green thing" back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a whole house did before the "green thing."
We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart ass young person. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to piss us off... Especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling them how much.

Just saying!

Carb cleaner and elbow grease.

5 hours ago, theduck said:

Didnt realise the ME had vss configuration, thats a nice extra.

Yes ME100 has vss on pin 17 not sure how to wire it up yet.

5 hours ago, brumster said:

had this function on a ECU. On the basis it uses no wheel speed sensors, it will be a fairly rudimentary rpm-hold type function. Arm it, clutch depressed activates an rpm-hold so you just bury the throttle and it holds rpm. Pop the clutch and it managed the amount of power released.

Yes that's correct this system has no true wheel speed, set the rpm between 3000-3200 is recommended. A clutch switch is not needed.

The guys at ME have been really supportive, going to order a few bits and try it!

Playing around with the ECU a ME100 and discovered it has a launch control function. Spoken the manufacturer and it appears to be straight forward a dash switch, clutch switch and resistor to 5v reference.

Two questions;

Has anyone else got launch control on their car, does it work effectively?

Will it be OK with standard diff or do you need an LSD diff?

This is a great club.

7 hours ago, Peter Bell said:

If the handbrake is good for the MOT I suspect it's as Bob says the cylinder size, with the standard Sierra master cylinder the 2l drums are usually overbraked.

Both handbrake and foot brakes are weak, going to strip again and check self adjusters and check movement with drums off.

Looks ok to me, did you use clear coat?

14 minutes ago, blue said:

Sold 

That was quick! You will not be disappointed.

I will pm his details, a good guy.

Hi,

Sharing this link for a friend, very well built car needs to go for space, ready for IVA.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1114922615547754/

4 hours ago, fry61 said:

Though back & seem to remember discs all round on most of our cars was too much rear braking.

I thought the same but there is a lot of zeros with discs all round.

Hi,

Thinking of upgrading rear brakes on Zero, currently have 2l Sierra drums. They generally only just pass MOT and I have fitted new shoes and adjusted them.

What do I to do the conversion to discs? I see kitspares to the brackets and there is some questions about fitting to the rear of the disc or front of the car.

Any help appreciated.

9 hours ago, fry61 said:

Think all Florin's switches came from CBS & yes have had one ON-OFF-ON switch fail controlling the driving lights ( 2 x 55  watt halogen) Put that failure of one make contact down to the dash gets wet if raining & condensation in frosty weather.  All the power required in Florin is via relays ( Ford from donor )  so switch overload is not the problem,as said all others O.K.

During this enforced period of kit idleness we have had corrosion problems on the column stalks, but all cleared after a few operations & again they all feed just the control relays.

Couldn't afford £15/20 /switch when building Florin --- spent all the "spare" cash on bling wheels & exhaust 

One of best exhaust I have seen.

2 minutes ago, tractor said:

have you driven it with the vvt working correctly yet mark

Yes but only switched I have new ECU to fit with vvt control one weekend when I am bored.