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If you can't narrow down the one you have, all I can suggest is you measure the important bits with regards to how it fits to your car (bolt spacing/pattern, number of outlets you need) and find a friendly motor factor who can browse through his parts catalogue for you

Thats a Mk.7 escort m/c according to a brief internet search, right? Can't be that hard to get hold of, surely? https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Ford-ESCORT-Mk7-VII-Brake-Master-Cylinder-Tank-Fluid-K0236/1330476603 is it that? How confident are you that you bled it correctly? Are you sure it's the m/c (could be the seals, I agree)?

The rad really is a crap situation in the Exmo, because the front "butress" blocks half of it! See how it goes but in the end we fitted an alternative rad in the actual nosecone, at an angle, in front of the buttress. Still not ideal, but it worked... stick with what you have for now, see if it works, but if it doesn't you have another option at hand...

Yeah the stuff I had was maybe 3/4" hollow steel tubing, bent into a simple U shape, bolted up through the lower lip of the rear panel. By itself it wouldn't support a wheel as it would bend the lip under the weight, so you had a long length of threaded bar that went through the rear panel and lined up with a wheel nut hole on your spare wheel, and you clamped it up onto the back panel that way. The U support was arguably doing very little really, except supporting the number plate and light

Darn it I had one off the Exmo and I think I chucked it away after no interest on here I'll have a quick look later and see if I can find it. Otherwise you just need someone with a pipe bender really, should be pretty easy to do...

Welcome and congrats! I built an Exmo with my mate back in the 90s too so will try to help out where I can... No real reason for Q over a normal reg - there is a general thinking that people "turn their nose up" at Q plates because it's a sure-fire indicator of a kit/reconstructed car versus anything genuine. It really is all up to you anyway; if it doesn't bother you, don't worry about it. If you've got no documentation proving the sourcing of the components, you'll be getting one anyway. I say that, but I heard a rumour that Q plates are rarely issued these days anyway, so it might be you still get an age-related plate. Emissions has nothing to do with the registration but the age of the engine. You should have little difficulty with a Pinto proving it's age, even if they don't accept the single donor story related to the J plate (not a Sierra at that age - so a single donor is unlikely). You can relate engine code to year fairly easily.

Good call. Don't wait for myself, we have a "thing" to be at mid-afternoon which I won't make now, so I probably won't be coming, or it might be a case of I come part-way then turn back, but whatever - head off when you need to, if I'm not there I'm not there

Weather report is NOT looking promising, it must be said

Now sold

In my opinion, no. If you want a windscreen, then it makes far more sense to put the necessary related items (wipers, heater, squibbers) in place while you are building, it is so much easier and you're not then ripping the car apart again after IVA to retrofit it all. There is no challenge to putting a car through IVA with a windscreen bar the rear view mirror vibration that I encountered (and ultimately fixed!)...

You've probably seen it, but this was a thread I raised before I built... http://www.rhocar.org/index.php?showtopic=41972 I agree, it's missing the numerals, but it does have TEMPERED written on it clearly. And, for what it's worth, on my IVA I never noticed the tester take a long hard look at the marking anyway. Given it's almost a mandatory 1st fail on IVA anyway, I'd be tempted to run with it as-is and if it fails you can remove the glass as a template and get one made up with the correct markings, refit and retest.

At the moment it's Sierra-like in that it pulls in, so the cable goes into the front perpendicular like most RHs. You can see in one of the pics, the lug on the pedal is at the top so it pulls it back towards the driver. I suppose if you wanted it to pull up you could either cut the lug off and move it/weld another one on, further round... I'd be more tempted to make some sort of roller wheel mechanism outside of the box that you could run the inner cable around to point it in the direction you wanted... maybe?

Probably the area meet gives you more chance to chat and learn about stuff, but even on this run-out I suspect there will be breaks for lunch and a natter... but yeah, I'd recommend one of the regional club nights more for that really... unless you bagsy a lift in a member's car and chat with them while out on the run

That gizmo-on-runners thing that they position in front of each headlight has markings in it, the tester looks at the spread of light inside the unit against these markers and checks that the pattern conforms to the requirements. It's not just height they're checking (or should be checking ) edit: here you go, if you're interested

I'll come to you and run up with you if that's ok (assuming weather/etc)...?

^ What he said. I would never even contemplate ringing Direct Line (et al) for a quote assuming that's what you've done. If a kit specialist is asking daft questions like "is it standard" then I'd try another; like you say, what on earth is the measure of "standard" !?

Let's start the sweepstake then, what is it... - Slippy diff? - Disc brake conversion? - New brake shoes? - New driveshafts? - Diff ratio change? - New springs? - New dampers? - Replacing bushes - Some geometry fiddle? - Sparkle-effect handbrake cable?

Call it £50

I've got an OBP for sale and you're only local, if it helps...? http://www.rhocar.org/index.php?showtopic=46679 You're welcome to buy it and if it doesn't fit for any reason I'll take it back...

Possibly; I'll have a chat with the boss... and probably weather dependent (ie. a Wales-Weekend-Friday repeat I'm not after, but I'm not against a smidgen of rain )

I will stand by Sikaflex 221, that stuff will stick anything to anything, like $**t to a blanket I love the stuff!

I take it there is a reason you can't bolt it on with the appropriate nylon black/white nuts?!

I think he means roof-hood thing. I have one for a Zero but I doubt it'll fit a 2B?

Funny timing of thread; I saw this on my facebook feed this morning