ganges Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Morning people, only joined yesterday, recently bought 1999 (V Reg) 1.6l zetec escort finess, sorry no mod,s am a bit of a silly old git, jsut a couple of general questions if anybody can help, (just to show my age last ford I had was a ford cortina 1.6 the yellow with the black vinal roof for those of you that can remember them!!!!!!!! ), right paid £650 for the escort with 12 month ticket, phoned garage that did it and no advisories, new exhaust, suspension arm, brakes and the usual stuff body work in above avarege nick, interior in good nick, drives well, but seams to wobble a bit round corners, slight vibration through steering at the 65 to 75 mph mark, (yes, had tracking and balanceing done myself still doing it), any idieas, and is there anything that I should keep an eye on that is a common fault (if any) many thanks people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Found it. Welcome to evo mate. Common faults with mk6s (yours is a bit younger than all the ones ive had so the problems may be yet to rear their ugly heads. Rear chassis rails rust through,you may want to check urs and underseal them if theyre ok,if not they will fail an MOT next year or the year after..Wishbones dont last too well,especially cheap pattern ones.Boot connectors like the heated screen plug can go on the fritz cos they need cleaning.Front brakes are useless for enthusiastic driving,but they are easily upgraded to larger diameter discs and ford calipers from mondeos of various specs Your wobble problem could be a number of things, How are ur bearings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charley Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Welcome to EVO!!! Unfortunately I missed this thread too but now it's back up top no doubt you will get a good EVO welcome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick55446 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 welcome to the site........ i joined not long ago and have had nothing but helpful and friendly responses to all my posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganges Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Found it. Welcome to evo mate. Common faults with mk6s (yours is a bit younger than all the ones ive had so the problems may be yet to rear their ugly heads. Rear chassis rails rust through,you may want to check urs and underseal them if theyre ok,if not they will fail an MOT next year or the year after..Wishbones dont last too well,especially cheap pattern ones.Boot connectors like the heated screen plug can go on the fritz cos they need cleaning.Front brakes are useless for enthusiastic driving,but they are easily upgraded to larger diameter discs and ford calipers from mondeos of various specs Your wobble problem could be a number of things, How are ur bearings?now we getting somewhere, many thanks, usual sindrome lost in the either, thanks for your info will bare in mind, it just passed its mot so assume bearing,s ok but have been used to driving an old astra hatch (sorry to swear on this site!!!) so could just be me but will check thanks anyway lol welcome to the site........ i joined not long ago and have had nothing but helpful and friendly responses to all my poststhink a slight glitch now got more replies thank i can handle GREAT NEWS, thanks response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 welcome to the site mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**caz** Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Welcome to EVO again!! tehe!! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Found it. Welcome to evo mate. Common faults with mk6s (yours is a bit younger than all the ones ive had so the problems may be yet to rear their ugly heads. Rear chassis rails rust through,you may want to check urs and underseal them if theyre ok,if not they will fail an MOT next year or the year after..Wishbones dont last too well,especially cheap pattern ones.Boot connectors like the heated screen plug can go on the fritz cos they need cleaning.Front brakes are useless for enthusiastic driving,but they are easily upgraded to larger diameter discs and ford calipers from mondeos of various specs Your wobble problem could be a number of things, How are ur bearings?now we getting somewhere, many thanks, usual sindrome lost in the either, thanks for your info will bare in mind, it just passed its mot so assume bearing,s ok but have been used to driving an old astra hatch (sorry to swear on this site!!!) so could just be me but will check thanks anyway lol Wouldn't be so sure mate. My car passed an MOT with a split CV boot and dead CV joint that was howling at any speed over 50. It shouldn't wobble so something is amiss. Maybe if you have a local member to you he could take a look instead of taking it to a garage? If you were local to me i'd certainly help you out. What county are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwd Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Welcome to the forums. Apologies for the really late reply, I was at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMark Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Welcome to EVO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ganges Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Found it. Welcome to evo mate. Common faults with mk6s (yours is a bit younger than all the ones ive had so the problems may be yet to rear their ugly heads. Rear chassis rails rust through,you may want to check urs and underseal them if theyre ok,if not they will fail an MOT next year or the year after..Wishbones dont last too well,especially cheap pattern ones.Boot connectors like the heated screen plug can go on the fritz cos they need cleaning.Front brakes are useless for enthusiastic driving,but they are easily upgraded to larger diameter discs and ford calipers from mondeos of various specs Your wobble problem could be a number of things, How are ur bearings?now we getting somewhere, many thanks, usual sindrome lost in the either, thanks for your info will bare in mind, it just passed its mot so assume bearing,s ok but have been used to driving an old astra hatch (sorry to swear on this site!!!) so could just be me but will check thanks anyway lol north/west yorks near to harrogate/leeeds/bradford area Wouldn't be so sure mate. My car passed an MOT with a split CV boot and dead CV joint that was howling at any speed over 50. It shouldn't wobble so something is amiss. Maybe if you have a local member to you he could take a look instead of taking it to a garage? If you were local to me i'd certainly help you out. What county are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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