On that note I better stop sitting around after my lunch and crack on with the Coupe!

"On holiday" think it's called
Those pad retaining pins could still put up a fight Matt, unless they're already out... They did in my AX, so much so that I got new calipers...
Such fun cars in a great package... Shame they can rust like an old Italian... I had one, loved it and so wanted to keep it but the rust was so extensive it was truly BER...MattBLancs wrote: 19 Dec 2023, 15:46 (And my sister's Ford Ka very much worse at no age at all really)
Pins: Nil, man with hammer + pin punch: 2CitroJim wrote: 19 Dec 2023, 15:51
Those pad retaining pins could still put up a fight Matt, unless they're already out... They did in my AX, so much so that I got new calipers...
Didn't win me over to be honest, the 60's relic engine was ok, thankfully didn't shear the plugs off. Very short gearing and generally seemed a bit "tinny"
Such fun cars in a great package... Shame they can rust like an old Italian... I had one, loved it and so wanted to keep it but the rust was so extensive it was truly BER...
My most epic MoT fail ever...
Wow! Well done! Serious kudosMattBLancs wrote: 19 Dec 2023, 16:01Pins: Nil, man with hammer + pin punch: 2CitroJim wrote: 19 Dec 2023, 15:51
Those pad retaining pins could still put up a fight Matt, unless they're already out... They did in my AX, so much so that I got new calipers...![]()
Quite surprised as they looked grim and likely to be a battle.
That was all part of their charm. Ancient rough old OHV engine, just slightly less tinny than a Series 1 AX and driving like a go-kart on rails... Apart from that, they were horribly noisy, crude cheap Ford rubbish but capable of putting a very silly grin on your faceMattBLancs wrote: 19 Dec 2023, 16:01Didn't win me over to be honest, the 60's relic engine was ok, thankfully didn't shear the plugs off. Very short gearing and generally seemed a bit "tinny"
Such fun cars in a great package... Shame they can rust like an old Italian... I had one, loved it and so wanted to keep it but the rust was so extensive it was truly BER...
My most epic MoT fail ever...
Gearbox always reluctant to go into reverse (bent shift rods inside the box?) And ate it's miniscule clutch at 31,000 miles.
Think the rotten sills were about a year later and it was sold on (to a garage who then fixed it up)
Yep, can see why I was fearing the worst!
Definitely from the inside, out in this bit, so I guess is to be expected.Funny how seemingly small patches of rust have a rotten habit of growing like Topsy![]()
I hope you are sitting down, a "slightly more enthusiastic** tapping" still with a small hammer, further down the floor where it meets the cill has revealed:Rp0thejester wrote: 19 Dec 2023, 14:58 I'm surprised at the amount of rust for the age of the vehicle