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id now be concerned that the rapid cooling from the water hasn't cracked anything, which is also the reason you should take it slowly when crossing a ford with a hot engine. But yeah, lucky guy that it was just a rag though. but could of lead on to other things had it not been put out.

Should be a case of just unbolting it and pulling it off matey. putting it back on is the reversal, take the dipstick out first though.

yep glad i took the time to take the alt off or i never would of known and would of still been wondering what was causing it. So big thanks to Jeff for pointing me in the correct direction and also to you too tudor for saying about the diode pack in the alt which caused me to remove it and do a check.

thats the bloody problem when you start cutting wires and resoldering, you never know if its done until testing it when its all back together, though did you do it with your old engine in and test as you went along?

thats going to be messy inside there. looks like my old engine almost that i put the con rod through lol, though thats also not good when you leave a trail of oil behind your car.

Things to check. throttle closed position tps icv vac pipes injectors Coilpacks PTU connector CAS connector MAF connector Water temp sensor, even if you have a aftermarket you still need the one on the intake pipe at the front. also check to make sure the Plenum is on correctly as a leak at the gasket might also cause rough running. again at the balance bar with the O rings check the pipe that goes from the balance bar to the ICV isnt kinked Have you done the timing yet using a timing light at the CAS? Also make sure the vac pipe going to the passenger side throttlw body is connected as i missed this on my N/A and the idle was rough as old houses and hunted sometimes as well.

got a feeling its something simple you have missed. you could still bring it up, just watch out with the steering at slow speeds (had to drive my N/A with no power steering due to the leak it had, would empty faster than you could fill it) lol

not sure you could take that out of context matey. but yeah bloody good post i still like reading it just to put a smile on me face, love the bit about the baffles in the exhaust as well :lol:

i actually love this post, just had me mrs in stiches over this, to be honest jim with everything thats happened this week, that was just right to give me a laugh.

im traveling the epic 7 miles from home to JAE. lol

hope you liked the racing fuel tank there where the battery should be matey. i found it improved the weight, you really don't need to be lugging loads of fuel around.

im checking the service manual at the moment, but nothing just yet.

think groover is believing that when he turns the steering wheel, its not activating the power-steering pump i think its still got an air lock though, ive never heard my power-steering solenoid. but then im not at his car lol. im just relaying messages - edit, nevermind hes back online lol

certainly a nice example, but again, im not a fan of escorts.

naa its the one he built, i sold the micra engine to........cant remember his name now, but he thinks its quick as stink and says hes impressed with the amount of deletes i did, hes now got loads of room to work with in the engine bay.

Spot on mate, cracking post to be honest sounds so serious until you say "NO ENGINE!!!" lol

After taking his engine out and putting the new one in, hes got a slight problem, his power steering isn't working, he removed the pump when changing the engine, but now is not getting any noise from the solenoid on the steering rack. And his pump is making the noise like its got an air lock. any ideas? it was working fine before the engine came out.

:lol: i honestly just wee'd with laughter brilliant :) ive got a spare in the garage for that mate? cost ya extra though :whistling:

still has a few vac hoses bud.

if it was maf, it would stall at 3k revs, so doubt its that, could of popped a vac hose off though.

cant bloody wait lol, just cant get the engine oil at the moment, the past week in solicitors fees has killed me to be honest.

was indeed, didn't notice when i bolted the wire on the first time around as the alt was still attached to the engine and was doing it fast as the engine was hanging over the car. so id basically created a live circuit straight back to the neg on the battery terminal soon as i connected it. glad i had a spare alt in the garage now, that was lucky.

think me mrs and kids would have something to say about that, daz was the only one i knew about sharing the tent, gotta love the early morning rize for tent sharing :lol:

Ok spot the difference time lol New alt on the right, old on the left A hint for you lol this is the old This is the new ooh and........ :D Gave the engine a single crank from the key, didn't want to start it as still need to get oil in the gearbox and engine, plus get the coolant in, but it sounded good too hear it turn over. Just got a few things to finish off, but once the fluids are in, should be able to at least start it and get the timing done. THE END IS IN SIGHT WOOOOHOOO!

Defo not the battery new alt on I now have hardly anysparks and power yay I'll post a pic once I'm back in the house, just getting the finishing done now :) let's just say I didn't notice something on the old alt