Mk2 Mondeo TD salvage yard find

I thought this would be in the pre-2000 section .

Mk2s ran from 1996 to around 2000. My dad had one of the very last Mk2 Estates on W plate (W76 UOH ; an interesting check when you look into it mileage wise ; TLDR : it was clocked at least twice).

He also had almost one of the first Mk3 Mondeos as a replacement ; A 2.0 Ghia X which he took up to 382,000 miles (Y461 LJX was that car). That car I broke for spares, when the diff went in it, the second time it went in that car ; the first time, the diff went at 112,000 miles).

Anyway, enough reminiscing! Hopefully it doesn't take much to get this going. I also see that Furious Driving on YouTube is bringing one of these back to life.

Not sure which section to put in as it's a w reg year 2000 but I'm just in the middle of sorting it out so I'll update when I can. The rear bumper and rear light is broken but the bumper has 100mph tape on it wouldn't be a mk2 Mondeo without it 🤣.I'm still learning with uploading photos

So it's a runner and driver but has few problems. The front bumper has sagged but I think this a cheap bumper as the fitment is very poor. It looks like it has had a front bumper and o/s wing at some point the lip is rusting inside by the wheel arch and at the bottom by the cill. The back bumper and back driver's side light which I still need. The thermostat has white fluff around the seal and is leaking quite bad. O/rear cill looks like it needs welding. Two front tyres these are bald on the inside edge. It needs a good valet to get the moss and tree sap off. Central locking not working. Some wheel trims or some different wheels. But overall I'm very impressed with it it's a smooth drive and should clean up nicely

I found out why the thermostat was leaking somebody had put rad weld in system to stop the leak. I have changed the thermostat and gasket cleaned all the housing. The old thermostat was Jamed open with rusty gunk like header tank and coolant pipes. I took the rad out and every coolant pipe off to clean and unblock them. I filled it with water and now it gets up to temp and the coolant fan kicks in nicely and a red hot heater. I have drained it and filled it twice to flush the system before I put antifreeze in it.

Thanks I think by the stuff left in the car old coats umbrellas and old CDs I think it was an elderly person. But I would rather run this daily than a modern diesel.

Not to bad once I cut it out


I haven't got any photos of the plate being welded in as I didn't want to get my phone dirty and I forgot but it was mainly the outer skin and a bit behind the wheel arch liner and I had to make a piece for the end but it was all cut out and new fresh metal welded in.

Just like old times. I think this could last you until you retire with your low annual mileage. You know better than most on how many miles these are capable of with routine servicing.
You have dropped on with this, the only thing that could have made it a better deal is if it was an estate.

Next job to sort out the exhaust it was blowing from the weld by the flexi I think from where they had it on the forklift.







Welded it back together and some heat proof black to hide the welds 🙈. I'm no welder but it doesn't leak now.