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Nov 24, 2014 20:23:59 GMT
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wow it's been a long time since I updated this thread ...and in that time I think all I have done with the Capri is take more of the interior apart! The v70 is no longer with us. The water pump seized, so that pretty much put an end to it. The gearbox was also on it's way out, but tbh I was expecting more from it. 160k for one of them would was normally met with comments of "it's hardly broken in yet". Oh well, sold it on for spares - here it is getting dragged away:  So, I moved on to the next car...and WHY OH WHY OH WHY DID I BUY THIS?!  Everyone has a least favourite car they've owned, but this is by fair THE WORST, and it's destroyed my faith in Volvo's I'm afraid. They are now the equivalent of when my father in law talks about french cars with a disapproving face (It's an area of car ownership I have yet to try btw). I spent too much money on buying it (knowing it had issues with smoking). I figured it probably just needed a decent service and the EGR valve clearing out, and it would be fine. 8 months later I sold it on eBay for spares. Now, lets move on... So after being stung by 'modern' cars, what do you do? Go back to what you know...and buy a Granada, haha! It's a late mk3 (94) with a lot of miles on the clock and rusty rear arches. I already feel like it owes me nothing, so if I get 2 years out of it before the body dissolves, then mission accomplished! The only thing that really needs sorting at the moment is the front wanders about a bit. It feels like track rod ends, but after having a look this evening underneath and wiggling things around it all feels pretty firm? |
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 18:55:41 GMT by sarkie83
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Nov 25, 2014 13:14:21 GMT
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Seems like you've taken a step in the right direction, take the weight off the wheels and try moving the wheels about in all directions, if it's all good then maybe subframe bushings?
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Granadaman72
Part of things
I likes Granada's, Cortina's, Sierra's, Viva's, Marina's....................
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Nov 25, 2014 13:38:56 GMT
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"So after being stung by 'modern' cars, what do you do? Go back to what you know...and buy a Granada, haha! It's a late mk3 (94) with a lot of miles on the clock and rusty rear arches. I already feel like it owes me nothing, so if I get 2 years out of it before the body dissolves, then mission accomplished! The only thing that really needs sorting at the moment is the front wanders about a bit. It feels like track rod ends, but after having a look this evening underneath and wiggling things around it all feels pretty firm?" Try the TCA bushes, i usually polybush mine which makes things a lot better, i have fitted genuine Ford ones in the past but found them too soft as well. Also as its a later mk3 id have a good look around the fuseboxes under the bonnet as they have a habit of getting wet and causing odd electrical problems. Also get some photo's up  |
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Jul 12, 2015 13:34:00 GMT
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Ultimately the Granada was clearly one of 'those' cars that just had, had enough of living. I replaced TCA's completely including bushes, and also did the ARB ones while I was at it. The made it slightly better, but it still wandered about. A few weeks after that, it died on the A1, leaving us stranded in mid January when it was freezing cold up on a bank with the kids wearing everything we could find. It had cut out, then the started motor seemed completely dead. Got towed back home, and started attempting to remove the starter, which turned out to be a total pig, as one bolt was completely siezed. One mobile mechanic, and a friend with an airsaw later it was off, and new one fitted. This then started 2 odd months of random cutting out that I never fully got to the bottom of. It seemed like the negative from the battery to the ECU was dodgy, as wiggling it caused it to spring back into life. Tried changing the ends on it/tracing it for damage but couldn't find anything. Got pretty good in the end at popping the bonnet, wiggling the wire, and getting going in 30 odd seconds! But after it happen a few times in rush hour at busy roundabouts, and once on a dark A1 at night with no hard shoulder the novelty had worn off. Stuck it on eBay, and it went to a banger racer to donate it gearbox in the end. Car No. 11, goodbye.   Now - the Capri, as the weathers been nice I've been driving it to work most days. Rebuilt the heater unit with a new motor/fabricated replacement resister and new foam on the plates.  Also got round to finally replacing the front bumper/new out at long last. Before:  After:   The electric fan that I re-wired a few years back I am going to replace as well with one that sits behinds the radiator instead, rather than in front, covering prob 50% of the cooling area.. I'll also make my usual yearly statement, that I don't believe 'will try and get the bodywork sorted out' - hahaha!! (Car No. 12 is a VW Passat B5.5 Estate for the daily duties - just need to buy/fit some coilovers without the wife knowing/realising!) |
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 18:56:38 GMT by sarkie83
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Jul 12, 2015 16:40:40 GMT
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Love the capri my first car was a 2.8 injection untill someone did me the favour of writing it off
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smoke tyres not drugs
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Been using the Capri a fair bit to work and back for the past month, and the temp gauge in this weather keeps keep rather close to the red. Fitted the replacement fan I've had for a while/tied up the wiring a bit. It was a push fan mounted in front of the radiator:  ...but I noticed that it was not only getting hot in traffic, but also not really cooling down at speed. Figured having a fan blocking most of the radiator wasn't helping. New fan fitted:  Radiator isn't great, so I will have to swap it out at some point soon.. |
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 19:01:20 GMT by sarkie83
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Aug 18, 2015 20:07:51 GMT
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I was around at my dad's this weekend, who's got a few Cadillacs. He doesn't really drive them much though, and they spend most of their time in various out buildings covered in dust/bird cr@p! This one is my favourite...a '59 Sedan. I like the fact that it's a 4 door, and is just begging for a ratty black paint job, and slammed!!   |
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 19:17:20 GMT by sarkie83
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Aug 18, 2015 21:06:54 GMT
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great job
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Sept 13, 2015 19:58:40 GMT
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Only a couple of minor update: refitted the painted cam cover (which ive been meaning to do for ages):  Also sorted the drivers side handbrake adjuster which was seized. After a bit of penetrating fluid, hitting it with a hammer, then loading it with copper grease, it was all good  This is one of those really simple tools, that I have no idea how I ever managed without...it's just a t-shape with a hook on the end. It makes doing brake drums a piece of curse word compared to running the glauntlet of putting your eye out using a series of screwdrivers!  |
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 18:58:17 GMT by sarkie83
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Feb 21, 2016 19:42:14 GMT
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I read somewhere about how BMW E21/E30 radiators would fit a Capri. Apparently just the bottom hose position is slightly different, but a universal should make it work. Great I thought, as Capri ones seem to be stupid money now...gone are the days when you could get recon'd ones for £50. Anyway, I bought this off eBay:  Lick of paint and went to fit it...yeah, not gonna fit. The bottom fouls on the anti roll bar mounts...damnit. Found the thread that I had obvious skim read over, and didn't read properly. Yeah, need to make up some brackets, so not just bolt on. Oh well, I met a fellow Capri owner who is putting at twin cam Sierra/Granada engine in his, and had a good radiator. Re-fitted, no leaks all good.  Well apart from the sump gasket which started curse word oil everywhere, but that can wait for another day! |
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Last Edit: Jul 1, 2017 15:39:55 GMT by sarkie83
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Mar 13, 2016 13:33:40 GMT
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Nice day today so took a look at the oil leak - wasn't the sump after all - looks like it was from the head on the inlet side. Read a couple of different opinions: some saying it's ok to re torque the head bolts; some saying it's not. Decided to try it anyway and looks like the leak is better. It's only temp anyway as I've hopefully got a 2.0 lined up to go in.
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 19:24:21 GMT by sarkie83
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Any updates?
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Only dogs go for new cars, real cars have rust!
Ford capri laser 1.6 -http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181032/1986-ford-capri-laser-updates
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Dec 23, 2016 12:37:46 GMT
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No, not a lot, it's still away being welded at the moment.. Heard back today, and the drivers side is all pretty much done - wing, door, arch, rear valence, etc..
Also now got a 2.0 pinto with a set of bike carbs sitting in the lockup ready for when it's back :-)
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From looking through this thread it's amazing how ok it looked in the pics/from a distance! Went to go see the Capri today and get a look at how the welding is getting on. It's pretty much done, so I should get it back soon. It's just the passenger side floor...hopefully without the wing having to come off. Then it's find somewhere to prep/paint it! Looking a bit more multi-coloured than before  Rear valance was the only thing I wasn't expecting, but that's been replaced now  Drivers side was the worst, the door was shot and the wing had been replaced at some point in the past but the fit was really odd and it was rusty at both ends. Rear arch was also very crusty under the filler.  Passenger side was generally better, although the rear 1/4 was worse than drivers side and rear end of the sill.  |
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 19:23:11 GMT by sarkie83
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Looks good mate
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Only dogs go for new cars, real cars have rust!
Ford capri laser 1.6 -http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181032/1986-ford-capri-laser-updates
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great work...love those capris.....
we had them over here too, when I was a kid....neat cars
JP
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I know its spelled Norman Luxury Yacht, but its pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove!
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Feb 17, 2017 19:33:16 GMT
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Bookmarked!
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Mk2 Golf 16V resto
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Apr 19, 2017 19:52:46 GMT
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It's finally back from surgery!! I had such a good time driving it back this afternoon that I nearly forgot to tax it...ooops! The only minor blot was not being able to get the filler cap off (muddle up with being given the wrong set of keys. says a lot about the standard locks that I managed to drive off with someone else's key)   Pickup, and try and find a way to stuff it back into the lockup was today's mission (amazing how much cr@p ends up in your lockup when it's empty for a few months...especially kids bikes! Mind you only 5 years till the oldest can learn to drive so that'll be one less...I've already been eyeing up Puma's ;-) ) So all in all it's bend a great day - off work, sun shining, passed my motorbike theory test, picked up the Capri :-) |
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Last Edit: Aug 30, 2017 18:52:04 GMT by sarkie83
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Apr 20, 2017 12:10:42 GMT
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looks good mate, why do they need pumas when they can have a capri  |
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Only dogs go for new cars, real cars have rust!
Ford capri laser 1.6 -http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181032/1986-ford-capri-laser-updates
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