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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Del Boy on 28 June 2009, 08:10:52
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Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep >:(
Lets hope it goes well :)
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Piece of pi$$ to change on a Scorpio.
If you have rear discs, then you'll need the piston wind back tool from what I remember when I had my Cossie.
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Piece of pi$$ to change on a Scorpio.
If you have rear discs, then you'll need the piston wind back tool from what I remember when I had my Cossie.
Got one in the garage somewhere I think, yeah it has rear discs will take some pics of it later they were easy on the Omega lets hope it goes smoothly best start in about an hour though :y
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Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep >:(
Lets hope it goes well :)
Burning the candle both ends eh?! ::) ::) :D :D :D
All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-) :y :y
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Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep >:(
Lets hope it goes well :)
Burning the candle both ends eh?! ::) ::) :D :D :D
All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-) :y :y
;D ;D
Got a how to off Scorpio owners which'll make it easier I hope :)
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Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep >:(
Lets hope it goes well :)
Burning the candle both ends eh?! ::) ::) :D :D :D
All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-) :y :y
;D ;D
Got a how to off Scorpio owners which'll make it easier I hope :)
Well in my days on working on Anglia's, Mk1 Escorts, Mk 2,3,4 & 5 Cortina,s, I found Fords very easy cars to work on! Very basic, but nicely straightforward! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep >:(
Lets hope it goes well :)
Burning the candle both ends eh?! ::) ::) :D :D :D
All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-) :y :y
;D ;D
Got a how to off Scorpio owners which'll make it easier I hope :)
Well in my days on working on Anglia's, Mk1 Escorts, Mk 2,3,4 & 5 Cortina,s, I found Fords very easy cars to work on! Very basic, but nicely straightforward! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Yeah it is an easy car to work on, shame everything is electric as i'm sh1te with electrics ;D
It'll go well though :y
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For gawds sake dont just push the rear pistons back--knackers the internal handbrake mechanism--wind back tool or similar is a must!! I did it once with an old (blunt) chisel that fitted the castellations nicely--then I bought correct tool. Works well with ordinary pistons too. I usually slap a bit of brake grease on the piston (under the boot) before pushing/winding back.
eddie
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Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now :y
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Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now :y
Great one Del! :D :D :y :y :y
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Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now :y
Great one Del! :D :D :y :y :y
Cheers LZ, back down TCT's tomorrow :y
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It's well over 10 years since I had the Scorpio, but I remember doing that job on more than one occassion ... I also remember the local ford dealer loaning out the wind back tool when you purchased the new pads. Deposit of £25 I think refunded on return.
Can you see a modern dealer doing such a useful thing ?? Especially a Vx one .. :(
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Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now :y
Great one Del! :D :D :y :y :y
Cheers LZ, back down TCT's tomorrow :y
I'll keep my fingers crossed then! :D :D ;) ;)
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It's well over 10 years since I had the Scorpio, but I remember doing that job on more than one occassion ... I also remember the local ford dealer loaning out the wind back tool when you purchased the new pads. Deposit of £25 I think refunded on return.
Can you see a modern dealer doing such a useful thing ?? Especially a Vx one .. :(
Blimey Entwood, that goes back to the days when the dealer gave you discount when you gave him the old parts you were replacing, brake shoes, generators, etc!! :o :o :o It has brought back memories of a BMC dealer in Lewisham that I used at the time! ;D ;D ;D ;)
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17 quid my wind back tool cost me, I may keep the scorpio it's so damn comfy :o
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17 quid my wind back tool cost me, I may keep the scorpio it's so damn comfy :o
That will be an easy car to spot as there are so few of them 8-) 8-) 8-) ;)
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17 quid my wind back tool cost me, I may keep the scorpio it's so damn comfy :o
That will be an easy car to spot as there are so few of them 8-) 8-) 8-) ;)
Don't want it do ya :-? Very comfy, and i'm sure it's the cleanest Scorpio around :) ;)
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17 quid my wind back tool cost me, I may keep the scorpio it's so damn comfy :o
That will be an easy car to spot as there are so few of them 8-) 8-) 8-) ;)
Don't want it do ya :-? Very comfy, and i'm sure it's the cleanest Scorpio around :) ;)
No thanks! ::) ::) :P :P :P :D :D I didn't like them when new, and thank God never had one as a company car as I always picked large Vauxhall's. :D :D :D ;)
The funny thing is though that I like them more now than I did, but not enough to own one. :D :D :D ;)
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17 quid my wind back tool cost me, I may keep the scorpio it's so damn comfy :o
That will be an easy car to spot as there are so few of them 8-) 8-) 8-) ;)
Don't want it do ya :-? Very comfy, and i'm sure it's the cleanest Scorpio around :) ;)
No thanks! ::) ::) :P :P :P :D :D I didn't like them when new, and thank God never had one as a company car as I always picked large Vauxhall's. :D :D :D ;)
The funny thing is though that I like them more now than I did, but not enough to own one. :D :D :D ;)
Come drive mine see how comfy it is, that'll sway ya ;D :y
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Piece of pi$$ to change on a Scorpio.
If you have rear discs, then you'll need the piston wind back tool from what I remember when I had my Cossie.
Had one of them myself couple of years ago. One hell of an engine!! And i loved the scorpio shape,even though most folk hated it.
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Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now :y
Any chance of some pics LSG?
Or is that against the law on a miggy forum? ;D
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Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now :y
Any chance of some pics LSG?
Or is that against the law on a miggy forum? ;D
Pics up in gallery now mate :y
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It passed MOT re-test today too :D :D
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It passed MOT re-test today too :D :D
Nice one LSG :y :y :y
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That is great news! :y :y
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That is great news! :y :y
Sure is :D