Mondeo TDCi Magicness

[Mark]

Well after pdh's diesel wagon thread I guess I should have one :D

WU54TLX was purchased in May this year for a princly sump of £2500. All hail the 'bay' :D

It looked like this

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=60820&stc=1&d=1237812766


http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=60821&stc=1&d=1237812766


http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=60822&stc=1&d=1237812766

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=60823&stc=1&d=1237812766

Just your average 2.0 TDCi 130ps Ghia. 121k on the clock but lots of toys like climate, heated front screen, rain sensitive wipers, auto headlights, electic folding mirrors with puddle lights, cruise, Sony 6 disc stereo, auto dipping mirror, electric windows all round etc etc. Was also a Mk3 facelift so gets the better dash :thumbs:

It certainly wasnt mint and needed a new rear passenger door due to the former owners missus not judging the width of their drive very well :wack: it also had no history but being nearly 2k under the going price i took a chance :D

An so the fun began :wack:

[Kuddy]

That's good news. I'll be selling my 05 plate estate in the next couple of months and I only thought it was worth around 2K. Happy days :thumbs:

[Mark]

First up was a trip to the breakers to get some jesus handles as all 4 were missing :confused:

Second job was some rimmage :D

Ghia X 18's :thumbs:

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=61734&stc=1&d=1241465493

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=61735&stc=1&d=1241465493

Most of this year has been spent keeping the thing bloody going :rolleyes:

First the starter went so was replaced, next the rear shocks went but it has self levelling suspension - cue £250 per side shocks :eek: so it was converted to standard suspension for £150 :D

Then the starter started playing up again :rolleyes: Clutch and DMF time :(

Then after oh at least 2 months trouble free motoring the turbo a couple of weeks ago went :cry:

Its now all back on the road and better than ever :thumbs:

MOT is in a 2 weeks so we will see what that has in store :D

[pdh 14a]

Nice wheels! look a biatch to clean though :eek:

[mossyg]

oooooooo turbo...see so many taxis with this problem. Anything over 150k they eat the turbo bearings.
And they are about 1k for a new one i believe....i dunno i just fit them!

[Monkey]

have i stumbled on to ford Owners club?

all the threads i've seen from Mark are about Restoring Fords LOL

why put the reg number in the post but blank it out on the pics?

[mandelbug]

have i stumbled on to ford Owners club?

all the threads i've seen from Mark are about Restoring Fords LOL

why put the reg number in the post but blank it out on the pics?

I thought the same on both counts! :D

[Guy]

Ahh another Mondeo :smitten: :wack:

I used to own an 03 '130' TDCi Zetec, I seem to be one of the few that never had any issues with it! I got it on 105k and got rid 160/170k with nothing more than servicing/tyres etc

[Mark]

oooooooo turbo...see so many taxis with this problem. Anything over 150k they eat the turbo bearings.
And they are about 1k for a new one i believe....i dunno i just fit them!

£1200 from the dealers :eek:


have i stumbled on to ford Owners club?

all the threads i've seen from Mark are about Restoring Fords LOL

why put the reg number in the post but blank it out on the pics?

You are not a member so your oppinion doesnt count, you are just jealous you cant start project threads :p

And the first pics are not mine, they are from the ebay ad.


Ahh another Mondeo :smitten: :wack:

I used to own an 03 '130' TDCi Zetec, I seem to be one of the few that never had any issues with it! I got it on 105k and got rid 160/170k with nothing more than servicing/tyres etc

Probably had everything before and after you had it :wack:

[Guy]

More than likely :wack:

So this time around I thought I would do things properlly and go for the dirty great V6 :D

[30PSI]

have i stumbled on to ford Owners club?

You're just jealous of all the lovely Ford's on the club

Looks a nice car Mark. Hopefully it returns some of reliability. Fix Or Repair Daily...

[crazyshad1]

My brother-in-law just bought a 04 TDCi Zetec for 2400. It had flywheel probs, replaced the flywheel and its on the road for a little over 2600. They are great cars for the money