I've had these strange shenanigans with my brakes of late too. On hard firm sealed roads with no hint of slip, I can brake lightly and the pedal goes really soft like the ABS is coming on and other times I can slam the brakes on and it locks up!! Yesterday, my ABS light come on after one such happening and today when I go up the road for milk and bread, the light is gone??

Let us all know what you find RD as I'm very interested.

just had a read through, when i got to the bit about the rust, f@#k i was shocked, never seen that before, speacially in a ford,

anyways nice looking mont,

cheers

Ok, a few little issue with this car that I want to sort out as it is Rach's car and needs to be a good as I can get it....

1) The brake issue.... will possibly be sorted out if I get the master cylinder I have booked.

2). Starting.... it will start reasonably well when cold but hates starting when warm/hot. At warm/hot will take anywhere from 2 to 4 cranks to get it going. Any ideas?

3) Dash stuff - even though the replacement BEM cured some weird CC fan issues, the antenna still does not go up and down via the radio or switch. It does work as I have it hard wired to 12V when the car starts. This could be wiring related as sometimes the trip computer "goes out" and a bang on the dash brings it back. Again, any suggestions welcome.

4) A weird rattling noise coming from the rear - LH side I think. Sounds like a shock is loose but it isn't. I have a pair of HD lowered shocks to go in so will see what I find when I am under there.

Aside from that it's just cosmetic stuff to sort out, the major part of that being the paint on the bonnet and boot....

If anyone can suggest possible causes of any of the above, please do so...

Cheers
RD

Hard starting when hot could likely be the coilpack. Check wiring around radio and aerial switch. What sort of radio is in there?

Hmmmm, don't like the sound of the coilpack.... hate changing those

The radio is a Sony Xplode or something - it has the blue antenna wire etc. As far as the wiring around the switch, it all looks normal to me. I even tried my switch and nada.....

My old ef used to take a bit to start when hot and i found it to be a cracked head so anything is possible

I'd try another coilpack if you have a spare.

With the stereo, check the antenna output on the deck with a multi-meter and work from there. Also make sure the antenna switch is plugged into the right connector, there are a few plugs around there that interchange.

As for the startring, sounds like the BEM. Are you aware of the problems they often have? If it does it again, give it a smack under the BEM while you crank the igntition. Could also be the inhibitor switch, try giving the shifter a wiggle, perhaps take it in and out of park, or try in neutral instead.

Goodluck!

The plot thickens.....

Took the car to Hungry Jacks tonight and on the way back noticed that the right side speakers aren't working - left's fine. Add to this the headlights will just go out when on full beam!!!

I can't have Rach driving this thing for now so I have an incentive to get to the bottom of it - she will be driving my ED until it is fixed.

I have a feeling that the dash wiring is compromised in some way which could be the root of everything that is going wrong, including starting. My first task will be to source replacement wiring for the dash and go from there. When it has cooled off a little I will remove the dash and see that the story is (if I can).

Ho bloody hum....

RD

RD, it could be a bad earth.

Check them all. You know where they should be.

BenJ

2 issues sorted today...

Speakers - replaced them and the sound on the RH side is back. Seems someone has been beating their stereo to death

Headlights going out: Turned out to be a faulty relay. Replaced that and it seems to be OK.

Still not sorted:

Antenna up and down via radio - being worked on as we speak. I let a little of the blue smoke out while doing this but all seems to be OK

Starting when hot - haven't even breached this one yet.

Cheers
RD

Spoke too soon on the headlights, replacement relay does the same thing. Only on high beam, only after a few minutes on high beam, the relay start "arcing" and the headlights flash on and off. Go back to low beam, it goes away and works normally.

Back to the drawing board, now suspecting indicator stalk....

Oh, and the headlights are crap - someone, somewhere along the line, adjusted them completely wrong: they are all over the bloody place. Need to source a couple more for comparison and possible replacement.