esc-078
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/05/11 18:01:56
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[88].. Timmeh washes car, Timmeh polishes car, hmmmm.., Timmeh polishes car again, ooohh.., Timmeh takes acouple of steps back, Timmeh has big smile on face, Timmeh removes for sale sign! Sound about right?? 
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/05/11 18:30:22
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Heh sort of...
Having our first kid and going from two incomes to one saw a need to reduce costs, and I had to give up something... I think when you spend so much time doing jobs on the car and not enjoying it on the road, you start to get a bit disillusioned with the whole thing and selling it came to mind. I talked myself into the idea that selling it was the right thing to do, and then I went through all the good things the car has going for it in order to advertise it. After I put it out for sale, I realised selling it at this time would be a big mistake and had a big change of heart.
It was sort of for the best because the car had a few more issues than I thought when I advertised it, although I have addressed some of them already. I hate the idea of selling something and the new owner being disappointed.
But yes, I won't deny that some of the change of heart comes from spending time making it look nice, rather than chasing electrical gremlins and other such things.
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/05/11 20:24:20
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Originally posted by esc-078
[88]..
Timmeh washes car,
Timmeh polishes car, hmmmm..,
Timmeh polishes car again, ooohh..,
Timmeh takes acouple of steps back,
Timmeh has big smile on face,
Timmeh removes for sale sign!
Sound about right??
Timmeh sees the light.... wish I never sold my first Escort [V]
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/06/11 10:10:51
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Don't sell Tim. I went through the same scenario when kids came onto the scene. Sold my twin cam Escort and have regretted it ever since. In the long terms you'll get over living on baked beans.
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/06/11 11:38:23
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Don't sell Tim. I went through the same scenario when kids came onto the scene. Sold my twin cam Escort and have regretted it ever since. In the long terms you'll get over living on baked beans.
Rofl I had baked beans for lunch! Yeah I haven't regretted my decision to keep it so far, almost feel relieved. So it's still raining, and I wasn't able to get the Eski out for some photos so I decided to try to remove the old window tint. Youtube showed me that you can remove it with steam, so I thought I'd give it a go. Fortunately, it worked really well! I even just used a household iron, which fortunately had a steam setting and pumped out massive amounts of steam.  Once heated right up and wet, the tint came off fairly easily. The hardest part is where the tint was damaged, because the tint broke apart rather than coming off in one large piece.  You can see the sort of damage the old tint had, on just about every single window somewhere other than the rear window.  I removed the inner weather seal from the window and tucked a towel into the gap to soak up any little amount of water than ran into the door.  I start need the edge and work across the window at an angle.  Too easy! I'm not planning to replace the tint, prefer the open feel. I was hoping some bits I had ordered would show up by the weekend but they haven't, so I'll finish the amplifier install in the meantime. Also, I had a friend with a fair bit of experience with classic cars look at the radiator and he agrees that it appears to be weeping down the bottom slightly, so might look into a replacement there.
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/06/11 18:34:37
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Finished the amplifer install and tidied up some more wiring in the dash.
Found that the rear parcel shelf speakers need to be properly mounted, so add that to the list. Fortunately no one has hacked into the parcel shelf, but the standoffs are not big enough at the moment so have to look into that problem. Otherwise all the stereo wiring is complete and awaiting the head unit only.
Fun.
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/06/11 20:57:31
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I hope the MK2's have less cabin noise than my MK1. My system feels kind of pointless, I really need to crank it up to hear the music over the noise and it just irritates me. The fact you have some decent mid range speakers on the parcel shelf should make it better. I only have two 4" in the front and an 8"sub in the parcel shelf. Some 5x7's or 6x9's would greatly improve things.
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/06/11 21:25:51
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Yeah thanks. I have had previous Mk IIs and while it's not the same as listening to the prestige sound in the Fairmont (aka Escort tow car), it was still ok and handy on long trips. I plan to visit my brother and friends in Wollongong (roughly 3 hours away) and with the Type 9, the engine should sit low enough to comfortably enjoy music without any issues.
A lack of those mid-range speakers in your Mk I would certainly not help matters, that's for sure. They are very important in a loud car!
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/07/11 02:10:28
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Yeah mounting the 6x9s was another thing on the list for me, but I couldn't figure out how to do it without cutting the parcel shelf, and I stopped using the stereo so completely forgot about it!
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/07/11 20:44:29
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/07/11 21:15:18
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Very tidy  Are those outlet's being fed from a plug or did you hard wire them from the power circuit?
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/07/11 21:36:38
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From a plug. It's a product by Arlec that I bought at Bunnings, basically an extension cord with twin power points every metre or so. And thanks. Also have to add how deceiving the lens is, it doesn't look like there is a good two metres of free space between the back of the Escort and the rear roller door, when there is. Doesn't matter though! 
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/07/11 21:53:16
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/07/11 22:00:18
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From a plug. It's a product by Arlec that I bought at Bunnings, basically an extension cord with twin power points every metre or so.
Wow, that's the first time I've seen them before. I thought you may have been doing some DIY wiring for a second and had to ask [:o)]
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RE: Timmeh's Mk2
2010/08/11 04:47:43
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