Even many popular American '50s and '60s cars with that much rust would be parts cars at best. Being a Unibody makes it even more difficult to...
It looks hopeless to me. If you are concerned about safety then junk it. I tend to drive cars like that until a strut caves in or similar, but then...
Thanks! And it's a bit small to be sure, but the dealer logo seems to say that your car is the "Herr Ford SS" edition!
Don't ever drive it in the salt!
Interesting, the replacement IAC I got from another Escort at the junkyard also had the connector on the opposite side, but I was able to get it to...
Good luck, hopefully someone will buy and take care of the car. I "stored" a '95 Tracer wagon at a friend's rural property (his brother was supposed...
Welcome, even though it sounds like you are soon sadly to be leaving the Escort world. Sorry to hear that your wife needed major surgery as she blew...
The wrong PCV valve will certainly cause idle issues. I swapped in another Ford PCV into my Escort a couple years ago just to see if the computer...
Huh. The codes were "only" fourteen digits long when this thread was created back in 2009, now they are eighteen. I wonder if each customer that is...
Well we don't know where you live or how you drive, so it's difficult to say. If you live somewhere that is in winter now, and make short trips,...
To test the PCV you could temporarily disconnect it entirely and plug its vacuum port. Commonly the rubber elbow in the system starts to fail after...
Sounds like it's got a "hot cam" in it! I would try the Exploder IAC in it. I don't see how it could do any harm. Of course getting the codes will...
Our cats here wear overalls in winter.
Just curious, are all EXPs HO engine?
And of course Ford part numbers are typically a little different from the numbers cast into or stamped on the part.
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