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Howdy, ya'll. My Escort is a '92 LX station wagon, 1.9L with a 5 speed manual tranny. We bought it new, maintain it religiously and at 128,000 miles it still gets 30 MPG. It has become a member of our family. That's the good news.
The bad news:
Front seats are sagging.
Visors are shot.
Passenger side mirror is broken.
A/C needs recharging and I believe it uses the forbidden Freon so I'm wondering what it will take to get it recharged. The system still works perfectly but it only blows kind of cold.
So, the old girl is a few years short of her twentieth birthday and my goal is to have her in like-new shape before then. My dear wife is on board with the project so we're already budgeting for fresh paint and dent removal but we'd like to fix only those parts of the interior that need fixing rather than go for complete reupholstering. I would like to switch to 14" Ford alloy wheels as well so if anyone can put me onto a set of them I would be very grateful.
Anyway, glad to be here and happy to find myself among some fans of a really great car.
The bad news:
Front seats are sagging.
Visors are shot.
Passenger side mirror is broken.
A/C needs recharging and I believe it uses the forbidden Freon so I'm wondering what it will take to get it recharged. The system still works perfectly but it only blows kind of cold.
So, the old girl is a few years short of her twentieth birthday and my goal is to have her in like-new shape before then. My dear wife is on board with the project so we're already budgeting for fresh paint and dent removal but we'd like to fix only those parts of the interior that need fixing rather than go for complete reupholstering. I would like to switch to 14" Ford alloy wheels as well so if anyone can put me onto a set of them I would be very grateful.
Anyway, glad to be here and happy to find myself among some fans of a really great car.