ford?

[lozz]

hi all,
anyone had or worked on ford Ka? them egg shaped things ?

been trying to get the horn/air bag off, as theres a anoying scraping scratching noise,
any ideas,? theres no torques screws /bolts or slots.

[jasper5]

Never done one, but seen this....

http://www.talkford.com/topic/178532-removing-airbag/

http://www.fk-oc.com/e107_plugins/forum ... .php?66370

[lozz]

Thanks jasper5.

icouidnt see any slots on back of the wheel,

iwill have another look later,

cheers,

[jasper5]

Post updated lozz, don't know if you saw it.

[lozz]

cheers jasper5.

alittle bit of spray grease sorted it,
no more anoying clock spring or what ever its called,

next job ford ka alternator removal,
who decided to throw an old ford anglia engine in these things,

[Welly]

who decided to throw an old ford anglia engine in these things,

They are the same basic block as the old 'Kent'? engines, push-rods and all They're strangely torquey though and with that should definitely red-line at 3500 rpm

I've heard that the KA/Fiesta Gearbox is still the very same unit that was used in the late 70's, even the machine that makes most of it is still the same - it looks exactly as you'd imagine a machine from the 70's to look. Still if it works then...... funny thing was that with the introduction of the 'New' fancy-pants Fiesta's recently then motorists starting complaining that the gear-change felt a bit notchy - yep, same old gearbox but their expectation was higher. Ford apparently had to fiddle (quite a lot) with the selector mechanism to smooth out the action.