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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Andy B on 23 November 2012, 14:47:36
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Anyone point me in the direction of the reverse light switch on a 05 Ka please. I don't fancy mauling around on the floor looking for it ::) ::)
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Front of the gearbox :y.
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Front of the gearbox :y.
Thanks Del .... the bit you can't see ???
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If its cable change then behind or close to the plastic cover that covers the cables,if its older rod change its still at the front near filler/level bung :y
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Front of the gearbox :y.
Thanks Del .... the bit you can't see ???
I was a bit vague, dependant on the car, it should be either on the side, or on the top :y. It's got two wires going to it I believe, been a long time since I last checked one.
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I was looking for a picture , then found there is actually a Ka owners club ;D :-X
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I was looking for a picture , then found there is actually a Ka owners club ;D :-X
:o
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Front of the gearbox :y.
Thanks Del .... the bit you can't see ???
I was a bit vague, dependant on the car, it should be either on the side, or on the top :y. It's got two wires going to it I believe, been a long time since I last checked one.
It's my niece's car. She said she'd no reverse light, so put a known OK lamp in & it's still not working, so thought of reverse light switch. A quick Google suggests I'm right, but I wasn't prepared to start dismantling stuff to find it, so was after an idea of where it is. She's going back home on Sunday - I'm working tomorrow & Sunday so it'll be her Dad's problem! ::) ::) ;D ;D
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Front of the gearbox :y.
Thanks Del .... the bit you can't see ???
I was a bit vague, dependant on the car, it should be either on the side, or on the top :y. It's got two wires going to it I believe, been a long time since I last checked one.
It's my niece's car. She said she'd no reverse light, so put a known OK lamp in & it's still not working, so thought of reverse light switch. A quick Google suggests I'm right, but I wasn't prepared to start dismantling stuff to find it, so was after an idea of where it is. She's going back home on Sunday - I'm working tomorrow & Sunday so it'll be her Dad's problem! ::) ::) ;D ;D
I find that's a much easier solution ;D :y.
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Front of the gearbox :y.
Thanks Del .... the bit you can't see ???
I was a bit vague, dependant on the car, it should be either on the side, or on the top :y. It's got two wires going to it I believe, been a long time since I last checked one.
It's my niece's car. She said she'd no reverse light, so put a known OK lamp in & it's still not working, so thought of reverse light switch. A quick Google suggests I'm right, but I wasn't prepared to start dismantling stuff to find it, so was after an idea of where it is. She's going back home on Sunday - I'm working tomorrow & Sunday so it'll be her Dad's problem! ::) ::) ;D ;D
I find that's a much easier solution ;D :y.
I wish I had a Dad to do my car ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Actually quite like the little Ka , but am shocked to see that the owners club have a section called "Show Us Your Rust" ;D Going to browse the modification posts ::) :y
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/DSCN0843.jpg)
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Actually quite like the little Ka , but am shocked to see that the owners club have a section called "Show Us Your Rust" ;D Going to browse the modification posts ::) :y
A tad unfair as the Ka only has one known rust point.......it's located between the front & rear bumper.
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Actually quite like the little Ka , but am shocked to see that the owners club have a section called "Show Us Your Rust" ;D Going to browse the modification posts ::) :y
A tad unfair as the Ka only has one known rust point.......it's located between the front & rear bumper.
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Its a pity they fitted that truely shite 1.3 'Endura' pushrod heap of crap to most of them
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Its a pity they fitted that truely shite 1.3 'Endura' pushrod heap of crap to most of them
Is that the engine based on the old Kent engine that was fitted to Escorts, Capris etc?
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Its a pity they fitted that truely shite 1.3 'Endura' pushrod heap of crap to most of them
Is that the engine based on the old Kent engine that was fitted to Escorts, Capris etc?
Yep,pretty much the same,later ones have a chain driven overhead cam motor :y
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Its a pity they fitted that truely shite 1.3 'Endura' pushrod heap of crap to most of them
Is that the engine based on the old Kent engine that was fitted to Escorts, Capris etc?
Yep,pretty much the same,later ones have a chain driven overhead cam motor :y
IIRC Ford spat their dummy out with EU bureaucrats at the time because Ford had wanted to fit an ultra low burn engine to the Ka that didn't require cats to obtain low emissions. EU Bureaucrats insisted on cats, so Ford stuck the first thing they could find that would fit in the engine bay & scrapped all the development of the low burn engine.
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Its a pity they fitted that truely shite 1.3 'Endura' pushrod heap of crap to most of them
Is that the engine based on the old Kent engine that was fitted to Escorts, Capris etc?
As per fitted to Ford Anglias I think you will find, the ones which suffer black death, noisey tappets (which wear) and bore wear....
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Its a pity they fitted that truely shite 1.3 'Endura' pushrod heap of crap to most of them
Is that the engine based on the old Kent engine that was fitted to Escorts, Capris etc?
As per fitted to Ford Anglias I think you will find, the ones which suffer black death, noisey tappets (which wear) and bore wear....
You're not a fan then! ;D ;D ;D
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I remember helping a girl out who was stranded with a punture, I was a bit embarrased at the big bang as the jack went through the sill :-[ :o ;D rather rustbuckets
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.... at the big bang as the jack went through the sill :-[ :o ;D rather rustbuckets
My MkIII Cortina did that! ::) ::)
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I remember helping a girl out who was stranded with a punture, I was a bit embarrased at the big bang as the jack went through the sill :-[ :o ;D rather rustbuckets
That'll learn you ;D
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Its a pity they fitted that truely shite 1.3 'Endura' pushrod heap of crap to most of them
Is that the engine based on the old Kent engine that was fitted to Escorts, Capris etc?
Yep,pretty much the same,later ones have a chain driven overhead cam motor :y
IIRC Ford spat their dummy out with EU bureaucrats at the time because Ford had wanted to fit an ultra low burn engine to the Ka that didn't require cats to obtain low emissions. EU Bureaucrats insisted on cats, so Ford stuck the first thing they could find that would fit in the engine bay & scrapped all the development of the low burn engine.
Hmmm....and nothing to do with the fact it didn't work so the project was abandoned.
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I remember helping a girl out who was stranded with a punture, I was a bit embarrased at the big bang as the jack went through the sill :-[ :o ;D rather rustbuckets
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But the cars are quite deceiving , from the outside they look pretty much rust free ... tell tell signs are rust around the fuel cap . I know an mot place that rub hands laughing when they see one booked in ::) usually they order more sheet steel and welding rods in advance ::) Rust from inside out just like my trusty old cortina :-[
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I remember helping a girl out who was stranded with a punture, I was a bit embarrased at the big bang as the jack went through the sill :-[ :o ;D rather rustbuckets
;D
But the cars are quite deceiving , from the outside they look pretty much rust free ... tell tell signs are rust around the fuel cap . I know an mot place that rub hands laughing when they see one booked in ::) usually they order more sheet steel and welding rods in advance ::) Rust from inside out just like my trusty old cortina :-[
They rust like old biscuit tins,had to weld outer sills on an 03 a couple of weeks ago,I'd have been pissed off if it was mine :-\
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Noted many Fiestas of that era doing the same, Focus seems a lot better although Mondeos also seem to suffer which is odd.
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You only have to look on egay at the mot failures , last time i seen rust like that was on a datsun cherry ;D
I almost bought one , a nice looking black shiny 02 plate up for £500 then he showed me the mot failure list ...almost every fail was structural inc seat belt Angkor points :o