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[Webby the Bear]

Hi guys,

A friend is looking at buying this car for about £200. It needs tax and MOT but that price is great cos it's apparently (will verify this for them of course) a great runner.




There's a bunch of rust on both rear wheel arches but not really concerned as its not a keeper....just a good runner for a couple of years.

When I put the reg. in to Europarts it comes up with ''2002 Ford Fiesta - NaN'' WTF is nan? lol presuming naturally aspirated _ _ _ _ _

If I'm right in thinking theseare pushrods?

Anything to be aware of or to look out for on these?

Cheers guys

[4x4]

What engine?
Check rear bushes,brake lines,petrol tank,rust on rear arches common problem,but may be worse than it looks.

[Webby the Bear]

What engine?
Check rear bushes,brake lines,petrol tank,rust on rear arches common problem,but may be worse than it looks.

ok mate thanks. not sure on engine this is all the info I have so far 

[Broomies Mate]

Front fogs suggests it may be higher up the model range.

Possible Zetec.

[Webby the Bear]

Front fogs suggests it may be higher up the model range.

Possible Zetec.

Would be nice mate. oh I shoulda mentioned the family brought it from new and still own it.

plus I like working on fords 

[plym ian]

The fact that it doesnt have a griffin on the badge is a start

My old neighbour had one. A 1.25 zetec and it was a little pocket rocket

[Webby the Bear]

oh and 134k on't clock and cambelt done at 75k.... thinking ford intervals are 100; or 10 years....

[Webby the Bear]

The fact that it doesnt have a griffin on the badge is a start

+1 

[4x4]

oh and 134k on't clock and cambelt done at 75k.... thinking ford intervals are 100; or 10 years....

80k or 5 years, which ever is sooner,also change waterpump

[Nick W]

Rust in the rear arches/sills/floorpans(it's based on a very old Fiesta body), fuel pumps fail(cheap, but you have to drop the tank) and the front wishbones are everyother MOT(but they're £30 a pair and an hour's work).
A nice one is probably the best cheap small car you can get.

[Webby the Bear]

Rust in the rear arches/sills/floorpans(it's based on a very old Fiesta body), fuel pumps fail(cheap, but you have to drop the tank) and the front wishbones are everyother MOT(but they're £30 a pair and an hour's work).
A nice one is probably the best cheap small car you can get.

Thanks Nick 

[05omegav6]

Oh lordy, lordy, lordy...

[omega3000]

If it had mot would just run it int ground , shove it through mot first before and see what needs doing if you can 

[2boxerdogs]

Bought one of these for my son 5 or 6 years ago with 70,000 on the clock 1 owner with full history sold it in April as he now has a Peugeot, he never checked anything on it and it just ran & ran, I did the cursory checks on it when I could, once the oil did not even register on the dipstick & it still kept going Front springs go but are reasonable to replace & rust on the rear shocks mounting can be akward to repair (had these  done when it failed mot) easy & cheap little runaround, we sold it on the bay & it made a decent price around £400.00 it had covered almost 180,000 miles.

[omegod]

As said rot is the enemy, scrapped the mother in laws one recently as it was like a teabag. We have an 04 we have had from new and it's bulletproof( bar a clutch at 85k)