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Small little clean up from sitting garage for a while

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Hmmm, Pizza Quattro Prepuzio, I suppose it has a ring to it! might be a bit chewy though.

Are you sure that's salami on there.....?

Probably a Silvertop with a red cam cover.

Never heard of a “Red Top” zetec?

Also, I personally use Prestone – it can be mixed with other coolants and works well in daily cars as well as track cars (as long as plain water isn’t required). One coolant for every car – that makes sense to me.

Evening guys Northeast wscc meet 10/03/26 churchmouse chester le street DH23RJ, 7pm all welcome Just a social meet to get some planning sorted for the year ahead Look forward to seeing you guys there

I use Prestone suitable for all engine types, pre mixed and 10 year life.Use in my everyday car and plan to use in my Westfield at next change.

I've just converted my 2 litre Red Top Ford Zetec Westy to ITB, so looking to sell on the original set up. Comprises.. Twin 45 Webber Carbs Webber service kit Dunnell Manifold + mounting rubbers. K&N filters Dunnell ECU Zetec Loom Throttle linkage. K&N cleaning kit. Open to offers around £650ish? May split and may post at extra carrier cost. Will throw in the cases too. Might advertise elsewhere. Message me if I've missed anything off. Thanks Ken

Yes I've just had a look and it says the struggle is still open.. It's a very twisty road with narrow lanes and steep short climbs. Caution recommended but passable with care. Right on the top of kirkstone pass if you didn't know there's a pub and a junction. Coming from glenridding at the pub you turn off down the Struggle right at the pub. The A592 is closed from there. It's not far for a diversion. There's not much options tbh.. Mountains are hard to shift...

Holme Moss Summit a SEiGHT and a Westus

I use Halfords OAT anti-freeze & coolant, it does the job and it’s cheap, we had 40+deg heat in the summer in Europe and had no issues. If you buy the concentrate, 5L’s should do, as you can make up as much as you need. The amount in the system will be different as it depends on what radiator you have, if you have a heater plumbed in, if you have a water rail or not……..etc. I put about 5L in mine as I don’t have a heater

@tex I've investigated and it looks to me that the best alternative is down The Struggle from the A592 to Ambleside. Unless of course you know better

Hi Mark - the 2.0 Zetec with standard radiator will take about 5.5 litres of antifreeze mix. I don't know about ready-mix, but the neat antifreeze supplied with my kit by Westfield was blue AutoChem Antifreeze & Coolant. CarPlan BlueStar is directly equivalent if you can't find AutoChem. They need to be changed every 2 years. If you don't know what antifreeze/coolant is currently used make sure you give the system a VERY good flush so you don't end up with incompatible antifreezes.

Yes we will be, I need to talk to you about Courbourgh

Hi all just getting car ready for the hopefully sunny days ahead just have a question regarding antifreeze. I usually don't use the car in the winter and have noticed over the oast couple of years my antifreeze goes a rusty brown colour and stains the header tank. Just removed the tank and given it a good swill out with cold water washing up liquid and rice and has come up clean. I want to flush the system out with fresh water and replace with new antifreeze, please can any one recommend a ready mix solution to go best with cast iron block and does any one know the amount required to fill the system i currently have a std westfield rad metal core plastic sides. Thanks in advance.

Thank you for your offer we'll be in touch soon

Done. Perhaps you can suggest an alternative route to avoid the A592 ?

These are spares that came with my 1988 SE narrow body so I'm not 100% sure of spec but happy to answer any questions and do some investigations! £400

2012 FW Special Edition 2.0 Blacktop Zetec Factory built 36500 miles 3 Owner (previously owned by forum member for 10 years) MOT Oct 2026 Many of you will recognise the car as it has been forum owned for over 10 years, I only bought it last spring and I absolutely love it but sadly I need to free up some money for the house. The previous owner owned this car for 10 years and put over 90% of the miles on it, taking it on regular trips to Europe etc. It's been very well looked after and has been great to me. The car comes with a full history file spanning its whole life, including build photos from the factory. Timing belt was changed in 2022. In my ownership I have; Replaced the tires with Rainsport 5s which are still brand new Replaced the headlights with LED units Spent £520 sorting the alignment Specs: MSA roll bar Omex ECU Protech coilovers with larger 2.25’’ diameter springs Sport Turbo seats Team Dynamics 15’’ wheels Lowered floor Wide track Heated windscreen Contoured dashboard Westfield half hood Side screens Wind deflectors Westfield HiSpec brakes Heater Westfield rear diffuser 4 point harness Shortened indicator pods Electric mirror upgrade Cigarette lighter 12V socket & USB Race tech quick release steering boss Carbon Fibre: Mick-made front splitter Silencer Rear stone guards Front cycle wings Gear knob Fuse box covers I am away for the next few weeks so these photos are just to give you an idea, I will get the car cleaned up properly when I am back and take some better ones. iCloud link to video: https://share.icloud.com/photos/01bXclMPWVodTb7h4ajXs7MnA Price: £13,950

@DannyTGSi'm going to book the PM session. I was there yesterday, started off wet in the morning but dried up later.

Here's hoping with all the crappy weather we've had so far this year, April will be nice haha Also spaces still available if anyone wants to tag along

Cars back home, fingers crossed for some nice weather, needs a run out