benweston

Hi guys Just wondering how you remove the aerial from a Mk2 Focus? I've had a quick look and it doesn't look like it unscrews like normal aerials? I've got a beesting short aerial to fit that apparently fits the Mk2 04+ Focus but it's a screw-type one and I think mine is all-in-one. Am I wrong?! :oops:

I don't really know anything about the Duratecs specifically but what about the clutch? If you tend to ride the clutch a lot you could have warped the clutch plate. Regardless of mileage, this happens when it gets too hot and literally warps itself. If it's more of a judder than a stutter, my bets are on that. Stick your handbrake on to the highest tension you can, clutch down into 1st, ease the clutch in and apply some acceleration. If the car stalls or drags the back wheels, your clutch is probably fine. If it judders, you're in for a new clutch. That's just a very rough test by the way.

Hi all I'm really wanting to swop the speedo in my Mk2 Titanium to one from the Mk2.5 as I'm trying to rid myself of the dated green interior lighting! I think I'm right in saying it would have to be recoded for my vehicle: anyone have any ball park figures as to what Ford would charge to do this? Also - aside from being recoded - it looks to be a simple plug-in replacement (making sure I get the TDCi one and not the petrol one!). Is this right? Hope someone can help me! 8)

They're not bulbs, they're tiny hard-soldered LEDs. I, too, hate the green dash lighting and find it really dates an otherwise pretty decent interior. I opened up the cluster and found it's nigh-on-impossibly hard to change the LEDs without breaking something. Anyone know how hard it is to take the cluster from a 08 facelift Focus and put it in the 05 model? How much is it to get it coded to your own vehicle with the right mileage, etc? (Sorry for the thread hi-jack!)

I don't get why it's taken them nearly 4 years to make one for Britain's most popular car!?

I took the 'Focus' badge off and kept the 'Titanium' and 'TDCI' badges. The only time I'd really debadge the whole thing is if I had a 1.6 Style!

No. Some Foci (I think the newer ones) had the option of being de-badged. I've seen quite a few 58-plate Foci with no badging on the back being driven by 60 year olds who definitely wouldn't de-badge themselves!

Eugh, steering's been clicking on full lock either way for a while now and just had it confirmed that the CV joints are going on both sides. After speaking to my mechanic, seems you can't just replace the CV joints - you have to replace the whole driveshaft. So I'm looking at replacing the o/s and n/s driveshafts of a 2006 2.0 TDCI! Been scouting eBay and *think* I'm looking at about £70ish for each driveshaft. Question is: how difficult are they to fit? Not entirely sure I fancy doing them myself but is this a big job for a mechanic?

Any phone with Bluetooth version 2.0 + EDR (the vast majority of phones) will work absolutely fine. That's all Sony phones, every post-2004ish Nokia, LG and Samsung. All you're looking for is the specs above. Any Bluetooth enabled mobile you buy now will work. I use a Sony K800i. Never had a problem.

I'll bet you it'll be quite a lot more than £250 to sort that out then! No point in the Bluefin on a 1.6 petrol in my opinion. Or rather, you could better spend your money. Far from me to tell you how to spend your money, but I sure as hell wouldn't have blown hundreds on my car when I was a tight student at college a few years ago!! Just be thankful you run a Mk2 Focus at all! Man, I sound old :P

Something died in your pollen filter?!

I guess it's what you're used to. I've driven my mate's Mk1 and it just feels a bit cheap and of a different class to my Mk2. Handling's good, steering's especially nice but - on balance - the Mk2 is a much nicer car, I think. Never had a problem parking it. You should try parking a Beetle! (My Mum's - not mine! :P)

The 1.6 C-MAX is rated at 40mpg and these figures are usually a little optimistic anyway. If you do 70% of town driving, 20mpg is about spot-on, if a tad low. If you spent most of your time cruising a motorway, I'd expect in the mid 30s. You're unlikely to see much acceleration before 3k as the engine has very little torque. Lousy sub-3k acceleration is about right on smaller capacity petrol engines. I haven't seen the torque curve for that engine but I bet it doesn't start picking up until after 3k. You have to remember the C-MAX is actually quite a heavy car and the 1.6 petrol only has 9

They made TDDIs in 2007!? I thought they replaced them all with the TDCIs around 2005?

I should think it'll be very expensive and complex to get it retrofitted. Are you talking about just a starter button or keyless entry too?

The door panels are very easy to get off. You need a torx bit (can't remember exactly which one) but it basically just clips off. I just used a bit of common sense and didn't go into it like a bull in a china shop. It's pretty easy as I recall. Good luck!

They're 5x7s. 6x9s will fit with an adapter. Many makes such as Pioneer and Alpine make Ford-specific 5x7s as a direct replacement for the OEM ones you have. Fitting them is just the same as most other cars. Look in the ICE section of this Forum for guides. Bear in mind that the weakness in the stock systems is almost always the headunit (even in the case of the Sony systems) and not the speakers. If you haven't already upgraded the headunit, that should be your first priority. The stock speakers are actually quite good. Acoustic padding in the doors will improve the bass response no end

I actually found my brand new Continental Sport Contact 2 tyres to be excellent, especially for their price. I paid £82/each for 205/55/R16. They're not the quietest, though certainly not loud, but the trade off is that the grip is immense in both wet and dry conditions. Contis and Michelins never really impressed me but these are a different league in my opinion. There's some Japanese tyre maker beginning with Y who's name escapes me, but they come very highly recommended in terms of quietness and grip. Just my 2p.

Yeah the OBD port is the diagnostics port. OBD stands for On-Board Diagnostics. 8)

Just the OBD port I'm afraid!

As per my avatar, I have a 2.0 TDCI Titanium and it's fantastic. Amazing pull in every single gear (even in 6th from fairly low revs) and the equipment on the Titanium makes it worth it over the Zetecs and Ghias, in my opinion. I love the half leather and better sound system. If you're looking for tunability with a chip, you'll get far more out of a diesel than you will out of a petrol thanks to that turbocharger and better risiduals at the end. Not to mention cheaper road tax and a 6th gear, etc. I.e. my 2.0 TDCI started at the stock 136 bhp. After fitting a tuning box from DTUK, it's now a

Cambelt change at 125k miles, get it done at 100k to be on the safe side. Cambelt's one thing you don't take risks with, like brakes! Also worth getting the pump done at the same time as the belt as it can fail on 100k+ cars and is located in a similar place so it's pointless taking the engine to bits twice. I had both done for £220. Aside from that, diesels generally tend to be very robust and built stronger than petrols by design. You drive a diesel slightly differently but it has the same 9-second 0-60 time of the 2.0 petrol and vastly better economy, as well as that elusive 6th gear!

OR just pick up a 3.5mm - 3.5mm jack lead for a few quid. All the USB connection does is charge and control the iPod. You need the jack (I think) to carry sound. Even though this is stupid as the iPod USB connection has support for carrying sound but I'm not sure if Sony have integrated this.

I know I'm a big advocate of diesel around these parts now but I faced a similar choice to you when I was looking: 2.0 Zetec or 2.0 TDCI? The TDCI had too many advantages for me in the end to even consider the petrol. Perhaps you should look at that? It's much easier and cheaper to tune too and the MPG (if you're being boring) is great, even when caning it you can expect 40mpg and that's driving it REALLY hard. Usually I'm dead on the quoted 50mpg with a mix of spirited and normal driving. Ps - at 70mph, the 2.0 TDCI is doing 1,600rpm as the diesel has a 6th gear - another thing that sold

:shock: Motorway cruising must be quiet! I have to cruise at 4000 rpm... Yeah it is, can't hear the engine at all - just road and wind noise! 6th is such a tall gear on the 2.0 diesel. In fact, 1600rpm is actually 65mph, 60mph is slightly less.