canadian_Mk3

Got one coming, no longer looking. Thanks all

Hello all, long time no see. Sorry if I got the name of this part wrong. Looking for the trim piece that goes on the boot lid in between each tail light. I'd really love to find someone willing to sell me one and package it up to Canada. Not too picky on condition! Thanks in advance! David

Hi there, I would like to one day put a rear anti roll bar in my Mk3. Nothing crazy but it still has a little too much body roll for my liking, even with poly bushings in the rear. Obviously I don't have the same UK donor cars available to me here in Canada, so I was just hoping to see some pictures of other people's setups, and maybe some rough measurements. Thanks in advance!

Havent seen the manual yet but I havent been to the mailbox today either. Its possible, but I seem to remember it working normally before, and with my reading of 59 ohms at about 1/4 tank of fuel (3/4 on the gauge) suggests that it isnt upside down? But that could be my next thing to check...

Mk3 pre facelift, L spec. At one time I had re-wired the car for a GT spec cluster, but I couldnt source the console for the center gauges, and recently swapped back to the L spec cluster. Everything works as it should, except the fuel gauge. It seems to work backwards. Its my understanding the sender reads 73 ohms empty, and 10 ohms full? It didnt have much fuel in it, gauge was reading 3/4 full, when I measured the resistance from the blue/black wire to ground, It read 59 ohms. Just today I put another 12 liters in it, and the gauge went down to read 1/2 full. I have the blue/black wire from the level sending unit, if I follow the PCB on the back of the cluster, goes straight to the back of the fuel gauge, the other side of the fuel gauge comes from the voltage stabilizer box. Ive swapped it with another voltage stabilizer box with no difference. Ive also cleaned all the connections with no difference. Where can I look next? Cheers!

Well, I'll give taking it out one more go this weekend. Beyond that, I'll shim it and try to think of some design for an external lockout of some sort. Cheers!

Well I tried for nearly an hour and the shifter won't come undone! Tried tapping on the tabs and large pliers on the plastic (carefully) and it won't budge. Any tricks? Maybe I would just be better off shimming the rubber cone somehow, to give it more upward preload, and then just being careful? I find if I hold upward tension on the shifter I can atleast feel the stop

Ok, the E clip is in place and the rubber cone is doing its job. Feels like maybe whatever it stops against is rounded off. I can push the shifter down and t returns up, but I can still move the shifter over to reverse without pushing down How does the shifter come out of the trans? I'm guessing that's my next step.

Mk3 PFL, 2.0 4 speed, I believe the type E box. It is much too easy to grab reverse instead of first. Is there supposed to be a reverse lockout, and if not, can one be added? Cheers!

Thanks, My rear screen heater ribbons have fallen off a long time ago, so I will use that one

Hello all, 1972 Mk3 Pre facelift. Went to turn on the headlights for testing and snapped the arm off the switch. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to repairing that or am I basically left looking for a new switch? Cheers, David

No longer looking, Thanks!

Thanks for that! I forgot to mention mine is a pre facelift. I didnt see that first link you gave while i was scouring ebay the other night. Seller only posts to the UK, so I will have to try and get in touch with some distant relatives. My original RH was dmaged when the car came to my posession, I ordered and tinted a euro spec lens to replace it. This afternoon, I ended up ordering pair of NOS aftermarket lenses to the tune of 100 pounds, but still wouldnt mind another, rougher LH lens as a spare, since they will only get harder to get over here in Canada. Cheers, David

Hello all, after an incident my dad had in the snowy driveway, I need a left hand tail light lens for my Mk3. As long as it is in one piece, rough condition is ok, as I will be tinting the whole lens red to match the Canadian Spec lens. Cheers, David

Hi all, Putting a zetec in my Mk3. Want to modify a 1.8 CVH sump but I can't find any on eBay, and North America never got that engine (with a steel rwd sump anyways) Thanks in advance for any help!