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Findlay234 - 13/1/03 at 10:00 AM

anyone in the WLM (West London Mafia) or anyone who lives near south Bucks have a sierra workshop manual that they might want to lend/sell a poor sod like me. the car needs to be stripped soon, i could do it without but when it comes to the loom a workshop manual might some in handy.

cheers
fin


jollygreengiant - 13/1/03 at 10:56 AM

You will find that the manual will tell you very little about removal of the wiring loom. So here is a rough Idea of what you will need to do.


Remove head lining & disconect tailgate loom conector at rear, remove seats (all including seatbelts & rear side trim panels, door step finisher plates, front kick panels), centre console, & whole front main dash. diconect all multi,earthstraps & assorted connectors feed remnants of engine loom into passenger compartment.
Remove retaining clip from underside of fuse box (down & off loom), feed fuse box & loom up through panel & off car.

Should take you about half a day allowing for coffee stops & finding hidden screws.


Enjoy


Mark H - 13/1/03 at 03:43 PM

Fin,

If you can't borrow one for nowt, the best place for stuff like that is ebay. I got mine for a quid or therabouts, plus postage of about £3.

Do a search on ford sierra, you'll find dozens of manuals.

Or try the local library (if you've got a library card!)

Cheers,

Mark


Findlay234 - 13/1/03 at 04:13 PM

cheers have found a guy on ebay selling in chesham which is about 5 mins away from me.have sent him an email to see if he wants to do a direct sale and miss out the ebay trash.

still looking to see if someone will lend me one tho, incase this guy doesnt want to sell to me.

cheers
fin


bob - 13/1/03 at 05:04 PM

Got mine from a car boot sale for 10 bob,i mean 50p.Charity shops often have them too.


Dick Axtell - 13/1/03 at 05:20 PM

That's what I thought!! Still traipsing thru the local charity shops, more in hope than in expectation. Plenty of Maestro, Escort Mk3, Vauxhall & odd Fiat manuals.
Libraries - you'll be lucky!! Here in Brum, most copies have gone missing/lost/irrecoverable. Which is why they are so scarce. Halfords seems to be the only option, unless ebay turns up the goods.
Incidentally, saw K-reg Sierra over the weekend - £395. Reasonable or silly price?

Dick

[Edited on 13/1/03 by Dick Axtell]


stephen_gusterson - 13/1/03 at 08:14 PM

its not removal of the loom where a haynes manual helps - its knowing where to connect the bits you nheed to keep - like EFI - where its useful.

There is apdf copy on line somewhere on a russian site - try searching with google or hope a helpful person puts up a link here.


atb


steve


Findlay234 - 13/1/03 at 09:15 PM

yeah ive got the link to the ruskie site but it seems to have been taken offline.


jollygreengiant - 13/1/03 at 10:47 PM

EFi is on its own seperate loom, I know cos I converted a carb model to EFi, & you don't just change the lump & add the ecu. You change fuel tank, fuel lines, throttle pedal & cable, then you have to add in extra wiring cos the alternator arrangement is different.

Enjoy

[Edited on 13/1/03 by jollygreengiant]


Mark H - 16/1/03 at 02:51 PM

For a second car I would be quite happy to spend £395 (the wife wouldn't be at a guess)

To rip it into components? I paid £50 and got my money back by flogging bits off on ebay.

With the £345 saving, that'll get a NEW manual!

Just looked on Ebay there are half a dozen that are for sale between a pound and sick squid, that are finishing today. Warning - remember the postage charge.

If anyone needs some help getting started I am more than happy to take them through it. (Well at least I can help with something, coz my mechanical skill is cobblers!)

Hope this helps.


BradW - 4/7/04 at 08:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Findlay234
yeah ive got the link to the ruskie site but it seems to have been taken offline.


The ruskie site is on-line, but chapters 6-9 are missing, anyone know where I might find these...

Cheers


jolson - 4/7/04 at 09:50 PM

I've got them here. If you've got broadband,I can email them to you tomorrow on the fast connection at work.

U2U me with your email address if you are interested

Cheers

John