Nice motor I gave the derv version nice looking motors

 

Nice find, they normally have moon miles these days, my dad has a MK3 LX and it is a real trooper, so you should be on a winner with the ST :thumb:

What was so bad about the VXR?

 

thanks for all the comment and info



i owned it for under a year and things kept breaking,
manifold cracked twice plus new turbo
aircon pipes had all corroded and split
coil pack broke
spark plugs cracked
headlight washers didn't work
xenon headlights kept adjusting themselves a pointing to the sky
antenna leaked water into roof lining
worst of all the how the thing drove,bumpy,lack of traction,and the accelerator was either on or of no in between

i will never buy one again or a vauhall

 

nice cars i had an 04 couple of years ago in silver, estate version. just keep an eye on the oil they tend to use a bit.

FYI plugs are a nightmare intake off new gaskets the lot best part of £250 at dealers or £100 for bits and a good hour and a bit of your time.

great car but i found it was more expensive than my 3.0 z3 in service and parts and only 20 mpg average round town but thats why we buy em :driver:

 

Was working at fords when these came out , lovely to drive bit of a pig to work on but ive spannered much worse . Keep an eye out fir the handbrake , the cables seize as do the calipers . They all seem to weep oil. Lovely cars

 

:doublesho That is quite a list, see why you got rid then.

Hope the Mondy proves more reliable, looking forward to your pics.

 

Great looking car. Should be more reliable once you get the few bits mentioned sorted.

Enjoy the new car!

dave

 

Look forward to this, my folks had one of the last mk3's, a 2.0 petrol zetec auto estate and it was one of the most comfortable cars I have driven or travelled in.

 

nice i like that , strange though i find its one of those cars that have been somewhat underated

 

Somewhat… i think quite massively! my mate's brother had a ST220 in the performance blue with all the trimmings, walking up to it the first time i realised how much of a understated presence it has.. got inside and everything felt solid and comfortable, the older generations of Ford have probably always been classed as cheap and cheerful but there seemed nothing cheap about the mondeo ST. He let me have a go up and down inside blue water car park and it felt solid, the kinda feel you'd get from a VW, and the engine pulled like a train!

never considered the Mondeo ST up until that point and for months after all i did was find cars that i liked and spend hours on insurance companies websites!

He had the saloon version but id even be tempted by the estate version.

 

right little update, new led side light and puddle light bulbs fitted will post pics later.
now the bad news the oil leak is coming from the crankshaft seal,wich means the gearbox has to come out also alot of oil was coming out of the sump gasket.
i have tightened the sump bolts an the sump leak as gone yey!

 

Can't believe I have found this on here! I actually went and viewed this car. Maple tree garage in Colchester. I loved it I really did just totally put off by the lack of service history. Did he manage to dig anymore out as when I went and viewed it they only had 1 stamp in the book?

Nick

 

lol small world,they found more history from ford and contacted the last garage it was serviced at.
normally it would put me of but the car was hard to refuse as i could not fault it tbh and inside is like brand new!
few little thing to fix but id expect that on a car of this age

little update today gave it a full wash and decon then clayed.
gave the front wing a machine polish as a tester

 

Nice looking ST220!

 

Very nice

 

Had mine for just over 6 months and love it more every time I drive it.Welcome to the club mate.

 

great looking st mate, nice colour too. i had the derv version and luved it. yours does look in awesome condition are the wheels ok? they can give bother i think i messed mine up by using harsh cleaners on them.

 

the alloys are mint,only one has a bit of corrosion,most of them at this age are ruined

That's good then. You have got a seriously cracking car there. I actually said to the guy if you can get someone to just stick the stamps in the book I would have had it. You can clearly see it has been looked after sounded sweet as a nut too! Well done

defo sounds sweet:thumbnce ive fixed the little probs and give it a proper :buffer: hopefully if we have another east meet ill bring out:thumb:

 

Always loved the ST. Nearly bought one a few years ago but was swayed by a BMW instead. A lovely example you have.

 

Nice work on the detail, looking lovely :thumb:

 

That's good then. You have got a seriously cracking car there. I actually said to the guy if you can get someone to just stick the stamps in the book I would have had it. You can clearly see it has been looked after sounded sweet as a nut too! Well done

 

right little update,had the crankshaft seal fixed under warrenty, got the sat nav working with a new gps antenna.
the collected this from ford yesterday

nice big service kit, changed the fuel,pollen an air filter tonight,ill let the pic of the filters do the talking!

weekend will be oil and spark plugs!

 

Lovely motor. Bang a k&n in it. Bet the induction noise would sound great, even. Better than standard

 

Very nice Ford mondeo , just starting bcome rare now in that condition

 

todays little update: painted callipers

 

no mechanicals this weekend,just a good clean

 

no updates so far but hoping to wet sand the whole car in the next two weeks

 

Looks lovely. Nice one.

 

Cracking motor there would of liked the 220 myself but needed the tdci for the mileage I do,
Nice and tidy.