[alan ST Bentley]

HI All,

Had a nice little trip today to Chester, from London, to pick up a 1.6 Zetec S

Very clean, 97K on clock - paid £1850.

Only issues I've found are:
Airbag light on
Nasty noise from O/S electric window when initially going down.

It drives really well , so stopped off at breakers in Birmingham and treated it to these:

Full leather interior, I was resigned to fitting ST leather seats, but apparently these are out of a special edition Zetec. Not heated, but the heated ones in my ST arn't all that so I'm really not bothered.
Gonna clean up toimmorrow with leather cleaner and then fit

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Airbag problem resolved, o/s/f seat wasn't plugged in
I'll strip down o/s/f door tommorrow to try and get to the bottom of the window noise

 

[alan ST Bentley]

OK, so got a few mods planned

zetec wheels will go onto her 1.2, her ST wheels will be refurbed and go onto my zetec, after ive fitted the 35mm lowering springs
refurbed rear axle will go onto my ST and the old st rear axle once refurbed will go onto the zetec

this will all happen next year but in the meantime bought this:

Hopefully one of my filters will fit

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Had a go @ sorting the clunk from the o/s window today, made small progress.
Stripped out door card to get to this:

Took out all the gold bolts and motor, but can't get the plastic inner cover off.
Had a search and found a post about removing the round sticky inspection covers so did and found this:

Rear glass mount has broken alllowing window to stick until front mount pulls whole window down with a clunk.
Can I replace just this plastic clip ?
I can't get the link to the ford partsfiches to work anymore.
How do I get the plastic shroud off ?

Thx Alan

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

After watching various utube videos, worked out how to get the regulator out.
New regulator ordered

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Bought these : Ford Fiesta Mk6 Bonnet Struts

Got a feeling they will end up on the ST

 

[mintmansam]

Petrol or TDCI zetec S ? Looks nice

 

[_jimmy_]

Nice car, looks in very good condition.
Bonnet struts are a very worthwhile mod

Have the fog light surrounds been painted body colour or is it just the light?

The glass on mine used to stick after I had a broken window replaced, but when going up, a quick reverse back down and it released and then went up normal again.

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Petrol or TDCI zetec S ? Looks nice

Hi Sam,
Its petrol, I live inside the London ULEZ so diesel is a no no

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Nice car, looks in very good condition.
Bonnet struts are a very worthwhile mod

Have the fog light surrounds been painted body colour or is it just the light?

The glass on mine used to stick after I had a broken window replaced, but when going up, a quick reverse back down and it released and then went up normal again.

Hi Jimmy,
Cheers mate
I posted the wrong like as I've bought boot spring assisted struts ( plan on Bonnet struts a bit later )
The fog light surrounds are OEM plastic.

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Managed to get a pair of side skirts to complete the ST bodykit, probably will go for lazer printed jacking point covers unless I can find some cheep OEM ones

Last step will be fitting colour coded mirrors, as the zetec has the bog standard ones

Are all MK6 St mirrors the same ( ie pre/post facelift )

Lowering springs arrived this morning ( 35mm drop )

I'm not planning on changing the shocks, is it possible to change the springs on the front without removing the shocks from the hubs ?

Many thanks

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Spoke to my tame ST breakers - apperently pre and post face lift mirrors have difference plugs, so he's put me a set aside along with leather front door cards.

Got a set of side trims

and fitting kit

But not sure if the mounting holes will already be in the body shell or I'll have to drill new holes - any ideas ?

THx Alan

 

[_jimmy_]

I like em without the side skirts!

No you'll have to remove the shock from the hub to do the fronts (which is a bit of a faff - a 3/8 square socket drive to pry open the pinch bolt flange helps)... unless you want to remove the entire hub

 

[alan ST Bentley]

I like em without the side skirts!

No you'll have to remove the shock from the hub to do the fronts (which is a bit of a faff - a 3/8 square socket drive to pry open the pinch bolt flange helps)... unless you want to remove the entire hub

Hi Jimmy,

Don't know why I pressed "like" there should be a "FFS" button for when people tell you what you were suspecting but didn't want confirmed !!

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Got my delivery from Emerald struts today

Only fitted 1 and it works fine, so tempted to fit the other to the ST.

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Another little job done

I know changing the seat handle is supposed to be an easy fix, I wish someone had told my seat that

Anyway getting there only job left I HAVE to do now is change the window regulator and then its all good

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Heko wind deflectors arrived.

Still waiting for the o/s window regulator, starting to bug me driving round with half the door card hanging off.
Hopefully it will be here tommorrow, I can get it fitted and get back to the ST.

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

I've been thinking about changing the exhaust on the zetec and was thinking of this :

Really happy with the MIltek system on the ST , so imagine my suprise when earlier I went to look at my tailpipe and saw this :

WHERE IS IT ?????

on closer inspection, its still there but hidden away, so to fit the miltek I will need

An ST insert., looks like it's a straight swop, but b4 i buy one I'll take the ST one off to check it fits

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Making up a shopping list to go to the breakers in Birmingham with next week:

2 off leather front door panels
2 off miirror asemblies ( pre face lift )
2 off side skirts ( unless the guy or girl I bought them off on ebay actually replies so I can collect them)
1 off ST rear bumper trim ( to go over the exhaust )

 

[alan ST Bentley]

Hi All,

Bought a nice new shiny exhaust