caprixpack
Active member
I've also drained and flushed out the nasty brown power steering fluid and refilled with fresh red ATF fluid.
Well that was an absolute pain in the ****.
The cheapie hcv arrived as did some gearbox oil.
Dropped the gearbox oil and refilled with no problems, while that was draining I fit the hcv. What a pile of **** that it is, plugged it in and nothing no heat in the car and one of the pipes on the back isn't warming up. So I pull it back off and start testing it, sure enough when I add 12v there's no movement. I pull it apart to find this.
This was brand new and in a sealed bag, I guess you get what you pay for and thankfully I've ordered a genuine one. Anyway I've managed to cobble a hybrid together from the old and new.
Finally managed to bleed the system and get the heater working again. If I wasn't in a pinch I wouldn't have bought the cheap one and would have just waited for the ford part to arrive.
And these arrived today.
The listing was for a set of red leads, but messaged the seller asking if they'd be able to do them in yellow, after having no reply I assumed they'd just come in red but was pleasantly surprised when I opened the box.
Well that was an absolute pain in the ****.
The cheapie hcv arrived as did some gearbox oil.
Dropped the gearbox oil and refilled with no problems, while that was draining I fit the hcv. What a pile of **** that it is, plugged it in and nothing no heat in the car and one of the pipes on the back isn't warming up. So I pull it back off and start testing it, sure enough when I add 12v there's no movement. I pull it apart to find this.
This was brand new and in a sealed bag, I guess you get what you pay for and thankfully I've ordered a genuine one. Anyway I've managed to cobble a hybrid together from the old and new.
Finally managed to bleed the system and get the heater working again. If I wasn't in a pinch I wouldn't have bought the cheap one and would have just waited for the ford part to arrive.
And these arrived today.
The listing was for a set of red leads, but messaged the seller asking if they'd be able to do them in yellow, after having no reply I assumed they'd just come in red but was pleasantly surprised when I opened the box.