Yes, the cable I used was a direct replacement for the original, just a bit longer. Thanks for the comment 👍

Yes... briefly. Unfortunately the ECU failed just a couple of weeks later and I sold the car to another 159 owner as a spares car. Thanks for commenting buddy 👍

Wow what a bargain! They are extremely rare now in the UK! Thanks for commenting 👍

I feel your pain! I've made some questionable decisions before! Thanks for commenting 👍

Do I need to flush the steering fluid reservoir before filling with new?

Thanks for the tip!

@@RollinRoadsUK mate by the looks of things your far more competent than me. Lots of good videos on KZbin to look at

@@da-mazing8500 thank you mate 👍

Thank you very much!

@@hasithaliyanage4342 that's really cool! Can't be many left in existence!

Nice one 👍

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Nice one! It was a great show wasn't it! thanks for commenting 👍

It is a lovely thing to own, il be doing a few videos on her soon as I put her back on the road for her MOT. Thanks for commenting

@@RollinRoadsUK You´re welcome. I´m, from Czech republic and I´m fan Italy!!! Excuse me for my bad Englisch.

Il try and get a bit more on it next time, where in the video was it? I'm unaware of that build but I'd love to find out more!

Hi it's 2.35 minutes into the video reg. No. J44ffo I think he has his own vlog JAF BUILDS

Oh no, I hadn't heard that! I left around then to spend the afternoon with the family. Hope no-one was hurt

@@RollinRoadsUK someone told me a BMW was racing and hit a lamppost and crashed into a Mercedes as well

@@robh6206 bloody hell! Time and a place for racing 🙄

Boosted 2000 has the video

Each to their own, but that MK1 xr2 was hands down the most immaculate condition car there, literally looked like it rolled out of the showroom that morning. I love a MK2 escort as much as the next man, it's a dream car, But it is a very achievable dream (with enough cash!). There must have been 10-15 MK1 & 2 escorts up there, lots were resto-mods and rally cars but there were only 2 MK1 xr2's and this one was phenomenal! If you get a chance you should see it with your own eyes. Intergrale was a nice car too as were all the cars on show.

It was lush! I don't think my pictures did it justice! Thanks for commenting

I do love a mini! Really wish I took the opportunity to own one years ago when they were more affordable! Thanks for showing your car off and for commenting also 👍

Like I said buddy, best car there in my eyes!

Never experienced any of the vxr's but well aware they have some pretty epic engines! Maybe one day.... Thanks for commenting buddy 👍

Mines quick 165 handles like a go cart 😆

@@robh6206 hot hatches for the win! I've been driving fast family cars for the last few years but I have got my wife's little mg ZR for fun in the lanes! Not powerful but great on the twisty bits!

It's always difficult to pass by a skyline! Younger generations may not know what they are looking at but a skyline will always be one of the quickest cars on earth for me! Thanks for commenting 👍

I really liked it buddy! I had to cut alot out as I didn't want any people kids in shot and alot of people were walking in front of me! Sorry man! I thought the buggy was cool and even mentioned to my wife how awesome the detail around the engine bay was with the nicely polished chrome. Really cool car mate sorry I couldn't get better shots, next time il be sure to get some sweet angles! Thanks for commenting buddy 👍

@RollinRoadsUK lmao not bad little show from the brill brothers

Cool buggy

@@robh6206 really cool buggy! Gonna be a killer ride in the summer when (if) we have hot weather!

@@RollinRoadsUK we had it on Sunday the summer was about 25mins long lol

Thanks buddy! I have realised over the last year or so how much I love the original mini! I would love to own one but they are becoming rare, and expensive, little things to find! Thanks for commenting 👍

@@RollinRoadsUK Yes they have become so expensive lately. Although they seem even more expensive to run at times haha. But they are great fun. Just to let you know that if you want to do more car shows, there is a little classic car meet in Cardiff this Sunday. There aren't loads of cars going, but if the weather is good, there are usally some nice cars there. Also a very nice atmosphere👌👍

@@Car_and_classic_lover that sounds really good! Any info you have for me will be awesome. Thanks buddy

@@RollinRoadsUK No problem! Its just off sloper road in cardiff CF11 8AA. Its actually in a Supercars and Coffee place. Really cool place for petrolheads. I've only been a few times but its always a nice few hours (providing the weathers nice haha). People usually get there for about 11 and theres a meet every Sunday. Anythings welcome 😎👍

@@Car_and_classic_lover sounds perfect! Thanks mate! See you there with a bit of luck 👍

Thank you! Cheers!

It did in my eyes mate! Wonderful little car! The escort was a cracker too!

Then you'll be very happy! Your car was my absolute favourite! Hands down the car of the show in my eyes! Absolutely beautiful car! I am extremely jealous! Even said to my wife if I could have any car, including the Ferrari's and Lamborghini's I would have picked yours without a seconds hesitation! I hope you like the pictures I got too!.... Lucky man. 👍

Your Fiesta is an amazing example! I've seen it quite a lot at different local shows👍

I tried to film everything buddy but alot of people were tricky to film around! What car was yours mate?

Editing it today buddy 👍

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That's right I remember! Thank you! Yes I was having a good look at your honda! I had a civic from the same era and it was a cracking little car! Only a little 1.4 twin carb but it went like a dream and was surprisingly spacious! Your car was the first I looked at when we arrived, really cool car! I hope your drive home was smooth? We managed to have a very clean drive home before the weather hit! Thanks for commenting 👍

I came very close to getting one of those mondeos not long back! Very handsome cars I think! The one I was tempted by had the 5 cylinder engine but I had to put my sensible hat on and think fuel economy. Thanks for commenting 👍

Mine is the Capri next to the black Mondeo :D

@@BrisCapri I love a Capri! Yours is a very nice example! My old man had one donkeys years ago when they were hardly worth anything, so nice to see one like yours being used as it should be! Thanks for commenting 👍

It really was a beautiful location wasn't it! I bet you had a couple of tight squeezes in the lanes in that beast! You have such a cool car! The V8 burble was immense! Thanks for commenting buddy 👍

Thanks, can't hear much sat inside so that's good to know! Yeah, some of the lanes were a bit tight, although people tend to move out the way when they see me coming!

It really was very nice wasn't it! Lucky with the weather too! Thanks for commenting

I managed to salvage and re use a couple of them but they never seem too clever once re used. I don't mind seeing jubilee clips, it shows someone has maintained a vehicle themselves and not just taken the word of a garage or a dealer. Thanks for the comment buddy 👍

@@RollinRoadsUK I've always re used them with no leaks and no problems in the past. They are made to be re used

What a nightmare! Fingers crossed mine has survived!! Thanks for commenting, I hope you have no further issues!

Hope not I've sealed the pollen filter frame as well

Hello mate, I am on tiktok but I've pretty much just set up an account. Not really utilising it properly I don't think?? Il try to improve! 👍

@@RollinRoadsUK you're doing great fella.. Was just asking as I tried to find you and tag you on something but no luck.. 👍🏽🙏🏽

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Thanks buddy, it's a lovely little thing to drive. More content coming soon as it's MOT is due in a month so I've gotta get stuck into her! Thanks for commenting 👍

That would be really cool! I've got her sorned at the moment because I need a gap in the weather to diagnose a knock I've got coming from the front passenger side. Once I've found the knock it'll be 2 new tyres on the front and back out in her before the really cold weather and salty roads kick in!

Thank buddy! Shame you missed out on the car but maybe it was for the best? Last year I was about to buy a 2.5 V6 156 for £1500 and decided not to because the car was due a cam belt and had been sat for a while etc. I was gutted afterwards because I felt it was my last chance to have a busso in my life. If I had bought that car I never would've ended up with the opportunity to own this one. I hope a fixer upper turns up for you and you get the chance to own one of these wonderful machines. I think alot of people are scared of the horror stories about maintaining these cars but honestly, other than the big cambelt job, they are not too bad at all! I think it was down to greedy dealerships quoting bonkers job times. Hopefully you can do what I did and land one that needs a few little jobs that can be done at home then you can enjoy that silky smooth high revving engine! It really is a joy! Thanks for commenting buddy, all the best 👍

Thanks, it's a V6 Alfa Romeo I was lucky enough to buy very cheaply earlier this year 👍

Haha well spotted 👍

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She is happy and being looked after, no need to worry about her 👍

Thank you! Cheers!

Too true! I had the blue vinyl type ones and the same happened with them! Might try the orange ones Ed China uses

That's definitely something I need to think of in future! That map sensor was crazy! And it was like fresh laid tar! God know what it has done to my injectors over the years? Full send for a couple of weeks with a fuel additive I think!

​@@RollinRoadsUKThe problem with that is all the loosened crud ends up going through your engine doing more harm than good and possibly breaking off a swirl flap causing catastrophic failure. The only safe and effective solution is to remove the intake manifold soak it in a bath of diesel overnight to dissolve all the carbon build up. This works on both plastic and aluminium manifolds. Remove and blank the swirl flaps while your at it but leave the actuator in situ to prevent an EML and error code.

@@One_over_the_eight yes, having done a little research since, and cleaned the map sensor another 2 times! I imagine the intake manifold/ plenum chamber must be bogging! I've ordered a tap and die set and will be looking to remove the swirl flaps and clean out the system. At the moment I'm just going with the best quality diesel I can get and giving it some good drives. The car certainly seems happier now it's had a few motorway runs! 👍

@@RollinRoadsUK Also, you'll need to clean the throttle body as that'll be caked too from the EGR swirl chamber restricing air flow into the inlet manifold from the charge pipe. It's an easy job, just remove the three bolts holding the plastic charge pipe and then three or four bolts holding the throttle body to the inlet manifold, undo the anti shudder electrical connecter on the bottom of the throttle body. I noticed you've got the 1.9 JTDM with the plastic manifold, these cannot be split for cleaning so would need to be soaked in diesel. I changed mine for a splittable aluminium one from a 1.9 Vauxhall Astra as the Alfa Romeo, Vauxhall, SAAB and Opel 1.9s share the same manifold. It's a different procedure to remove the swirl flaps but easy just the same. Either way you'll need to remove the high pressure fuel pump as it's in the way of one of the manifold studs. The high pressure fuel pump drive cog can be locked in place with two of the cambelt cover bolts before removal so no need to remove the belt and the timing position will remain. Here's links of it being done on a Vauxhall with the same engine, it's in two parts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3PWaYx3m7xlhpI&ab_channel=retrorestore kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYOuZJeYrrKofqs&ab_channel=retrorestore

@@One_over_the_eight this is awesome buddy thanks for the heads up and advice! I'm looking into all il need for the job but it looks like you have just written my list for me!! 👍

Thanks for the tip! Luckily the interior isn't too sticky but the 166 is!!

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