Starting 1997 Ford Escort 4x4 After 8 Years

[@andypreston1524]

Exceptionally rare car. Please restore her........ 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Schlaubischlumpf66]

Thats true, you dont see many of those Cars on the streets anymore

[@jaggass]

It's amazing what you can find just cutting some bushes back. I never knew Ford made a Escort 1.6 4x4. The UK never got that model. It will drive again.

[@televisionandcheese]

@Gaming York it clearly will, all that's needed is the clutch to be repaired to engage again

[@axelvauthier6823]

Jesper qelle va redemare

[@lewis72]

UK got RS2000 4x4 on this model shape.

[@karlsanderson8127]

@@lewis72 i was just about to type that and seen your comment I'm sure they did a rare gti 4x4 model aswell

[@Hissing-Syd]

Let's all circle jerk around about the car running or not

[@televisionandcheese]

Wow!!! 4wd Escort - that's incredibly rare! good to see that these modern DOHC engines can start with ease after sitting for so long too :)

[@sebastianp.r.u7173]

in estonia regristation page it says that its now crushed :(

[@tiagoventura5938]

They're so rare that there are no information about them, great find!

[@Toxic2T]

True. There was a 150HP 2.0 version too

[@DoktrDub]

@@Toxic2T I remember the cosworth

[@GhostOfDamned]

This man can literally start anything

[@jbgaud]

As long as you have fuel, spark and compression (sort of) you will start. That doesn't mean it will run for a long time.

[@GhostOfDamned]

The power triangle

[@antinacista]

so if he will start the honda, he is legend

[@modelreviews3705]

My neighbour still daily Drives an escort 4x4 😁 16v glad to see this one getting fixed

[@riccardodefina9551]

What a shame, thanks flex For keeping her alive

[@georgetd8623]

When I was growing up, I spotted a Ford Escort just like this and I wanted to have one as a grown-up. It was 2003 and you could still see 'em being driven on the road. It kind of hurts to see this one so badly mistreated and abandoned. Unfortunately, this looks to be all beyond repair

[@seanscott685]

Wow! Thanks Flexiny, I learnt something new today- a 4x4 Escort...

[@strombergakai7821]

El zetec 16v uno de los ultimos motores de Ford hechos de fundición! Hoy en dia son todos de aluminio. Motor fuerte y con potencia. Y encima 4x4 una locura, soy de Argentina y no tenia idea que habian 4x4 de estas bestias! En mis 20 años estaba entre el mitsubishi lancer 1999 y un escort 1999. Finalmente me decidi por el escort. Recorri casi toda la Argentina con el Escort! 🇦🇷

[@andrewhoggett8148]

the exhaust sounded pretty good an all wheel drive escort would be fun to derive

[@Dingodil_1]

Zetec silvertop, great engine.

[@gavinoliver8074]

As mentioned, non RS2000 4x4 must be rare!

[@wesleydias3404]

Nice! In Brazil there are many Escorts with a Zetec Rocam engine still in circulation, but this is the first time I have heard of a 4x4. Here, there were other Escort models from the 80's to the 2000's and this one is better known as "Escort Sapão", something like Big Frog. It's an excellent car, but very expensive to maintain around here.

[@schon74]

That confused me aswell lol

[@jaimemonteiro5488]

I have a 98 scort sw, working, made in Brasil.

[@eduardo7-7-7]

Escort big frog kkkk

[@631Ramon1]

@@eduardo7-7-7 ri demais aqui tbm kkk.

[@ElderCarrilho]

@Charles Liesenfeld I have one too, a white GLX. It's a nice car.

[@tommystearns1475]

The other day I revved a 1992 Geo Tracker 4x4 that was left sitting under a car port for a good 10 years. Turned out it originally ran out of gas so it wouldn’t start. Did the usual first start prepping and had it up and running like it never sat. All original 1 owner with 80k original miles and the most awesome part, my grandfather was the car lot salesman that sold it to him brand new. He said I stand to inherit it when he passes away it gets to where he can’t drive it anymore

[@Schlaubischlumpf66]

My grandparents had the same Ford Escort, I remember him well, He was a very good car and lasted really Long.

[@tanellips3553]

Fun fact. Mk1 mondeo had a 4wd version as well. I own one and its incredibly fun to drive

[@cegan04]

I also own one. Its like its on railway tracks when you corner it. I ought it to convert a Cougar to 4X4 but shelved the idea after driving it from wales to Ireland.

[@Teemu_1366]

Never known that Ford made basic Escort with 4x4.. That is VERY rare! 😯

[@mateuszjasiega6935]

I'm lying in bed ... very sad ... refreshing KZbin, and suddenly seeing new movie from Flexiny...I won Life :-)

[@saloudemarwat]

Be Grateful everyday God Gave you many things in this beautiful world dont be sad bro chill the life✌🏻

[@isiam2576]

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[@isiam2576]

@@saloudemarwat һ

[@MP-po6fj]

Great work getting it to start after a longtime laid up. rare find in 4X4 . At 8.40 secs on video just noticed tears in cambelt which im sure your going to change. Old zetec were not a bad engine just at start they had valve guide issues and had to recall millions of them for brand new Cylinder heads

[@FreakJedi]

Помню когда такие экскорты были в топе. У них сидухи прикольные, спина не болит .

[@tomtheraton3058]

Wow this one was buried , must be rare in 4x4

[@dominikkanzler2967]

They're sadly very rare due to the fact the fuckers rust like absolute menaces. No idea what Ford did with the Escort, maybe they used shitty glue or sealer for the welded seams but the things just start mounting up rust at the mere sight of a salty road.

[@tomtheraton3058]

@@mikaelimanov6810 yeah the courrier the wheel came out 😂

[@goclunker]

@@dominikkanzler2967 could be like Chrysler filling certain closed areas with foam promoting rust from the inside out

[@CommodoreCaravan1981]

@@mikaelimanov6810 between 1994 and 1996 i drove one of four FORD Fiesta Courier as a company-car (1.4i 44KW/60HP) which my boss bought in 1994. these cars were brandnew, but after half a year it begans to rust on every weld, rain runs into the roof and out of the floor =o. in the trunk you could see thru the weld down to the street. after 2 years (1996) and a lot of time at the FORD-Garage in town my boss got the information, that FORD Germany takes all 4 courier back and he got his money back.

[@ignaciojaviergigena9429]

@@dominikkanzler2967 the foam in the bumpers

[@Murat.012]

Every time I watch your videos I feel so sad that this beauties abadoned this is a classic man it can be a LPG conversation to make emissions better and be driven for decades. Escort is a rally legend and in my opinion iı doesn't deserve this.

[@PaoloRossi723]

Why LPG? She should be restored at her original conditions, such a rarity!

[@Murat.012]

@@PaoloRossi723 in european countries the government are caring about air pollution so much and this is an old car thats why I said that of course if the regulations ok, gasoline is better than LPG

[@PaoloRossi723]

@@Murat.012 I don't know any EU country with better regulation for old cars if they are equipped with LPG. Nevertheless this Escort is a petrol model (gasoline) with catalytic converter, you will not have any problem circulating with such a car. Problems are usually for diesel cars or for petrol cars without cat

[@Uilliam56]

4x4? Never heard of it,might be a rare one

[@_agudzera_5073]

Молодец

[@TheBlaert]

A very rare beast indeed. Think the only 4wd versions we got in Europe were the RS2000 and Cosworth. Rotted like a bastard though

[@huseyinguldass]

Kim bırakmış acaba

[@pralkatv3485]

I am really impressed when You make'em alive again.

[@leftoverture1976]

I had the pleasure of owning a 1.6 version, not 4x4 though, dark metallic blue as well. It is a very comfortable beautiful vehicle, I miss it. Good job saving this jewel.

[@Peusgek]

It must have a inertia fuel pump cut-off switch for safety on the right side of the boot/trunk or passenger footwell kick panel/a-pillar This will likely be activated in the crash that also activated the airbag. You have to push it in to activate the fuel pump.

[@Flexiny]

Hi, I remember this thing from Ford Sierra or Ford Scorpio. But mostly if petrol car has been standing over 5 years then fuel pump is mostly stuck. But its possible to make it work again if you reach to fuel pump.

[@danjames5552]

I think it's in the drivers foot well 🤔

[@PaoloRossi723]

@@danjames5552 Probably in the UK it's in the passenger foot well, because the driver seats on the right side

[@danjames5552]

@@PaoloRossi723 its on the drivers side because the driver is always there , so it would be on whatever side the drivers seat is on

[@PaoloRossi723]

@@danjames5552 Nope. The switch is always on the left side. This means passenger's side in the UK and drivers's side in the rest of Europe

[@Miorsp]

It is rare this model of Escort, There was only in these years the Escort RS2000 version 4x4 (i have one in (4x2) and the Escort Cosworth, but never other. So curious, I think the owner put it the differencial and transfer's box from a RS2000 4x4, it was very easy to do it.

[@MonsterMatt095]

Such an awesome video and so cool you somehow got it running! My mum had a late 90s Ford Escort Finesse 16v in that deep red/brown colour when I was young, by far my favourite car she's ever had! Such a sleek looking car, love the look of its front!

[@davidmcateer5483]

That colour is called Pepper Red 😀 👍 👍

[@MonsterMatt095]

@@davidmcateer5483 Oh really, nice to know! Thanks 😃👍

[@jamiewood4280]

I will never know why Ford never sold this in the UK. We got the older XR4, but this is a rare beast indeed.

[@jpcodnia9133]

Nor I ! Actually, Ford UK would have saved a lot of petrol by making the Escorts just as we made them in America, 1.9 L transversal fuel injection equipped with 5sp automatic transmission. That engine runs and runs I've seen many in yards having reached well over half million kms (350,000 miles) and it gets between 11 and 18 km per litre, depending on road, of course (28 to 40 miles per gallon)

[@martinjones7631]

I never new that apart from the escort cosse there was another 4x4 escorts in production

[@Jon.O]

Rs2000 was 4x4 in this era.

[@hakonhovin3912]

I nevere knew*

[@martinjones7631]

@@hakonhovin3912 you tipe with one hand

[@hakonhovin3912]

@@martinjones7631 yup, i meant also «i never knew»😂😂 bruh

[@Toxic2T]

We got this gen of Escort here in Argentina too, although not 4x4. Most came with the 1.8 Zetec Rocam. Unlike the european variants ours don't rust at all, but the first gen Escorts did brutally.

[@mente_ovalada]

En Argentina Escorts del 97 al 2000 eran Zetec 1.8 16v, después en 2001 vino con el Rocam de 8 v,

[@donnybrasco6069]

Хорошая тачка,я на ней ездил, когда учился на права...

[@Tumurbo]

You should show the tire specs of the vehicle to prove the year it was abandoned. Just a suggestion because there's a few people doubtingon your previous video. Btw i'm a fan of yours keep doing it :)

[@borjaevo]

The transfer case in that car is pretty rare and wanted. There are a lot of escort rs2000 without rear traction because they can't find that transfer case. Somebody will be happy to buy it.

[@PaoloRossi723]

This is a 1.6 litre car, I doubt the transfer case is the same as in the rs2000

[@type3666]

Another great fiind , and a future classic . :))

[@stomatolog_pro]

I was trying to find 4x4 escort in Belarus, but there is no one for sale. I didn't even knew that escort had this modification till i see your video(= Thanks alot!

[@Barker-ws5kn]

I came across one of your videos and thought whats interesting about watching a car start up.... Ive watched 10 of your videos now ha

[@louisbarningham]

Wow fantastic find! very very rare! hope you can restore her

[@davida.p.9911]

Good job getting it running! Sounds like some bad scraping in the engine. The leak is probably from the heater core. Those always seem to corrode badly.

[@pancake_5703]

Sounded like it could have been a bad bearing possibly too

[@Skavem]

I'm from Brazil, and I own a 98 GLX. Never heard of an AWD Escort from that generation. But I dreamed about it.

[@felixf-mk7cf]

It's pretty cool to see an old abandoned car to start after pulling it out from the bushes.

[@cz8358]

Осталось только со дна морского...:-)

[@glauciosilva8849]

Ainda rodam no Brasil esse Escort , alguns até bem conservados , agora 4x4 é novidade, deve ter sido feito para países com neve.

[@vagnerguincheiro2301]

Oi países com barro

[@lucasrustt]

your camera is very good but I wish it was in 4K. the details in the videos are insane

[@Mi_Philippe_Pereira]

🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

[@Flexiny]

Hi, this is not very good camera because we have to focus it manually. Automatic focus sucks and does alot of noise. And camera screen is reflecting like mirror so its even harder to keep it focused.

[@fullmetaljacket7]

This thing is rarer than the Honda Civic RTX/RTSi AWD they made in the mid 90's. I hate Escorts but this one is definitely worth saving!

[@AliMackMechanical]

That's one rare old machine. 😀🔧🔩👍

[@tasosmit]

our first car in 1996, never had a 4x4 edition here, except the cossie

[@nicobellic624]

Машина в угоне! По проводам видно!

[@Flexiny]

No, owner lost keys. By documents you can see always if car is stolen or not.

[@АлёнаСнежинская]

Сколько красавица простояла брошенная, а ещё живая... У меня тоже Эскорт, хорошая машина, беговая лошадь так сказать.

[@Nicikpicik]

We have too ford escort 1.4 he have 23 years and still working good. We are driving to the work everyday with escort :D. I love ford escort

[@adriansgamerslv5955]

Nice! I subed. Greetings from Latvia!

[@alefyzoey]

These engines inspire specific care, they are very good but easily breakable these 16 valves engines are not made for stay long times without turn. Here in Brazil we frequently see these cars.

[@jimb5341]

Good tuneable engine for a kit car 👍

[@somebodyguy3365]

My father had 1997 Escort, now I love Escorts♥️

[@antinacista]

This man can start literary car without motor

[@IrishWannabe]

päris huvitav, ei teadnudki et nelikveolisi escorte oli!

[@brunovdu9354]

Courage vous allez bien y arriver 🇫🇷

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video flexiny, great work, 4x4 escort very rare model 👌😀👍

[@Moncho68]

Great job...Greatings from Spain

[@kresimirsantak1209]

I have at least 15 ford escorts, dizel, two of them stil in use, rest of them are in bushes parked for some years.

[@jpcodnia9133]

By any chance, are any of your escorts Automatic? 1.9 L ?

[@David93re4]

@@jpcodnia9133 That model is only american, in Europe we don't have Escorts with a 1.9 engine, some automatics yes, but they are very rare, 99% are manuals like mine

[@rugbydazz2264]

I had a 1997, 1.8 si in silver, God I loved it, and it looked the dogs!!

[@MILAN1756]

Hermoso,tuve un ghia 1998 ,este 4x4 debe ser fantástico

[@DgaDM]

Wow! This model is so rare, it's not mentioned in Wikipedia (German or English)

[@Chiavaccio]

Great video! Ford is a unstoppable engine👏

[@bartbury4948]

Wow 4x4 … Good job guys 👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@grzegorznatkaniec5144]

Fajny projekt do odbudowy szkoda złomować 🤔

[@Pietro1]

🟧 Amazing video! 🟧

[@ironicgoose9913]

What an amazing junk. Started just to drive to the crusher by itself

[@frankyduschek3366]

The car is eaten already everywhere. Only some things can be saved.

[@fiffy9841]

Hats off to you my man. I had 2 Ford Escort, worst car ever. Never know why I got the second one. Both died to rust. But basically nothing worked in any of the cars. They were fun to drive, but that was about it.

[@mauriciogimenez7522]

Hola una pregunta., por que ese auto llego a estar así de abandonado??! Son robados y abandonados???

[@procerus3654]

this is car archeology at this point

[@joshuacooch4789]

I didn't know they made Ford Escort 4x4 the only one I knew was the ford Sierra Cosworth did a 4x4 model cool videos

[@котмастир]

Наконец то бедняжка!! Придёт в себя))

[@hugoferreira3846]

I never knew Ford made a Escort 1.6 4x4 :o

[@neudoperez4048]

Aqui no Brasil vendeu esse modelo e logo saiu do mercado .. mas é um lindo carro . E bom

[@ermo746]

Checked the vin info, it really is 4wd. How it started after that long is a wonder.

[@piotrbakowski5694]

6:44 The idea with pressurizing DIY fuel tank is impressive. Nice. Just wondering what about the fuel return? It was disconnected earlier, where does the petrol excess from the fuel rail go?

[@charlieboyok]

Man never get under a car without "Axial stands" should the jack fail. You would be Crushed, safely first.

[@joseluiscaroreyes972]

Pobre coche saludos fenix 🤜🤛👏👏👏🇪🇸🇪🇸

[@rustamismailov135]

У эскорта при ударе срабатывает реле, которое отключает бензонасос. Там шарик выскакивает. Нажимаешь - и все работает.

[@АликВоронов-т8с]

Не только у Єскорта,Фордовская тема,Сиерра,Скорпио,Мондео вроде тоже.

[@renatischoffel390]

Eu tenho um Escort 97/97 16 v 4 portas, importado da Argentina,inteiraço,única dona,uma relíquia ,com 73.000 km original.

[@totochevalier4657]

comment vous faite pour retrouver des épaves de véhicules...et surtout quel plaisir de vous voir les remettres en routes apres plusieurs années sans bouger

[@ruansantana49]

Quem já teve esse carro sabe que é muito bom demais não gasta nada... 😉

[@MarcioSilva-mb9ot]

A bronca é achar um modelo desses

[@ruansantana49]

É!!!...

[@Amistosos_do_roblox]

Bomba

[@Heusdenn]

You guys are Hero´s.

[@jpcodnia9133]

Heroes

[@urbanmoveserieskark]

Will you ever try getting that Honda behind the Escort? Would be cool! Loving the content!

[@Flexiny]

Sadly no because there is no engine. Thanks for loving it!

[@urbanmoveserieskark]

@@Flexiny Oh well.. Poor honda :c

[@jason.aldridge5004]

Never seen 4x4 except cossie or diy conversion surely there's money in reconning the drive train for the ford boys. .

[@craigpalmer5693]

1995 Ford escort buried long time needs everything new battery engine tires front and back rear 4x4 four wheel drive American cars new headlights missing a bumper stick or automatic transmission keep bringing new videos airbag mess up engine is good condition four cycliner oil at least she turning

[@jpcodnia9133]

Wow that's something ! What state is the Escort in ?

[@verdadesautomotivas695]

Hola personas , esas peliculas son de cual pais? Acá en Brasil no ya Canales ton bons revivendo coches.

[@rzizmont89]

Hearing nice after startup.

[@marceloho1984]

Incrível, um Ford Focus Mk1, Zetec 1.8 16v, da oficina foi entregue com o carro parado por 5 anos, aparentemente bom de motor, mas a elétrica toda destruída. Foi 6 meses para fazer tudo.

[@thomasmica2856]

Вот это да , и он завелся !

[@codykamminga9667]

Never seen a non-RS2000 4x4

[@ДжонСмитт-о4о]

Вопрос к редакции ))!!??? Как он туда попал и что он там так долго стоял ?

[@MrScottdjb89]

I didn’t know you could grow Ford escorts! Haha

[@Flexiny]

Thanks!

[@Iosif.dumitru01]

Good video, bring them on!

[@Alexander_l322]

May have been left to rot because the clutch was slipping and the owner didn’t want to fix it or couldn’t afford it. I don’t think it sitting around would make it slip unless the clutch is very sticky and stuck disengaged.

[@led5762]

like the channel ,great cars ,what country are you from

[@Flexiny]

Thanks, from Estonia

[@pescadoresdetrairas]

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