soulman123

A red glovebox light may be cool if your after that submarine look.

May be the icv idle control valve ?
could try cleaning it, usually just replaced as they are £25 I think.

Dirty throttle body ?

I reckon John is bang on the money as always a diagnostic scan is needed before replacing parts at cost.

Quite a common problem. At least its a job you can do at home. When my mates went he changed the thermostat as well for good measure, nothing wrong with his old one but while it was off and coolant out an extra tenner might be worth doing.

Result! well done Scott.

weird about the fuel might be an issue with the sender.

Glad you got it fixed. It's a real pain when you get jammed up especially when you need or rely on the car.

The focus is my first ford so I'm not sure, but mine's quite tight and glides nicely into gears. Didn't at first as the spring under the fairer was broken so you had to do kind of buy feel. But after a new spring and 10 mins work it puts the firmness back on the gear stick.

I would definitely check the spring under the gaitor cover its a quick look and a cheap fix and a common focus fault. I always start with the free then cheap faults hehe

I'm probably wrong but thought worth a mention, I guess it can be that the cables, a issue with the gearbox, or even gearbox oil change.

This is a pic of the spring http://item.mobilewe...Id=181007299106

put this in to the search on google "focus mk1 gear spring broken" and the 4th link down is a really good guide with clear pictures about changing it. Really is a 10 min job. I hope it is this as its a cheap fix.