Stoney871

For sale-

A headlight switch with manual levelling control, front and rear fog settings and a dimmer wheel to control the light brightness of the dash, radio, AC dials and demister switch panel.

This switch does not have the auto headlight setting.

This switch unit tends to be rare as most available on eBay are either for the ST/RS (without the levelling wheel due to auto-levelling on these cars) or with the auto headlight setting .

This little mod really makes a difference when you're driving on dark roads as it reduces the glare from inside the car which can adversely affect your night driving or strain your eyes.

I've only changed this unit out as I've moved on to a blue illuminated switch.

Routinely going for £30+ on eBay (if you can find them).

My price?

£25 (including postage)

Very easy to fit, instructions here-

http://www.fordowner...-a-mk225-focus/

Please note- this switch will NOT fit in a Mondeo.

Please P/M me with any interest.

For sale due to upgrade-

One Ford Sony 6 disc radio.

Absolute mint condition with very few cosmetic marks other than from normal careful usage.

Perfect working order and complete with code.

Sounds great even on standard Ford speakers.

Looking for £100 but open to very sensible offers, postage included in price.

Please contact me by P/M if seriously interested.

Item will be sent after satisfactory receipt of PayPal payment and tracking number will be supplied.

(Image of radio fitted in my car)

Will fit any Ford that has this style of radio as standard (except Mondeo due to dimensions and face plate being different shape)-

Radio has been listed on eBay so item may be sold there in the next seven days-

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1555.l2649

Grab yourself a bargain as these radios routinely go for £140+ on eBay and are £500+ from Ford themselves.

After researching the project and posting a guide on how to do this job-

http://www.fordowner...r-a-mk25-radio/

I seemed to talk myself into doing the job myself as proof of concept and having finally got the pieces together and the free time to do the job myself, here are the results.

Got this radio-

And this carbon fascia (wasn't interested in the standard silver one as I'm a carbon type of Guy so hung on for ages waiting for one to come available)-

These brackets from Ford so as to correctly fit the radio-

And some 6x25 dome head posidrive self tapping screws from B&Q-

How the radio looked before the project-

First, removing the old radio and unplug the quadlock and aerial-

Don't forget to remove any CD's first, you'll never get them out after if you don't do it now-

Then out with the old-

Remove the old rectangular fascia-

And the screw lugs as they'll get in the way of the new brackets-

Now to mount the adaptor brackets, they fit either side so you can't get them muddled up-

There is a "duck bill" clip on the back of the brackets that pushes into a hole, they can be a bit tight but will go in if pushed firmly.

Next re-connect the aerial and quadlock connectors and offer up the radio to the brackets-

Fasten the four screws loosely at first to ensure that the radio sits straight and then tighten them all up-

Clip the new fascia in place and check that everything sits flush-

Enter your new radio's code, test buttons and steering controls, retune your radio, set audio to your taste and sit back to admire the job.

If you look at the times on the radios you can see that the job took 15 minutes to swap one radio for the other and 9 minutes checking settings and testing the radio and CD sound so technically 25 minutes in total which also includes taking photos and faffing about.

Recently noticed that the Terraclean system as shown in Wheeler Dealers is now being advertised on TV.

Edd China is plugging it in a big way and seems very keen on the system.

Apparently it's also available for diesels now.

Has anyone either had the treatment or might be considering it?

I'm not advertising or endorsing it but thought members here may like the look of it, testimonials seem to support the fact that it does wonders with blocked DPF's and borderline MOT emission tests.

http://www.terraclean.co.uk/index.html

My missus lets me get away with it as long as I pay for holidays and buy stuff in wife pounds (£1 wife = £3 sterling )