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OK, make sure you use that then. You may be getting lazy shifts because the previous owner didn't use Mercon LV, either for top up or even full change, I know it's expensive, but it's not as if you're changing it every year. Still make sure the battery is good though! Make sure you change the fluid when the tranny is warm, put half the amount in then top up and check level whilst running. After you've checked level, take the car for a run to get transmission warm, then perform a battery reset (disconnect battery whilst ignition is on, engine not running) to clear transmission adaptive learning Then perform an adaptive shift learn cycle (transmission must be hot) A/C OFF (If fitted) Start engine WITHOUT touching throttle, leave to idle for one minute If you have A/C, turn on A/C, leave to idle for one minute Turn A/C off (If fitted) Handbrake off, seatbelt on Keep foot hard on brake and Switch the transmission to "D" and hold for 6 seconds Switch to "N" and hold for 6 seconds Switch to "R" and hold for 6 seconds Then back to "N", "D", "R" etc, REPEAT this cycle 10 times or until the bumps have disappeared as you engage each gear. Then, USING VERY LIGHT THROTTLE, pull away gently until vehicle reaches 15 MPH and shifts into 2nd gear, take foot off throttle and gently slow to a stop, HOLD FOOT ON BRAKE FOR 10 SECONDS once stopped. Repeat this cycle X6 times. Then take the car for a gentle trip reaching speeds of up to (or over 50 MPH) If you're still getting problems after all that, then it's time to get the spanners out, I'm afraid.

Update on progress; I've been working every additional hour possible and chipping away at the shopping list which is now set to be overbudget when complete but currently half way through, Total Spent to Date €1,685.00 Shopping List is currently Forecast €323.00 Over budget Remaining Budget €1,315.00 Total spend required to compete list €1638.00 Current bedroom status in image below lol although its my house, I'm still keeping things original stockpiling car mods in the bedroom; I feel it helps with getting out of bed to go to work; Although there soon to be transferred to the attic until next spring, yep spring 2022; I've been thinking about the best way to go about installing everything & painting the callipers etc. I've decided that since the weather is rapidly changing, ill be doing everything on the concrete driveway and budget is almost half way through completion, I don't really want to be removing panels for routing cables more than once for the matter of waiting a few months, and I'm currently planning a 40th Birthday party for my beautiful wife of 7 years & partner of 20 years; which is due to take place in November followed by preparing three kids for Santa in December; The remaining funds required €1,638.00 wont be gathered & spent during the final quarter of 2021 while paying a mortgage and providing for myself my housewife and our three children; unless I get rewarded from work for a number of cost saving projects which I've implemented across the year, and to be fair that is looking very unlikely since I've already been overlooked for promotion despite changing some processes to a more sequential structure saving them a minimum of €76,000 per annum as well as increasing equipment availability time for further production processing, But anyway lets not dwell on lost efforts, back to the good stuff which helps me chill and feel good about myself; I'm still awaiting delivery on some of that list which was purchase through Ali-Express, ill be purchasing the remaining items as funds allow between now and March 2022 likely to be very little further purchasing between now and January then there will be a surge in stock piling again across January-March, I will try to document on this thread in the mean time as well as researching plans as much as possible, Thread revival will then take full flight in March 2022 weather permitting; ill take a week off from work and installing everything as well a creating a number of "How to" PDF guide's for; Reverse camera fitting, front camera fitting to factory parking sensor switch, Double-Din aftermarket head-unit install, under seat sub install, aftermarket component speaker upgrade, footwell lighting install, oil catch tank install and DRL fitting guide.

Hi all, Welcome to yet another project thread; This one is a bit different as aside from the vehicle purchase; it has a budget of 3,000 euro/2,544 GBP unlike all the previous threads I've posted where no limit was ever determined 😅 This progress thread will be over in around 8-12 months So, well, where do I begin with this; I suppose to start with saying; my beloved and well known focus which has been the star of connects2 magazine as well as featured in all of my guides, Guides Documented here: Full List Lenny's Guides - General Ford Related Discussions - Ford Owners Club - Ford Forums Build Thread here: "taking Oval To Blue Horizon" Lenny's Build Thread 2010-2015 - Ford Project and Build Threads - Ford Owners Club - Ford Forums it has now gotten 216,000 Miles on the clock or 347,000km and that's not 100% bad news because its a 1.6TDCi engine with the factory turbo 😀 its doing phenomenally well, has only ever let me down with a leaking injector seal (common problem) aside from that everything has been 100% just usual battery change and servicing brakes, wipers, bulbs etc. Over the past few years; since mid 2016 I've put my attention heavily in to home improvements where I made the mistake of taking out a bit too much of the existing contents at the beginning in efforts to save money on purchasing further waste Skips, followed by investing heavily in an entire RJ45 home network and multimedia install involving four tv on wall installations with all outputs located in to floating box's which further prolonged the return of basic aspects of the home, That progress is documented here: Living Room Project - General Chat - Ford Owners Club - Ford Forums As documented in the beginning of the home improvement thread; I was doing it without any loans from the bank and that worked well to this day; however as all of the progress was going on with the home; the miles were slowly increasing on the beloved focus along with some wonderful journeys creating many memories and stories of the once show piece turned work horse and at times accommodation 2010 Mk2.5 Ford Focus 😅 being the only earner in the home mainly due to the high cost of childcare; I'm paying a mortgage, all household bills and providing for my wife as well as our three kids and beagle proudly without any benefits, all excess income was being invested in to the home to bring it back up to living standards at a higher level of comfort than was initially as well as more efficient to heat where possible or cheaper on electricity. While all this was happening; I never took the time to think about the future of the beloved ford focus; knower had I expected the home improvement project to be spanning over this many years, so my mind became consumed with question; what I would do in order to get to work should the ford focus ever let me down; which is inevitably going to happen, This vehicle is my only life line to get myself to work six days per week, and its due NCT/MOT next month which it may not pass as there's a few creaks from the front suspension or steering rack when started up; it feels a bit clunky; it could be just some bushings needing replaced; I'm not 100% sure yet, and there a squeak from the clutch at times when taking off in first gear, my anxiety began to grow over the past few months well since March; worrying about the future of the car, so I went to see the bank to discuss the prospect of getting a car loan, something which I hadn't since around 2013, mainly because there's a lot of overtime available in my job, I'm a chemical process operator manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients more recently two parts of the increasingly popular Covid vaccines, the active parts we manufacture are essential in all common brands of the vaccine, overall I'm good in terms of job security and have been extremely lucky to have maintained position on site six days per week throughout the pandemic, we never stopped. Which also had its challenges, self isolating and mostly working alone, I installed a TV tuner in to the focus and had lunch breaks alone in the car, then the battery decided to die in the focus during the first full lockdown; there wasn't anywhere open to source a replacement and i couldn't get a lift to work with a fellow colleague due to covid19, there's a supplier less than ten minutes walk from my home but he wouldn't open the doors at all, thankfully it was post Brexit at the time, and I was able to purchase a replacement from a supplier in Manchester, had it shipped to Ireland and I was back on the road within three days, that's one story for my grandkids, anyway; getting back to the more recent times; the result came back from the bank and they said no to my loan application on the grounds that I didn't have any savings, despite having a sustainable income with steady outgoings leaving an ability to repay the requested loan; the computer said no. so the past few months; I've been working every hour possible and saving for a second hand vehicle; Brexit has made a huge impact to both the availability and cost of second hand vehicles here in the republic of Ireland, I've been searching dealerships within 300 mile radius of my home and I agree that is a very excessive distance as well as a lot of sales garages; I've browsed stock from At least 20 different garages in search of a small petrol engine vehicle; 2012 upwards engine 1.2-1.6 with mileage under 100,000 and must be a 4-cylinder with a budget of 7,000euro/6,000 pounds avoiding private sellers and anything Diesel (as I only do 24 miles per day), As well as avoiding manufacturers; Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Fiat, Opel, Renault & Citroen, out of all that searching I managed to source three vehicles; a 2014 1.2L Dacia Sendero which if purchased; I felt that I would need to kick it and shout "You Piece of 5hit" every time I parked it somewhere; in an effort to retain some level of respect as a car enthusiast, in doing this negative action people would hopefully assume it wasn't mine and perhaps my own vehicle was in a garage for servicing; swiftly moving on to the next option available for my price range was: 2012 1.2L Hyundai i20 This option wasn't a bad one, although it felt just a bit small inside and the 1.2 engine felt a bit slow compared to the 1.6TDCi which to be fair isn't a race car but it does move quite pleasantly compared to a 1.2 naturally aspirated petrol. 2012 1.4L Hyundai iX20 The third option was a bigger version of the i20 with a 1.4 Naturally aspirated petrol engine and full dealership service history, to be fair there's not a lot of variety out there, most dealerships are either full of diesels, high mileage petrol or less than twenty vehicles in stock, others have gone out of business completely as result of Brexit which has made importation of vehicles difficult as well as increasing the price of any used vehicle by 2,000 euro on average, 5,000 euro on a new vehicle in the republic of Ireland. however; I've managed to purchase the 2012 1.4L Hyundai iX20 5speed 95Bhp for 5800euro/4,900GBP was supposed to be 6,000euro which in my opinion is still very expensive for a ten year old small car with 128,000km/80,000Miles on the clock and NCT/MOT until February 2022 it has Auto locking doors when driving, Bluetooth, voice control, Air conditioning, all electric windows, proper spare wheel, front fog lights, large deep boot space and two fob keys, nice little motor and the 1.4 Petrol 95Bhp engine shouldn't feel too under-powered compared to the 1.6TDCi 110Bhp focus although there will be a significant reduction in torque and no boost, I now have to drop a gear on some hills. ill be using this car as a back up for the focus, so my wife will be using it for the school run, then if the focus fails NCT/MOT or the turbo blows unexpectedly; ill use it for commuting to work and I'm planning to keep the focus on the road for as long as the repairs don't cost too much, I'm interested to see how much more life is left in the beloved focus and ill be selling all mods when it does finally die prior to putting the rolling chassis in to the scrap yard, that is how that car will leave my ownership when the time finally comes but hopefully not for At least another year. I picked up the iX20 from the sales garage last Thursday morning with a new battery fitted and three months warranty as well as full dealership service history from day one to now. The Insurance was 320 euro and annual tax is 280 euro, NCT 70euro nice cheap motoring, 720 euro per year aside from service costs. In comparison then moving from the 1.6TDCi mk2.5 focus to the 1.4 Petrol Hyundai ix20 The handling is very light compared to the diesel but less predictable than my Eibach lowered focus, as the IX20 is an MPV the right height is vastly increased resulting in a bit of understeer compared to the lowered ford focus, the iX20 would possibly lift a rear wheel much like a dog taking a pee; if enthusiastically thrown in to corners, the ix20 is much the same height as a Nissan Qashqai The soundproofing inside the vehicle is a lot better than the focus, not only noticeable when driving but also when parked engine off at a fuel station on the side of the motorway; the passing cars sound a lot more muffled, The dash feels a little bit cheap compared to the focus although it does have a leather steering wheel unlike the i30 which is the next model up from this ix20 which has a plastic wheel, and I wouldn't like that at all feels very cheap compared to the leather, I would like to see the passenger and drivers outer vent blower; next to the doors; id like to see them coloured silver, as other models have similar parts I'm going to try the i30 vents to see perhaps there the same size and they come in silver which would add some contrast to the black dashboard, looking a little more loved and less cheap. I really liked seeing a pull leaver in the drivers footwell for popping the bonnet 🤗 having been locked out of focus mk2.5 bonnet twice to date; I actually shouted "ow yes" like Churchill dog when I saw the old reliable bonnet latch fitted.😅 followed by explaining my joy to the sales man at the time, The boot space can be lowered to gain almost as much as the focus mk2/mk2.5 also the rear seats slide on rails as well as recline to a certain degree. the rear seat is around four inches thinner than the 5 door focus but the interior feels bigger due to the increased head space inside the vehicle. any other comparison questions feel free to ask, the fuel economy doesn't seem to be much more than the focus neither, both vehicles done the 110km/68mile journey home on around a quarter of a tank. Plans for this Hyundai iX20 then; Well a few little comforts but nothing in terms of performance really; its main purpose is to safe guard my ability to get to work; but I would be missing some comfort features which I have fitted to the focus, I'm allowing myself a budget of 3,000 euros to spend on enhancing the appearance & comfort of the ix20 which is already a really good car to be fair, This project thread will end when the list of desired items have been purchased and fitted, hopefully not going too far over budget in the process. First thing I did when I got it home was to remove the HYUNDAI badge from the left side of the boot, I feel its unnecessary since the Hyundai badge + Centre logo is in the centre of the boot handle and I'm happy with the model name on the right side, I'm keeping that as is and here's how it looked then; Please ignore the water mark in some of the images; I was using my daughters phone to take as my battery was dead and I didn't see the Samsung water mark at the time. Here it was then the first night spent in the driveway of its new home, it was starting to grow on me, This was my bedtime reading for Thursday night as well as a full service history with the garage that I purchased the vehicle from. I did spot some cracks on the drivers side headlight and there are some scratches on the body work, Which I may see can I get something done with in time but I'm also baring in mind that this is a ten year old vehicle and I'm on a budget of 1,800 euro to spend on anything extra, so if the headlight passes MOT it will be fine and I might get some good results with colour matched T-Cut wax or something similar. but for now; here's the headlight if you zoom in you can see hair line cracks but if it passes MOT/NCT I'm happy: Interior then; I've added a little artificial Korean Hornbeam Bonsai tree; purchased from IKEA to keep in with the heritage of the vehicle and you can see the outer side vents which I would prefer to see in a silver which may be possible in the future. other than the vent colour; I feel its lacking concealed storage inside the vehicle, the glovebox is almost impossible to access from the drivers seat due to the large interior space, and there's no concealed storage in the centre console to hide a USB cable or sachets of salt, sauce & napkins There is an arm rest built in to the drivers seat which feels somewhat like a range rover and it folds up out of the way when not required, There's also two 12V socket ports up front, a USB and 3.5mm AUX input in the bottom centre of the dash, which ill be upgrading to aftermarket as well as changing that 12V socket to a high speed USB 3.0 Fast-Charge power point later this week. Moving on to the engine bay then; where things are very tidy in terms of install and the arches are surprisingly clean for a ten year old vehicle compared to the focus. 1.4 95BHP naturally aspirated 4-cylinder engine. lovely 😍 the ECU is fitted behind the battery everything seems to be just there; no hidden or complex installation, fitting an oil catch can would be effortless too; see image below direct line between crank case and induction hose pipe; image below then you can see the only real signs of age under the bonnet is the top engine mount which I'm going to try purchase a brand new replacement from a local Hyundai Dealership and have it fitted in due course when the timing chain is to be done. all documented then, I'm going to move on to the thread shopping list and begin the installation of enhancements in the next post, just going to get a coffee then ill be typing it out to bring you all up to date with progress so far,

Thanks very much Eric, I enjoy planning projects and compiling a list of items then watching it all come together, i cant help myself at times 😅 I'm in Dealz for the kids to get a packet of Jelly's and I find myself looking at the quality of the paint brushes thinking "could I use them to paint the callipers" didn't bother though; holding out for a set of Harris paint brushes instead ☺️ I've also found a slight problem with the car; all windows are electric, and can be controlled from the drivers door without any problem atoll, but the switch on the rear passenger door does nothing; wont put the window down or up, its dead; but I can control it as normal from the drivers door. so ill be calling the dealership which I bought the car from tomorrow evening after work to explain the minor problem as its still under three months warranty. more progress when I find something of interest; but this thread will definitely take flight in the spring, thanks for your support and interest 👍

Is the oil pressure light on as well? If not, the filter shouldn't be restricting the flow. I reckon you've just accidentally knocked a sensor tbh. Or left the air pipe loose after refitting? You'd need Forscan to read the Ford specific code.

Without knowing what the code is it's hard to say, especially if you've only touched the oil and oil filter? Did you disconnect the MAF sensor, is it plugged back in properly? Have you trapped a vacuum pipe in the oil filter housing?

I've just done one today funnily enough, the propshaft was stupidly tight to get out so have fun with that, otherwise it's pretty straight forward 👍

In that case start the jobs with what incorrect tools you have and keep the phone number for a tow truck on hand to get it to a mechanics to tidy up the resulting mess.

Yes, it is the latest version, there has been no update to Gracenotes for Sync 3 v3.0 for sometime.

I need to stop looking at such cute photos - making me quite broody LOL

After much deliberation, and keeping the musical connections going, we already have an Ozzy (Osborne) and an Izzy (Stradlin) , may I introduce Ziggy (Marley or Stardust- depending on your musical persuasion) Doing fine, no accidents, yet 🤞 and behaving himself pretty well. Other cats are tolerating him up to a point.

Hi my name is Graeme from Hampshire and I've just bought a mondeo 1.6 tdci eco titanium x

Hi welcome

Lol, after what you were saying about your slight "domestic" on another thread, I thought at first that bit referred to you!😀 Really impressed with how you crack on with these projects!

thanks . man i haven't heard anything from stoney . if you have any details or pics it would really help .

It might throw an airbag error light on the dash but other than that, you can leave the battery disconnected as long as you want without issue as far as the car is concerned.

Hi. If you need any help with insurance at all for any model you're looking at then please feel free to drop me a line. Regards, Dan.

Budget tyres or low tread possibly.

Hi Fizz, sorry to say that I'm almost sure that your radio has gone to that big station in the sky 😟 Its nearly 19 years old and eletronic equipment starts to fail at that age if not before. You can propably pick up a secondhand unit for £50 from a scrap yard or take a look on eBay. There are some very good aftermarket units available but expect to pay around £200 - £300

Its not you, I finally managed to download a map update but it won't install, keep getting error messages. Just leave it a while and try again.

I Managed to eyeball the alignment, just looked dead straight down the clutch/flywheel/pressure plate and hoped for the best

If you’re able to update the Sync3 firmware successfully then you must be doing something right. Apart from the usual, ensure you are using a modern browser, have sufficient free capacity on your PC etc then all you can do is wait for Ford and the servers they use to get their act together.

That's an easy one. With the doors closed switch the Ignition on and press the Brake and Accelerator pedals right down and keep them there for about 15 seconds and you will see a message on the display that tells you when it has been reset. I'm sure It is a timed reminder that goes off a year after it was last reset.

Just to check, is it really running out of fuel, or just having some odd symptoms? Once a 1.8TDCI gets air into its fuel lines, it will usually not restart without priming. Which means disconnecting fuel lines and using a pump or priming bulb. It is possible there is a slight leak in a fuel pipe or the filter housing. This could let just a trace of air in, which will increase as the tank level drops. Then the engine may hesitate or stall. If the bubbles are small enough, it will restart with a bit of cranking. But lines full of air due to an empty tank will be a permanent stop until primed. You will not see leaks, no fuel will come out unless maybe the car is parked nose down on a very steep hill. But air can be drawn in as the system up to the main engine pump is normally under suction. Another test is to measure how much fuel you can get in the tank. If really empty, then it should be about 53litres. If you can get 53l in when showing tank 1/4 full, then the sender is the likely fault. I looked at the hole under the seat method, it looked to be a much easier option than dropping the tank, especially without garage style lifts to get the car high enough. But there was no need for me to try it, as I found that despite Haynes, there was no pump in the tank on these. And that is what I was trying to check. BTW My gauge is very inaccurate. When it read a tiny bit over 1/2 full, I could only get 14.3l in, or about 27% of a full tank. And there is about 12l left in when it reads empty.