Category: Inside
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Heater Matrix – removal and repair
Date: 26 Feb 2017 Issue No heat or poor cabin heating? Wet floors? it is probably time to investigate your heater matrix. It may need changing or repair. Diagnosis These much-overlooked parts block up with silt and rust over the years. A new matrix will not only improve in-car heating but will also benefit the…
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Carpet trim replacement clips
Article first created: 12 Jun 2019 Issue These rust away as they are in concealed damp places. Diagnosis These are found under doorsteps and in other concealed locations. Repair Replace when needed, I recommend you don’t go looking for work. Parts Approximate prices from: 12 Jun 2019 There are no exact match parts available –…
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Interior Light
Article first created: 5 May 2013 Issue 50-year-old light lens has quite literally crumbled away. Bulb light was ‘poor’. Diagnosis New bulb and cover required. Repair Replacement was easy: Note: check and replace the super black bulb whilst in the the unit. The cat helped! Parts Approximate prices from: 5 May 2013 updated 19 May…
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Glove Box Catch
Article first created: 5 May 2013 Issue When pulling off forward occasionally the awesome power of my 1500cc unleaded 1963 ford engine on an BW35 auto-box creates so much g-force that the glove box lid drops open. Worse still is, if the good lady is in the car the glove box lid bangs on her…
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Windows stiff
Article first created: 29 Jul 2014 Issue None of the windows would wind up or down without some major effort. At best the drivers window would open 9cm. Diagnosis The rubbers the glass side in have hardened over the years (in the good old days the runners were felt bound metal things, nowadays a felted…
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Gear Selection Indicator
Date: 26 Oct 2021 Issue One part unique to an automatic Cortina is the column mounted gear selector and illuminated gear selected indicator along with the cowling that covers the mechanism. One part that is very easy to break is the plastic pointer that indicates the gear selected that fits up inside the cowling and…
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Gear Selection for Automatic Gearbox
Date: 26 Oct 2021 Issue The automatic gearbox is a BW35 unit – matched to many low power engines of the period (the later BW65 was a much smoother box when coupled with a Rover V8 – in a Rover of course) The BW35 has 4 speeds: The column selector for my auto-box wore out…