Mondeo rescue 6 - IT WORKS! But how? Plus wet vaccing the seats
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- Опубліковано 20 гру 2022
- The garden find Mondeo has been confusing me with its full pump problems, but now seems to be fixed...and it was easy!
Ive also got the Bissel wet vac going and you wont believe the difference!
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Oh, what a feeling - vacuuming the ceiling 🎶🎵
I can just tell the love for this car is growing and can see it permanently on the fleet
I agree, I think Matt should make it a permanent part of the Furious collection. He obviously loves the car and you know he's the guy who's going to properly look after it and give it the attention it deserves...
@@In_memory_of_Dad I agree it's a nice change from the many Rover's
Time for a new wife then :)
Nah, sell it back to the original owners who have been in touch and hopefully make a small profit. Then onto next 7 day flip….or is that 7 week flip, 🤣
Yes. We know it by seeing the instant flux of views every time a Mondeo video is uploaded!
The mondeo has become one of your most popular cars on your channel. Just goes to show the amount of love for the old mondeos.
Immensely satisfying to watch. The highlight was the Bissell sucking out all the dirt and brown water from the back seats.
Put some adhesive spray into a syringe, insert the syringe through the headlining and give a good spray and let the glue dry slightly before pressing headlining together
Again, the advantage of using a test light over a voltmeter! A testlight draws current causing a voltage drop, if you'd have connected a voltmeter and then a test light you'd have seen the voltage collapse and the testlight would stay out. If it can't light a testlight it certainly can't run a pump motor. Lastly, if you hadn't connected a test light you'd have (and did) see 12 volts. It's a slam dunk!
Awesome series! Loving how honest it is, even when you make mistakes. I would definitely recommend treating the car with an ozon-generator. It will not only kill every living organism in it, but will also neutralise smells. Had a car with leaky doors that eventually resulted in a rather unpleasant smell even after fixing the water leak and wet-vacuuming it, but 1 hour with an ozon-generator in it and the smell was sort of reset to nothing and it has been fine ever since.
Ozone generators are brilliant! Highly recommend them. About £80 on Amazon
£60 for a relay? 😮 That is criminal. So nice you got the Mondeo sorted, one of the nicest in the fleet.
It certainly is a rip-off!! I had the same problem on my Daimler (as I reported on an earlier video in this series) and the replacement one - a genuine Jaguar part - was a mere seven quid!!
Wow £60 for a relay!!!!!!!!!! I can remember getting them for the change in my pocket at one of those garages that are nearly now extinct! They had parts going back to the 60s. The place had been a fiat dealership during the 60s and 70s and it was a sight to behold genuine fiat parts. They had wings and doors rust free, covered in dust, for the likes of the original fiat 500,124,126 and 128.
@@davidkmatthews A genuine Jaguar part for 7 quid? 😲 Good for customer, bad for Jaguar profitability.
@@supertouring1 Well as "genuine" as a Ford-stamped part, at least! ;-)
Nip down to your local scrap yard and have a ferret about. I’m sure you’ll find similar relays on all fords
Glad comment of faulty relay helped. Often technicians think that if the relay is clicking it’s ok but it may not be due to internal contacts not mateing. As a retired automotive lecturer I’ve come across this often during fault diagnosis on a number of relays. Love the videos👍👍
one of the hings they teached me as a mechanic is that you start as simple as possible with faults, is there fuel, spark, relays good and after all those obvious things you start looking deeper if the problem is still there
I really do look forward to a Mondeo video, and this one certainly hasn’t disappointed, I’m really enjoying watching this car slowly come back to life, well done Matt, please keep them coming lol ❤.
Should that be ‘I really look Ford to a Mondeo video…’ 😆
@@peterriggall8409 😂😂😂
I’d recommend using the bissell on the seatbelts also as they are a high contact area as well
Great job with the fuel pump!
To add to your bissel arsenal, add a softer drill brush (white ones are usually softest I think) and it’ll help get even more out of your seats. Remember to do the seatbelts too, they’re forgotten all too often. Looking forward to more.
Excellent advice! A softer brush is easier on the fabrics, and the belts get left way too often!
I am really enjoying this Mondeo series so far.
I love my Bissell…. Probably the best auto cleaning investment I’ve made. If the the fabric gets a bit hairy/ bobbly afterwards then I’ve resolved this my using a Philips fabric/ clothing de fluffer.
Poor Susie, gone but not forgotten. The cleaning products and the cleaner do a great job.
Bit disappointed you didn’t do your ‘It works It works’ dance routine. 😆 You might be able to get some spare relays from a dismantler. The Bessell was impressive.
I owned a Green 97 R reg Mondeo Ghia X which was the best car i've ever had. It was owned by a mate of mine who was leaving the UK to go live in Malta, so he sold it me for £3k in 2001 which was an absolute steal as he'd paid £30k for it and only had it 4 years and done 18k miles. The car had everything on it like CD multichanger, leather heated seats, traction control, heated front windscreen, and even a private number plate. It was a car I could drive and drive and drive, and not get bored of it. It was rock solid, never had a problem, and I still regret getting rid of it to this day.
I have been cleaning carpets and upholstery for many years now, it's what i do as a business, For better results dilute some of the upholstery solution in a spray bottle, spray the fabric then agitate it in with either a hand brush or a drill brush, then use the bissel with only clean water in to extract it out making sure you don't over wet it or you could possibly be fighting damp and mold issues. doing it this way also means your extracting the solution out leaving no residue,
Loving the progress on the mondy, i had one many years ago although it was the V6 one but still had some great times in that car...👍
Came across this mondeo part 1 on a suggestion on UA-cam and now I’m hooked on the series watched the first 5 episodes in a night, and now this came through in my notifications. Keep up the good work.
You've got more patience than me if you binged 5 episodes in one go! Thanks for watching!
Great work so far Matt so good seeing the Mondeo slowly coming back to life! If it does leave the furious fleet in the new year it would be really nice seeing it going back to the original owners family
Sympathise with the headlining, with age the thin sponge and glue degrades and becomes dry and turns to dust, any disruption will with cause finger “dents” where the sponge disintegrates or the fabric comes away and sags. I have several Cherokee XJ’s and they have all suffered. The only solution is new headlining fabric (once all the old glue and detritus has been removed from the fibre board. Love the series, Happy Christmas, kindest Steve!
The bodywork on the Mondeo has stood up very well - unlike Fords from just a few years later.
The Bissell spot pro is an amazing little machine. Great for the car but also great for carpets in the house too. Wouldn’t be without mine
Amazing how much dirt builds up in the seats, mind you, having a dog jumping in and out does not help. Coming really nice though. Your right about the MK2 becoming a classic, apart from my own I have not seen another on the road in a very long time now. And 3 or 4 times over the last year people have commented such when i have been at petrol stations etc. Have had my one for 16 years now, never meant to keep it so long, but over the last few years when all the rest have disappeared I have made it my mission to keep her going. Mine is a 4 door, so even more rare these days. Am loving watching this series of videos, that car was crying out for someone like yourself to save it.
A good tip after bisseling seats is to keep windos cracked to the car can still vent a little and dry out instead of molding
We brought a Bissel spot cleaner, we got the pet one. It's amazing the amount of crap it will get out of a vehicles interior!!! 😜😁👍
Great series and a great nod to the humble cars that marched the highways, working hard and keeping families and businesses moving.
A 97 vectra 1.8 LS next, my old bruiser from the day 😉
The fabric on the door cards of the 90s is a nice change to the plastic or leather you get on there these days. That Mondeo has aged surprisingly well. The startup sound reminds me of the mark 1 focus I owned. On the button and quite a fast idle at first. Nearly everybody will have an experience of some kind of travelling in a Mondeo or owned one. So it's good to see it restored.
Next time you are down the scrappers, grab a handful of relays. That wet vac is awesome!
Good to see you have revived this car, and done a great job and doing so!
However, I don't know who told you the immobiliser is that blanking panel. It's not. It's around the key barrel. When you put the key into the ignition barrel, that's when it recognises it. The immobiliser will kill the starter, fuel, and spark. This is why, if the alarm goes off on many cars (well, Fords and BMWs), firing the ignition key will normally kill it, as the immobiliser will see a signal.
If you don't believe me, get a key cut but not coded (i.e leave the immobiliser chip dead), and try starting the car. It won't do a thing. You can guess how I found out! Well, a chip went walkies from a key of mine long before I owned the car (mk1 Focus), and I had to do chip switching between two keys I had on a 1998 Ford Ka (same vintage as your Mondeo).
Coincidentally, I remember this happening to an AM V8 Vantage owner about 10 years ago when he was a little annoyed about a car meet going on, but in the process, he inadvertently broke his key and lost the chip inside. Low, and behold, his car would not start. Not turn over, or anything until the spare key turned up
Older/aftermarket immobilisers admittedly do need the doors locking mind you, and opening, as that will provide a 'window' (normally 30 seconds) in which to start the car. W124 Mercs with the Scorpian alarm worked this way, since Scorpian dealer fitted these alarms, as they did for Fiat, BMW and a few others back in the day :).
Well done Matt your patience paid off..
You should try the extractor on the seat belts! It's astonishing!
What brilliant content this Ford Mondeo has been !! Fantastic 👌👌👌👌
I love what that ''quick flip'' turned into 🤣
Do not worry about the roof sagging...at least now you got some interesting repair content ideas 😃
Love it
Honestly love them bissell cleaners. I own a 2008 mk6 fiesta zetec blue with blue seats. and the transformation was incredible.
10 minutes work and it just changed the interior.
One of my 106s has a blue interior and I’ve no idea when it was last cleaned inside - I gave it a good hoover when I got it but nothing serious. Reading that and seeing this makes me want to get one though I’d hate to know how mucky it really is 😅
@@SunnyD1865 Yeah I was worried about that with mine. But if you can afford to get one, I really recommend it.
Yay!!
I look forward to seeing your other projects!
@0:28 to 0:34 Quentin and the Crown Victoria look absolutely stunning in these shots! All the best for Christmas to the Furious family.
a good tip matt is put some of that cleaner in a sprayer, spray on the seats, get a cordless drill with a brush designed for upholstery, to work it in, then use the Bissell to suck it out. plenty of detailing vids showing the drill brush
That is really weird but the outcome is so positive you must be overjoyed! Relays are funny things, had front wiper motor parking issues on my mk1 focus so I swapped the front wiper relay for the back one (thinking it'll make the rear play up the same way) and it did'nt, both worked fine and its been that way since! Crazy. Matt I'm afraid anyone who has dealt with headlinings will say it needs replacing, you simply can't just glue it back on, once the foam backing between the board and material lets go... its a bin and new headlining job! I've been watchung since almost 3 years now and I'm loving the episodes as always :)
Coming along nicely! To help with the condensation and damp seats, carpet etc. suggest a trip to the discount store and get a few of those dehumidifier tubs and put a couple in each car that seems to be a bit damp.
The 1.8 has always been the best Mondeo engine. Very reliable, sounds sweet, and a huge advancement in power output. These Zetecs had 115PS compared to the Sierra 1.8 CVH predecessor's 90PS.
Still amazed by the lack of rust on this car which basically had become an ecosystem with mosses and weeds growing on it. Really impressive!
I think you should keep it. It looks like the baby brother of the Crown Vic!
I love this series. Watching this car come back to life is incredible, and another surprise video is always welcome!
That wet vaccing was very satisfying to watch. All those years of grime being washed away. The seats can't have looked that good in 20 years.
I love how realistic your videos are, it seems like everything can overcome the best of us
If you want a really deep clean on those seats, there are drill brush attachments, they're on amazon etc, make sure they are soft bristle attachments or it could damage the fabric..
Loving this series Matt. I had a V reg zetec years ago and went everywhere in it so comfy and just a proper mile eater. Yours is in ridiculously good condition considering!
The only issues I remember were that the rear arches used to dissolve in winter and those infamous Mondeo bumpers used to self destruct in a slight breeze. Hope this goes to a good home. You’ve definitely managed to rescue a little diamond. Merry Christmas!
Horn relay is to the left, Dipped beam is to the right, main beam is above (the one you swapped) and far right is eec computer. Hope this helps.
Good to see you got the Modeo running a relay problem sorted and that head lining well has to be done and that seat cleaning what a difference move over wheeler dealers
My father in law has one of these, he has a 2l Aspen 4 door saloon, and the engine made it to over 500th km when a burst water pipe ruined it. We replaced the engine and its still going strong. He bought it new in 2000 and the only items replaced was shocks, once, drop links, one CV, power steering pump, air con evaporator, radiator, water pump and starter. Brakes pads and shoes as well but rotors, drums, wheel bearings and all other suspension components still original.
I had 3 Mondeos and all had headliner sagging. What I did, and suggest you also do is: clean it and than use pins to stick it back to the roof. I can send you a picture of how mine looks. Not bad at all and makes your job a lot easier. Cheers
Please do show this :-)
I usually couldn't care less about video sponsors but I think DiamondBrite may have gained another customer from these and I'll definitely be giving them a go when I detail my car again in spring 😁
Amazing. That relay was a real pain and how weird it sorted itself out! Anyway, it is so satisfying to see an interior being cleaned and see all the dirt shifting.
Would love this car. One of my favourite shapes - so of its time with all those curves, and that elliptical nose!
Wondering if the door card fabric will also sag from cleaning? Can't wait for the rooflining swap vid.
Amazing how well this car is coming up. Well done on the work you have put into it.
My new favourite phrase - electrically constipated!
When you do the timing belt vid, can you give clear instructions on how to properly tension it please? Keep up the hard work!
I use a rug doctor for same task, best way to do it tho is to spray the area then use a drill brush to agitate and only use the machine to vacuum the dirty waste away.
Ive got that Bissell cleaner, great bit of kit. I spray the product on, give it 3mins or so to get to work. Then suction to remove. And inject more fluid to flush the fabric until it runs clean.
Bissel are great, the Spot Clean Pet Pro has a longer hose so much easier to use. I do floor carpets, headlining wipe with upholstery cleaner on microfibre cloth, backs of seats, then when I have finished sitting on the seat, I clean the seats! No wet behind that way!
I think you need Barry and Jason to help with the headlining, I can see a whole load of Dad Jokes going on in the video!! Shame about the head lining but wow those seats have come up amazing! And as for that Zetec Engine it sounds sweet and spot on, hard to beleive it was a reley causing the issue.
Flipping’eck that cleaning machine and diamond bright stuff is fabulous
Brilliant engines in those old Mondeo's. They go on forever if serviced regularly
glad that it was a simple fix , happy days .
I’ve honestly seen the contact points in relays go bad. The coil works, but the contacts are bad.
Greetings from Utah, USA. It’s been cold here too. I’ve been putting off some projects of my own because of the cold.
The Ford model in North America that I remember from the 1990’s that’s similar to yours is the Ford Contour. Similar in styling, but a sedan instead of a hatchback.
Good luck with your project!
I know they can't all be kept...and I admit some Mondeo bias myself...but it has to be a keeper. Absolutely has to be.
Good looking, reliable, good to drive, super cheap to run, can fit the whole family in it, and still modern enough to be used as a daily and big enough to be used as a load lugger? It ticks so many boxes. Looks really good next to the Crown Vic too as both Europe and America's version of a big Ford.
It may be sacrilege but I'd rather see the W123 go to make space for this.
I just love those Mondeo's they were a real game changer. Had a Rover 600 after owning a Rover 827SI Fastback, the 600 was a real disappointment. Traded it in for a Mondeo and never looked back, still looks a modern car after 25 years. Haven't owned one since 2004 but recently bought a 2017 Estate Titanium diesel after owning BMW, Mercedes & Alfa 159!in the intervening years. It's like meeting an old friend all over again, never had that with the BMW or Mercedes but miss the Alfa 159.
Good series of videos ....Mondeo 👍you could try with the headlining using a gentle hair drying and pushing the headlining cloth upward as you go since the glue would soften and re attach ...
You’re perseverance is inspiring. I would have broken many things in a state of rage before achieving what you have done. The Mondeo is such an important car and it’s great to see the rescue of this machine. Well done mate👍👍
You emptied the brown water and I immediately fancied a coffee!!!! 😆
Would really advise wearing a respirator when dealing with mould - I got a trend one from Toolstation for very cheap. Easy to forget health until you don't have it.
I couldn't let the Mondeo go now if it was me, I love it. Shame about the headlining but really not as bad a job as in the Volvo. And worth doing.
Honestly you could have done a 3 hour video of cleaning the seats and I would have watched it - it's one of the most satisfying things ever. That's a huge downside of leather seats - they're not as easy to clean like good old velour. They look brand new when cleaned. Great video Matt!
I like the modern faux leather aka vinyl. Needs only a damp cloth to clean.
Superb Matt. Fascinating to see this Mondeo's journey, having owned two mk 2's myself, a 1.8(verona) similar this, followed by an R reg 2.5Si. She was a beast 🙂Thank you for such interesting viewing.
Getting addicted to this Mondeo Mk2.
In a true soap opera style, the twist with the relay surprised us all. I'm still waiting, though, for the evil twin brother to show up and state that he's the father!
Hans 'Vectra' Remoray!
I'm sure I read in the manual for my 1980s Jag that you should clean the headliner with neat alcohol, which kills the germs and lifts stains without wetting
Would you think about removing the seats and cleaning all the carpets? It should be a lot easier than the Volvo's headlining. A little Christmas project. At least it's much warmer now. ;)
I've had to deal with Ford relay issues a few times. My dad had an N-reg Mk1 Mondeo that kept flattening the battery, it turned out the relay for the radiator fan had blackened and pitted contacts inside that were sticking together, leaving the fan running all the time.
On my Mk1 Focus, the windscreen wipers wouldn't park automatically on the one-shot wipe or on the normal and fast settings, but worked fine on the intermittent setting and when washing the screen. So I swapped the wiper control relay with the one for the rear wiper - and now it works perfectly both front and rear.
Great job, Matt! That vacuum is amazing! Very worth its money if you have that many cars and are slightly disgusted by old bum stains 😅😂
I hope you will succeed with the headliner, might be better to do that inside your home because glue works a lot better at room temperature.
Yes, I will be getting my moneys worth out of this thing!
Better than Wheeler Dealers - the tension mounts as we wonder whether the Mondeo will be sold at the end. Keep up the suspense!
I love this, I spent 3 months chasing a 3 cylinder misfire. Was a simple 10amp fuse that blew but slightly worked still
I've just remembered how much I like these old Mondeos.
Loving this, a friends dad had a 2.0 si in that colour on a T plate. Takes me back 😂
I love the fact I found your first Mondeo video earlier this evening, subscribed halfway though the first video and now already caught up. Such a bonus to get another video *this evening*! Brings back so many memories of my Dad having the V6 version Ford did of this car so Mondeos of this era have a wee special place in my heart. Love the content/style of the videos. Thanks!
Matt, love the show and thank you for another fantastic year.
I fixed my headliner with a syringe on a trim adhesive aerosol can. Worked perfectly and has lasted 5 years. However some areas need to be glued twice or even 3 times. In my case brake cleaner cleaned up glue stains in the fabric.
Very happy you have now resolved the starting issue good luck with the MOT in the new Year
My son is driving my old mondeo 98 on an R plate with face lift. Annoyingly someone walk out in front of him so had some one rear end him. ASAP will sort that out. brilliant cars really reliable, can't wait for the headlining as we keep putting that off and if anyone can enlighten me on how easy it is to fix vacumn switch for heater Enjoying the series, don't want to cause you problems but I would keep it,hide it in the barn
Keep up the videos, great content, this car is what made me aware of your channel, really interesting, you don’t fill your videos with time lapse or miss vital steps, cracking!
Well done for solving the misery starting problem !... Who would have thought it's a bad relay !... Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2023 and more future videos - I just love watching a bit of furiousdriving ! 👍👍👍👍👍
That headlinings fooked now.
You only need a damp cloth to wipe clean
Great to see this excellent classic of the Repmobile era revived... sad to see what a ridiculous indulgent unsellable barge the last Mondeos turned into...
If not commented already, always put the bad part back in to see if the fault returns, granted if the suspect part is intermittent it can confuse matters but always worth a shot.
Super as always Matt! I may well have a selection of relays that I grabbed from the scrapyard over the years. All will be Ford parts as well 🙂. I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same colour as my last Mondeo which is "State Blue"......I had trouble getting hold of the paint so grab it if you see it! Hycote was the best.....but use sparingly! Merry Christmas fellow Mondeo fans!
Good job Matt on upholstery and yeah have a Bissell myself 👌🏻 works great. Shame about head liner 😞 but please don’t watch Hubnuts 2 or 3 attempts at fitting a new one lol 😂 or your be there till next Christmas 🎄.
Another fantastic episode Matt. Really pleased you figured out the fuel pump power issue! 😀
Enjoying this series alot, my dad had a mondeo very similar and I always loved it. Very under appreciated cars. Glad to see it's getting all it needs. Great work.
I was screaming at the screen when I was watching you that headlining. Lightly spray with APC and wipe with a microfibre. Any detailer will tell you that, especially on older cars.