Im so glad an American audience gets to see the sierra cosworth. Back when I was younger there was this and the ford fiesta rs turbo , then the golf gti and the Peugeot 205 gti 1.9. No back lane in England was safe.
Can’t believe you lucky bastards got these and the fiesta. You also get a bunch of the badass Audi RS cars we don’t get. When I travel to Europe, they bitch that they don’t get vehicles like the Ford Raptor or Super Snake Cobra mustangs. Everyone gets shafted somehow at the whim of vehicle manufacturers.
Johnny, you are by far my favourite youtube mechanic, and I love your no-nonsense attitude and straight-to-business! By the way, I want to congratulate you in advance for when you reach 100k which will be very soon!.👍🌟💯
I've been watching for over a year and just realized i wasn't subscribed... there's +1! Glad to still have something to watch from this group of people. Hope Hoovie isn't getting out of the game.
Hey guys, I hope and pray everything is well and good with all of you. You are missed, but we also understand that you have a business and families. Take care and love to you all.
That pulling to the left you noticed: check the rear swing arm bushings 'cos these are known to fail. Cossies have spherical bearings on these, so there should be no give. Also, check the rear calipers for binding. Likewise, a known failure point on these and can cause pulling when you get of the throttle.
Its a standard sierra rack not a cosworth one hence why they had to hack the link, the actual problem is they did no use the correct pigtail hose from the reservoir and the wrong fluid. They now know this now but deleted my advice instead.
Tech tip when you pulled the lines and letting the fluid drain, you can use orange foam ear plugs from harbor freight to stop the leak temporarily. Pinch the tips and shove them into the hole and let it expand and plug.
as someone who's changed a rack or 2 on a sierra, you should have taken the upper bolt out on the intermediate shaft further up to make it easier to remove and align on the splines again but seeing as you cut and shut that shaft, try finding a replacement, they are almost impossible but good luck edited to add tha the 3 door has different geometry to the normal sierras due to the hubs having different heights
That always important verification before tear down. Wish I could say that I always do that but sadly I have had to reinstall the old parts and wait for correct ones to ship.
Good catch. That will cause a push to the left in this case. Something is either bent or worn causing the pull. If it were me I would have reinstalled the old part until the new one arrived. I have a classic European car and getting parts can be a real pain. Wish the team all the best.
It's been over 20 years since I messed around with a ford sierra, I remember setting the preload with shims on the splined shaft, I thought there was some difference between the 2.9 4x4, the 2.0 4x4 and the Cosworth, should have just swapped the splined shaft, unless it's just a rack that fits, rather than the right one, harder now to get the right spares.
Joys of working on old cars. I wanted to replace A-Arm bushings on my 91 Jaguar ''XJ40'' Sovereign and it looks like I had received the wrong parts. Things that you only realize when everything is already apart.
Very cool..I can remember having the steering rack replaced on my Xr4Ti back in the day. Even MANY years ago the parts were hard to get. I can't even imagine what it is like now.
Good Guy always be sure you have 100% the correct part. Nothing more fustrating then getting into a repair and discover you have the wrong part. Sometimes a big hammer, duct tape and zip ties can resolve incorrect parts!!!
What’s happening with young John, is he on holidays or did he leave? I also couldn’t believe mike left the wizard. Great video Ben, you should be on camera more often, your a natural on video.
On the older GM cars, I would use the caster angle to work the pulling one way issue. It is not a tire wear contributor, just trips up the alignment guys, so always let them know first! Still enjoy watching mechs, but I have gotten too old to bend Snap-On tools!!!
I had an ‘86 XR4Ti new back in the day. It was fun(ish) but would have killed for that Cosworth engine vs the single cam Ford 2.3 turbo with no intercooler. Would heat soak in no time and you could feel the power drop away. So close to good, but so far.
I like Ben, he is good in front of the camera (the younger generation is more attuned to it I suppose). As your viewers consider you guys a part of the family after some time, I would be interested to know why John left. I hope it was on good terms.
in the 1980s when I was at school so many dads used to work in the Dagenham factory putting these cars together - they used to make 40 to 50 cars an hour on one production line. To make the car paint better they used the charge the car up to 25,000 volts taken from the phase power balance capacitors of the site
hurting my soul this, the clamp at the top of the shaft will allow it to move enough to get the rack on, Fitted hundreds of sierra, Granada etc racks when I was on the spanners
@01:08 '...took the tyres off... ' NO! You took the WHEELS off. Jonny, this guy needs some schoolin'. And I ain't buying any Snap-On junk, this guy's already got a toolbox full of broken stuff...
You guys need to contact the god of Cosworth Paul Linfoot Racing UK, he's on UA-cam! He's the guy to go to for ANYTHING Ford Sierra Cosworth, or ANYTHING Cosworth for that matter. If he doesn't have the part you need no one will. And what he doesn't know about them isn't worth knowing!!!
isnt it kinda bad they had to cut the intermediate shaft? what if he wants to fit an oem rack in the future? then its definitely not gonna fit anymore.
Pull is what happens when you step on the brake pedal and you feel it through the steering wheel pulling the car to one side or the other. What was occurring when you were driving was drift. You have to use terms correctly or it becomes much harder to repair the problem.
For Ben - Around 1990 I had my 79 Chrysler Cordova in the shop to replace the shackles for the rear leaf springs. These long, U-shaped metal brackets had rusted out. The mechanic's 5/8" Snap-on socket split when he was removing the first of 8 nuts (4 on each shackle) from the big U-shaped brackets that held the rear axle to the shackle. He didn't want to risk breaking his only other 5/8" socket because their Snap-on rep wasn't going to be in for another 4-5 days. Fortunately for me I had my zippered pouch of CRAFTSMAN tools with & he was able to remove the remaining 7 nuts with my CRAFTSMAN socket. The socket & nuts were too warm to hold with your bare hands when he finished removing the other 7 nuts, so after letting them cool down he re-installed the 8 nuts on the new shackles & I was on my way. It's too bad that Craftsman tools quality went down the tubes with the rest of Sears as those tools were the best. I have a few odds & ends tools I've found over the years on the side of the road while on my early morning bicycle rides - like smaller Snap-on combo wrenches & sockets & some SK Wayne tools like smaller sockets & a Phillip's screwdriver that is my favorite screwdriver. Do you have any MAC branded tools? If so, how is the quality of the MAC brand ?? Good luck with your Snap-on ratchets!!!
Had a '75 ford bronco and the steering wheel would not return to center. Turned out an old steering arm would flex. reinforced it and the problem was gone. A pipe and some welding.
This shouldn't be hard says every mechanic in the world. I would have thought you would measure the rack end to end so the new rack would be the same length.
if it pulls to the left might be tyres fault, if you try to put the left one on the right and vice versa the car might go straight or pull to the right, if so it's def. the tyres
I think Johnny just isn't used to old cars with very little castor angle to auto-center the wheel - he's really young but anyone who grew up driving old cars will remember having to "reset" the wheel after every corner.
@@Beer_Dad1975 ninja too said the car had troubles having the wheel self centering after corners so they replaced the steering rack in the first place, but with that caster it's kinda obv it has problems self centering, probably one wheel is further than the other, and probably needs some other part replacing
Am I missing something here? If you've cut the intermediate shaft as a temporary measure until the correct rack arrives, then the intermediate shaft will then be too short once you have the correct rack surely?
Hmm dont like this at all, surely thats a rack from a standard Sierra model and not a cosworth? Surely the ratio is incorrect too if thats the case. Also surely the power steering fluid should be nice old fashioned red ATF too, its an old car.
Same body. In the UK, and Europe, the Merkur XR4ti was the Sierra XR4i, though they had different engines. The XR4i had a 2.8ltr N/A V6, whilst the Merkur had a 2.3ltr turbocharged in-line 4 unit
These are going through the roof,a RS 500 just sold for $550,000,thesevare the same body,just a few racing parts under the hood,tey had to make 500 of them so they could race them,most parts for these cars are not made anymore,i would be shocked if there are new ones,if they are the price will be through the roof.
Is the cosworth the engine difference and it’s called a Sierra? Because I had this car but called a Merkur XR4Ti and it had the 2.3L turbo motor that they used in the thunderbird turbo coupes and some mustangs. Was a cool little car, unfortunately I only had it for a short time and the clutch was on its way out so on full accel after like 2-3 gear it would slip taking the fun edge off the power acceleration.
Sierra was the overall range of the model (including the ordinary versions of it) and Cosworth was the company that developed the 2-litre engine and its cylinder head and turbocharging for the top model Sierra RS Cosworth. Our Sierra XR4i and XR4x4 (preceding and later sitting below the Sierra RS Cosworth in the range) had naturally aspirated 2.8/2.9 litre V6s as their best engines. Ordinary Sierras went down to sub-2-litre naturally aspirated engines and there were Diesels and station wagons etc.
Typical bad day: wrong part, broken tools... Anyway, Good on you adapting to any weird situation with a smile.
Snap-on, over priced crap.
Ben: Thanks dad. Johnny - Welcome, son 😎💪🏻🫡 I like those kinds of small things. Made me smile.
Ben has the right attitude: better safe than sorry on disconnecting the battery.
I love the gorgeous Cossie juxtaposed with hoovie’s dumpster goblin X6 in the background.
Im so glad an American audience gets to see the sierra cosworth. Back when I was younger there was this and the ford fiesta rs turbo , then the golf gti and the Peugeot 205 gti 1.9. No back lane in England was safe.
Can’t believe you lucky bastards got these and the fiesta. You also get a bunch of the badass Audi RS cars we don’t get.
When I travel to Europe, they bitch that they don’t get vehicles like the Ford Raptor or Super Snake Cobra mustangs.
Everyone gets shafted somehow at the whim of vehicle manufacturers.
Johnny, you are by far my favourite youtube mechanic, and I love your no-nonsense attitude and straight-to-business! By the way, I want to congratulate you in advance for when you reach 100k which will be very soon!.👍🌟💯
I've been watching for over a year and just realized i wasn't subscribed... there's +1!
Glad to still have something to watch from this group of people. Hope Hoovie isn't getting out of the game.
@@tylerniday8935. Lol 😆 👍
@@tylerniday8935 I could have sworn I was subscribed, but today UA-cam was showing that I wasn’t.
Where did you go jhonny? Waiting on a new video. Really enjoy these
Haven't seen an episode in a month. I really rely on you for tips on my BMW troubleshooting. Hope you will be back soon.....
Hey guys, I hope and pray everything is well and good with all of you. You are missed, but we also understand that you have a business and families. Take care and love to you all.
Johnny you are a good man. Great episode , cool to hear you called dad.
It's a team effort. :-) Good to see Ben in front of the camera. ;-)
Not sure I'd be sitting in that rare Recaro seat with mechanics overalls on and no seat cover!
Love this shop. Professional and honest. The way it should be.
That pulling to the left you noticed: check the rear swing arm bushings 'cos these are known to fail. Cossies have spherical bearings on these, so there should be no give. Also, check the rear calipers for binding. Likewise, a known failure point on these and can cause pulling when you get of the throttle.
Its a standard sierra rack not a cosworth one hence why they had to hack the link, the actual problem is they did no use the correct pigtail hose from the reservoir and the wrong fluid. They now know this now but deleted my advice instead.
Brings back memories as my neighbour had one, but hardly ever took it out in case it was stolen ,as his step son had car shop mods were done
Tech tip when you pulled the lines and letting the fluid drain, you can use orange foam ear plugs from harbor freight to stop the leak temporarily. Pinch the tips and shove them into the hole and let it expand and plug.
It helps not to have to pinch the hose with pliers 👍🏻
I like to let it dump, then you always start fresh. Annoying yes, but good piece of mind for me. But I will use this tip for other lines.
Be sure to remover the orange plugs from your ears first!
as someone who's changed a rack or 2 on a sierra, you should have taken the upper bolt out on the intermediate shaft further up to make it easier to remove and align on the splines again
but seeing as you cut and shut that shaft, try finding a replacement, they are almost impossible
but good luck
edited to add tha the 3 door has different geometry to the normal sierras due to the hubs having different heights
That always important verification before tear down. Wish I could say that I always do that but sadly I have had to reinstall the old parts and wait for correct ones to ship.
Pulls left and has doesn’t want to return to center? Did you see the LF wheel has only 1° of caster?!? RF has 4.5° according to your video clip. 👀
Good catch. That will cause a push to the left in this case. Something is either bent or worn causing the pull. If it were me I would have reinstalled the old part until the new one arrived. I have a classic European car and getting parts can be a real pain. Wish the team all the best.
It's been a while Jonny, where are you?
It's been over 20 years since I messed around with a ford sierra, I remember setting the preload with shims on the splined shaft, I thought there was some difference between the 2.9 4x4, the 2.0 4x4 and the Cosworth, should have just swapped the splined shaft, unless it's just a rack that fits, rather than the right one, harder now to get the right spares.
I was thinking the same, perhaps even a difference between the 3dr & the Sapphire 4dr 2wd & 4wd?
Joys of working on old cars. I wanted to replace A-Arm bushings on my 91 Jaguar ''XJ40'' Sovereign and it looks like I had received the wrong parts. Things that you only realize when everything is already apart.
Very cool..I can remember having the steering rack replaced on my Xr4Ti back in the day. Even MANY years ago the parts were hard to get. I can't even imagine what it is like now.
Very good parts supply for Cossies.
Burton Power in the UK do left and right hand drive parts, also shipping
In the states these were Merkur XR4TI I had an 87' model and loved it! One of the best German made ford's that got me hooked on German cars!
Not the same engine in the XR4TI's as the Sierra Cosworth's.
Enjoyed the video. Ben is great! Thanks for the content!
What happend with car ninja, saw him on hoovise but its been a long time now and no video?
We took some time off...new videos are in the works.
Just glad that you are doing well, miss your videos. Cant wait to see next.
You have been missed
Good Guy always be sure you have 100% the correct part. Nothing more fustrating then getting into a repair and discover you have the wrong part. Sometimes a big hammer, duct tape and zip ties can resolve incorrect parts!!!
Very good video Ben!!
Thumbs up 👍👍
What’s happening with young John, is he on holidays or did he leave? I also couldn’t believe mike left the wizard. Great video Ben, you should be on camera more often, your a natural on video.
Is that Hoovies X6 HoS in the back ground? Thought Ninja had dumped that outside??
Clearly you didn't watch to the end.
On the older GM cars, I would use the caster angle to work the pulling one way issue. It is not a tire wear contributor, just trips up the alignment guys, so always let them know first! Still enjoy watching mechs, but I have gotten too old to bend Snap-On tools!!!
We miss Your Videos!! We Hope you can come back soon - I've watched all your shorts :)
I had an ‘86 XR4Ti new back in the day. It was fun(ish) but would have killed for that Cosworth engine vs the single cam Ford 2.3 turbo with no intercooler. Would heat soak in no time and you could feel the power drop away. So close to good, but so far.
really impressed with the steering tracking tool, and shortening / rewelding the steering shaft isn't the easiest thing to do - great work
I like Ben, he is good in front of the camera (the younger generation is more attuned to it I suppose). As your viewers consider you guys a part of the family after some time, I would be interested to know why John left. I hope it was on good terms.
in the 1980s when I was at school so many dads used to work in the Dagenham factory putting these cars together - they used to make 40 to 50 cars an hour on one production line.
To make the car paint better they used the charge the car up to 25,000 volts taken from the phase power balance capacitors of the site
You shortened the intermediate shaft to fit the rack, but when you install the correct rack, won't that shaft be too short?
New shaft not a new rack
@Car Ninja oh! 😆
You don't trust your welding job, Jonny? 😆 😆
Its the wrong replacement rack, I already told them that and why,.
hurting my soul this, the clamp at the top of the shaft will allow it to move enough to get the rack on, Fitted hundreds of sierra, Granada etc racks when I was on the spanners
@01:08 '...took the tyres off... ' NO! You took the WHEELS off. Jonny, this guy needs some schoolin'. And I ain't buying any Snap-On junk, this guy's already got a toolbox full of broken stuff...
You guys need to contact the god of Cosworth Paul Linfoot Racing UK, he's on UA-cam! He's the guy to go to for ANYTHING Ford Sierra Cosworth, or ANYTHING Cosworth for that matter. If he doesn't have the part you need no one will. And what he doesn't know about them isn't worth knowing!!!
No appologies young man your the greatist . Happy trails
isnt it kinda bad they had to cut the intermediate shaft? what if he wants to fit an oem rack in the future? then its definitely not gonna fit anymore.
Pull is what happens when you step on the brake pedal and you feel it through the steering wheel pulling the car to one side or the other. What was occurring when you were driving was drift. You have to use terms correctly or it becomes much harder to repair the problem.
I've heard thousands of people say "pull" for car veering during acceleration
Such a nice "easy" job that was, just like Ben said at the beginning.
More videos with Ben! Such a great personality.
There is, of course, no point in "rebuilding" another rack with a shorter pinion shaft, since you have shortened the steering column link!
7:28 Is that a split bushing? Not so nice.
For Ben - Around 1990 I had my 79 Chrysler Cordova in the shop to replace the shackles for the rear leaf springs. These long, U-shaped metal brackets had rusted out. The mechanic's 5/8" Snap-on socket split when he was removing the first of 8 nuts (4 on each shackle) from the big U-shaped brackets that held the rear axle to the shackle. He didn't want to risk breaking his only other 5/8" socket because their Snap-on rep wasn't going to be in for another 4-5 days. Fortunately for me I had my zippered pouch of CRAFTSMAN tools with & he was able to remove the remaining 7 nuts with my CRAFTSMAN socket. The socket & nuts were too warm to hold with your bare hands when he finished removing the other 7 nuts, so after letting them cool down he re-installed the 8 nuts on the new shackles & I was on my way. It's too bad that Craftsman tools quality went down the tubes with the rest of Sears as those tools were the best. I have a few odds & ends tools I've found over the years on the side of the road while on my early morning bicycle rides - like smaller Snap-on combo wrenches & sockets & some SK Wayne tools like smaller sockets & a Phillip's screwdriver that is my favorite screwdriver. Do you have any MAC branded tools? If so, how is the quality of the MAC brand ?? Good luck with your Snap-on ratchets!!!
Great job .. great car 👍🏻
lol!!! Ben is such a character! Surprised the comments are read! And yes, the video is great!
Had a '75 ford bronco and the steering wheel would not return to center. Turned out an old steering arm would flex. reinforced it and the problem was gone. A pipe and some welding.
Sweet cosworth Sierra. Johnny should be the only one working on that
Why? From what I'd seen Ben did a good job. No corners cut, did not rush, ask for an extra hand when needed.
6:31 I gave it the full send, broke the tip and it's a like bent that way 🤣
That caster was way off lol
I really like the Matco ratchet myself but the snapon is nice
I think Johnny is not used to old cars with almost no castor angle to auto-center the wheel.
Enjoyed that video a lot.
Why not reinstall the original steering rack and wait for proper rack? Why align the front end again. Wait for new proper rack.
This shouldn't be hard says every mechanic in the world. I would have thought you would measure the rack end to end so the new rack would be the same length.
What happened to John?
@@nancyfugate2914 please do tell
What happened to the other mechanic John I think his name was?
Great job Ben!
if it pulls to the left might be tyres fault, if you try to put the left one on the right and vice versa the car might go straight or pull to the right, if so it's def. the tyres
I think Johnny just isn't used to old cars with very little castor angle to auto-center the wheel - he's really young but anyone who grew up driving old cars will remember having to "reset" the wheel after every corner.
@@Beer_Dad1975 ninja too said the car had troubles having the wheel self centering after corners so they replaced the steering rack in the first place, but with that caster it's kinda obv it has problems self centering, probably one wheel is further than the other, and probably needs some other part replacing
Mac’s hose pliers are way better. I just have a bunch of the small ones because I find they’re the most convenient.
Where is your garage located?
That PS fluid looks...weird? Thick??
Am I missing something here? If you've cut the intermediate shaft as a temporary measure until the correct rack arrives, then the intermediate shaft will then be too short once you have the correct rack surely?
New shorter shaft, not a new rack.
BMW M42 good engine ninja?
Hmm dont like this at all, surely thats a rack from a standard Sierra model and not a cosworth? Surely the ratio is incorrect too if thats the case. Also surely the power steering fluid should be nice old fashioned red ATF too, its an old car.
What happened Wolf Boy?
I don't have that information.
Reminds me of a Merkur XR4ti
Same body. In the UK, and Europe, the Merkur XR4ti was the Sierra XR4i, though they had different engines. The XR4i had a 2.8ltr N/A V6, whilst the Merkur had a 2.3ltr turbocharged in-line 4 unit
@@rogershore7189 the xr4i/merkur has a different shell with 6 side windows instead of the 4 the cosworth has.
If the Snap-On truck breaks down offer to fix it for $50/week for two years. See what happens...
Did he loose the other mechanic?
* lose. Yes Johnny said in the comments of the previous video "He is no longer employed here" or WTTE.
we need more car ninja!
You don’t see any on the roads in the U.K. now they started to disappear in the late 90s
ALWAYS MATCH-UP REPLACEMENT PARTS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION !!!!!!!
Damn... I want this car... Can I buy it off your friend?
12:30 🤔15:15 Huh?? Did you just contradict yourself? Or, was this video shot over multiple days?
Yeah. That wasn't shot in one day
Did Jon leave ?
Was the ford Sierra cosworth made in Germany or Britain?
Rheine, Germany but the Engine was done in the UK at the cosworth factory.
its funny watching yanks work on European cars,
Neither, Belgium at the Genk factory.
@@lvthud indeed sorry i put the Escort cosworth
It was assembled in Belgium at Genk, however the RS500 cars where sent from Belgium to Aston Martin in Tickford to be upgraded to the RS500 spec
It's probably homesick.
The "Senna" steering shaft mod.
Ben's a great presenter. Let's see more from him in the future.
Paul Linfoot here on YT knows more about these than Ford ever did.
you cut the steal imperfect.that s why left(and the twist is not perfect.).that weld can stand power,from that machine.
ya cool to watch a lot better than that other guy.
These are going through the roof,a RS 500 just sold for $550,000,thesevare the same body,just a few racing parts under the hood,tey had to make 500 of them so they could race them,most parts for these cars are not made anymore,i would be shocked if there are new ones,if they are the price will be through the roof.
£550.000 UK pounds.
Beautiful Cossy
Is the cosworth the engine difference and it’s called a Sierra? Because I had this car but called a Merkur XR4Ti and it had the 2.3L turbo motor that they used in the thunderbird turbo coupes and some mustangs. Was a cool little car, unfortunately I only had it for a short time and the clutch was on its way out so on full accel after like 2-3 gear it would slip taking the fun edge off the power acceleration.
Sierra was the overall range of the model (including the ordinary versions of it) and Cosworth was the company that developed the 2-litre engine and its cylinder head and turbocharging for the top model Sierra RS Cosworth. Our Sierra XR4i and XR4x4 (preceding and later sitting below the Sierra RS Cosworth in the range) had naturally aspirated 2.8/2.9 litre V6s as their best engines. Ordinary Sierras went down to sub-2-litre naturally aspirated engines and there were Diesels and station wagons etc.
You have good taste.
Bets on the “temporary” short shaft become permanent?
just realized, no new ninja in a while. hope there's nothing wrong.
John quit?
"looks the same" is not the same as being the same ;-)
I hope Ben did not pad his hours working on the Johnny's pride and joy...!!!!!!!
Ninja where are you ? 😑
Hoovies not-X6M in the background....
This is what happened to Ayrton Senna :-(
Hoovies X6N in the background...
You let the Sierra get too close to Hoovie's X6. Curse by osmosis.