1987 Ford sierra mk2 3 door

[ianlea73]

OK call me stupid but I think it's fixed!
I hadn't buttoned everything up & a few things were loose to test. Also the breather pipe from the rocker cover filler to the airbox pipe was perished so I intended to replace it.
I refitted that pipe & it started & ran no problem!! I thought it was just a vent pipe?

[ianlea73]

Now the engines running I can carry on with the stripdown. I've got a polybush kit & subframe mounts for the rear so I always planned to strip the whole rear end off the car. I started today by pulling the halfshafts & dropped out the diff.
The cv boots need doing anyway so I thought to help with the weight it would be easier to drop the diff.












I'm going to remove the diff cover & check the actual diff gears tomorrow.

[ianlea73]

Gave the diff a quick scrape & wire brush, it looks like the driveshaft seals have left all their grease on this thing. Also the output seals looked a bit tatty, so I'll replace those too.
Diff is the factory 3.92 so it's good to know it's not been messed with.
CROWN wheel looked really clean so other than a clean & new seals I'm not touching this thing.

[ianlea73]

Does anybody have experience about Sierra's?
I pulled the driveshafts yesterday to inspect & measure to find I have excessive slop in rotation. I cut the inner rubber boot off one side & what looked like treacle came out! According to haynes it should be disulphide grease.
I'm going to assume the original grease got very hot & turned to liquid eventually killing my inner & outer joints?

Here's a pic of the diff cover all cleaned up.

[ianlea73]

Pulled the front wheels off, removed the arch liners & checked the condition of the chassis rails, strut inners & inner wings. Took some pics of the polybushes that have already been done & the condition of the brakes. Soooo much rust!!!
























I then pulled the rear brakes apart again & removed the backplates to clear them up.

[ianlea73]

We're heading back to the UK this weekend so the sierra project will be on hold until next year. I'll be buying parts to bring back ready to rebuild it quite quickly. I plan on rear end complete rebuild. Underseal the chassis, some more engine work & fixing the front bumper.


So back to England onto the ltd.

forum.retro-rides.org/thread/226482/ford-foxbody-mustang-american-sedan

[ianlea73]

My mate did a thing with photo bucket & modified the old sierra.
He removed the door strips, lowered & changed the wheels to anthracite.

[stealthstylz]

Crazy how good condition it's in. Looks to be a better shell than those new old stock Cossie shells that come up for sale every so often.

[ianlea73]

Nov 15, 2024 22:03:13 GMT stealthstylz said:

Crazy how good condition it's in. Looks to be a better shell than those new old stock Cossie shells that come up for sale every so often.

Thank you. I've had loads of projects over the years & this is easily the best shell I've ever owned.

[bobsyouruncle1993]

Lovely car, so clean!

[Ritchie]

I remember seeing a lot of these sierras in Spain years ago, are there still quite a few about? What sort of prices are they?

[ianlea73]

There's a few on ebay.es, not 3 door though. They vary in price massively.