New Here - New Puma!

[Sparks]

If you are asking for a service and paying for it, I'm not seeing your dealers problem...They can't say, 'No we aren't going to do it'. So, I'd just book it in and tell them what you want rather than asking them...
I'd also consider changing dealers. In fact, if I'd bought a used Puma I wouldn't have it serviced at the dealers, there are better options out there for some.

[Mike]

I’m new to the forum although this my 3rd puma, the first was a 20 plate 155mhev which was nothing but trouble and still isn’t fixed then a courtesy 125 and just bought 22 plate 155 mhev with 10k, here’s my question, its just gone 2 years old but ford say it doesn’t need its first service yet as its not done 18k and probably won’t for another year but ford say 2 years or 18k whichever comes first. Are they just trying to save money? I’m quite happy to argue with them as I’ve already been a pain in their backside, what’s everyone’s view on this? Should I have insisted on a service? I haven’t picked the car up until later.

regardless of who is paying it is 2yrs or 18k, if you miss a service they could invalidate the warranty.

[Mike]

Is it a full fat 200 1.5 ST? The gear change is a bit baulky if you’re aggressive with it, that’s the way they are and no ford garage can do anything about, nor will they. They get better with a few miles. You do realise the Puma is a mk8 Fiesta underneath! But disagree with you about that, mk8 Fiesta is far better than a MK7 in every respect.

Oh yes, it's the full fat ST. TBH, I wasnt going to get it, until I found out it's last petrol only. So I thought, I have always wanted an ST, now or never.

I think I may have confused Mk7/Mk8. We had two Fiesta Vingale's, before the final model, to which we had to switch to a Titanium Vignale, which i think turned into 'X'. The Titanium one, was missing a lof luxury in the previous cars. The leather seats (best seats, leather dash and all round quality feel. Plus the power fold wing mirrors went, one shot down windows, nearly all went and the build quality felt worse, felt like it was stripped down before ending production.

Hello and welcome, you need to get the Orion back on the road.

If your having the gearchange looked at i would be asking about the door trim gap

Yep going in on Tuesday, will get the trim done then as well

That would take a lot of work and I mean a lot! I was hoping to sell it to a collector at somepoint, I think there is only a handful left. Bit of rust ont he wheel arches, but the rest of the body work is pretty clean, although could do with a respray as the bonnet paint did peel off. It's pretty unique, as it did have a non-write off front end accident at one point, not bad, but they changed the front grill to the the later version, which looks nicer and I guess makes it the only one with that potentially! It was my dads pride and joy!

Just drove the Puma home, it does feel great to drive, although I am not having lots of fun yet as I am keeping it under 4k revs until i pass the 1k miles mark. I quite like the steering wheel, it reminds me of the steering whell in the Orion!

even if you could get it running it will probably be worth more, if its sat for a while it will probably need all belts, fluids and a fresh fuel supply since the tank will probably be rusty. at least you could work on your orion without needing a computer to fix it. I would love getting stuck into that if i had the time/ space.

[Rizmo]

Like I said before body rust is the killer. I would be looking to cure that first. Surface rust is only part of the problem with 80's Ford's. I loved my Orion. 30 plus mpg, didn't use oil and always started first time.

[OrionPuma]

I have taken a look underneath and it still looks pretty good. However, the whole thing will need to be stripped down engine wise. As you said, new fluids, tyres, brakes, new fuel tank, new brake lines, I mean the whole thing will need re-doing over time. I'd love to have her running again. To top that, a respray in black! She's been garaged for 20 years! In the country, there are 4 taxed and 26 sorn, not sure how many of the sorns were garaged, but not many left indeed! Funny thing is, there used to be a guy about 15 mins from me (who sadly moved), and I never actually knocked on the door who had 2 running, so I guess 2 of those taxed were his!

[4251]

I have taken a look underneath and it still looks pretty good. However, the whole thing will need to be stripped down engine wise. As you said, new fluids, tyres, brakes, new fuel tank, new brake lines, I mean the whole thing will need re-doing over time. I'd love to have her running again. To top that, a respray in black! She's been garaged for 20 years! In the country, there are 4 taxed and 26 sorn, not sure how many of the sorns were garaged, but not many left indeed! Funny thing is, there used to be a guy about 15 mins from me (who sadly moved), and I never actually knocked on the door who had 2 running, so I guess 2 of those taxed were his!

Which model Orion exactly are you talking about? Had a few, best was my 88 Ghia injection. Would have thought plenty still around but they don’t attract very good values unfortunately so not on many collectors target list, they are usually pretty cheap when they appear at Mathewsons, MK3/4 Escorts do better but they are still no investment. MK 1or 2 different story!

The CVH is a decent strong engine, bad for valve seal failure (cloud of smoke starting) and the distributers stick on advance causing engine to turn over very slowly.

[Sparks]

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be...

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