The Pony Car - Ford Fiesta 1.6 SXi 2009 (Pre-Tamed Beast)

[mayankdixit]

They could've listed it amongst routine replacement parts and set a service interval, like every 3-4 years. They even got inspection of number plate foam pads in their service chart, but missed out something critical like this.

Ford had a massive recall in US for failing shifter bush, but that was a different design came after this and had a more failure rate.

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In EcoSport, they ditched the idea of bush and introduced the terminal.

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It looks like the bush is still inside the shifter fork in yellow picture.
Doesn't look like it's a single piece. It might be more sturdy than before.

 

[deville_56]

It looks like the bush is still inside the shifter fork in yellow picture.
Doesn't look like it's a single piece. It might be more sturdy than before.

Cable end goes in and locked by another yellow clip. Seems better than the bush.

 

[deville_56]

August 2022 - Fuel Filter Replacment

Long pending replacement.

Fuel Filter Assembly - 2S6Z-9155-A - ₹ 469.00 + ₹ 35.00 shipping (Boodmo)

Multiple part numbers, as usual. 2S6Z-9155-A and 2S69-9155-AB

The fuel filter assembly.

Made by UFI

IN/OUT/Direction of flow clearly marked. No room for error.

The filter sits in front of the fuel tank. Got to free up other lines to pull out the filter. All three of them neatly tuck into the clamp.

Needed some clean up and extra effort to disconnect the fuel line as it was all stuck with dirt.

Installed new filter and fixed everything back in order.

Debris from old filter. History of previous filter unknown.

Hardened up and cracked like the Rann of Kutch.

 

[deville_56]

September-October 2022 Updates

Condition of air filter at 12k km. Can't imagine stretching this to recommended interval of 20k km.

Not much dirt in throttle body.

@mayankdixit Routing of air intake. Starts from the rear side of the headlight and take a right and left to reach the filter box.

The hole behind the grill is just dummy.

Took the car to Auto Engineers, where we used to go during initial ownership of Estilo for a general checkup for an anticipated trip, just because they accept credit card . Did top-ups and brake pad replacement.

Rane brake pads.

Bill split-up:

Parts:
Brake Pad - Rane RBL/DP/008 R812M - ₹ 1,942.00
Brake Fluid - 200 ml - ₹ 84.00
Coolant Red - 250 ml - ₹ 75.00
Power Steering Fluid - 100 ml - ₹ 42.00
Distilled Water - 500 ml - ₹ 17.00

Labour:
Brake Overhaul - ₹ 750.00
Caliper Shimming - ₹ 450.00
General Checkup - ₹ 500.00
Plus 18% GST for labour.

Total - ₹ 4166.00

Bought the same magnetic holder as Beat's. Batman was primarily to distract the kid.

Mobile Holder - MGP 990J0-M-999L1-520 - ₹ 335.00

And the famous Ecstar Windscreen Wash Concentrate - ₹ 17.00