mk 1 escort front strut

[Dave Adams]

To night going overa speed hump my drivers side strut spring seat disintergrated so my sierra is off the road until i can replace it.....any one got one please?

[Dave Adams]

From what i understand they are 1300 e struts with discs......

[Adrian Southgate]

Err... I seem to remember having a set in my lock up, not sure if they are escort or early cortina but they are in poor condition and free to a good home if you want to come and collect Dave.

[Dave Adams]

Thanks adrian i may well be in touch.....i don't know where i am working tomorrow i may also have some from danny bosworth i have to talk to him.....it is likely i may have to replace both struts hubs and calipers as 1300e parts are not interchangeable on later cars aparently..

[Dave Adams]

Some pics of the strut....

[Dave Adams]

Hope this works....from my phone...

[Dave Adams]

Nope my new toy is a LG Optimus 2X very nice phone. more powerful than my old (4 years old) laptop...

[Dave Adams]

Its been a daily driver for the last few years......i drovevit back from oxford at 70(ish) .....

[Dave Adams]

I was very surprised it drives very nicely and handles very well. very surprising actually. but then the escorts were very good in that department.

[Dave Adams]

Here is another of my strut....you can see where I am at. It may repair if I can make a spring seat the insert comes out.

[Dave Taylor]

OMG did you not check it over when you got it? You were lucky not to injure yourself ,or worse wreck the car!!!

[Dave Taylor]

Dave try these guys, lots of stock and price is good

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[Dave Adams]

The car was very cheap ...very....so I didn't even check it over it came t+t and was a daily driver....on the way home I might have touched 80mph for a while, as I said it drove very well.
I think I can weld a new spring seat on the leg and then look to reconning some struts from either Danny or Adrian. The discs are only 8.5" in size so are hard to find......