Routine maintenance and servicing
This Chapter is designed to help the home mechanic maintain his/her vehicle for safety, economy, long life and peak performance.
The Chapter contains a master maintenance schedule, followed by Sections dealing specifically with each task on the schedule. Visual checks, adjustments, component renewal and other helpful items are included. Refer to the accompanying illustrations of the engine compartment and the underside of the vehicle for the locations of the various components.
See also:
Instrument panel components - removal and refitting
1 Remove the instrument panel.
Panel illumination and warning
lamp bulbs
2 Twist the relevant bulbholder anticlockwise
and withdraw it from the printed
circuit board on the rear of the instrument ...
Exhaust emission control system components - removal and
refitting
Carburettor engines
Spark delay/sustain valve
Removal
1 Disconnect the vacuum lines at the valve
and remove the valve from the engine.
Refitting
2 When refitting a spark delay valve it must
be ...
Hydraulic unit pressure switch (ABS) - removal and refitting
Note: To remove the pressure switch from the
hydraulic unit in situ, Ford tool No 12-008 or a
locally made equivalent will be required. The
switch may be removed without special tools
after removi ...
