Recent content by paulous

Try Pumaspeed, they have a map for the DIVE ECU, you can either go to their workshop to have it done, or they'll send you their little box of tricks to do it yourself (if you leave a deposit, refundable once you return the box). The map is effectively the same as the FRP map available elsewhere...

Thanks, that's a really useful and interesting website... seems febi bilstein supply lots of Ford parts. Thanks again, I'm gonna go with the two engine mounts.

Thanks, that's great. Both of those appear on eBay at reasonable prices. Can I just check though, is the transmission mount definitely the correct one? Some of the descriptions on eBay refer to it as a right mount and others left. My car is a 2001 UK 1.7 standard right hand drive Puma...

Hi, I'm trying to fit an OMP lower strut brace (or rather my local garage are) but it's catching on the gearbox side. Previous posts on here suggest worn engine mounts as the most likely cause. I think mine are original mounts so quite likely to be the cause. My local garage say they are...

I've just fitted 20mm rear axle spacers and very pleased with the results. However I'm now thinking about the fronts. On the rears I went with axle spacers rather than hubcentric wheel spacers as that seemed like the best option, but what is the best option for the fronts?? Having trawled the...

Hi Tony, You are a legend! Great stuff. I'll go for the Escort ABS sensor, in fact I'll order that exact one you've linked to as it's seems reasonable value. I also found the posts about bolt size and tensile. Seems I need to make sure they are 10.9 tensile and for the 20mm spacers bolt length...

Hi Tony, Thanks, this is super-helpful!!! Like you I don't like the idea of hacking the sensor or the spacer so I'll probably go for the Ford escort option. Doing a quick google and eBay search for Ford 1011582 scores lots of hits so it looks like there's lots of places that sell the escort...

Hi again (sorry don't know your name!), Thanks, thats great. 20mm should be OK then. I have the correct bolts with mt 12.5mm spacers, but actually still waiting for my 20mm's to be delivered and I forgot to check if they came with bolts (they are NOS Ford items in a bag so not sure if the...

Thanks again, yes I replied before your post was re-edited. It would be nice to get a definitive answer if possible. I actually have a set of 12.5mm and a set of 20mm so could fit either, but I don't want to mess around fitting and removing, I only want to do it once! It's confusing but I...

Thanks. The only reason I was slightly worried was with mine being the later model where (apparently) the rear axel is slightly wider than the earlier models , if that's true, who knows! What years were your pumas?? Sounds like I'm probably worrying for nothing. Right now there's acres of room...

I have a late 2001 model Puma and want to fit rear axle spacers. It currently has no spacers and from what I’ve read in this forum it seems on the later models like mine Ford fitted a slightly wider rear axle and did away with the 10mm spacers that were fitted as standard to the earlier models...

I also switched the pretensioners from my Oct 2001 Puma to the Millie recaro seats I fitted. Was an easy swap. Nothing to worry about really.

You need one adaptor per seat, they're known as top hats. I also fitted millennium recaros to my 2001 but luckily mine came with the adaptors... Most do, so you've been unlucky. Search this forum for top hat and you should find some pics. I'm sure someone will sell you a set... Usually around a...

I’m planning a bit of a suspension refresh. I think my car is still on it’s original shocks and springs from 2001! So I bought these… https://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=31921&p=369282#p369282 KYB Excel G fronts, standard rears with H&R springs all round (30mm lowering). I’ve...

My car was running absolutely fine before I fitted the 4-2-1 system, which included swapping the standard cat (as it's part of the old manifold) for a sportcat slightly further down the system. It's still running 95% OK, just the strange behaviour when cruising. So surely the issue is...