Yea buddy! Loving the rate you're getting the content out for the new car.

My fav car of all time is the Mondeo st 220 (i know yours isnt a st220). I love the fact after all these years someone is still caring for a mondeo like myself. Thanks dude, new subscriber!

OMG finally found a fellow Mondeo owner!!! Keep up the good work. I love the first video, which I have seen from you!

Great job, I liked the fact that you washed everything down, it’s the most important job to do. You wouldn’t get that at the local garage. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the rest of these vids👍 Ash🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Down side to the STs... they love tyres. I had a tyre do that on of my previous STs. 3 days later the other side did the same. Glad to see you are going down the brand new parts route

Nice job on sorting out that problem, great video. Nice and informative on how you do each job on your cars. Keep up the great content!👍

I began watching this by mistake, as I thought you were Savage Geese. Still, well done. I’m only a few minutes into it but I see this a modified car; lowered springs, sills, I don’t know what else... now, I can see you are responsible mechanic, but before I attempt to continue watching I will state that I believe that once a car has been messed around with (springs, dampers, wheels, tyres etc.) you can’t really blame the maker or the car for any subsequent problems. I’ll continue watching anyway as I can see you are serious. Well done.

Drinking game....take a shot every time James says strut! 😂...love the content man. Nearly bought one of these a couple of months back. Gutted I didn't but happy with my bora. Keep up the good work man

Great vid.Really like your Mondeo love the turbo whistle through that exhaust looking forward to all what you got planned👍

Love watching your vids👌🏼learning more about cars and enjoying the content at the same time🙌🏼

it feels so nice doing these kind of projects and you learn more. good job.

Channels been doing well man keep it up.

Glad you fixed it 👍 My mk6 fiesta had its mot today. It passed with an advisory for the rear exhaust mount and that was it 😁

Newish sub, and I must say, I thoroughly enjoy your videos lad. Great stuff.

first vid I have watched on your channel and its not bad at all - keep it up

This channel became awesome overnight when you bought this car. Well done mate.

Ohhh I been waiting for this next gripping installation story.. Love it...

Nice work mate. Can't believe that tyre! You will have this car perfect soon love the vids keep up the great work mate. All the best

Great vid man, good work! Loving the new project car 😎

Really liking your channel mate good quality vids kinda reminds me of the old wheeler dealer programs.... You get stuck in and show everything you do 👌

Excellent, been watching your channel for quite some time now and to see you have an ST is great, Look forward to the future videos, I’m sure they’ll be helpful, just replaced the shocks on mine there was lubricant all up the wheel arches where they give way

love the new project car, i had one which was chipped, very torquey engine the 2.2 tdci , mine done 230k and was still pulling strong, just keep the egr valve clean they play up and make it run really rough, keep the videos coming love the channel.

Well done m8 keep the mods coming

Always enjoy your vids

I like yr vids. Down to earth and getting things done properly. Working them out. Sure the guy who sold it to you thought summit expensive was about to happen back there...

Didn`t realize replacing a rear shock/spring could be that ( relatively ) easy. My NSR spring broke last week, had to take it to local garage to be replaced due to to time constraints. Next time round though I will consider doing it myself. Keep up the good work, the Mondy now drives like a magic carpet as they should.

Another awesome video James.

£50 for a tyre that size bargain!!! Pissed myself at the bulge comment! Keep up the good vids.

Now that is what I call a Flintstones tyre 😁. Keep up the good work mate, it makes for great content.

Legend of a mechanic James. Top fella.

Glad you got it fixed geeza .. top vid as always 🤙

Love the vids keep up with the good work

Wee tip for you. If you're going to Jack the car up on the pinch weld of the sill. Get a hockey puck and cut a groove down the middle as deep as the pinch weld. Saves mashing it up and asking for rust.

I had a similar experience in a car with a defective tyre many years ago which ended up on its roof on the M6. The tyre blew out and rolled the car. Fortunately we were in a Volvo 240 which were built like tanks and all occupants walked away including two dogs! A very scary experience all round!

Great content dude, love the intro music.

Great video as always brother, bit of a ford fanatic myself...nice one bro 😎💪

Good video James keep them comming

Glad you found it James, that tyre was cheap too, did the guy from swift fit need 40 minutes to go and nick it :)

Good job and another great video, love the new project great looking car 👍

Absolutely awesome video again!😀

Well done mate you are an inspiration to any would be DIY mechanic well done 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

Huge respect for working in the rain!

Great vid, OMG that old tyre mate, could of gone at any time, waiting for the next vid !!!

Hi James. I had my Mondeo 130 remapped to 150 by a well known tuning company in your area. Yes near Swift Fit. He advised that to take it up anymore put the drive train under too much strain, especially the Dual Mass Flywheel. So beware!

Almost spat my coffee out at the bulge comment. 🤣 Keep up the cracking work and great vids. 👍

Great Stufff as always

Make sure you remember to do other strut and you should always replace tyres in pairs, keep up the good work

Tyre most likely damaged due to it taking most of the impact of bumps etc due to the shock absorber not working. Least it's all sorted now.

Great video mate keep up the great work 👏👏👏👍👌💯

In my top 5 channels.I have a vectra and used to have a mark 4 Astra.Great work.👍

Loving the videos

Good vid as usual. Bulge comment will just keep giving. Were you going to check the brake lines? Good luck for 2019 mate.

Your subscriber count Is growing I remember when you had 30k now almost 40k

If any vibration my friend, tires are the first things to check....All the time....Keep up the good work.

I bought a 2009 ford focus recently and it had the same issue with the same tyre. Not as bad as yours but I could always hear a rumble which changed with speed. It wasn't loud, but it almost sounded like a quieter version of a low helicopter flying over you when you're inside. I serviced and they found the misshapen tyre while doing it. Now to get the timing belt replaced as it has no service history. I got it cheap so that doesn't bother me too much.

Nice one, easy fix. Happy driving.

Problems viewers might have doing this job, apart from the pinchbolt. The droplink nut: corrosion may lead to the allen key grinding up the bolt so mole grips have to be used to hold the bolt while you turn the nut. This could lead to damaging the gaiter, if replacing the droplink then that's OK. Removing knuckle from strut: Corrosion on the strut below the knuckle may make it difficult to hammer it down so wire brushing it first is a must, and plenty of oil. Putting knuckle back on: This can be difficult, a bottle or scissor jack can help and some Copper Grease on the Strut makes the knuckle slip right on and helps keep the parts corroding together in the future. Also, EAR-PROTECTION is a must when hammering it off. Trust me on this. Lastly be careful torquing that pinch-bolt back up. It hasn't happened to me but I've heard of it snapping when tightening it up leaving your straight back to square one. Might be better to just replace it if it's heavily corroded, Ford sells them for around £2, or wire brush the threads, and don't forget the threadlock.

Great work mate, and that is a damn good price for that tyre

I had the same on my v6 Alfa. The indication was the nice clean scuff mark on the strut.

Good job mate 👍

Another good video james that tyre a wow ive never seen a tyre like that before ive the beading coming through before and little bulges wow i bet it sounds and feels really nice to drive now better than before keep the videos coming love watching them

Scrap metal guy is cool. Continuing tradition in the modern age!

I had the MK3 Mondeo TDCI Titanium X which is basically the same car bar a few bits as this ST. It was an utter money pit and I was relieved to be shot of it the moment the finance finished! It would eat front tyres on an annual basis which being 18" low profiles were not cheap (and that was buying mid range brands - I would never put on something as cheap and nasty as an Infinity even to sell). EGR valves were a fairly regular thing to go with £350 trip to the Garage each time except the first when it was still on warranty. The insurance was eye watering as well! It also didn't use spin on oil filters like most normal cars making that job messy. I came to utterly hate the car and how much it was extracting from my wallet every single month! A MK3 ST will be utterly driven into the ground by now and looking at the state of this one the MOT centre that gave it its last ticket needs to be shut down!

top job lad!

good for you for getting stuck in mate,, I got a s4 v8 in my car park that needs some love but it's to flipping cold😁

Enjoyed watching your video ,I’m a ST 56 plate mondeo owner .........113k ,and love it ,fast for an old man lol

Just found your channel and good to watch, just binged a few! That tyre was frightening, Id get all those tyres changed on that car, like Bimmerclick said you should change them in pairs, especially on a performance car. On my channel I bought a cheap Mondeo and spend half as much again on a good set of tyres because I really, really value good tyres on a car - and you wouldn't believe the stick I took in the comments for not doing Bangernomics properly!

The Tyre must be excited to see you😉

stubborn bolt and or heater plug removal,you could try holding an electric sander foot on the bolt for a few minutes make sure you take the sandpaper off first,it creates high vibration to the threads breaking corrosive seals,sometimes works.

Well done with the strut removal. A tip is to loosen the top nut a quarter turn whilst the strut is in the car.

Hi James,that was a great video,i saw this on Instagram and thought bloody hell,on a motorway it could have been not very good,50 pounds for a tyre, happy days,

Nice work James

I move watching you work on cars, but I really hope you tackle another motorcycle soon!

I put a new set of Goodyear tires on my Odyssey. It vibrated from day one. Dealer kept saying nothing was wrong with the tires. Skip ahead 30,000 miles, and had the tires load force tested. I had two defective tires. I went back to Michelin, and no vibration issues. Tires can be defective right from the factory.

Great video very informative i can tell you that the bulge on the tire was caused by the worn shock, i had the came problem with mine. i had to change the wheel twice thinking it as a bad tyre and pot holes but it was a badly worn shock, and noise th thing made, at 60mph you had to be almost shouting to be heard in the car, had the chocks and thetyre cange and it's all good now thanks again for the video.

That scrap metal guy is amazing. So funny 😂

If you want to save some time and energy on the other side I found an easier way to get the knuckle off when I did the fronts on my Mk4 Mondeo. Put a metal wedge (cut down spanner) into the gap at the back of the knuckle, wind the pinch bolt in from the wrong side (the side with the thread) so it presses against the metal wedge. As you wind the bolt in a further It'll then force open the knuckle and it will just drop off the strut. Same method for re-fitting.

Same happened to my Bullitt Mustang right front tire. Tires were Pirelli and the vibrations were severe before I pulled into a tire shop.

5.39 did u say u was going wilkos for the tyre haha good 1 man 👍

You Genuinely have Steptoe and Son calling every week LOL so cool

With the rear strut on these, take the whole hub/strut out. It's only 3 extra bolts for the arms. Saves fighting it trying to pull the strut out of the hub carrier ;)

Car looks sweet 😎

That tire was unbelievable

I feel your pain 😞 I have things to do on my Focus, but to cold out there for me, going to wait for the warm Weather to arrive 😏

That's some Tom of Finland bulge right there. You're crazy fixing a Mondeo outside in mid January. Where we live, Modeos doesn't even start at this time.

If you've ever a bolt which is rounded you can try to remove the bolt with a pair of vice grips, the most awkward part will be forcing the vice grips closed and how much room there is to do this. I had to use some vice grips while rebuilding my drum brakes

Im sure changing out the strut has made a difference to the drove as well especially going round corners. My shock on the back of my 1st car (Corsa C) just gave up mid corner and lost the back end. Didn't realise what hat happened till I got the wishbone fixed and took out a drive and the back of the car felt weird.

that was a lot of work but at least you fix it runs like new great !!!

Good job, to help get the strut out of the knuckle, use a thin chisel or screwdriver to open the bore on the split.

Great video and you were so very lucky with that tyre, So what's the Diesel Off just mentioned on Bluudys Garage.then James 🚜🚜 Sounds like a challenge to me 😊😊😊

"You Wont Believe What i Found!"

Judging by the state of the tyre i would say that's what has caused the shock to fail as it would be getting a such a work out from that uneven tyre, great vidoe's too.....

Probably worth mentioning to be extremely aware of when you're compressing the springs! The amount of danger involved in that!

next time you need to remove a strut from a knuckle there is a tool used to spread the crack where the pinch bolt goes. you can also use whatever fits to spread the knuckle a bit and the strut will come right out

For the guys with old batteries,, if they are ok for fluid then bang them on a flat surface very hard (don’t be shy at knocking it about) this will knock the build up off the plates then give it a good charge, doesn’t work all the time but when it does you’ve saved some money, or at least you’ll have a spare battery👍

I always liked the look of the Mondeo ST

james i had to use these on a wheel nut they cut into and grip the bolt very good bit of kit and works first go

I'm loving you have become part of the Ford life I'm a ford man to the core

first video sub! good non bullsh*t vidz ! greetz from across the pond ;p

Very well done wise man best to use ear defenders and protection good job ..