Loom looks much better, the old wiring looked like a terrorists backpack

My dad bought a Mk2 when he was 70, I went with him and as we drove off the sellers drive it started pissing petrol from the carb Doh !, seller would not answer the door, anyways we only lived 3 mins away and me just starting working on cars told dad I will fix it, went to junk yard, fitted a good carb and all was good :) oh and dad is still with us at 93 and loving life :)

My dad had a Mk 2 Escort in cosmos blue with vinyl roof. It was the first car that I ever drove.

Wow that electrical work is amazing

You must have the patience of a saint. Just rip it out and start again. Unless that shell is full of filler it looks great and those Harris Pintos are on another level.

Nice tidy job making the loom miles better - great work.

Top job on the loom! Can't believe that I had one of these in the same colour back in the mid 90s given to me as my first car, not sweet looking like this example though, I scrapped it when the engine started knocking. If I knew then, what I know now, I'd probably still have it today. Losing it has been much inspiration for my channel.

Lovely Job that Paul - give my regards to No Runs When you see him !!

I ❤ those Old Classic Ford’s including the Mk1 / Mk2 & Mk3 Escorts / Mk3 / Mk4 / Mk5 Cortina’s Ghia / Crusaders & Carousels

The wiring looks 100% better top job👍

You explain things so well, I learn a lot from watching these so thank you. Keep it up 👍🏼

that car used to have a centre console in, the two bulbs together, open brown spade, + red were for the clock mk3/4/5 cortina clocks were what i used to get a rev counter into an escort, did loads in the day, always looked best when they looked original, + no RS tax there used to be 5 different colours of ford temp senders, each one had slightly different resistances, you picked the one that suited that gauge for accuracy, ie, at half way when the thermostat opened keep it up young man

That was a big transformation. A lot of patience needed

I’ve got a very similar issue with my 1977 mk1 Cavalier which has a Red Top conversion and the wiring is all over the place in the engine bay! I plan to do the same and get rid of redundant wires and tidy the loom up. (Very much like that Corsa Turbo too, with random bits everywhere! The joys of home made conversions!) My Grandad had a mk2 Escort 1.6L the same colour as this, also a 2-door! Love it

Nice work on the loom. So much neater. These Harris Mk2 Escorts are awesome.

So pleased you sorted the wiring, it was killing me when you first showed it. Great as always 👍

You don't need OCD to be horrified with that rats nest!! Nice job sorting it out.

Cracking work man 🥳 as you say it was functional before but definitely a bit of mess too 🙂👍

What a beauty I love your wiring it’s very neat you can practice on mine you will retire before you finish it and no I didn’t do it it was done by an auto electrician before I purchased it it’s like Spaghetti junction

Stumbled across your channel this morning. It's excellent. Keep up the great work.

Number one fire hazard in any Cars,but Classics especially, its a must for all of us really,to sort bad looms. I've removed over two meters of unused and redundant Loom from one customers car,after it was 'professionally' re-worked by another source. Fair play to you,it takes so much time,and paitience that a lot of people just don't understand when they see the Labour charge.

That is a beautiful Mk2. Love the colour and the minilites.

Night and day difference on the wiring! Big well done there.

I can’t believe with such a beautiful car like that the wiring is like a three year old did it 😂 brilliant job of sorting it out all tidy and neat 👍

That wiring reminds me of so many motors I’ve owned/worked on in the past. Very neat job at the end.

Start getting a few bits and replay it all and tide you all and tidy it up so it's not dangerous so it's not dangling in the passenger footwear tidy up really good But it's nice to be at your Junction of why you're so 😅😅

Choice as job on the wiring bro... Did notice the steering column trim or something was missing. Boy racer thing? Anyways, sweet looking unit. Loved you Escort series of stuff. Cheers

The loom looks a lot better the original looked like our lass's hair in the morning

great work on a awesome car

I wish I had the patience for wiring as you do! Great job done.

The wiring loom should of been done like that from the start, it looks 100% better all taped up and cable tied neatly.

Looks like the wiring was done by Stevie Wonder, what a bodge but it does make you wonder how good everything else has been done.

Good job! How does it work running without a heaterbox?! The tropical temps of Britain might make heating unnecessary but fog must be a problem?

As soon as a saw that loom I thought. Oh please cut as much out as possible but wow when you weee done it looked great

Hopefully one day I can get this car, nice tidy job. Sending love from 🇲🇾 Well done.

Super job on the wiring, i dont think just liking things tidy means you have OCD (CDO in alphabetical order)

Lovely job tidying that wiring. What a cracking car too 👏

Yes they did have cigarette lighters in the escort mat zoos cause I had one in mine I'd love to win that baby I tell you I love the escort Martinez has brought up with them I had 2 of themI had a photo and a Tudor 😅😅😅

Wow awesome job again mate! Always top quality and standards

You are absolutely meticulous, I love it…….. and I’m still dreaming that one day……..

Can come down under and tidy up my wiring, good work

Nice neat wiring looks a proper job now. Good straight car that, can’t wait to see what else is wrong😂

Holy hell, that wiring was a proper shit show. No wonder so many old cars go up in smoke! Those old torpedo fuses are absolute garbage. You've done a great job of simplifying and tidying there Paul!

I knew you'd have to make it look sweet, it was a mess surprisingly Nice job and sweet looking car

Thanks for sharing👍

first job on my list: get some decent sized wheels on it. it looks like a skateboard.

Fantastic

I would have just put an rs2000 set of clocks in.Comes with rev counter.

Whoever "built" that wiring loom should take a long hard look in the mirror and ask him/her self, "is this the right job for me?" It's atrocious

Love me a mk2 as per my pic! great work

Lovely car and colour,wheels a bit small though.

Great job as always mate. I would just put an RS Dash in though, looks much better and cleaner too. Cracking looking car!

Lovely tidy job 👍

Great job wishing i still had some of the mk2 escorts I used to own 👍

Great car!

Nice job on that scruffy wiring, looks so much better now, the car deserves it.

Don’t like the huge rev counter would prefer the proper clock set out if a sport etc Never mind though very cool car Needs a Mexico front spoiler too

Stunning car paul 👌🏽 love a old ford mk2 escort was it James Harris old car that had the 22 on the side 👌🏽👍🏼

Professional!

Looking at that wiring I’d have to pull the lot out and start again. Typical 40 year old escort wiring loom.

Clean job indeed why you would take a heater out a car that will deffo need a heater on nice wet days drifting in UK lol Cracking colour my T4 is near if not it Can't wait to see more on the escort 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌️

everytime i watch odd autos videos youtube feels the need to recommend another 50 car channels its frikin annoying this is the only channel i watch! dont need all that shit rammed down my feed, algorithms are shit man.😂😂😂😂

Mint content loved the Cleo rebuild even entered the giveaway

Gotta love a mk2

Genius 👍

considering how well the rest of the car looks its strange that the wiring looked so bad . maybe the restro was done by a garage and the gauges was done by one of the owners who was not so picky . but the wiring now looks like it should . Strange you did not remove or replace the aftermarket temp gauge . That must be playing havoc with your OCD

Nice video, beautiful car 👍

How you getting on with Corsa? Another great video. 👍🏻

Nice mk2 ❤

Lovely car great video

Great video. Changing the subject from Escort to Mini. What's happening with the Mini rebuild?

Tidy job 😊👍👍

Great job on that wiring loom mate.

Nice work ❤

Glad to see you tidying up the rats nest. Years ago when installing car audio systems I use to shake my head at what some installers use to do leaving long lengths of wire instead of shortening and soldering and of course heat shrinking the solder joints

Proper job m8

Top vid as per mate ❤

Cracking job matey. Keep em coming and the escort looks great 😊😊

Lovely little car well done 👍

I will be buying a ticket for that yoke!!

Thank god you done that harness it made me ill seeing that,top job matey 👍🏻

I quite enjoy sorting wiring but why is it always in awkward places?

The wiring was a mess. Why do people do that? The rest of the car looks pretty tidy then you get a birds nest under the dash. Weird.

Nice tidy job perfection again matey 👌

Nice, I'd love one lol

Great job and lovely mk2. Wheres keith?

What are the wheels called

Wot happened to the c20let corsa b you was doing for the car competition

i would love to have a bog standard mk 2 escort as thats what i passed my driving test in back in 1986

Arrrrrisss

What's happened to the rest of the team?

Great job mate. Will have a crack at that when it comes up. Trying to live the MK2 dream here but customers keep interrupting it 😂 ATB Gaz..

What a beaut❤

If I win it it’s straight back to your shop for the rally treatment like your red one 😉

Did the fuel pump run with the kill switch off.

vue depuis la france.

You're supposed to use that crappy green and yellow striped 'earth' tape on old Ford looms not use the posh black stuff!

Spot on as usual. Great content as always. Best C

Id of just got a set of rs clocks and done away with the daft gauges 👍

Geez, that wiring, narsty !