Stuck here with a Merkur XR4ti

Miguel Gonzales · 07-04-2003, 12:42 AM

Hello! Im in the US with the Merkur. Wish I could be there. Going to take a trip to France in the future. How much would it be to bring a car from there? And are there any Sierras there? I love the XR4ti, was my first car I bought. Im the 3rd owner of the car. But it has alot off bugs. Still fixing them out. Just finding site since I just got the computer. Does anyone have any parts they be willing to ship to the US??

car_man28 · 07-11-2003, 10:31 PM

I feel your pain man. I own 2 myself. But its not all bad. great cars with good power and the handling of a Porsche

Miguel Gonzales · 07-12-2003, 04:59 PM

Oh I know, just rather have a Cossie. Heres some pics of mine. Still working on it.

90CRXZCSi · 09-19-2003, 08:43 AM

wow, havent seen of of those in a long time. My brother owned one.It was his first car. Really beautiful red and it was quick too. Good luck with your project.

Purple_Haze · 10-05-2003, 11:36 PM

I just got a 88 merkur XR turbo, fell in love with it first second started it and reved the engine. My problem is, the car was sitting for a year without beeing driven/started. After running it for about 30mins, and checking all the fluids, i took it for a spin. Car drove fine for about 2kms. The tranny died after that. No gears at all. Shut it down, wait 5 mins, start it, drives fine for about 30 secs. Then same thing, goes "off".. and so on... the tranny fluid is somewhat different colour than regular ATF, could it have lost its viscosity or something so it doesnt shift etc..? I really like that car and want to keep it, restore it. Please help.

Miguel Gonzales · 10-06-2003, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Purple_Haze

I just got a 88 merkur XR turbo, fell in love with it first second started it and reved the engine. My problem is, the car was sitting for a year without beeing driven/started. After running it for about 30mins, and checking all the fluids, i took it for a spin. Car drove fine for about 2kms. The tranny died after that. No gears at all. Shut it down, wait 5 mins, start it, drives fine for about 30 secs. Then same thing, goes "off".. and so on... the tranny fluid is somewhat different colour than regular ATF, could it have lost its viscosity or something so it doesnt shift etc..? I really like that car and want to keep it, restore it. Please help.

I had the same problem. And after the owner who had the car rebuilt the tranny 3 times and sold it to me. Turns out the radiator was clogged. And the tranny was over heating. Is the ATF a dark red? If so then thats your problem. Those C3s were the down fall of the automatics XRs

If you love the car as much as I do. Swap a 5 speed, either a stock Merkur 5spd or a T-5. But I heard that with a T-5 swap the shifter doesnt line up with the stock console. Hope I was any help. E-mail me if you need to know any thing else. MyWorld80@aol.com

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