What is involved in switching to rear disc brakes on a 95 Escort Wagon? I can get parts (heck the whole back-end) off an Escort GT pretty cheap so price really isn't an issue. While I'm at it, whats the appropriate year donor vehicle?
In case you are wondering, my brakes seem weak. The pedal pressure is fine, it doesn't feel especially spongy, but especially when going down hill you easily run out of brakes even with your foot all the way down. I replaced the front pads a while ago with nice ceramic pads and it seemed to improve the situation, but its back to being as crappy as ever now (after 1 year) and I can't imagine its a problem in the front any more.
Also, are there any good diagnostic tools available for this car (considering that its pre-OBD2), my fuel economy seems to be down around
30 mpg, which seems lower than it should be and I wanted to try to check if the O2 sensor is working properly.dan