update time, still havnt managed to get anything done to the body work though ;(
il start with my goodies that have turnt up soo far
new inlet and exhaust gaskets
me being the dumb ass that i am didnt noticed these wer for an efi pinto, but luckily it didnt matter because i only needed the exhaust gaskets... storey to follow...
sanding discs, dont really know why i took a pic of these to be honest lol
new front wing mounting rails
new window channel rubbers for when the doors are painted and ready to be fitted
new clear front indicator lense's
and new glove box, heater control trim and centre console (cheers vista!!)
still have a couple more bits that havnt arrived yet
so thats it for goodies for now.
i was hoping to get abit done on the body work this week but run into abit of a problem with the exhaust... when i first got the car it sounded like the exhaust manifold was blowing where it meets the cylinder head so i bought the gaskets above but iv been putting off fitting them because it wasnt thaaat bad, but the other day when i was going to see my mate down he's farm i hit a bump in the road quite hard and all of a sudden the car sounded like a spitfire driving down the road lol so when i got home i thought id get my arse into gear and see what was wrong, so i lifted the bonnet up and had a good old route around and couldnt find anything! i even had my father-in-law take a look and he couldnt see anything either so i just assumed it was the gasket completly giving up, so with that i decided to just fit the new gaskets, unbolted the manifold, went to pull it off and disaster! the manifold had broke...
befour removal
oh dear
bad times...
where it had broke off was literally just under where the heat wrap was lol but i was going to let it dampen my spirits so i removed the rest of the manifold and took it into my garage to see if i could weld it up, luckily it was a nice clean break and the 2 peices mated back up perfectly..
so i cleaned it up and had ago at welding it back together..
you'l have to excuse my welding, i had no intension of making it look pretty, i just laid loads down so hopfully it wont break again
and finished after spraying it with high temp metallic black manifold paint
and then back on the car
thankfully my welding has held up soo far, i really dont want to take that manifold back off again!! lol
so with that little drama sorted i though id take a couple of pics of the other not so good bits under the bonnet while i had it up...
another plate screwed on the o/s inner wing just above where the arb bolts on, god knows what delights are waiting for me behind there...
annnnd, another plate screwed on below the rad...
rad sitting p1ssed, dont even think its the right rad to be honest?
air filters seen better days
and i need a new fan switch but the fans shot aswel so might aswel just get a new electric fan kit...
need to sort this out aswel...
its a bit of metal with pressed holes just screwed behind the front panel, pretty pointless to be honest, but if its decent when i take it off i might keep it and put it on my new front panel properly..?
and finally to end this update, a couple of pics of some new bits fitted...
glove box
when i got the glove box this was fitted to the left side of it...
but with it fitted i couldnt get the glove box to fit where it needed to, anyone know of any reasons why this wouldnt go? it's a mk2 glove box...
heater control trim
the last one was held on by insolation tape lol
new sticker lol
and harnesses fitted
random edited one...
hopfully get some more done this weekend...?!?
thanks for looking