my new run around, and my next project, mk2 xr2
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my new run around, and my next project, mk2 xr2
as i started a post on FT.com ive copied it from there, just so you know if my second post doesnt make sence to the first as other peoples replys off ft have not been copied over.
got a new car, well, another car, the rs is being kept, NOT replaced.
been wanting another xr2 for a couple years now, takes me back to my youth, well im only 27 mut you know what i mean, my very first car was a b reg xr2 which i got a week before passing my test in july 97, kept her till about may/june 98 then got second xr2 which was red, kept her untill oct 98 then i got my FRST in the november 98 and have had the rs ever since, with different cars coming and going, like loads of xr2 which ended up as breakers or that but always wanted another, so yesterday (30th oct) i picked it up
guy cashed the tax in before i could offer to buy it so it came with no tax, the 1-2 months mot he thought it had turned out to be 2 days when he found the MOT cert which means its out today
so basiscly no tax or MOT
i paid £250 for it, would liked to of got it a bit cheaper but i lost out on 1 months back for £50 and the other one i looked at for £150 had no T&T and was focked, needed a new front end due to rust, and 2 doors and was rusty on the roof etc, and this ones not bad.
for those in the know, in the 80's ford suffered with bad rot problems sdue to cheap steel being used in spain, this being a C plate 85, was built with the better steel so isnt bad, its not mint and i didnt expect to find mint for what i was willing to pay but its very solid and gen in a lot better nick that i expected, even the bonnet dont have any rust :aaah:
i havent had it up and looked over it yet but i belive there is minor work for the MOT needed, welding is one , but tell me a MK2 that hasnt needed welding
so plan is, get it moted next week, taxed, change the insurance over that i still got running on my last car and use here as a driver till rs is done then its project time with it, looks will be kept std with the wheels being changed to the ones that are on my rs now, and them wheel were got in the first place for my last red xr2 :Q
engine wise, a 2 litre zetec, no turbo not throttle bodies etc etc, just a 2 litre zetec pulled out and put in, if the mondeo inlet dont fit which im expecting it not to, i shall make a custom one as my machine shop will be up and running but then, (i hope) but thats way off, for now, do the repairs for mot, oil and filter change, cam belt change and renew the rocker cover gasket as its pi$$ing oil out.
updates as and when
shes a driver, but was towed due to manifold gasket leak (loud!) and no tax or MOT
pics,
what crap did i find in the car
ooh:
from the glove box
auto glym, 1 pot near empy other not much more, t cut 3/4 full
in the boot, hmm 2 spent shot gun shells
and a nice minging mouldy sock that used to be white..... i think
i forgot to get a pic of the mc flurry cut complete with spoon tucked under the corner of the back seat whioch was mouldy too
thats a point, i fogot to take it outooh:
this was my first xr2, B reg, as you see it is as i got it, all i done was added the spots under the bumper, dont ask why cos i dunno my self
second car, which came on steels but got graced with brand new alloys (which then went on my rs and will come off and go om new xr2)
got a new car, well, another car, the rs is being kept, NOT replaced.
been wanting another xr2 for a couple years now, takes me back to my youth, well im only 27 mut you know what i mean, my very first car was a b reg xr2 which i got a week before passing my test in july 97, kept her till about may/june 98 then got second xr2 which was red, kept her untill oct 98 then i got my FRST in the november 98 and have had the rs ever since, with different cars coming and going, like loads of xr2 which ended up as breakers or that but always wanted another, so yesterday (30th oct) i picked it up
guy cashed the tax in before i could offer to buy it so it came with no tax, the 1-2 months mot he thought it had turned out to be 2 days when he found the MOT cert which means its out today
so basiscly no tax or MOTi paid £250 for it, would liked to of got it a bit cheaper but i lost out on 1 months back for £50 and the other one i looked at for £150 had no T&T and was focked, needed a new front end due to rust, and 2 doors and was rusty on the roof etc, and this ones not bad.
for those in the know, in the 80's ford suffered with bad rot problems sdue to cheap steel being used in spain, this being a C plate 85, was built with the better steel so isnt bad, its not mint and i didnt expect to find mint for what i was willing to pay but its very solid and gen in a lot better nick that i expected, even the bonnet dont have any rust :aaah:
i havent had it up and looked over it yet but i belive there is minor work for the MOT needed, welding is one , but tell me a MK2 that hasnt needed welding
so plan is, get it moted next week, taxed, change the insurance over that i still got running on my last car
and use here as a driver till rs is done then its project time with it, looks will be kept std with the wheels being changed to the ones that are on my rs now, and them wheel were got in the first place for my last red xr2 :Q engine wise, a 2 litre zetec, no turbo not throttle bodies etc etc, just a 2 litre zetec pulled out and put in, if the mondeo inlet dont fit which im expecting it not to, i shall make a custom one as my machine shop will be up and running but then, (i hope) but thats way off, for now, do the repairs for mot, oil and filter change, cam belt change and renew the rocker cover gasket as its pi$$ing oil out.
updates as and when
shes a driver, but was towed due to manifold gasket leak (loud!) and no tax or MOT
pics,
what crap did i find in the car
ooh: from the glove box
auto glym, 1 pot near empy other not much more, t cut 3/4 full
in the boot, hmm 2 spent shot gun shells
and a nice minging mouldy sock that used to be white..... i think
i forgot to get a pic of the mc flurry cut complete with spoon tucked under the corner of the back seat whioch was mouldy too
thats a point, i fogot to take it out
ooh: this was my first xr2, B reg, as you see it is as i got it, all i done was added the spots under the bumper, dont ask why cos i dunno my self
second car, which came on steels but got graced with brand new alloys (which then went on my rs and will come off and go om new xr2)
03-11-2007, 10:36 PM
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right, today i got the front up, disc and pads are good, ball joints seem to be good apart from small split in the rubber on one, which isnt a prob i got spare rubbers
steering rack and track rond ends are good as is the tie bar bushes
drivers shock is 110% fcuked! shock moves forwards and back and the piston stays still so thats truely buggered oh and it has a lowering spring on (i belive) where as the passanger one dont, but i shall replace both shocks (as your ment to anyway) and i think the passanger ones seen better days anyway.
the rear shock are not leaking, but it dont mean they aint buggered so will remove and check them later. and also check out the trailing arms and the ARB as there is a knocking on the passanger back end when the front is bounced
rust wise, its fairly good, the floor has a small patch needed on passanger side up front, no hole but its seperated a tiny bit floor to bulk head metal and has a rusty patch about the size of a £2 coin.
bit needed on passanger front chassie box section in both front arches, again nothing major but needs doing.
both rear archs have rotted at the bottoms of the rear quater panles, and just in front, or behind if you want, the trailing arms at the back on the drivers side it has rusted a tad, hole about the size of a £1 coin, but will patch the whole area as it will go further in time, again nothing major.
some grotty bits on the inner wings too but nothing major, no holes just rusty bits even after proding no hole, so its fairly solid but will still need plating (mot)
oh and the batter tray and under it has rotted out, and ford no longer do battery trays for the mk2, so if i cant get a mk2 one or there a lot of money i shall fit the tray from a mk3 fiesta.
the rot on the car is in all the common places for a mk2, in fact i was expecting some more rot TBH but all along the sills/floor and including the back of the floor,is as solid now as the day it was sold with not even so much as a blister in the under seal which was a shock but a good shock
so over all its not too bad, i did check it over before i bought it but it was a quick check over in the major places and untill you get a car in the air and have a full going over you cant 100% see it all, but for what its got i expected and still think it was a good buy.
just shows how good the steel used in the early ones was compaired to the crap steel used in spain in the later 80's.
this is not a restro on this right now, this is MOT work that has to be done to get it on the road and thats all i shall be doing to it for the time being, once summer comes and the rs is finished i shall start "project 2 litre xr2" in full, but as i say for now its MOT work only.
just a shame there aint many if any in scrappies now days, i could do with some bits like head lights. although in true "jayrs" fashion i do have a mk2 fiesta spares still, inc a head light (bet its the wrong one to what i need though), although i did get shot of a load few years back which im now wishing i hadnt, but no matter
steering rack and track rond ends are good as is the tie bar bushes
drivers shock is 110% fcuked! shock moves forwards and back and the piston stays still so thats truely buggered oh and it has a lowering spring on (i belive) where as the passanger one dont, but i shall replace both shocks (as your ment to anyway) and i think the passanger ones seen better days anyway.
the rear shock are not leaking, but it dont mean they aint buggered so will remove and check them later. and also check out the trailing arms and the ARB as there is a knocking on the passanger back end when the front is bounced
rust wise, its fairly good, the floor has a small patch needed on passanger side up front, no hole but its seperated a tiny bit floor to bulk head metal and has a rusty patch about the size of a £2 coin.
bit needed on passanger front chassie box section in both front arches, again nothing major but needs doing.
both rear archs have rotted at the bottoms of the rear quater panles, and just in front, or behind if you want, the trailing arms at the back on the drivers side it has rusted a tad, hole about the size of a £1 coin, but will patch the whole area as it will go further in time, again nothing major.
some grotty bits on the inner wings too but nothing major, no holes just rusty bits even after proding no hole, so its fairly solid but will still need plating (mot)
oh and the batter tray and under it has rotted out, and ford no longer do battery trays for the mk2, so if i cant get a mk2 one or there a lot of money i shall fit the tray from a mk3 fiesta.
the rot on the car is in all the common places for a mk2, in fact i was expecting some more rot TBH but all along the sills/floor and including the back of the floor,is as solid now as the day it was sold with not even so much as a blister in the under seal which was a shock but a good shock
so over all its not too bad, i did check it over before i bought it but it was a quick check over in the major places and untill you get a car in the air and have a full going over you cant 100% see it all, but for what its got i expected and still think it was a good buy.
just shows how good the steel used in the early ones was compaired to the crap steel used in spain in the later 80's.
this is not a restro on this right now, this is MOT work that has to be done to get it on the road and thats all i shall be doing to it for the time being, once summer comes and the rs is finished i shall start "project 2 litre xr2" in full, but as i say for now its MOT work only.
just a shame there aint many if any in scrappies now days, i could do with some bits like head lights. although in true "jayrs" fashion i do have a mk2 fiesta spares still, inc a head light (bet its the wrong one to what i need though), although i did get shot of a load few years back which im now wishing i hadnt, but no matter
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cheers guys
welcome back to the xr2 club ya mean fellas
tow bar is coming off, the peoper pot are going for a while in place of xr2i wheels, not becuase i like them wheels, but i need 2 tyres for the petter popts and im getting 4 xr2i alloys with good tyres for £25, and as i need good tyres for mot, they will do for now.
i may change the tyres over to peoper pot but at mo i am thinking of putting my 15's on, but for now i just want a mot on it
welcome back to the xr2 club ya mean fellas
tow bar is coming off, the peoper pot are going for a while in place of xr2i wheels, not becuase i like them wheels, but i need 2 tyres for the petter popts and im getting 4 xr2i alloys with good tyres for £25, and as i need good tyres for mot, they will do for now.
i may change the tyres over to peoper pot but at mo i am thinking of putting my 15's on, but for now i just want a mot on it
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it does indeed wes, i still remember that funny colour one of yours, 1.1 or something wasnt it, i remember you painded the headlining
shaun, you might as well, even with a proper fucked shock and 1 thats seen better days it handled really well and felt like go cart steering, ah it takes me back
make sure you get a red one though mate, best colour for them, all this red white aside, i belive it is, the red and black does go really well together
i wanna get some quad lights for mine, but i aint paying £275 for a set, i didnt even pay that for the car
shaun, you might as well, even with a proper fucked shock and 1 thats seen better days it handled really well and felt like go cart steering, ah it takes me back
make sure you get a red one though mate, best colour for them, all this red white aside, i belive it is, the red and black does go really well together
i wanna get some quad lights for mine, but i aint paying £275 for a set, i didnt even pay that for the car
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nah the white is now in little bits somewhere... 
Jay it was an A reg silver 1.3L, slammed on -40mm PI springs, pepperpots and yes I did paint he the headlining, it came out quite well too
It had no sunroof so I couldn't use the grey lining out of an XR2
Jay it was an A reg silver 1.3L, slammed on -40mm PI springs, pepperpots and yes I did paint he the headlining, it came out quite well too
It had no sunroof so I couldn't use the grey lining out of an XR2
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as wes says, it wasnt mate, it got sold around a few people after me then someone stacked it into the back of another car and that was the end of that
i sort of remember it wes, i did have a change to get your old xr2TT last year or year before i cant remember now, could of got it for £600 too but no cash then.
still, she will be alright.
may start a thread on xrtwo.com mate, i dunno yet.
i get pissed of with getting 2 emails for each reply to a thread every time, inc when i post
i sort of remember it wes, i did have a change to get your old xr2TT last year or year before i cant remember now, could of got it for £600 too
but no cash then.still, she will be alright.
may start a thread on xrtwo.com mate, i dunno yet.
i get pissed of with getting 2 emails for each reply to a thread every time, inc when i post
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