erst estate going 4wd,now on the road

[jonesymk2]

well i thought i had better do a small update lol cossie throttle body but the iscv has been welded up so going to use an xr3i remote iscv and modify the inlet slightly got a cam cover from a mate 4x4 thermostat housing 4x4 water pump bare 2wd cylinder head but going to try and find another head complete when money allows 4x4 sump bd10 cams rods how the engine is looking at the moment under the side board in the kitchin lol went to a breakers yard with a mate and spotted this lorry intercooler had to do a lot of work to clear my drive and garage so that i could get the estate into the garage but finally got the car in there last night also bought these for the estate just got to figure out what to do with the indicators as the morrette items look crap imo also got my xr4x4 donor car onto the drive tonight ready to start stripping will get more pics later this week when i make a start on everything

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[combi van man]

excellent stuff mate.at least you got a good sized garage to do it all in.

[jonesymk2]

yeh just had to do loads of work to clear the garage and drive so i could get in the garage lol

[jonesymk2]

started stripping the sierra yesterday and got the bonnet,bumper,headlights,radiator and exhaust off

done a bit more today when i got home this afternoon,got the prop undone then unbolted everything to get the engine,gearbox and suspension out then lifted the car with my engine crane

then once i got the car high enough i dragged the engine and box out from underneath

hopefully i will get the rear beam and diff out tomorrow

[combi van man]

yeah you get the beam out mate,it doesnt really take that long.

[jonesymk2]

depends on 2 things,1 - if i go fishing or not lol
2 - i need to make up some box section jigs to replace the rear shocks so i can get the rear shock top mounts in the right place,so depends how i get on doing those as to whether the beam will be out lol

[combi van man]

oh right,wel good look if you do tackle it

[jonesymk2]

cheers mate,if i do it tomorrow i will get the pics up in the evening

[combi van man]

cool.will be a interesting restoration

[jonesymk2]

got the rear beam out last night

how the sierra sits at the moment lol

[Twins]

Good to see you cracking on with it

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Twins

Good to see you cracking on with it

cheers mate,will be getting on with as much as possible in the evenings this week coming

[rst-g]

this is gonna be mega!!!!!!!

[Phil2002]

very intresting will be keeping an eye on this keep up the good work.

cheers,
Phil

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by rst-g

this is gonna be mega!!!!!!!

cheers mate im hoping its going to be good fun when its done,it will look pretty much exactly how it did when i first got it completed,the only changes externally will be twin headlights and different wheels

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Phil2002

very intresting will be keeping an eye on this keep up the good work.

cheers,
Phil

cheers mate

[boothy]

Should Be great fun mate,

Just think the twin lights are a bad move look better standard,

Just my opinion

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by boothy

Should Be great fun mate,

Just think the twin lights are a bad move look better standard,

Just my opinion

i had a combi van a few months back that i put twin headlights into and didnt like it to much to start with,after a while they did grow on me plus i put xenons into them aswell which made them look a lot better,if they dont look right i will just put standard stuff back on

[JMS Erst]

the rear beam looks like a cos beam are there any similarity? hoping to get my s2 back on the road when i pull my finger out, i`d love to go rwd in mine, keep up the good work you got a very interesting project going on

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by JMS Erst

the rear beam looks like a cos beam are there any similarity? hoping to get my s2 back on the road when i pull my finger out, i`d love to go rwd in mine, keep up the good work you got a very interesting project going on

xr4x4 and cossie stuff are the same mate even gearboxes just they have a different bolt pattern on the bellhousing,only the 2.9 xr4x4 gearbox is the same as the cossie gearbox

[martinmilne]

bout time mate glad to see you gettin stuck in dont forget my seats ha ha

[Martin Hadland]

Originally Posted by jonesymk2

xr4x4 and cossie stuff are the same mate even gearboxes just they have a different bolt pattern on the bellhousing,only the 2.9 xr4x4 gearbox is the same as the cossie gearbox

The input shaft is longer on the 2.9 box if I remember correctly.

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Martin Hadland

The input shaft is longer on the 2.9 box if I remember correctly.

oh right ok i didnt realise that the shaft might be longer,i remember the 2.8 5 speed boxes had longer input shafts as the banger racers used to cut them down and swap the bellhousings to use them on pinto engines

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by martinmilne

bout time mate glad to see you gettin stuck in dont forget my seats ha ha

yeh trying to get as much done as i can while i can lol going to hopefully get the estate completely stripped on sunday so that i can put the shell on the tilter so i can get rid of any metal work i dont need under the car,the interior is all safe and hidden away lol

[jonesymk2]

started making my jig for the rear suspension and diff mounts tonight,heres how far ive got so far

these are for the rear anti roll bar mounts and diff bush mount

these locate into the chassis where the beam bushes normally locate


looks a bit rubbish i know but everything was welded together while it was all bolted in place so should be in the correct position

[gary scott]

You not finished this yet jonesy??? lol.

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by gary scott

You not finished this yet jonesy??? lol.

lol havnt long started mate had loads of work to do just to clear the drive and garage mate,hoping to have it into a trimmed rolling shell ready for ford fair

[jonesymk2]

slight change of plan with how im doing the rear suspension mounts now,ive decided im going to cut out the rear floor and use the chassis from just in front of the rear beam mounts to just behind the dross beam where the diff and anti roll bar bolt up to,then once ive got the chassis in place i will make up a new floor section to fill the hole lol

[Cyril Sneer]

looks good mate post more pics!!!

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Cyril Sneer

looks good mate post more pics!!!

cheers mate im loving your project it looks very well thought out,im hoping to make a fair bit of progress over the weekend so will get some more pics and put them up sunday evening

[Glenn.]

Good luck with the conversion mate.It will be a fun car when its all done.

[combi van man]

have you got much done over the weekend mate?keep them pics coming
got my van uncovered for the first time in months or maybe a year lol & got it moved to middle of the drive,want to start doin abit to it,not sure weather to remove the kit or 4x4 it like your doing.so many things i would like to do.im confused

[BIG TONY RS]

Hello mate ill keep an eye on this now will be the nuts when its all done

Tony

[rst in breaking]

interesting project jonesy, looking forward to seeing more updates of the in depth work

[jonesymk2]

i have been doing a few bits over the week and yesterday,finally got the estate stripped inside and in the engine bay completely now just wiring loom left in


found a bit of rot under the battery tray so will try get that sorted over the next few weeks

got the engine mount plate on the drivers side inner wing drilled off


also during the week i managed to cut the rear floor section out of the sierra so ive got the rear chassis leg sections where the beam bolts to,got all the spot welds drilled out yesterday so now just got the chassis and shock mounts left

at least this way the mounting locations are all in the correct positions,will hopefully have the false floor drilled out of the estate today and will start on the rear chassis aswell

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by BIG TONY RS

Hello mate ill keep an eye on this now will be the nuts when its all done

Tony

hello mate,yeh i hope its going to be good when done aswell lol

[jonesymk2]

forgot to put these pics up as have had it ready to go for a while now,i want to get rid of the boot lock so had an idea to put a popper on the boot and have a subtle switch to open the boot,i got 2 identicle badges and cut the both up,i cut the centre out of 1 to leave just the chrome surround

the other i cut the chrome surround off to leave just the blue centre

looks like a normal badge when the 2 parts are together

ive got a micro switch to mount inside the bootlid which will be connected to the centr part of the badge,so the idea is when its all connected up to open the boot i will just press the centre of the ford badge

[Acidburn]

really liking the sound of this and hats off for the boot badge idea

[jonesymk2]

Originally Posted by Acidburn

really liking the sound of this and hats off for the boot badge idea

cheers mate badge i thought of when i was bored at work 1 day lol

[jonesymk2]

got a bit more done over the weekend,the estates have a false floor in them and a flip up lid that covers the spare wheel well,i drilled all the spot welds out to get the seperate parts out
spare wheel well lid

the 2 sides of the false floor

all 3 parts of the false floor

that left me plenty of space to get to all the spot welds holding the proper floor to the chassis

got all the necesary spot welds drilled out and then started to cut the floor out and finished off like this at the moment

will get more pics today and will hopefully have the sierra chassis welded in by the time i finish tomorrow