tejy

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hey all hope your all well. i just sat down at my pc after a long day of fitting my new engine. before i carry on i would just like 2 give a MASSIVE thank you to darryl (rsfido_1989) for going out of his way to come down and help fit the engine (well he pretty much did most of it but i tried to help out where i could )

ok so back to mine and darryl's day...

darryl turned up to my house nice and early..got the car out and started taking out the old engine pretty much straight away

i had already taken out stuff like the rad, piping, air intake after we got stuck into it the car pretty much looked like this..



head off ...check the oil lol



the damage from the old engine...




pulled out the crane!


lining it up and stuff



old engine out!




original ford parts...loool


off to get the new engine




new engine in and slowly putting everything back together

novelty horn


random stuff




badly needs a wash!!!


most stuff back in



a sight for sore eyes..


pretty much done!


my car used to have morettes on them...but i didnt like the look of them so out came the angle grinder



radiator in ...ignore the wire holding the bumper lol!


final tinkering and bonnet back on


ready to go!!



whilst youve bin reading this thread i just want you to keep in mind that this is my first car and as much as i would like an rs turbo i cant for now because of insurance, being a student and other factors. the engine was replaced with a 1.3litre engine [same as what it was before] this is my first car and im still learning so be nice!

after all its still a ford at the end of the day

once again i just want to thank darryl for the enormous amount of time and effort he put into helping me out!


thers still a few things that i need to get before i start driving it again because its still not quite right...ned exhaust and new headgasket, spark plugs, oil change but that stuff can wait a day or two..im bloody shattered!