Old Oct 6, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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Kizza
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time for another post of previous progress
here are the pics of me stripping the rear end










35mm rear spacers

removing the beam bushes




ready to strip all the rust off it

after about 2 hours of grinding, sanding and scraping the rust off it and after about 10 coats of paint

ive got all new brakes at the back new:
drums £30 posted (for the pair)
shoes £10 posted
cylinders £15 posted
25mm longer wheel studs £10 posted
bearings £20 posted
i got the rear bushes in a set off a person on pumap.....
more pics of it goin together


35mm rear spacers custom mad by myself




i had to do a spot of welding to the rear. then i scraped off all the dirt, rust and other nastys (a nest of baby spiders lol)
i gave it all a rub down and a coat of underseal
patch







then it was build uptime!


a good friend there giving me a helping hand with the exhaust



new hand brake cable £30 posted

fitted




all built up now

when i bled the rear brakes one of the pipes on the car sprung a leak so i had to order some from ebay. £15 posted for both sides.
i put her back on the ground and took some pics





got the wheels finished for the mondeo

thay arrived 2 days after i ordered them

fitting








she was running rough so i cleaned up the spark plugs to give then a littlebit more life, i not goin to be racing her around just yet but they will do for moving her here and there.

i have stripped most of the unwanted wires out of the cabin and now its time to start with the engine bay




on my next update il be temporarily fixing the rust on the rear arch to slow down the rust ingress and keep it looking ok until i can aford frp rear arches.
yet again ive spend a couple of hours on it again today so got more to update with.
bye bye for now
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