June 2012:

What I've been up to today ...

I decided I missed the underbelly of my old bonnet, so I thought I'd do something with the new one.

Laying some foundations:









I binned the centre caps that came with my wheels as they were really naff. I ordered some plain replacements and fitted my DMB badges to them:








June 2012:

Some updates but nothing major really ... yet

So just before Classic Ford Show I only had constant heat coming into the Ka. Now whilst this is OK in cool weather it was getting quite annoying.

So we changed the heater control valve for a new one as mine was stuck but after a few minutes of cool air it went back hot. We bled the system but still nothing. Then I thought it might be worth trying the heater control panel.

Before I got a chance I was driving and turned the heat dial and the whole thing came off in my hand. Then I remembered I'd only temporarily put it back together as I wanted to do more work on it.

So out came the headunit, out came the panel and I took it apart to reassemble properly. I realised I'd lost some screws from the back of the panel and remembered that they were the same size (but slightly shorter) than the screws inside my wing mirrors. So quickly grabbed a spare from a box, headed to a local DIY place and they searched for some screws and gave them to me for free Result!

So then I got Paul to resolder a few connections inside the panel, then glued and reassembled the whole thing.

Fitted it the morning we were leaving for Classic Ford and voila - full aircon working! And thank feck for that too as it was the hottest weekend of the year and we couldn't have made it there without it!

Interestingly, we ran the aircon full blast all the way there and all the way back and still got 40mpg

Some snaps from my phone showing how it illuminates.

Hot:



In between (I like how the little marker turns a pinky purple):



Cold:



Stereo playing a bit of Gaga and set to illuminate in blue and purple:



Replacement "eBay Built" sticker as the "i" was missing from my old one



Some of you may recall me saying at Classic Ford that I didn't have an area for my bonnet stay to clip into on this new bonnet, just a square hole. So I looked at a few of the Endura Ka's and they had a yellow plastic clip. However, the bonnet stays are different so we thought I'd have to change that too.

When we got home Paul ordered one from Ford, was pleased to see it was black when it turned up as I've just changed all the bottle caps in the bay to black ones off of a Mondeo

Good news was that we fitted the clip (rivetted in) and the bonnet stay fits no problem



I fitted my Momo steering wheel and in doing so I blew the most awkward fuse known to man (sorry Paul ). It's right on top of the fuse box and even when lowering it down you can't see it properly. Eventually we found it and the horn and hazards worked once again!





Wheel needs a clean, as does the interior!

Fitted some new sill covers. Didn't really like the silver ones that came with the car (as they always discolour and go milky under the lacquer), so when the Ka was in for paint I told them to bin the plates and I'd sort something after).

So I got these sill covers which are made of a thick vinyl and are a bit similar to skateboard grip tape. They are genuine Ford items and I got them from a Ford Dealership on eBay. They have some glitter in them which you can't see in the pics. Lol







Black suits the Ka better anyways

August 2012:

Small video of it in Bryn Glas tunnels. Running low boost til next week, so just a quick demo of how it sounded on the weekend:


I love the sound even at just 3psi, so can't wait til it runs the full 8psi

Getting it fully set up next week so I'll find out the power figure and get a few more videos.

Got some new pictures and a few more mods, so I'll get those off my camera over the weekend