Hello every

Well I thought I will share my experience so far with my flint grey 2wd saff.

I'm not the best for writing but I have taken a lot of pics so far.

I'm sorry for the quality of the picture but I used a camera phone at the time. I hope you enjoy and any comments welcome.

This was it when I picked it up







After a few weeks of driving it this happened



So lucky me I work in a garage so got straight on with it but now I had no car so out came my baby



Turned out the head gasket was a little ill so no messing about and off with its head!







Here was the old head gasket





This was why it was not over heating



So thought while the head was off let's give it a clean up



Started stripping the head removed all the manifolds etc





A clean up and a lick of paint



I then removed all the valves and started lapping them all back in.



A before and after of the seats



New seats cut in



My valves before



After



The heads was in good nick and all it needed was a good rub down



This was the stat housing



Looks like the seal was doing its job! Lol



It's getting there



So next off with the stem seals



In with the new





Valves back in



Checked they were all sealed



And was perfect

So thought I would give the water pump a check



So a new gen one was ordered



Most of the parts was ordered with Matt Lewis Motorsport

Cometic head set



Group a head gasket



So now strip and clean the in let with new gaskets etc

Before







After







Ordered a full coolant hose kit and fitted



In with the exhaust manifold



New gaskets and nuts and studs gen



Inlet back on



I have changed every sensor on the car with a full sensor kit from Matt Lewis

I was bored one day so treated myself to these





Head back on (with new head bolts)



I then painted the rocker cover





With new Motorsport ht leads too





So I was bored with the way the brakes looked with my wheels so a little upgrade

Before



And after



Im happy with that

Head all back together and running sweet

Before



And after



Fitted a new header tank too and strut tops

Got me a new rouse splitter



Fitted



The brakes with the wheels on



Plus I have given it a full service



I used shell 5w 40



Used all gen parts for the service

Some of the car done



I have fitted orange indicators now



Before



After



Hope you have enjoyed it guys cos even that it has giving me a little trouble it is still a pleasure to work on and I enjoy every minute of everyday driving this car.

Any comments and questions welcome.

Thanks