Having seen the standard of some of the other series 2's on here I really thought it was about time I got to work on mine. At the moment i'm concentrating on the engine bay and front wheel arches. I'll do underneath at a later date.

This is how the engine bay looked before I sarted work on it. It was quite clean but there are a few areas of rot/rust that need sorting, the usual thing, battery tray, top of the front cross member etc.




Start of the stripdown.



Header tank, heater box and water pipes removed.



Radiator, intercooler, turbo, lights removed etc..


Off side wheel arch



This is what it looked like before doing anything to it, coverd in waxoil (seemed like a good idea at the time) and 15 years worth of dirt.



This is how it looks now. With all the dirt and wax removed and in primer.

Near side wheel arch



Here's the other side, once again covered thick in waxoil







And here it is with all the wax and rubbish removed. Can't wait to underneath....not



And this is what it looks like now in primer, although there's some rot to sort out above the gearbox end plate.




This is how the car looks at the moment. Hopefully it should be going into the bodyshop next week to have the few area's of rot sorted out and the engine bay and front panel resprayed.
So my next task is to start cleaning all the bits which I have removed. I was aiming to have it all back together by mid to late april but i'm starting to doubt it.

 

Look's good mate Good luck Keep the picture's comnig

Brian

 

Top work mate

 

how did you get all the underseal off, it must have taken hours i need to do mine properly. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

To get the waxoil off I used auto glym tar remover and a combination of rags, scrapers and a scrubbing brush. It wasn't a nice job to do and was particually arkward right in the corners and yes it did take hours.

 

Cant wait to see more pics

 

just been there it is a fucker i used a wire brush but the tar still gets everywhere
and that was only around the engine bay would dread to do the inside arches

 

Looking good m8. I aint removing waxoyl tho..in fact i waxoyed mine in august and im redoing it all again before it goes back on the the road

 

Did a bit more yesterday. Cleaned the water radiator and gave it a little bit of a re-polish

Here it was before






And here it is after just under 5 hours of cleaning and polishing

 

looking great there mate , doin a good job, this is what ill be doing with my cabby very soon , keep up the good work!

 

 

Thanks for the kind comments, it's much appreciated.

The car went into the bodyshop at the end of last week. I'll post more pics of it when I get it back.

In the meantime i've been cleaning and re-painting the front calipers.

Here they were before:





And here they are after, with new hoses fitted. Just got to fit new bleed screws when they arrive.



Also gave the master cylinder a quick paint as well.



Doing the metering unit next, so i'll post more pics when that's done.

 

top stuff will be worth it in the end, keep up the good work

 

Cant see the calipers done,no piccy

 

what paint u use on the calips etc plasticote?
Tim
looks mint by the way

 

hopefully you can now.


I used high temp paint (VHT) from Frost Auto Restoration

 

Looks excellent so far mate. Well done.

 

Yes can see them now,they look very nice

 

Went and had a look at the car in the bodyshop last week and it's comming along nicely. Should be back with me in a couple of weeks

In the mean time i've been busy working on the metering unit and a couple of other bits. Sorry about the quality of the pics.

Before




Here's the unit after being cleaned up and painted along with new fittings



The lower casting after being cleaned and painted



And here it is rebuilt. Just got to get the two fuel lines to the press-regulator refinished now.





I've also cleaned and painted the fuel accumulator, but forgot to take a before picture



And yesterday I gave the throttle housing and inlet manifold a quick clean and re-polish. I also managed to strip a thread out of the manifold while stripping it down, so that's something else to sort as well now

 

Look's really great Love it

 

Looking like brand new

 

looking smart. Got more patience than me with that metering head

 

Thanks for the comments guys.

The metering unit didn't take all that long to do, it was a brand new unit fitted to the car about 5 years ago so it was still in quite good condition.

 

Can't belive how good that looks Top work

 

it's looking good mate

 

Update:

I finally got the car back on Friday Really happy with how its turned out. Here's some pics of whats been done:

Front near side floor

before


Rot cut out on the inside and outside




All welded up on the out side


And here it is sealed and painted on the outside


and the inside


As can be seen the other side was much the same




From the inside




Here's some pics of the battery tray. It turned out to be a lot worse than first appeared.
This is as it was


Here it is with the tray removed, can't believe how bad it was underneath


Here it is with the new panel welded in and with the tray about to be welded in




And finally painted up


Here are some pics of the engine bay

o/s inner wing before


After




Front crossmember.
Before


After


Front bumper mount.
Before


Here it is repaired, along with some pictures of the inner arches, i'll post some more of these when the suspensions stripped out.










Not done a great deal to the car yet. Just refitted the washer jets and lines, side repeater wiring and fuel filter clamp.


New washer bottle just about ready to fit, just got to tape the wires.


But my next task is to sort this little lot out

 

Very nice ,bet your glad to have it back,out of interest how much was the washer bottle.

 

Yeah, really glad to have it back It was away for 7 weeks.

The list price for the washer bottle is just over Ł13 +vat (part no 1059605)
Although it's slightly different to the original. It has an oval filler, not round, so you also need a new cap and it also has an extra mounting hole on the bottom of it. There is a hole on the car for this so you also need an extra bolt - part no 6554729
and an expansion nut - part no 6549354

Cheers

Andy

 

Looking really good mate. Well done. Keep the updates coming

 

Looks really good. Makes me want to do mine

 

Thanks mate. I'll keep the updates coming.


Do it mate, i'm really glad that I started mine now, especially now bits are starting to go back on, although there have been times that I wished i'd never started it, but you just have to think how good it'll look in the end.

 

Small update:

I don't seem to be making much progress at the minute.The loom is now all retaped and has been fitted back into the car, along with the wiper motor, header tank and washer bottle.











I've now started to remove the front suspension from the car to send for powder coating.





That's about it so far. Next i'm going to remove the gearbox mounts, etc so they can also be powder coated.

 

must say it looks awesome.... Im also doing my engine bay now, so its nice to get some ideas, and se other ways to do it in

 

Update:

Got some parts back from the powder coaters on Friday


Roll bar and front springs



Alternator brackets



Gearbox mounts and cross member





Front roll bar mounts



I have also now refitted both ecu's



The gearbox has also been repainted

before


after




And with all the mounts, amal valve and front roll bar mount refitted

 

top work there!!!

 

Looks great

 

Thanks for the comments.

Not made a great deal of progress. But my new dampers finally turned up yesterday after receiving a faulty set to begin with
So now there assembled ready to go back onto the car.

I've also cleaned and painted these



And here's the front shocks rebuilt

 

where did you get the bronze coloured bolts from mate the ones that hold on the arb mountsand how much were they

 

Your ford dealer should still be able to get them for you. I got mine from xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
The finis code is 1477897 and they retail at 99p each +vat, if you need the washers aswell, they are 1451781 - 32p each.

Hope this is of help

 

looks great