Thought I would share this with the fellow members as progress has really slowed down and the money pot is drying up with the run up to Christmas so i'll need some encouragement over the next few of month


Started middle of June 2010 on weekends only

This is the first time I've done something as deep as this.

Before,































20 Years of crap underneath...

 

Looks like this has been sitting on the bottom of the ocean for 20 years!

All of this will be binned, good job I bought a brand new Genuine Ford cradle last year

 

Nightmare one bolt siezed in, it took a couple of hours to get it out as needed to cut through it on both sides.....

Also need to mount a work bench in the garage with a new vice as I'm not allowed to use works garage facilities any more due to someone stealing Diesel, so it's all stopped

 

Picked up some of my bits today and dropped some more off, all looking mint considering the state of the stuff I gave him.

Only problem is he's lost one of my rear beam plates, he promises me he has it somewhere



^^^^^^^^^^ so I thought.......it all needs re-done, not happy with it. As the saying goes, pay cheap, pay twice!

Never again!

 

I'm hoping these come apart as easy as the rear driveshafts did.....




Not sure what happened here but I ordered new clips for the gearbox/exhaust heat shield (24mm) and these turned up



Not happy....All sorted thanks to Carparts Express in South Shields!!!

 

Done my back in with this

Nearly lost my fingers as well, I was not expecting it to be side heavy!

Bad news is it looks like it needs an input shaft bearing done and a couple of seals

 

One weaping front crank seal

Will be replacing all seals anyway so not all bad....



Will be taking the inlet manifold off next weekend and headlamps etc.

 

Hope I remember how it all goes back together

 

before and after



Had the diff blasted only and got it back like this. Really don't want to put any paint on it as it will likely peel or I'll get the wrong colour Silver and don't want it to look wrong.



Needs airing off and wiping down....

 

Got me props today too,





Having a bit of a headache with the inlet and the plenum

not sure the best way to tackle it...

 

Been racing this weekend so not had much time to get much done







Is this the 'timing right' mark??











Head gasket was ok

However there are valve marks on the pistons : so not sure on the story there

What have I started!!!!! I think I've dug a too deeper hole

 

Well I took the boot off the inner cv joint and it fell apart in my hands.

Accident waiting to happen this,

 

Job done



Nothing else done today, see what happens tomorrow

 

Only had a few hours to spare this weekend so not much progress,

and I had this new toy to play with





Next job is to strip it down and take the sump off

 

Fuel lines off, disconnected and de-greased. Needed a special tool to do it, so thanks goes to 'steventoon'



To be powder coated Bright Silver,

 

Cant get the worm drive casing off

4 bolts and a circlip off and it wont budge

 

Well it's off and I cant get the pin out for the actual drive for the speedo

Any ideas?

 

It's out!

Not much progress being done at the moment and I lost a day today changing coolant, thermostat and fan switch on a friends Cossie. Moving radiator to the correct holes, trying to fix the gearstick and trying new clocks in for the temp gauge.







Waxoyl needs to be stripped and I got sick the other day starting it with petrol.

 

Can't find any pictures of the clean up other than the first one

not sure where they've gone, however,

Before,



Back end after 1st coat of 2k primer,











2nd coat of primer,

 

base coat pics,



















I was a bit dissapointed at this point as it did'nt look to good but Martin Logan (busyboy) assured me it would be better once the base coat/clear coat work together and he was right but I'm still not happy with it .......

 

It needs P2000 wet sanded and 3M Green top compunding and polishing to be finished properly.

Overall I'm happy with the job but the colour match is very poor.....I'll ponder on it a couple of weeks and decide what to do but I think it's going to have to be scotched off and painted again

 

Been to get some more paint mixed up.....it's got more silver in it and less tint.

Will be starting to scotch it all off again this weekend.......

update***

15 December.

Current progress is - engine bay has been re-painted and is a good colour match but the finish is not as good.

Next decent weekend the car will be fully unwrapped for inspection and then decide what to do next.

In the mean time an order has gone into Ford for all the plastic clips with a grand total of........ Ł259 +vat

Also chrome plating has been collected after being away for 3 month and am I a happy chappy

 

These also where a nightmare for him to do, although I bought new before I gave him them he said they had been etched and the buffer he had could not do small work, thought fair cop to him he never charged me any extra



The driveshafts took weeks to work and I mean weeks as they were terrible and no way was I prepared to buy new ones. So they have been machined and hand polished/copper plated before chroming







Now this bit (Prop Bearing holder) the bloke got confused with. He said it would be a nightmare to do and said he would have a go at it and if it was'nt looking good he would put it to one side. He's done a cracking job on it and he did'nt charge me for it, however, he's polished up the wrong side

So it'll be put it for shot blasting and powder coating

 

Interior is minty mint, only the drivers side foam bolster has been changed so I was lucky there.

Centre console is out because of the gearbox and the back seat is up to mask the holes in the floor for the abs sensors

 

Recieved a delivery from Car builder Solutions today, though I'll not be using the brake pipe (as I'll be ordering up the Green stuff from Ford).

Thought I'd take the opportunity to show you peeps what else I already have to go on

Heat mat, adhesive and I brake pipe bender



Brand new genuine Ford rear calipers



Everything I need for the filler neck and tank,



One new and one old/powder coated fuel pump cradle, been there a year needs a polish





and my new Brake pipe Flareing tool I bought last month off the Snap on man Ł50 old stock



and a couple of spares to go with the 9 I have in the garage,

 

And I found this up in the loft, forgot I had and it's still runs after 10 years

Make my little boy happy when the snow goes,

 

Well I've been to Ford and picked up the bulk of my order, I still need a good few more but could'nt think of any more at the time.

Here's Ł247 lighter,





















and these came in the post last week

 

XuPicked the bottom end of the engine up on Sunday.

It's had new,

Mahle Piston rings,
Mahle motorsport Bearings,
Shells,
Light skim,
polish up,
Front Crank seal,
Rear crank seal,
Genuine Cosworth oil pump,
Block re-painted Black.

Only awaiting the head which is to be,

de-coked (exhaust side)
New valve guides
Valves lapped back in
Valve stem oil seals
Bearings/seals,
Acid bathed to clean it up,
all studs removed,

can't think of anything else

 

Some little bits arrived today

Not sure how long the plating will last on these so I'm going to leave a couple outside for a number of weeks,



Nightmare finding these, Ford can't get the studs any more and I nearly got fleeced on Ebay but managed to do a chargeback via Paypal.

The Mrs wasn't best pleased when she seen the receipt





I'm going to give this a go on the head maybe this weekend or next. If it does the job I'll use it on both of the diffs.

 

3 different company's to receive these,

The all important Stainless steel A4 - 80 grade for the rear beam and diff













the only error in the whole order (should have been flanged)













Well that was Ł360 well spent :doh:

and I wish my snap-on man would'nt keep calling by my work or I'd have a few more bits

 

Not too much progress really

I've bought a new pair of Genuine Ford engine mounts @Ł216 and etch primed them then painted them Satin Black.

Sold my old pair on ebay for Ł50 after 2 hours

Have to pick up my 10 metre Genuine Ford Olive Green Brake pipe soon,

I've put all the stuff I had into the Powder Coaters for Silver, will have that back maybe next weekend.

Going to replace the front crank seal with a Viton one as the new one that was fitted is plain Black and I don't trust it (just me being me)

This weekend, need to make up a template for the heat proof matt on the bulkhead.

Need to buff up the paintwork in the engine bay then I can bond it in place.

BIG THANKS TO DAVE MONSTER!!!! for supplying the Polished Vin/colour plates which came last week

Pics to follow tonight as Im at work now........

 

Small update,

Old ones,



New ones from Ford, I was a bit disappointed at the finish of the new ones, there not even painted fully and the bottom is bare metal



A quick etch prime, 2k primer and Satin Black and they look like this,



I think I should have just painted my old ones up

 

and I gave most of yesterday and today painting these up,

ABS Block



YB Front crank seal cover,



and the head,



Next job is to sort the heat proof matt on the bulk head.

 

I picked my front diff up from the blasters yesterday and was planning on painting it up along with the rear diff.

However After taking the diff plate off to inspect the internals just in case I was met with this,



So it was out with the spanners,





The whole thing has to be stripped down so I can flush it out and clean out the sand/grit :doh:

Most of today being spent on this and sourcing all new oil seals and o ring from Ford,



Really pleased how it all came out, but it was so time consuming, here's hoping we have a nice sunny day soon so I can get the casing's painted up,

 

Small update, I've sourced a pair of Viton seals for the front diff from MSD.

Front diff re-assembled and finished paint - Needs stainless bolts polishing for the plate and oil seals fitted and it's done.

New Uprated diff mount landed yesterday - Needs bolts and spacers Zinc plating.

Rear diff finished paint - Needs oil seals fitting and output flanges painting in Black.

Not sure whether to use polished stainless bolts on the rear diff plate or paint the originals up Gloss Black. I'll do both and take pics and you lot can help me decide :thumbsup:


Backward step with the Engine cradle, fuel lines, inlet plenum, oil filter carrier and engine arms from the powder coaters.....

I've been ripped off again!

The quality of the work is shockingly bad, there's bubbles everywhere and the colour is the wrong shade of Silver.

My thermostat housing has been lost.



I'm not going to bother with anymore work from powder coaters and blasters I'll do it all myself from now on

 

Cracking on with it big time now, been doing brakepipes in engine bay, heatproofIng on bulkhead.

Abs block reassembled and servo refitted, pedal box back in.

Bought Ahmed baylor springs, rear arms are now complete along with rear beam and poly bushed with power flex items.

Gearbox checked over an fitted with 3 bearings and 3 seals, all painted up and drying as I type this!

3 boxes of Yellow zinc to sort through.

Genuine Ford clutch kit arrived from Woodford garage last week, the engine and box is ready to go back in over the next couple of weeks.

Can't think of anymore, didn't take any pictures :/

It's looking mighty nice I have to say

 

bout time you done a resto mate.
just to add ive seen this car in the flesh and its stunning.

 

ABS block painted and re assembled

 

Thanks Jeff!

Photobucket is having a fit with my pics

 

Heat proof matting fitted,