I purchased my sapp 10 days ago now, got a shopping list ready of little jobs I wanted sorting out so made a start today.Buckle up here we go again.

Rev counter wasn't working, I had a spare set of clocks so we swapped a few bits over and I now have a rev counter that works, this was the first job today.



Secondly I wanted the aftermarked Kenwood cd player out of the car and refit the original Ford unit which came with the car. The Kenwood didn't work anyway, so binned this.Looked at all the wiring, beleive it or not none of the plugs had been cut and all the original wiring was all intact including the amp the head unit cable, it was all nicely tucked away. So connected it all up and hey presto we had the Ford unit working, I was so pleased all the wiring was uncut, makes things a lot easier then.



Drivers front electic window is a bit noisy, stripped the door card off, greased it all but still the same so gonna replace the window motor.

Removed and cleaned the idle speed control valve as it was a little sticky now and again, better now though.

Finally I found out that the rad fans were not working, so I thought I need this sorting urgently. Purchased a new fan switch, tried it, still no good. Checked all the wiring and bridge out the fans, fans kicked in nicely. Traced it back to a faulty fan relay, luckily my mate had one spare out of his RS500, tried that and all good fans now working perfectly. Then I found that the fan switch plug was cable tied on, somebody had damaged this at some point. So cable tied it on for now, new plug will be on order soon.

Faulty fan relay





That's all for today.

 

got some pics of the car Lee?

 

In the picture section Jeff, posted up earlier this evening.

CheeRS. Lee.

 

Hi Lee,

That's my mate tims old car you have there, he was sad to see it go, as was I.

Should be a good project for you mate, its quite a tidy one. Looking forward to seeing your progress!

I need to get round to posting a load of photos of how mine is coming along lol

Cheers
Nick

 

Yes it is indeed Tims old car, he was sad to see it go for sure.Nice fella Tim.It is a very tidy car, will be much better once I've got my claws into the car.Yes I will be ploughing into this soon, plenty more pics and updates to come over the coming weeks.

Thanks. Lee.

 

wow, amazed the wiring was uncut there, most have been butchered at some point btdt with most fords i've had from this time period. Looks better with the stock stuff in.

 

I have to agree, couldn't beleive it myself.Yes much better with original back in the car and working nicely.

Thanks. Lee.

 

Looking forward to seeing this develope bud

 

Me too Pete.

CheeRS.Lee.

 

you always do a great job getting your cars up to spec lee,i will be following your progress for sure

 

Nice to see another saff been looked after.

 

Thanks James, I will do my best.

Yes well I like to pamper these old toys..lol.

Thanks. Lee.

 

Collected a few parts over the past week.A few marks on the lights but they are genuine, not sure if I'm gonna used them yet, see if my mate can clean them up.Nice new light blue ovals and original supplying dealer plates and rear screen decal.










few more to follow.

 

New fuel pump cradle bushes kit (no pics of these yet)and a nice eeciv plenum for a later date if I do decide to go for more power.





Thanks. Lee.

 

Coming along nicely bud, lights should come up nicely Lee no problem.

 

Fingers crossed the lights will be ok Pete.Should make a big difference to the look of the car I hope.

CheeRS. Lee.

 

Got the fuel pump cradle bushes yesterday.



Spent the full day today taking all the wheels off, cleaning them inside and out, cleaned shox, arch guards, calipers and discs up plus a few other bits and bobs,looks much better now in these areas, I'm really pleased with the results. Just a freshen up to remove the dust/grease/grime etc, No concourse job..lol.

Front two arches before a clean.





Two front wheels before.








More pics to follow.

 

Just a random pic of the car jacked up.



Just a quick snap of under the engine.

 

Front wheels after.









Front face








More pics shortly.

 

Front wheels back on the car.

 

Rear wheels before.

 

Rear arches after





Rear wheels after.







Thanks. Lee.

 

Rear wheels back on the car.





Random pic of the car in my gagrage.



Thanks. Lee.

 

I am so envious mate.

 

Lovely car, real
Nice garage too!

 

Looks nice matey. Thats a decent size garage.

 

Looks a tidy saff , loving the garage

 

Great work, I love the lattice wheels, such a cool design 😎

 

Thanks for posting up...cheers.

Thanks for your comments.

Cheers Glenn, yes 2 cars normally live in there.

Thanks, yes I had the garage all done out about 8 yrs ago now, try to keep it nice and clean/tidy.My Mrs has her car parked in there aswell.

Yes I have to say the lattice wheels are growing on my somehow.

 

Finally had some parts delivered today from Ford, don't look much but set me back Ł375.







Thanks. Lee.

 

Had a new Engine and Battery decal kit from Tremona Garage. New fans switch plug and amal valve plug.



A few parts ready for blasting and zinc coating.



Thanks. Lee.

 

Cars looking great.
Looked very good from the start, just keeps improving somehow

 

Thanks Jase, got a long way to go yet, only just beginning, you know me..lol.

CheeRS. Lee.

 

nice bit of gear their lee


was it hard find the splitter?

 

A few ŁŁŁŁŁs spent already then Lee lol


Steve

 

No James still available from Ford.

Yes indeed Steve, just the beginning isn't it. You know me..lol.

CheeRS. Lee.

 

Cracking Lee, this will be some car, good thing is now Lee, when you come to sell 2WD Sapphs will be 30-40 grand

 

Lee never keeps a car that long, just like you lol


Steve

 

Some good work and spending done so far! Looking forward to some updates. After seeing your Engine and Battery decal kit from Tremona Garage, I must order one for myself. Cheers for that

Philip.

 

Thanks Pete, hopefully the values will continue to increase, fingers crossed.

Well I can't disagree with you there Steve but I am gonna try hard to keep this one..lol.

Thanks Phillip, yes the decals are a nice peice of kit, won't be fitting for a while yet though.

CheeRS. Lee.