Right,

Started stripping it down today and got quite a bit done but starting with what it looked like before I began:





Have taken the bumper and some of the engine components, off now! Tommorow the rest of the things like fan, rad and intercooler will be taken off along with header tank and anything else I can get off

 

Good Lad Nick.

 

Easy there mate!

So, what are your plans for the car, whats getting restored? So your starting with the front end....fill us in

 

yeah come on nick give us a little bit more info! good luck with it, nice to see another one being looked after.

 

Are you going to do it out in the open ,fair play

 

Nothing too spectacular like some on here

Gonna have the engine out, new clutch, engine bay sprayed, new alternator, new starter motor, new battery, new leads and plugs etc! Then paintthe geartbox, remove ABS and generally make everything under the bonnet a lot tidier as you can see, its not nice to look at now

 

Fair play to you mate So it's just the bay your doing? Good luck with that, I am going to finish the front end on mine at some point Keep the pics coming

 

nice one poom thats just where i started when i first got mine then the bug bites and you just cant stop

 

Yeah just the bay!

Will eventually get to the back end but gonna work through it! Will see how far my money gets

 

please don't make the same mistake like me, throwing all the srcews in ine big cardboard box, K?? Mark several boxes, especially the engine compartment!!!! have fun

 

I have a plastic tub at the minute with them in!

I guess I could bag them in little money bags I could nick from the bank (If they still do them) and label them like Alternator, Bumper, ETC!

 

thats' the point yeah, just hope you don't have a baby sister!? get the pic, me wanna play with the baggies, empty them ......all.......NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

Right been workingo n it today and got most of everything out! (There is a rounded nut holding the manifold on so c\nt get the bastard off, tried everything)

Here are a couple of pics of how it stands now:





Gonna try and find an engine hoist soon and take it out so I can get to work on the engine bay to get it clean while I save up for engine parts....then I can see how bad the clutch is!

 

Bit more of an update!

Rich (xr4x4rs) got the bastard rounded nut off within 2 minutes

 

Have you got a garage to do the work in?

 

No That is why it is bit by bit dependant on weather!

 

Nightmare!

 

Looking good nick. Would be nice to see it again nice and shiney

Just hurry up and get the engine out before the weather turns then work on it in the kitchen or bedroom

 

nick you should oif had that stripped to a shell by now mate

what u hanging about at

need anymore more help just ring

 

Good luck mate

Will be worth it in the end


Brian

 

good luck matey

 

Need an engine hoist and then it will be out! Gottoclear the shed out tommorow and fit a light so it can be in there and I can hide away and paint the engine LOL

 

keep up the good work

 

its a bastard working outside when you havent got a garage, thats how ive done mine, so i know just how it feels. good luck with the whole thing, sticvk at it cos it'll be well worth it

 

Just prepared the working area

 

Nice!

I feel lucky just having a garage now, left alone wishing I had a full workshop with ramps etc

Keep the updates coming pal

 

I pimped it! My mum turned the garage into a bedroom (bitch)

ww.pimpmyshed.com is soon to be a new business

Just awaiting an engine hoist now to get engine out and put it in the shed to strip down

 

 

Good to see another rs turbo being restored
Even if it is a series 2

 

Good work nick. Love the Shed.


Start mine on Sunday!

 

Engine is now out









The clutch is severely raped though :blink:

Just got to wait on the battery tray and bulkhead repair and then I can get some welding done

Thanks Rich

 

keep the good work up

 

It is more Rich (xr4x4rs) than me

 

no probs mate

least its out so you can get on with the work

 

Good work