davidfox280585

does anyone know if eccy mk3 and mk4 chassis legs are same and inner wings i know the cross member and slam panels are different any help pls as ive been told there different but been told there same by a bloke who worked in bodyshop at ford years ago when they were ten a penny

davidfox280585

as above

iansoutham

Nope. They are different. I think you can use the inner wing, but not the chassis leg.

I know when we rebuilt a S1 a couple of years ago, we got our hands on a new chassis-leg complete from Fords and had to cut a bit off as it was no use.

If you look in this thread:
https://passionford.com/forum/showth...ght=philbotley

you should find all you are after.

If you are getting into a resto. or rebuild that deep, I may be able to help you out with some jig-sheets for reference purposes.

davidfox280585

anyone help as still insure does it say on the jig sheets

iansoutham

The jig sheets will not tell you the differences, but will give you all the alignment points that you WILL need to align it up afterwards. If you do not, then it most likely will not be straight in all directions and will have issues afterwards.

If you look @ the thread I directed to in the above post, you can see that the chassis leg itself was retained as it was incompatible, but the top inner wing was replaced using a S2 version.

davidfox280585

do you know the differences ian or does anyone else

iansoutham

The difference is where the front of the member meets the front panel and crossmember. If I remember correctly, the cutout is different @ the end.

davidfox280585

surely this can be modified some how though as bought a load a bits tonight for the beast full kit rad front bumper spoiler 3 end caps gearbox front subframe stg 3 turbo 200 quid alright that wasnt it

iansoutham

Sorry to sound off, but no matter how many times you ask the same question in a different form, it will always be "the bottom section is different".

davidfox280585

just re looked at the thread and took the laptop out to the car and looked i see the difference mk4s have front panels attachet to cross member and mk3s are seperate i have a friend with a mk3 cabby for scrap that leg should be same as my s1 shouldnt it

iansoutham

Sorry, in a better mood today (should have stepped away from the keyboard last night methinks )

Yep, as long as the chassis leg and inner wing is the later single-bolt job it should fit fine.

davidfox280585

yes it is the single strut top mount one thanks a lot ian if you wouldnt mind id like the jig dimensions as ive found somebody local to do it for me

iansoutham

Will see what I can do for you . Will try and get them tomorrow if the computer I need is free, if not early part of next week okay?

iansoutham

Okay, I have the jig sheet, send me your email and I will scan it and send a copy over to you tonight or Saturday

davidfox280585

davidfox280585@yahoo.co.uk cheers ian your a gent

iansoutham

Copy here for anyone who might be wondering or is doing something similar themselves....

iansoutham

Copy emailed