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Mk5 Escort RS2000 UPDATED 15/2/06 Big Update (56k no no).
Decided since the oil pumps gone I'm gunna rebuild/mod the engine. Thought I'd post it in here for future reference to anyone who may need it or like to read it.
Feel free to let me know what you think and most important of all shout at me when I'm messing things up. Here goes...... :banana: Started taking the engine out the other night and will be out by tomorrow night, cleaned up and put in the spare bedroom. Calipers are off and ive already degreased them and brushed them down with a wire brush will paint next. I Want to get the car back into a rolling state so I can move it from my drive to somewhere else with a little more room to work on it. Thats why I've decided to get under the front arches all cleaned up re paint everything re builed everything and stick the wheels back on. In doing this Ive already found a nice hole of rust in the drivers footwell just below where the hinges are for the doors. Just thought I'd get the thread started because theres gunna be quite alot of photos added tomorrow. Peace Out :D |
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Engines out and in the spare bedroom now. Was easy enough getting it out with that engine lift, just a shame that the engine lift couldnt be pushed upstairs.
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good work mate i hope you have more interest in your project than i do :cry: :cry: :cry:
my rs2k is in shit loads of bits and i have proper lost interest in cars just lately and cant see it ever getting done now :oops: WOMEN ARE BAD :cry: |
good luck mate best colour too
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good luck mate best colour too Just gotta read up on what to do next :P. Like my rust patch??? |
Started taking the engine apart last night, heads been up my ass recently so I've only just started it again. I think the picture ive added on my desktop of my car when it was working has reminded me I do actually need to finish it. :banana:
Here goes... Stripped it down some more today, is it me or are engines quite clean inside. I don't know if its me not knowing what an engines like inside or most of this is new. https://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/DSCF1150.jpg https://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/DSCF1149.jpg https://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/DSCF1153.jpg Anyways I got the crank pully off and took the tentioner off went to undo the oil pump sprocket, head of the bolt came straight off without much pressure at all. Put it this way i could undo the thread remaining in the hole with my fingernail. That tells me that was loose to start with. With a little bit more detective work, I stripped the oil pump down to find the following. (May be a sore sight to the trained eye) https://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/DSCF1140.jpg https://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/DSCF1143.jpg https://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/DSCF1148.jpg From what I can see the cylinder thats sat insdide the oil pump has collected some metal from somehwere and scored the inside enough for the metal to build up and jam it together. Now I've put this down to be tightened up too much, now im not 100% on this because I'm unaware if anyone has ever even touched the oil pump. So what I thinks happened is that its siezed up, the sprocket wasnt tight leaving some play for chain to rip the head off enough to spin without actually turning the oil pump. If that makes sense. It was all still intact when I opened it up, so the chains pulled the sprocket but rathern than spin the siezed oil pump its bent the head enough to spin freely without pulling the sprocket away from the oil pump completely. I'm no better off now because I still need an oil pump but at least I think I know why it happened. Also I've learnt quite alot so far, and amazed a few friends that think I'm crazy for stripping the engine down. Just keep telling them its easy when you have instructions. :P Good job they dont see this thread. :banana: Cheers guys. Hope you enjoy. |
Heads off now.
Still saving at the minute to get the head ported and polished, and bottom end lightened and balanced. But I just couldnt help myself getting a set of morettes. £137 all in :P. Anyone on here that can recommend somewhere as close as possible to the north west that I can get the work done??? Been quoted £480 for port n polish and £160ish for bottom end. Also whats the best thing to clean all my bits up with? Cheers |
Looking good that fella,
i see your another local in oldham :DD: we need more rs's up here :top: |
I'm working on it. :content:
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The morettes I have just bought should arrive on Friday.
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nice one
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small world mate my number plates k606 gew here is my restro just put sum wheels on it awaitin for cash so i can get a starter motor.
your doing sum good work there matey keep it up :top: https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...113&highlight= :D :D :D |
Hello dan,
Thats the car that the Morettes are coming out of, I'm in the same boat as you waiting for money to get the engine work done. Its a bummer. |
alright nath :cool: lol its even more of a bummer for me i got my licence back on sept 9th after being banned for 6 months n i still carnt drive it cus the starter motor has packed in all i get is a click click :wall: :wall: now ran out of cash till next week :(
i wouldnt mind a set but there daft money might c if i can get some from the ford show at donny :top: :top: |
£137 all in. Cheap as chips really cos ive seen em going on ebay for £200+
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bargin matey :top: i will try n find some for round the £150.00 mark or less if i can ive only seen them for about £200ish :wall:
keep up the good work then mate i will keep my thead up to date as soon as the cash starts coming in again :cool: |
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Lights came a little later than he said but I got them at least.
Started off by getting things cleared up in a seperate thread. :content: Took them apart and rubbed em down. Attachment 148502 Primed them up. Attachment 148503 Attachment 148504 Finding it hard to wait till tomorrow but I know I have to. I dont ever want to have to rub them down ever again. :cry2: Ill update it tomorrow when Ive painted them. |
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Finished the Morette Lights off.
Attachment 148510 Stripped the trim outta it too. Attachment 148511 When I got to removing the passenger side this is what I found. One wet carpet/sound proofing Passenger side only. Attachment 148512 Nice puddle. Attachment 148513 RUST. Attachment 148514 Attachment 148515 Front end off. Attachment 148516 More RUST. Attachment 148517 Attachment 148518 Mother in laws back garden :clap: Attachment 148519 Attachment 148520 Decided I'd best get the body work done ASAP. Gunna buy another engine and stick that in once the body is done, ill rebuild the other when I've got time/money. |
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: keep up the good work mate looking good got to sort that rust out tho :top:
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Thanks
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Found an engine now RS2000 out of a 4X4 but I think I'm right in thinking it will just pop straight into my 2wd.
Engine has covered 62,000 miles FSH Fast road cams fitted £1000 worth of reciepts for work carried out and repairs Spoke to the bloke who has the engine now because he bought it as a full written off car and has broke it. He was laughing saying its un believable the work that has been carried out on it regardless of the cost. £450 Hopefully picking up this week. |
Picked engine up tonight and yeah whoever owned it before I did, did spend alot of cash on thow ehole car nevermind the engine.
Havnt added it all up yet but I'm gunna have to just to see the bottomline. Cheers |
good work mate, when are you planning on having it back on th road then???
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I havn't really got a date in mind tbh, it'll be done when it gets done I suppose. Sooner than later i hope.
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:D
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Good to see you haven't given up on it. I would have done :cry: :cry:
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Nice one mate i've got most of this work to do yet :wall:
Take a look at my thread in my sig, Good luck with it nice to see i'm not alone now you and dan are doing mk5 rs's cheeRS, Grant |
hi mate
fair play to you i know if i had a car gone that far i would have let it rot but fair play to owners like your self that keeps the cars alive :top: :top: :top: keep up the good work cheers marco |
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