kitchy

some of you might know that i bought the fiesta RS1800 that used to belong to stu and nicole of motorsport developments fame, and that i planned to use it for the staples to naples rally later this year to italy, well the plans are still half intact except it failed its MOT today

it failed on

01 registration plate lamp not working
02 nearside front position lamp(s) not in good working order (not working)
03 offside front position lamp(s) not in good working order (not working)
04 nearside front suspension arm rubber bush detriorated resulting in excessive movement
05 nearside rear (of front to rear) brake pipe excessivly corroded
06 offside rear (of front to rear) brake pipe excessivly corroded
07 nearside rear (back plate) brake pipe excessivly corroded
08 nearside front brake pipe excessivly corroded,
09 rear exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gas (missing clamp)
10 offside front (sill/floor) subframe mounting prescribed area is excessibly corroded
11 nearside rear (sill/floor) subframe mounting prescribed is excessivly corroded
12 offside rear (sill/floor) subframe mounting prescribed is excessivly corroded

i have already got the new bulbs for it, new front wishbones, pinch bolts and a full RS2000 rear disc conversion ready to go on, the cars booked in to get the welding done tuesday, i will update with pics when i get some

AGAR-COSWORTH

Seemed like a mint car when Stu and Nicole had it - shame its gone downhill slightly.

I'd be interested to see some pics of the work being done - always did like the rs1800's

jayRS

i wouldnt of said they were majour things welding to one side
for a car its age i would of said wear and tear really.
lucky it didnt fail the emission test, could of been a new sensor or cat

kitchy

ok here are some pics, not sure the plans for the fiesta yet as its half owned by my brother and i have my RS2000 for everyday and cant have 2 cars so it might have to be sold after the rally in september and trackday ive booked in october

Rusty brake lines

Car in the Air


Koni suspension

Front suspension/Brakes

Aeroquip hoses

Up inside the front arch

Arms coming off

Arm off

Another shot of the suspension


its getting welded 2moz at 8am and it currently only has one lower arm on the car cos i snapped a couple of bolts but luckily my dad bought me some home from his place of work last night, however its raining so i cant work on the car and im going work in 2 hours

7am start 2moz then

jayRS

yeah the old lines do look a bit focked dont they

easy fix though, get down scrappy and get some good ones, saves messing about making them.
wouldnt heart to give that inner arch some underseal or something too.

mind you wouldnt be a bad idea fitting the arch liners back

as for the rubber hoses that are naffed, good reason to fit braided lines

kitchy

not going a scrappy, gonna spend a day making up whole new brake lines, the rubber hoses are ok i just found it funny that they are made by aeroquip who are known for their mega expensive braided stuff, the arch liners will be going back on once ive finished the arms and the weldings been done as they get in the way i think

still need to fit a couple of light bulbs, sort the blowing exhaust, and do the numberplate bulb but should be fine, then the tax is due end of the month

cant afford to spend all my cash on this tho as my RS2000 is far more important

kitchy

the bolts my dad bought home at 7 this morning are now at my mums work till 5.30pm cos she took the car, had i of known he bought them back i could have done the last arm this morning

ah well will do it early 2moz aslong as its not raining doesnt really help that im working tonight tho

jayRS

why waste time making new lines though mate, when for a few quid you can have lines, that are the right shape, size and everything, and then bolt them on, bosh, job done

kitchy

i suppose you have a point mate

wonder where my nearest scrappy is tho, plus i like to do work on my cars even if i just end up pissed off 90% off the time but when its done its always more satisfying knowing you did it all youself, ok my dad whos a trained mechanic helps me alot but only when im really stuck which saves the day

jayRS

if you do make them up, use a good flaring tool, i got one to make a couple of lines up and it was shit, so shit its still sat in the shed and the lines never did get made, mind you in the end i didnt need them anyway

kitchy

i think we will be making them cos every single line is going to be replaced

would take ages in a scrap yard unbolting all the old lines off a fiesta and then coming home and refitting them, so ill just cut the old ones off and make new ones,

jayRS

fair enough mate, thought it was gun the front ones in the arch that needed doing

kitchy

small update, fitted new sidelight bulbs!! got all the welding finished but dont have time or the weather to do the brake pipes so its booked in for wednesday for the local garage to do them and the mot retest and to top things of nicely the tax and the months insurance are due the same week

ah well fiesta should be at the lancs RSOC show on the 1st of july with a fresh mot and 6 months tax

kitchy

job done

after much fucking about and getting pissed off the fiesta now has 12 months mot

just gotta tax it now and then its off to the lancs RSOC show for a spot of camping

jayRS