J1mbo

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right cleaned the egine bay
all the bottles/tanks came up lovely !
also got pistons ! they have been fitted on rods
and been put into the block!
along with refurbed oil put and clean pick up pipe
sump has been sanded/wire wheeled and painted in hamerite black !
oh forgot to mention the bottom end gasket set arrived so all new
gakets fitted ! this ment water pump could go on . . so it did haha !
well bout it for now gotta get a new clutch but hopefully bottom end should be
fitted next week !! wohooo haha

pics !!















block painted !


crank in !!




water pump and oil pump!





sump on and nicely painted



some reason cant upload pics of pistons and rods in block !
oh well another time lol

more next week !!

cheers jim

danny_boy699

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nice work fella but how come u didn't just put a new engine in

J1mbo

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hi mate well thought instead of new engine might aswell rebuild what ive got
its fun doing it and i learn about them whilst im doing it
dont get to do much on cvh's normally yb's so makes a nice change !!
also what it would cost for another engine ! atleast now i have a "brand new" engine

NEEDFORSPEED

justin.e

nice one Jim keep up the good work

J1mbo

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cheers fella's
will do justin hopefully up an runnin next week

Rippers

That bay looks mint now how did you clean the plastic bottles they look brand new!

J1mbo

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cheers paul
all i did was got some of this corrosive acid cleaner stuff the old man uses and blasted the whole bay with it
then give it a rinse with the steam cleaner and wolaa it come up good as new i was impressed with it too lol

more pics soon
it drives !!!!!!!!!!!

steven mc kay

your getting on well with her now jim that engine bay has cleaned up realy well top work mate . will see you next satuarday get a look at your car . are you looking forwards to ford fair.your dad i think had a lot to with me getting my car on the stand along with his car cant wate .tell him thanks and will see him satuarday. take care now thanks steven

J1mbo

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yeah getting there steven brakes next
yeah cant wait till ford fair will be wiked
ahh did he now did not know but ill let him no you said !

see you saturday
jim

8260 damien

car looks good jim bet u cant wait to road test her? are u gonna put some bigger brakes on her rs turbo or something coz u can never have enough brakes

J1mbo

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thankya
yeah thought about some 4x4 escos brakes

paceo

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are the wheels on yet?

J1mbo

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right i think its time !
a few more updates !

well heres the engine bay its been done for ages but havnt put no pics up !!


crackle black rocker cover ! thanks to rainbird



ma oz's thankya paceo



and one of my newest arrivals is the rs2000 bumper and laguna spliter wohoo





and another new bit ! gotta fit soon !
then all buftied up



and one of the inside all in bits atm just sorting wiring





well thats all for now more soon hopefully

richard_syko

Looking good. Damn ford red though, should have come with suncream lol.

SiZT

come along well, the paint will be mint with a good mopping I should imagine

J1mbo

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cheers lads
i no the red is a ryt pain get it to the valeters

jim

kitchy

nice work mate

MikeR

I bet that looks funny in your old mans place, proper sleep look lol

Mike

Paul_RS

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Thats going to be a cracking car when you've finished mate!

Kepp up the good work!

J1mbo

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well now theres been more work !! lol

had to get some brakes on the old gal so i can stand her on its nose

so went on the roof of the work shop and hope a little ose obout to find a real nice set of escort cossie breaks with a set of mint disks and pads

so they obviously had to go in my little corner of the workshop hehe !!

well here they are fitted ! a few snaps









then had to sort out the back !
so i stripped it down and everything was good really !
i took the drums and put them in the lathe and got the old man to clean them up for me ready for a lick of paint

heres how they started !





and after a nice coat of etch primer and silver paint this is how they came out







now ! after having a nice red front bumper i had to get one to match for the back !

so the hunt started ! ofcourse on ebay


picked one up and as soon as it arrived on she went






and to finish off ! i wasnt happy the way the holes in the front bumper are just covered by a plastic thing so i cut them strasight off
only something little but im much happier






thats all for now hopefully there isnt much more to do ! but updates as soon as they come

jim

jacko

you not tempted to just put the plate on the cos and go for a spin lol

J1mbo

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it ocasionally goes my mind

Rippers

Nice work have you considered the RS2k side skirts and rear bumper spats?

J1mbo

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soon to come paul i think
i might get a rs2k bonnet for it aswell and have the escossy grill on it too as i loved marco's one wen it was like that

Rippers

Mate I so wanted to say I hate the smiley grill bonnets but didn't want to offend glad you considering getting the early RS2k one with the power bulges

Wayne Ash

looking good jim, soon be finished , keep up the good work

rostill2007

looking good mate ive been helping with hai07222s project thats a bit like this but not a thorough top work keep the updates coming

Dicko&Vacant

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good work mate

but cant believe you didnt even paint the front calipers

jacko

might be able to get you some of the bits your after mate ill ask the lad and get back to you

J1mbo

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i like the grill . . . not ! theyre not ma favorite lol !

thanks m8

cheers bud ill check out the thread if its on here

Chip

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Nice one J1mbo, coming along really well.

Not many people with their first car start out with an engine rebuild straight away



Bet in 10 years time when you have the funds spare and ability to insure stuff etc, that whatever you are driving is going to be MENTAL!

J1mbo

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thanks i was going to but then thought winter will be here soon so everything will be wrecked so ill have a real good clean and paint up next year i think

ooh that would be good ! especially a red bonnet

cheers chip

hopefully ill get into the cossie scene myself a bit more soon ! maybe get a cossie maself and show rupert and the old man the way round the track

reborns1

alright mate
I've got a pair of rs2k rear spats if u wanna make me an offer just pm me

COCHYN

This is great, for a first car too. I don't think I've ever seen parts posted on this site that are actually standard....is that what standard pistons look like?

Nice little car there, but I'm still a little shocked that you've not been forced into having something scary as a first car!

J1mbo

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haha yeah theyre standard just half mm over size

lol id love something scary lol just my pockets dont like it when insurance is 2k on a 1.4

Charlie Chalk

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Nice one Jimmy

J1mbo

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J1mbo

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well only a quick update but got the exhaust fitted ! backbox off a 3door

went from 4inch i think to the standard escort size maybe 1-2 inch

but got it on welded up and positioned perfectly !

and it sounds awsome ! im sooo happy with it !!

ill get pics up tomorow

Thrifty94

Nice motor there mate