-beefy-

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just the chap !

expect a pm fella

Minirotty

I've got to be honest and say I think you have mental health needs...

Due to you showing obvious signs of having OCD



Looks ace bud, like factory

Cragrat

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Oh shit!!.....

Cragrat

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Pm'd back chap

dojj

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looking very very good

whizzisat114

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Looking shit hot Beefy a real credit to all concernd ,
However i have one question for you and it may be a daft one
What with you sealing the rear arches up,Do you think its close to where the turrets have to be welded in? i just thought what with the heat generated off the m i g it might damage the sealer and you'll have to dig it out and start again? Or am i missing something what with it being 1030 at night

-beefy-

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no mate your entirely right on that one ,


its the same reason why the rear wasnt put in primer ,

basically untill we get the rear end setup and the height of the coilovers correct we cant fit em

if its a case of a bit of sealer removal then thats fine , but as theres a chance wthe car will be going bk to my garage for a while untill the rear end parts are sorted

so id rather it was in there to so any possible water ingress and well once id started ,





id forgot lol

jacko996

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Fookin ace Beefy

-beefy-

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glad you like dave ,

how you get on at brands , heard you had cylinder head issues mate

whizzisat114

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Nay bother Beefy i thought there would be a good explination for what you've done

WENNY

one word mate factory

tbs

you've done a excellent job there lads

scratch18

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hi beef sorry not been in touch been trying to move that shell lol, i bet your excited now its reached paint? looking foooooooooking great bud!

Twins

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coming on a treat

ROADWARS

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certainly got the factory look

-beefy-

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not at paint yet fella but certainly moving forward with each day ,

popped in on k eairler , arond ten am, hes just on buttoning up a few little areas ,

possible update later on ,


beef ,

jacko996

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Love it Beef

Attention to detail is unreal and great fab work

Only got a couple of sessions before my head let go
Dont supose you got one spare have you??

-beefy-

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lol nope , but im sure harvey has one on the shelf lol ,


found out the reason why mate


update on its way peeps

b

-beefy-

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ok folks , busy day today , some major issues tackled and today was prob on of the best days for me ,



so far lol ,


so first off , rear seat pan area done ,

as we chopped all the rear ect in previous updates theres two sections that sit either side of the fuel tank hump to act as bracing for the seat base , to they were trimmed by k and re fitted

pics ,








so with that done , attention was turned to three vital and key areas to the project ,

the pedal assembly , the steering colum , and the wiper assembly . so lets do them one at a time ,

first off the peadal assembly was fitted , strait forward enough as its a sierra pb in a sierra floor




but with everything , lol its not fit n forget as you can see theres two switch mounts on the assembly , wich would clash with the colum ,



have no fear , beef is here



and with the offending item removed



also removed the lug mounted on the pedal arm



that was then refitted

and with the colum fitted we had clearance but the bracket on the colum tube was catching the ped arms

so its removed


at the spotwelds , so it can be refitted higher up the colum



so nows there plenty of room , for the tube



so with a stock mk 3 colum mount bracket bolted on to the o.e mount bolts in the mk 3 bulkhead section , a quick nosy revaled



its wayy over to the center of the car , not good i hear you saw

and youd be right

so spesh got his thinking finger out



and a plan of attack was made ,



first off the mount was marked up and a guide line for the cut



it was then eyed up from the rear and tacked




now its at this point , k's attention to detail and ocd really came into play , rember this is a bracket that will be completley hidden behind the dashboard

so , with the bracket tacked in position




k set to work on it , now it was never going to be allowed to be just welded together likee that now was it !!

so k made some cuts ,



note the two chunks of metal cut off the bracket

he then re shaped the left side


rember the chunk cut out



hard at it



both the chunks refitted to the rhs now lol



bit of weld



dyna file and bit of smoothing



taaaaaa dahhhhhh





proof its the same bracket



and the finished article



thats known as a gen ford mk 3 cosworth steering colum mount part no : rss1cos234-5678

and with it refitted its put the colum where we want it







colum to pedal much tighter



factory aint the word , its completely anal on a ocd scale of 100000000000000000 lol , but i fucking love it !!!!


so after a bit of giggling and a brew , attention turned to this



the bulkhead - wiper area ...

fisrt off , cos wiper mount removed



now before i go any further id like to say researching this project ive looked at wiper motors alot on cars ect and theres genrally three routes ,

1. leave the stock mk 3 bulkhead in and mk 3 wiper , peice the cos tunnel in below the mk 3 section

2. full custom wiper - not usually done, more flat plate bent to hold motor and modded linkage

3 . put full cos bulkhead in and modify the wiper assembly using parts of a fiesta and cossy set up .



whilst theres nowt wront with either of the setups , the latter two genrally means the wiper motors mounted tight to the left of the heater box assembly ,

not very factory i hear you say , and we like factory lol ,

so with the brake resi bk in , we offerd the stock mk 3 wiper plate and motor in .................. not a chance !!

couldnt even get it in position so i too a pic of the linkage in position and how the motor would sit as standard

like so


so after ten min of bouncing ideas ect and trying to rotate the motor clockwise ect to make it sit right , we had an idea

why not use the cossie motor we had and retro fit it to the mk 3 assembly

spot the difference ??

my fingers on the mk 3 motor ...



yep the motor head is the opposite way

and with it offerd into position and it rubbing on the resi slightly , it was moved upand right in the hole and some new 8mm holes drilled





and how the motor now sits




below




powerd it up with a battery charger ,and checked the throw of the linkage




its tight but clears

so k clearanced it with a dynafile






powerd it up and let it run , no issues with clearance

fair bit of room below


few shots of the look in the bay




i love the way the mk 3 wiper bracket flows with the brake bottle




plenty of clearnce with the bonnet ,



k decided as this mounts redundant , it can go and he will fold up the lip to make it look stock


but what about the servo pump thingy beef ??? ......i hear you say !!

yup we refitted it







luvvly jubbly !! ,

but it clashed with the wiper assembly by 5 mm

no probs , just space it from the unit



out machined 10mm spacer





so all the wiper needs is a pair of tapped m8 tubes welding at the correct height to bolt wiper to and its done , but they will go in after the hole on the bulkhead is buttoned up tomorrow ,


so with what i said before this section , i think this is the first time the problems been solved this way ,

its straitforward , simple , effective , and the motor can be hidden with a factory cover ,

and most of all it looks a factory fit

so with 3 of the major hurdles taken car of in around 4 hrs , we decided that was enough for one day lol ,











and we had run out of choccy biccys




so ........... great day - well chuffed -





k & beef

Red16

Super stuff as usual... the steering column bracket is cracking!

paul16v

Amazing work lads.

RSricRS

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Just the same as ever top fab work.

Car is looking stupidly trick going to be some mk3 when finished.

Well happy for you.

-beefy-

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thanks for the comments lads,

it just seems every time i find a problem

k finds a solution ,

lol it was hilarious when the motor linkage was powerd up and it cleared lol we were cheering like england had won the world cup lol

whizzisat114

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Great work there fellas

Cragrat

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bloody hell...you werent wrong old bean it will be in safe hands

dojj

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that's a great bit of welding there lads

Patto

looking good there big fella, i must get over for a brew one night soon..

scottyrs

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cracking work lads keep it up

WENNY

beefy you should of just coppied mine lol there exactly the same them bits apart from the wiper motor, mine has the sierra one moddified
excellent work as usual karl and beef

cutch

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OI....i need to order all the bits you made today. where do i send the cheque! got home today buddy, will go see mine in the morn and call you.

-beefy-

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but yours sits were your heater box , would if u had one ,

and i have one lol so we put it over the other side, as said mate its 6 of 1 and half dozen of the other ,



lol nae bother buddy , good trip ?

billy added me on fb , just going to send him a link to the thread

cutch

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yeah i knew about that, he should already have the link to th thread. cars coming on nicely, hoping that mine will have the floor welded in when i see it tom.

-beefy-

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did you scroll back about ten pages mate


you missed alot in the last week or so ,

will chat to ya tomorrow fella

WENNY

i had a heater bos in for years mate, a sierra one, it used to be fully trimmed remember, could of ran aircon if i wanted to

-beefy-

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it wasnt a dig wenn , i know you remover the heater box for the full cage ,

never realised it was ever fully trimmed, i only ever saw it with the chrome cage and buckets,

WENNY

ye had everything, you should put aircon in yours, i didnt take it as a dig u big puff

-beefy-

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we considerd it for a while mate , but be a bit more tricky with not using the full sierra bulkhead ,

did consider a aftermarket kit like they use in kit cars ect,


but tbh , for all the aggrivation of fitting ect , and it only being a summer toy




we decided to just wind the window down lol

plus even if i had all the bits now i doubt k want to re cut up the bulkhead lol


dont tell me you got a full aircon kit !!

littleknocks

QUALITY build, just read the lot. Cracking work mate, LOVE the way you just haven't gave up, inspirational pal!

WENNY

just would of been nice in there, ive probs got most the parts kicking about, if i build another it will have a/c. ive got a nice floor pan wanting to go in sumit

-beefy-

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you just read all 46 pages,

hat off to you mate , thanks for reading ,
:king :


dont say that lol, i havent got the foggiest if it would be a straitforward fit now? , or how the dials ect would mount .......hummmmmmmmmmmm





























wenn stop putting ideas into my head lol ¬!!