couple of pics off the weekend.
insurance starts on Tuesday and im looking at having mot done on Friday
ive waited nearly six years to get to this point so though id give it an oil change,found fuel in the oil due to over fuelingsooner its mapped the better.
thought id give it a hoover out and another coat of wax.

 

Looking nice fella good job.

 

Looks lovely mate, can't wait till mine at this point. Best colour to have in a 3dr

 

Looking awesome fela must be good feeling to know it's nearly there

 

Stunning

 

Cheers lads,mot has been booked for 1.15 on Friday I'll let you know how it goes.

 

That looks mint matey.
Are you a bit nervous to drive it after all these years.

 

I will be mate,I'm just hoping it makes it to the test centre lol.

 

Looking stunning mate it makes me won't to dig my 3dr out of it's hiding place I'v not seen it for about 17 months

 

that's a sin. Weather is kinda starting to get better so get her out and about

 

Is the MOT tomorrow pal? if so all the best it's been a long time coming, great to see this car out at the shows it's a real belter

 

yes mate,tracking booked at ats for 8.30 and mot for 1.15.
I'm nervous as he'll I've even been out and bought a fire extinguisher lol.
ooh and to top it off its gonna piss down most of the day,so a massive cleaning session will follow.

got some "j" hooks coming tomorrow from reyland and the alternator needs to got back to the shop as it's stopped charging so still a couple of jobs to do before Karl norris get his hands on it next month.

 

Fingers crossed matey and i hope everything goes ok.

 

Bet you can't wait till some nice sunny days to enjoy it!

 

as above mot was Friday and it passed with only the headlights and emmisions needing adjusted
tracking being done.


mot station.


spending a couple of hours with the threw up a couple of issues,fans don't cut in till around 105 degrees which is way to late for my liking,so a new standard switch was fitted today

also went to petrol station on the way home and it woulnt restart,had to wait about 25 minutes till it would fire againive not had a chance to look at this yet but im sure karl Norris will take a look next month.
also notice when removing the alternator that the lower rad hose is touching the drop bracket so that has been modified slightly.

ground back and repainted.

 

Looks fantastic. A brilliant job.

 

We fitted a new blue sensor into my mates car last week and that got up to near the fans kicking in and the car died and we had to wait for it to cool down before it fires up fine again.

 

that's the thing mate all the sensors a brand new
next time im out ill take a spark plug with me to check weather I have a spark and take it from there.the car doesn't cut out while running but once ive turned it off it wont restart till its cooled.

 

Glad to see it back on the road jeff Been 6yrs in April I think.

 

six very long years in April, getting an alarm on it on Friday and off to norris motorsport on the 4th of april.

 

Glad it passed. There cant of been muchnit could of failed on cause it was all brand new.

Shame about the daft niggling faults. You will sort it soon.

 

yeah nothing major so im happy, alternator been swapped and already back on the car,never had a chance to test it yet as it was dark when I got done,hopefully test it tonight and do an oil and filter change.

 

Cool matey. One good thing about cossies is that they are a piece of piss to work on.

 

You sort of power are you hoping for Jeff?

 

Karl doesn't have a rolling road he just makes and educated guess lol.
it had 352 at the last rolling road it was on as you know,different intercooler and more modern injectors I'd be happy with 360.
with have to book in with msd or similar to have a power run done.

 

Yeah it was around them figures Jeff, I know it went really well when I had it and sounded awesome.

You heading to any shows this year as I would love to see the old cossie again?

 

hopefully the car will be at heaves in cumbria and Croft,a little far for you to travel.
I'll be going to ford fair for the first time this year but won't be taking the car.

 

a couple of parcels were waiting for me when I got in from work today, a msd coilpack from burtons and a set of front 330 mm "J" hooks from Martin to replace the drilled disks that are on there now.

 

Nice i am after one of those coilpacks
where you get it from?

 

How comes your not taking the car to ford fair Jeff?

 

Class, just gets better

 

I'll be staying over the weekend in a hotel and don't really want to leave the car in the carpark overnight, it won't be insured if it goes missing.

Just need the bells re-anodised now

 

Take your tent with you and camp Jeff.

 

sod that Glenn I love me bed too much,I've been working in the cold all my life I'll be fucked if I'm sleeping in it aswell.
cars getting alarm fittled today so thought I'd take me son for a ride in it first,first time he's been in it,hes never stopped smiling since we got home he loved it.

 

looked nice in the sun today.

 

Looking good fela

 

Shame but don't blame you. Maybe see it next year then.

Looks great in the pic

 

a couple of pics of today,had the car down to rs classic cars to have an agreed valuation done,great bunch of lads and very friendly.


looks like the hot starting issue I have is the coolant temperature sensor,ecu monitor readings were all over the place,ranging from normal to -12 to "brrrr" lol.
I had to nurse it home and it cut out end of my street(which was lucky).

 

took the car to norris motorsport today,had some starting issues recently let's hope he can get to the bottom of it.

 

Karl will sort it for you pal, car looks superb, it'll be a different beast when you collect it, are they mapping it too?