great work mate! looks a good cossie!!

 

fook me mate that downpipe looks brand new! well done i want my tail pipe done its proper black lol thanks loads for today mate been out most of the day loving it again lol !

 

i no bother mate just glad its running again,did it start ok after you left it for a bit?it a bastard about that abs light though.

 

yes mate went and got petrol and when i came out it started then it was fine and then stopped and strted it again later and was ok its ideling at 2k though it goes off when you turn the engine off and put key in ignition it just came on when i was driving a while~!

 

Love it! recon'd sump on kitchen bench!

Looking great keep it up!

steve

 

downpipe looks awesome..did u machine polish it using them mops?thanx

 

yes mate theres 3 grades of mop and compound in that kit,start with the most course and work your way through to the finishing mop,takes a fair bit of time but the results are worth it.

 

todays work guys,as its dried out a bit i thought id start to remove the fuel tank and pump.anyone whos removed a fuel tank off a 25 year old ford will know what a bastard of a job it is,as you can guess every bolt had to be cut off.tank has some surface rust,ill give it a clean up an see what it looks like.tell me what you think.






pretty happy how clean the shell is only small bits of surface rust.

 

looks very clean underneath mate considering its age

the most awkward bit is getting the fuel pump out of the cradle

 

looks really clean under there mate, if the tank is anything like the downpipe you cleaned up it'll look spot on keep up the good work!

 

You big old bufty... it's definitely been worthwhile, that downpipe looks brand new!

 

top work jeff ,love the downpipe

 

Great work so far, i just bought a 3 door same colour as this one, youre makin a very nice job, keep up the hard work

 

Nice project there. I love 3 doors.

 

cleaned up most of the tank today,a big thank you to whoever undersealed the tank many moons ago,this is a job i cant wait to get finished the top is now finished,will try and get the bottom done tommorrow.crappy fone pics below.

 

itll be good as new mate lol im itching to get mine back now like want to strat rubbing it down underneath and tidying it up like you said hes got the emmisions down to 3 % now!

 

how did he manage that?was the water temp sensor playing up?

 

said he adjusted a screw or something for mono carbons i think on the ecu,????? i dont understand these things

 

what else has he done mate.

 

nowt that i know of mate starting my welding tommorow??? why is that wrong

 

you can adjust that screw to sort the mixture its just if it was mapped like that i would have thought there was another problem,maybe the water temp sensor gone down making it run on "choke" all the time,which would account for the rich mixture

 

yes some one else has said that aswell mate said it was also cause the trouble starting it and the plugs

 

nice condition underneath great job your doing neil

 

no updates today? tut tut your slacking mate lol !!!

 

awsome project mate i like it alot. if im luck enough ill have a 3door oneday

 

not much really mate was going to wait till i had more to show you.just got the underside of the tank finished today,once the underseal was off the tank is like brand new underneath,mite even get it chromed instead
one crappy phone pic just for you mate.

 

going to be mint when done youve inspired me lol all the little bits and pieces you do but make a 100% improvement like you said time cost nothing im defo going to try and improve mine like

 

hope you do mate its a great looking car just needs a little tlc.

 

Shining bright there how long did it take you in total to clean that tank up?

 

about 8hrs me shoulders are killing me

 

Not suprised, that's a good old shift of scrubbing n polishing!!!

 

todays work,fuel tank is finished for now,one side was painted with rust cure and the other side has a light coat of primer,this is just until i get around to getting my jic fittings welded on and then powder coated.also removed the the abs block,this is now taped up ready for painting tommorrow,a couple of pics for today.


brackets a bit dirty but ill sort that out soon.

ever wondered what it looked like inside.

ill get some pics up when its all painted.

 

Top work jeff!

 

good work bud as per!

 

todays very small update,abs block parts primed and two parts painted,main section will be painted tommorrow as the original brass-gold colour.


also forgot these pics of the steering rack,new boots re-zinc'ed pipes and painted up.

 

Top work mate.How long have you had this car now?

 

looking mint jeff! youl probs be back in your before me ! lol

 

bought it in april last year glenn,heres the for sale thread if your interested.
https://passionford.com/forum/cars-f...sale-sold.html

 

 

wheres the updates jeff! been away for a few days was ezspecting it to be finished lol!!