paul rs1700t

nice thread fella,can sympathise with all hard work on the underside not easy and takes ages. Must of cost you a fortune in clips from ford,worth it for the finish it gives. When you putting all that effort into it not worth cutting corners,nice to see you not rushing it. As for showing it carnt see why you wont win something, least you going to get is allot of people coming up to you and telling you wot a nice car you have and how great it is you done it all yourself. Keep going fella inspiring me to get mine to same standard

s2turbsZVH

Update time - now for the last two days I have spent about 6 hours standing and polishing all 397 nuts, bolts, washers, screws, sensors etc etc in prep for zinc plating - i know it sounds like a lot of effort but will reflect in a better finish once the zinc is done.





Also made use of my friends wire wheel and blasting machine to prep up some more items - shocks will be painted and everything else done in zinc - well apart from the manifold



Also stripped the metering unit down ready for a clean up - i have a new gasket for this so when back together will be minty but not even started on that yet.
, just stripped to check condition.





Gearbox taken off and again will be painted etc - new gaskets



Also just been to pick up the powdercoating 28 items in total just off the engine bay !!!




All in all looking pretty good.

Need to get the engine bay in paint now over the next couple of weeks so that the reassembly can finally get underway - not looking forward to that !!

stevo123

Fantastic work there - will be so worth it mate.

s2turbsZVH

Should be - in the end !

Took all the 397 nuts and bolts and screws and other items including hubs, drivehsaft ends, manifold, gearbox plate etc etc for new zinc today and got a quote of just Ł70 to do the lot - definately chuffed with that. Will be ready in less than a week - prefect - maybe then i will be able to start assembly!

jigsaw

coming along now, cracking work by the way

Maxwell

Love it mate. Powdercoating ftw!!!

s2turbsZVH

I will try and do some more close up pictures of the powdercoating a bit later on as the overall picture doesnt show the quality (well given how bad they were before they were done anyway).

The items were blasted, primed and then powdercoated and althought cost me Ł190 to get done I am more than happy as i gave them 26 items in total so cost less than Ł7.50 per item which seems pretty fair given the size of some of the bits.

Twins

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s2turbsZVH

Just got all the zinc stuff back - i have gone for silver on the front the same as the back as opposed to the normal yellow/gold and given car will not be concourse it will just be a litlle different to the rest.





Even did the manifold to see how that holds up - cant be any worse than the usual rusty brown look !!!

gjh

Coming on really nicely with you, should be a real minter when its done.

NOMBER 1 YETTI

Lookong good mate !

s2turbsZVH

Started to put a few items back together now.

Starting with the Adjustable TCA - they have been re powdercoated, the nuts etc all re done in silver zinc, new rose joint dust covers and new ball joint rubbers - now looking nice and mint and definately better than when they were new !



Also the driveshaft reassembled - all shaft end redone with silver zinc, the shafts now powdercoated and new CV gaiters, new clips and new grease - now as good as new again.





More to follow soon.

s2turbsZVH

More parts that i have refurbed and all painted in 2pack lacquer to make them fuel and oil resistant

The metering unit

Before


After




Thermostat housing


Fuel Accumulator


More to follow soon

s2turbsZVH

Engine bay now prepared and painted - two coats of overpaintable stone chip and then red oxide primer.





Now followed by the red - celly to be followed with two pack lacquer later to make it ping !!

bigryrs

iTrader: (10)

Looking ace mate keep up the good work!

s2turbsZVH

Now completed the two pack lacquer - certainly makes it ping !!






Just need to leave it a number of days to harden and then reassembly begins !

s2turbsZVH

Car now painted so the rebuild starts

First off the old splash guards were cleaned and then painted with a plastic paintand a special paint used to give it a rough finish and then fitted to the car with new clips and screws etc etc





Then fitted the ecu and the fuel ecu plates and ecu's themselves





The ARB mounting plates which have been powdercoated




Then new headlight mounting clips




Then horns, washer bottle and wiring for the indicators and the indicators themselves





and finally the cover which was rezinced in the engine bay



Thats it for now but more to come soon !!!!!!

one_nineRS

Keep the pics coming...impressive work..

Gibbo87

Awesome Work

s2turbsZVH

Another update - fitted the fuel accumulator



Fuel filter



Front indicators



Wiper motors and arms and all connected



and finally and overall of where its at (you can see the coil fitted as well)



Just need to sort the loom out now, been putting that off but to be honest shouldnt be too bad

milesy23rst

iTrader: (16)

Great work m8, could you tell me where you got the headlight mounting clips from as need some desperatly???

s2turbsZVH

I actually have ten - i have used 4 but have six spare - send me a pm and sure we can sort something out.

s2turbsZVH

Thanks for the positive comments - appreciated and does help to keep motivated !

s2turbsZVH

Bit of an update - been slow going recently but fitted few more items and coming along a bit more now - hopefully will make some serious headway between now and the new year and get it close to completion by then

Fitted the fuel accumulator to the fuel filter and also managed to get a rare rubber seal that goes round the opening where the washer bottle exits the wing



Also fitted a new accelarator cable and lined up the minty new header tank as well



And as you can see a few more items fitted including the brake torsion bar, new steering rack and new clutch cable

s2turbsZVH

Update time - had access to a paint booth over crimbo and this is what i have managed to get done

Gearbox - primed and then topcoat with Alumablast - decided to 2k lacquer most of the items as this will give some protection from oil,fuel etc as all the items are in the engine bay

From this



to this



With nice re zinced bolts etc




Various other items primed





Shock repainted from this



To end up like this





Then the crossover



The throttle housing and manifold




and finally the front strut brace




and brake servo



and accelarator mouting bracket

luke19790_3

nice

RS Grant

iTrader: (1)

Looking very tidy mate, great attention to detail from what I can see.


Cheers,
Grant

s2turbsZVH

Just put together the shocks - as you can see all parts either new or refurbished so looking good now.

So to go from this to this after a bit of paint a few new parts and some re zincing i am really happy

BRAM

iTrader: (1)

I just looked through the whole thread and think you have done an amazing job the car looks really well now the only thing im not to keen on is the chrome plate on the slam panel round the bonnet latch but thats just my opinion.
Keep up the good work pal and will keep an eye out for you at some shows in the new year.

Cheers Bram

stuartrsturbo

iTrader: (1)

Evening mate, just read all 3 pages very good work and you've put in alot of hours on it.
Just a quick question I dont suppose you remember the guy from ebays name do you?

s2turbsZVH

Thanks for the comments - constructive critisism is always welcome - i might take it off tomorrow cos trying get rid of as much chrome as possible and maybe its time for that to go

s2turbsZVH

rs-customhoses is the username mate - this is the link for the exact part which comes with all the correct ends to just fit and go - gone up a bit since i got it but still value for money i think and is available on a buy it now

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Escort-S2-...item20b336eade

s2turbsZVH

Bit of an update - completed quite a few things recently but probably best to just let the pics do the talking


















Got some new rears, some stickers, light protectors and ambers as well





Also sorted new brake lines all round as well now that ABS is all removed

0150carmac

its came a long way since you bought it lookin smart as keep up the good work

s2turbsZVH

Cheers - i am really happy with it so far and when the engine is in it will look even better - just hoping to get up and running and on the road for 1st June.

Danster76

iTrader: (2)

Wow stunning mate, love the arch liners painted up look better than new! Keep up the hard work.

s2turbsZVH

Engine update - been tidying up the engine recently and this is where its at :-

New gaskets, manifold studs, new temp sensor, repainted block, sump painted in alumblast and 2k laquered and manifold re zinced.

Also new stickers and oil filler cap to reflect standard as close as possible but witha bit of a twist - painted rocker cover, painted sump etc.








Again more to follow over the weekend

craig30

looking good lad well dun

stevealien

iTrader: (1)

Gonna be a beauty mate.
Good work

s2turbsZVH

Some items back from zinc plating today so engine build can finally get finished

Adjustable vernier, inlet manifold and other studs and oil sensor