At least its getting sorted now matey. Will look nice on the montes.

 

oh yeah, picked up another gear knob, if your still after one,

was told by a mate to pop the plastic indicator bit out 1st before fitting, so you don't crack it.

 

Lol yeah i didnt think about that !

 

Any updates mate ?

 

well not the best day all in all.

car went really well but has got a problem by the time i got home which Harvey is going to fix free of charge which is fair enough, I have just got to get back there.

a pic of it back at home!



so in the mean time thought i would set about sorting a few things out.

first thing was putting on the steering wheel i bought, old one as with everything else on this car so far is bodged and not done properly at all. standard one fits on perfect! although very poor condition but cant moan for Ł15

Anyone know someone that could trim the outer ring?

Old wheel




New wheel



The eagle eyed will see that i have sorted gear knob problem too!


Then i unboxed these and fitted them! no pic of them fitted (started to get bored)



Then i thought i would move round to the front and get the fog lights and front ambers fitted. However as usual with this car that did not go well.

everything out!



To find yet another broken wire and one of the plastic clips that hold the fog lights in missing, Where can you buy these? they are what the ball of the fog light fits in.

So that halted proceedings on the right, so i did the left got pissed off and came in.



Not a very good day...

tomorrow i will try and work out why the speedo doesn't work (never has, previous owner told me just that cable wasn't on, its not that!) the gearstick gator, and trying to get the fuse box to sit properly!

 

Bloody hell Rob your not have a easy life with this are you

Sent one of my spare boxes off to gears yesterday to get the gear kit fitted so mine will be in bits soon

 

Mate this car has got to be the worst cosworth I have ever owned!

Getting fed up with it to be honest but I'm sure I'll get there in the end

 

proving a bit of a nightmare

 

Hello mate I have one of the fog light clip bits if you get stuck

 

Well what a day at harveys!

a very confusing problem sorted and im now really happy with car! Idles lovely and quite and goes really well for what it is. Harvey and Jimbo did so much to get the car perfect with a great condition inlet cam and some proper INA lifters instead of the mismatched ones that were in it. And whats more didnt ask for a penny!!!
and Jim even fixed my ongoing fusebox issue so im chuffed and it now sits lovely!

massive thanks to all of them down there for being so hospitable and going above and beyond to get it all sorted, couldn't recommend them enough.

so now its ready for wheels to go off to new owner and the sideskirts to come off and be sorted, also want to recondition my steering wheel and sort fuel rail out as all the paint is flaking off. It never ends!

atleast now i can concentrate on tidying as its all running A1, got a grind between 1st and 2nd on full boost already though Haha.

 

Glad they sorted your engine for you.

 

Just read the whole thread.

Youve not had much luck with it, glad to hear its finally running properly now

 

 

Wheres is at now.I hope nothing is wrong with it.

 

It's horrible when all they do is kick you in the face after you spend so much money on them... It's a great feeling when all the hard work finally pays off...
Looks nice...
We need to see some pics of it clean though...

 

it will be properly cleaned up soon, want to get my new wheels on alloy rad and slim fans speedo fixed

oh and these!



real bargain too, 362mm AP 6 pots!

cant wait to get them cleaned up and put on, need to repaint the face of one of them as the black has worn off a bit. dont know how im going to do that but im sure ill sort it.

Should sort the pathetic braking system out a bit!

 

You've not had much luck with this, least you've stuck with it, be worth in the end

 

Big brakes are deffo the first mod needed on a 4x4 the standard ones are cack

 

My next mod would be big brakes too but they cost a fortune lol.

 

So tonight it goes back in the air again for probably around a month.

In this time i will fit my new brakes, get the sideskirts off and refit them properly and fit my new radiator and fans and braided fan loom.

will update with some pics later.

Most exciting of all the next time it goes back on the floor will be on my new Monte wheels! As soon as they arrive that is.

 

Coooooool.Good luck.

 

I'll second those brakes, awesome stopping power even on my Mondeo, out braked EVERYTHING on my one track day and 3 years later still on the same pads

Never faded and always put the brakes on too early lol

 

glad to hear it dojj, i think they are about 1800 new.

 

had enough for tonight though!

thought i would get it in the air and get all the wheels ready to come off.





a look at the task in hand, oh and the pathetically small brakes in comparison to my new ones.



All Off



all to get this bit



Pin finally out and dog sees rabbit!



oh look!









And my 99p ebay win ready to go in! problem is one boot split and bottom arm seems a bit wibbly might do them too while its up in the air.



Glad i finally have got to the bottom of why my speedo doesnt work!

thank god for that!

 

looks like you've got a crack in the speedo housing in one of those pics?

 

agreed it does look like a crack, when i took it off i thought it was a mark that was supposed to be there.

i dont think it would make much difference being there but maybe i will look out for another one.

 

got one in the garage somewhere if you find it's broken

it's a bit of a pain in the arse to change though isn't it

 

also, the inner and outer boots are different, the outer ones you can get fairly easily, but the inner ones seem to be very hit and miss as to getting the correct one, regardless of whats written in the book

 

ah ok, maybe thats why this one has just decided to eat itself!

i have had another look at the cover and yes the crack is massive (goes right down) so i suppose i better replace it. and yes it was a bit of a bitch.

if you have that cover it would be great?

 

At least you found the problem to your speedo not working.

 

Well said Glenn Well Said!

and damn im happy about it! not worked since the day i bought it for one reason or another.

 

People say speedos are miles out on cossies anyway. Them speedo drives look like the ones that are in tranny connects.

 

pm me an address and i'll see if i can get one in the post to you tomorrow

 

Nice one dojj.

 

Agreed but it's still a lot better than sitting on 0 all the time

 

Thanks Dojj really appreciate it.

PM sent

 

Yeh your right there. I like things to work on my cars.

 

there you go, it's a bit dirty but it's the same bit yes?

off to post it now

 

Dojj you must have loads of spares lying about.

 

So thought i would make a list to do which may give me some motivation to crack on. left it well alone today which i really shouldn't of.

today due to the boot and driveshafts just keep falling apart and the cracking of the speedo sensor i have bought new (fully reconditioned) uprated driveshafts which hopefully will arrive quickly.

so a small list

Refit speedo cover etc
Fit new driveshafts
Fit new front brakes
remove other sideskirt
rub down small amount of surface rust around a couple of sideskirt holes treat and protect.
Refit sideskirts

Fit new alloy rad and Spal Fans
Fit braided uprated fan loom

all ready for new wheels to arrive

sorry but i find working down a list kind of helps.