My new sapp..making a start on a make over
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My new sapp..making a start on a make over
I purchased my sapp 10 days ago now, got a shopping list ready of little jobs I wanted sorting out so made a start today.Buckle up here we go again.
Rev counter wasn't working, I had a spare set of clocks so we swapped a few bits over and I now have a rev counter that works, this was the first job today.
Secondly I wanted the aftermarked Kenwood cd player out of the car and refit the original Ford unit which came with the car. The Kenwood didn't work anyway, so binned this.Looked at all the wiring, beleive it or not none of the plugs had been cut and all the original wiring was all intact including the amp the head unit cable, it was all nicely tucked away. So connected it all up and hey presto we had the Ford unit working, I was so pleased all the wiring was uncut, makes things a lot easier then.
Drivers front electic window is a bit noisy, stripped the door card off, greased it all but still the same so gonna replace the window motor.
Removed and cleaned the idle speed control valve as it was a little sticky now and again, better now though.
Finally I found out that the rad fans were not working, so I thought I need this sorting urgently. Purchased a new fan switch, tried it, still no good. Checked all the wiring and bridge out the fans, fans kicked in nicely. Traced it back to a faulty fan relay, luckily my mate had one spare out of his RS500, tried that and all good fans now working perfectly. Then I found that the fan switch plug was cable tied on, somebody had damaged this at some point. So cable tied it on for now, new plug will be on order soon.
Faulty fan relay
That's all for today.
Rev counter wasn't working, I had a spare set of clocks so we swapped a few bits over and I now have a rev counter that works, this was the first job today.
Secondly I wanted the aftermarked Kenwood cd player out of the car and refit the original Ford unit which came with the car. The Kenwood didn't work anyway, so binned this.Looked at all the wiring, beleive it or not none of the plugs had been cut and all the original wiring was all intact including the amp the head unit cable, it was all nicely tucked away. So connected it all up and hey presto we had the Ford unit working, I was so pleased all the wiring was uncut, makes things a lot easier then.
Drivers front electic window is a bit noisy, stripped the door card off, greased it all but still the same so gonna replace the window motor.
Removed and cleaned the idle speed control valve as it was a little sticky now and again, better now though.
Finally I found out that the rad fans were not working, so I thought I need this sorting urgently. Purchased a new fan switch, tried it, still no good. Checked all the wiring and bridge out the fans, fans kicked in nicely. Traced it back to a faulty fan relay, luckily my mate had one spare out of his RS500, tried that and all good fans now working perfectly. Then I found that the fan switch plug was cable tied on, somebody had damaged this at some point. So cable tied it on for now, new plug will be on order soon.
Faulty fan relay
That's all for today.
Last edited by 1374lee; 12-07-2017 at 07:55 PM.
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Wahay!! I've lost my Virginity!!
Hi Lee,
That's my mate tims old car you have there, he was sad to see it go, as was I.
Should be a good project for you mate, its quite a tidy one. Looking forward to seeing your progress!
I need to get round to posting a load of photos of how mine is coming along lol
Cheers
Nick
That's my mate tims old car you have there, he was sad to see it go, as was I.
Should be a good project for you mate, its quite a tidy one. Looking forward to seeing your progress!
I need to get round to posting a load of photos of how mine is coming along lol
Cheers
Nick
#5
Hi Lee,
That's my mate tims old car you have there, he was sad to see it go, as was I.
Should be a good project for you mate, its quite a tidy one. Looking forward to seeing your progress!
I need to get round to posting a load of photos of how mine is coming along lol
Cheers
Nick
That's my mate tims old car you have there, he was sad to see it go, as was I.
Should be a good project for you mate, its quite a tidy one. Looking forward to seeing your progress!
I need to get round to posting a load of photos of how mine is coming along lol
Cheers
Nick
Thanks. Lee.
Last edited by 1374lee; 15-05-2016 at 12:18 PM.
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Collected a few parts over the past week.A few marks on the lights but they are genuine, not sure if I'm gonna used them yet, see if my mate can clean them up.Nice new light blue ovals and original supplying dealer plates and rear screen decal.
few more to follow.
few more to follow.
Last edited by 1374lee; 12-07-2017 at 07:46 PM.
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Got the fuel pump cradle bushes yesterday.
Spent the full day today taking all the wheels off, cleaning them inside and out, cleaned shox, arch guards, calipers and discs up plus a few other bits and bobs,looks much better now in these areas, I'm really pleased with the results. Just a freshen up to remove the dust/grease/grime etc, No concourse job..lol.
Front two arches before a clean.
Two front wheels before.
More pics to follow.
Spent the full day today taking all the wheels off, cleaning them inside and out, cleaned shox, arch guards, calipers and discs up plus a few other bits and bobs,looks much better now in these areas, I'm really pleased with the results. Just a freshen up to remove the dust/grease/grime etc, No concourse job..lol.
Front two arches before a clean.
Two front wheels before.
More pics to follow.
Last edited by 1374lee; 12-07-2017 at 07:41 PM.
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#29
Thanks for posting up...cheers.
Thanks for your comments.
Cheers Glenn, yes 2 cars normally live in there.
Thanks, yes I had the garage all done out about 8 yrs ago now, try to keep it nice and clean/tidy.My Mrs has her car parked in there aswell.
Yes I have to say the lattice wheels are growing on my somehow.
Thanks for your comments.
Cheers Glenn, yes 2 cars normally live in there.
Thanks, yes I had the garage all done out about 8 yrs ago now, try to keep it nice and clean/tidy.My Mrs has her car parked in there aswell.
Yes I have to say the lattice wheels are growing on my somehow.
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PassionFord Post Whore!!
Cars looking great.
Looked very good from the start, just keeps improving somehow
Looked very good from the start, just keeps improving somehow
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Well I can't disagree with you there Steve but I am gonna try hard to keep this one..lol.
CheeRS. Lee.