nice 1 mate, see your using some ford bits there


are you gonna use uprated headbolts mate????

 

yeah some ford bits there, lol

na no uprated bolts mate, for the power i will be running, even if it was 200bhp standard bolts are fine, people say there not but there be fine, trust me, uprated bolts are a cop out tbh mate

 

engine stripped, crank need a regrind what i knew anyway, cam is fooked, 2 lob's are worn, this is from when it munched a tappet, prob what made the big ends give up :x

some pics from today







these have only done about 500 miles as i changed them as a quick fix to get me by till new year

 

nice 1 mate looks like your been busy today, keep up the good work and the pics comming

 

will do, had my mate over helping also

 

jayRS


nice 1 mate, your getting there slowly

 

will be checking the bores to see the amount of wear, waiting to see if my dad can borrow a bore gauge, if they are ok i might not go for a rebore but the rest will be done as the crank needs a grind and im getting a kent cam anyway.

the lip in the bores is tiny, and i mean tiny! cars only done 63k and ive done 34k in it in the 7 and a bit years ive had it, i reckon if the tappet never got mushed the bottom end would still be fine.

im gunna be painting some bits up this week too, stuff like oil pump etc will get a coat of paint just to make it look fresh, water pump is going in spares box as i got a brand new one for Ł20, so not worth fitting old one back on.

most if not all parts are gunna be painted silver, block, sump, etc, 1 because i dont think a coloured paint will look right with the red samcos ( how i wish i got black ones now) and 2 silver being a light colour, if i have any oil seeps ill see where its coming from and can sort it.

rocker cover im thinking red, breaks the silver up as such.

and i guess i better dig out the shiny bits that ive got from ford fair over the last 2 years, yes 2 years! and they still never got fitted ready for the rebuild.

apart from that, i got to nip to ford and get some crank seals and some bolts.#

will update again as and when.

bring on the rebuild

heres a pic of the tappets when it got mushed last year ( new set was fitted as a qucik temp fix till rebuild)

 

im at the stage now, and with the weather like it is, where i cant do much if anything on the car, i degressed the engine bay friday, was only a quick job as it started pi$$ing down again so packed it in.

got a new cam kit, kent CVH35, should be with me tuesday/wednesday
got a vernier pully of a guy on here also.

got to get a grinding stick as i cant find mine, so i can lap the valves in, once thats done i can build the head back up ready for when the blocks been bored etc.

got dicked hard by the fords parts mate today, Ł30 for these 3 small bits



what it was like

what its like now, was only quick, needs doing properly when not raining

 

Engine bay came up well for a "quicky"

 

yeah it did mate, pic's come up well to as they were from my mobile

might not bother doing any more to the bay, well, ill give it another degressing and a wash and this time blast it with my power washer, might take some bits out like rack, servo etc, got to paint the servo up thinking about it, lol

 

comming alone nicely there mate, bay came up nice and clean

 

yeah im chuffed with it, will give it another going over, might even give it a good polish/waxing just to give it a bit of shine and a little more protection

im considering converting to power steering too whil its all out, i know i have to change the colum and rack, just go to find out about electric pumps.
then i will decide about it.

 

jayRS


yeah give it a nice polish mate, will look like new

 

yeah i got time to mess about now, cant really do much untill the engines been done

 

little up date,

nothing has happend with the block or crank yet, it's starting to pi$$ me off a bit as i want to get on but im awaiting a final price from a company via my dads mate who can get it done via his mate at trade, so far and yet to be confirmed its Ł400, thats rebore, pistons, crank regrind and big's and mains and will prob get them to fit pistons to rods as it saves me the hassle

anyhow, sump has been painted up, gearbox cradle and lower cross member.

ive also paided the rocker cover red, cant be bothered with chrome one, would like one but i got other things to spend my money on at the mo which brings me to my new cam, arrived thursday, nice new kent cvh35 cam kit.

im working on the head at the mo, its stripped apart from valves so far, ill be cleaning it up smoothing out the inlet and exhaust port and re-grinding the valves in, pic's will be posted once all done but ill be fitting all the new bits to it ready for when the blocks done, but tappets will be last to go in, as of tomorrow (sunday) they will be sat in a tin of oil untill fitted, and as for the "dont let engine idle, keep revs to min2500rpm for 10-15 mins" in the instructions, they can stick that right up there a rse

few pic's of bits so far if ya intersted, will get pic's of some of the painted bits once there dry as its takling a while in the shed with the cold

rocker before and after

 

 

hi mate!! just bought a fiesta rst last week!!! have wanted one for years and now can just afford the insurance took it to my local garage and he said it was a solid wee car underneath etc and its had a few new parts fitted. the heater only blows cold and when he checked it out he found there was no thermostat it it!! the housing is also in need of replacement and he said to get the clips also, that hold it in or something i think??? so im looking for a thermostat housing and clips etc... do you have? any help much appreciated!!

cheeRS

 

save filling this post up with this mate ill pm ya.

little update again, cut the lower front panel off and got the battery tray out over the week end, only had a few hours spare so plodded along doing that.

will be stripping my turbo this week along with another T2 as the groove for the oil seal has worn and it wont seal so will be taking the shaft from the other turbo or even putting the new bearings in that one, which ever way ill make a good one out the 2, well in fact i got 3 T2's and will be buying another which is ment to be good, this week for a spare (another spare)

sould be sorting the little bits of surface rust and preping the front etc for the new panle and battery tray this weekend. wont fit new panles yet as i need to pick up a wing and get that fitted, i want to paint the edge (inside door part) battery tray and front panel before i them as its easy to get to all of it this way, then i can just paint the bits where there welded after again,
wing of couse will be painted with the whole car but i might give it a quick coat just to protect it untill the cars painted.


just wish it wasnt so cold, paint dont like cold weather

 

get some jizer on that bay and give it a jet wash, works really well

 

i have already mate, pic's about 6 posts up

 

even thoug i havent really updated this with pic etc i was gping to now but photobucket is doing something with its site so i cant up load pictures at the mo but i will post on this post when i can.

the sump, gearbox craddle and bottom arm stabiliser have all been painted, as has the alternator braket, and i painted up the new battery try today, i know its still got to be welded in but them small parts can be paited again, i wanted to make sure all areas were paited which to cant do once its in so thats done now.

bit of a set back with the engine, the price i was told has now gone up nearly Ł200 so crank will be done and block bored then pistons will have to come a little later but the main work will be out the way for that.

head was stripped and ive started to lap the valves back in but i think the paste is really poor so im getting new stuff.

weekend just gone didnt see much work on the car as i felt like cr@p and couldnt really be that bothered tbh, but the rear end way jacked up so the whole things on axle stands now, the rear axle was dropped, and i found the passanger side caliper to be a little seased on the hand brake part so not happy with that, but its off, rear bumpers off, and i took the rear wheel arch off, which i had to do with a drimel, cutting through the bolts to get it off, not a problem as im going to be replacing hte studs like i did on the drivers side rear which i will/should be doing this week.

plans for this coming weekend if its not pi$$ing down will be to remopve the rest of the kit, strip the underside of brake lines, fuel lines and the tank.

oh yeah, i won a gen ford passanger wing off ebay, my mate on the mainland collected it and fingers crossed my dad will pick it up when his over there this week so if time is with me at week end i might drop the bonnet back on and line it all up then have the passanger wing off and prep it ready for the new one.

pictures to follow, for anyone thats intersted in looking at them

oh yeah, has anyone got a idea on how them stupid fuel connections come off the pipe on the tank? ive tried in the past on a mates car but it wouldnt move, anyone?

im toying with the idea of power steering too, anyone fitted it using a electric pump before?


i had to have a poke at the bubbles of rust and this is what was there, still i was replacing this anyway









and i got these to referb at some point

 

lookin good matey, keep it up.

 

right its been a while, but i have been busy.

the engine crank is now (as i type) on its way to be regound, new shells are coming when it comes back too, Ł167 thats a bit more than i was first told but $hit happens.

pistons, mahle 0.5mm over size are being ordered tomorrow (10th april), cheapest i could find was Ł275, in one of my other posts i might of said about pistons being Ł200, but i cant remember, but these were king pistons, ive never heard of them and was told but someone that they dont make turbo pistons :-? anyhow, pay the rest get the best, or one of them so mahle it is.

block will boe bored once pistons are here, i had it messuered by the place thats gunna bore it and they told me to get the 0.5mm over size so alls good there.


so far on the rest of the car, ive stripped and painted the rear beam, i stripped and painted the rear anitroll bar this aftrenoon.
the fuel tank, fuel lines and brack line have been removed, as have the body kit, basicly the underside is bear ready fo cleaning up and repainting/undersealing

reast really is few other bits like, bottom arm brackets, steering rack etc etc have also been removed.

unfortunatly i got laid off from work at the end of march so i got time on my hand, hopfully i can get lots done untill i find another job, funds allowing of course.

few pics, nothing major just what i have of the rear beam after i srtipped it (with wire brush that fits grinder) and after its been painted,

 

looking good mate, keep it up

 

cheers mate,

once i got crank back and pistons on rods etc i'll send block down to be done, then the rebuild begines and i cant wait! im really looking forward to starting it up

 

jayRS


looking good the jay, looks like ur been busy mate


when you hoping to have your car donr then??? you going ford fair mate???

im gonna have mine there, and put it in for modded concour's

 

cheers mate, as for when its done, tbh i would like it done before the end of may as i want it on road for my birthday but dunno if it will happen.
would like to take it to ford fair but i#ll play it by ear, if i dont take mycar i will be there anyway as i normaly am

 

 

i though i would show the bli ng i got for the rs today so i dug it out, and thats true! some of it i got at fordfair 2004!!! and its still new
cam cover, strut tops and heatsheld, FF 2004
battery cover FF 2005
sill plates (might sell) came off a blck rs i sold about 3 years ago
brake res cover got from noman last year i think
map sensor plate from my mate wesRS who had put it in the bin when he told me about it! , lucky it was a box of all old car bits and was still under his car but still!

i also got the stainless pipe from turbo to ntercooler to polish up yet, and my mates gunna make me some under vent plates, might have these made from titanium just because i can





oh yeah i got some not so mint strut tops for sale in my for sale post, see the link in my sig for pictures.

 

 

been busy today, well when i could be bothered to drag my ass out to the shed

stripped inlet manifold and cleaned it up, still got throttle body to do and fuel rail.
started on the thermostate housing

degressed head again, gunna reseat the valves tomorrow

gave the rear anti roll bar another coat of paint

oh yeah, and these arrived mid morning

 

well it wasn't any use to me

you were very lucky with that, it would have been up the tip the next day

 

i know, and i thank you for it mate

 

just got a text, the crank has been dropped in to be regound just got to arrange to get it back from mainland now , easy getting it over there as cousin came down for hoilday so that saved me waiting about


just thought i would post some pic's of the escort im smoking around in untill the FRST is done.

oh yeah, if anyone knows of a clear indercator for the bumper for sale anyway let me know as some fuc ker nicked one just after i got the car for the wife a couple of years ago, and i dont want to buy a set of 2
PM me if ya know of one

 

was looking through some pic's on my pc and cam across the ones from when i done my bumper up.

i got the bumper in 1999 and its been through some changes sice i got it, i cut the top grill part off (they didnt make them like that then) it it had a few repairs since that, someone reversed into it in a car park and scracked the top :x then someone hit it and put a hole in the drivers side part about a inch from the light pocket, both times i fixed it my self, that was back in 02, so 4 years later it hadnt done bad, crack in the spliter part and loads of spider cracks from that crack and around the light pockets due to gel coat cracking, i grond out the gell goat along the crack and drilled a hole at each end of the crack to stop it going further, from there i went on to prep it ready for filling and filled, primed and sprayed.

well my dad sprayed the red.

these are just a few of the pictures, i know its got nothing to do with the rebuild now, but i see it as a early start to it

the white is the gell coat the green/grey/pinky bit is the fiber glass under it its the only way to get shot of a spider crack really, as you can see, i didnt hold back!











just thought i would post them up

 

 

just added the 3rd pic down, forgot to put it in

 

 

 

damn this hasnt been updated for a while has it
well due to weather, lack of money/time and some other probs not much has been done really.

the engine has been bored, pistons are now on the rods and there coming back to me when a cheque clears but a phone call today said it was ready, not bad going as the guy shut up shop and now does it from home and he only picked it up wednesday night so pleased thats done.

the crank has been ground, but as above due to lask of money and other probs i havent been able to get over to my dads cousin's to collect it along with a passanger wing there too.

any how finers crossed within 2 weeks all will come togethere and it will be making its way back into the bay. but i aint putting money on it!

under side is being painted tuesday and by this time next week all will be back toget here under there, tank painted and back on and rear beam and lines etc etc

so really apart from cleaning up underside and tanks etc and painting some bits and bobs not much has really got done and im a bit pi$$ed off as i didnt realise so much time had gone by

any how im pulling me finger out as i sold the escort i was smoking around in and now (apart from wifes galaxy) im car less, well will be completely when my mate gets back from spain this week and i got to give his car back.


no pic's of anything but will do a better update later this week or beginning of next.