jayRS


looking really nice jay comming along really well

 

cheers guys, slow but sure.
really got to pull my finger out now as my parents are gunna be putting house up for sale soon and the cars over theres so its gotta get done.
so much so im missing ford fair this year, not happy about it tbh but i need the money to get paint etc for the fez so needs must, wouldnt be to bad if i lived on the mainland but being on the isle of wight you got to add £50 to the travel bill for the boat!! was ok when 5 of us were gunna go but now its down to 2 its not worth the cost cos ill be looking at about £40-£45 travel plus entry fee oh well no matter, i might make it to trax

 

hows your beast coming on then mate?

 

not to bad matey, but not as quick as i would like though i will do a update in abit, its about time i done one

 

look forward to it dude

 

jayRS


going to do a big update now mate

 

painted a load more bits up, servo inc, and what a pain that was, first off it must of had aspots of grease or somethingon, even after wiping it off with thinners, then i tried hammeright due to it not having it, that didnt flow smooth so it got flatted down again, wiped ove and primed just for the primer to react on traces of hammerite still on it

still not wanting to be beaten i flatted it back to bare meatl on the front face and this time after wiping with thinners again it went ok.

my own fault really, if i had spent just a little bit longer in the first place preping it it would of been ok but no matter, so far its the only thing that hasnt gone my way paint side of things, oh apart from the bay and lack of paint first time round

the pic of the flatted servo was before i flated it back to complete bare metal but i couldn't be assed getting a pic as i was pi$$ed off by then ans it was 9.45 last night

just got to paint the brake bar now.

 

nice one jay, glad your pesistance paid off!!!

 

f ucking right mate, not gunna pay £89.30 plus vat for a new one

part number for new one incase anyone wants to know is 1666345

and master cylinder is £96.62 plus vat andpart number is 170668

just in case anyone wanted to know that

 

fooking hell they are expensive

 

what you need one damn thats gunna be harsh after you give me £20 too

 

nah dont need one mate

mines clean and doesnt need a respray

 

nor did mine, i just wanted to freashen it up a bit, wish i had fucking left it now

 

 

just been out to the shed again, and painted the brake bar and the main engine mount bracket, im well chuffed with the bracke bar, looks a lot better in black i think.

 

 

nothing much this week as i been sorting kids room and our room as got a new baby on the way and she will be here in as little as 7 weeks now so i gotta get my car on the road by then or its gunna have to wait ooh:

any how, went down fords yesterday afternoon and ordered some bits, i was gunna get about 20 loom clips for the engine bay but nearly give birth my self when i was told there £1.35 each
and there only small

so sod that, ill look round the scrappy for ones i can get, as i can think of other things to spend £27 on

right, bits from fords i got,

new throttle cable
2 new bushes for the brake bar
new spring for the brake bar
new bush for brake pedal. this bush sits btween the pedal and the clip

got the new cable due to the fact that over the years its prob streched a bit ply the rubber seal (when in bulk head) split a little so prob wont sit flush.

new brake bar bushes, were got cos i couldnt be assed cleaning the old ones, there prob worn, and they didnt cost even £2.50 for the pair inc vat!

spring has prob got a little slack by now, and for £1.35 inc vat, well ya might as well.

and thr predal bush as ive prob lost mine by now

you can see the old bushes and spring in the top right.

will put part numbers up in a min for anyone that might want them

 

part numbers

throttle cable, FRST 1664712
brake bar spring 6686486
brake bar bush (white one, 40x23mm) 6172533
brake bar bush (black one, 33x16mm) 6201601
brake bar push rod bush 6081249

the sizes given for the brake bar bushes refers to the lenth of them ( 40 and 33mm)
and the 23 and 16mm is the internal lenth of the bits the metal bar rub on, the extrenal steped parts and diameter DONT come in to the sizing, so if ya ford man say he dunno whats what you can tell him.

 

 

 

Thats looking good Jay, as for the loom clips cant you use P-clips?

There was a stand at Ford Fair called www.wrightsautosupplies.co.uk i bought some off him to replace then stupid metal clips they use on the mk2 xr2 to secure the fuel and brake lines to the floorpan

 

coming along nicely so far

 

na i dont want to use a permant type clip like that, makes it hard work should i need to remove something wor run another wire.

these loom clips are for the engine bay, mainly on the front box section.
i dont need 20, but i was gunna get 20 so i had some spare, i got 6 of a clip that i thought it was but there 3 times the size, but only cost me about £2.80 for all 6, work that out...

no matter, im sure i can find something to do what i want down the scrappy, that way i can get as many as i like and try then in a fiesta to see if they hold in the holes that are there

 

looking wkd mate willbe nice to see when done, kleep upthe good work

 

Looking great

 

cheers guys.

 

found these while sorting the cubord out at the top of the stairs, i knr=ew they were ther but got a pic this time seeing as i was in there




yeah there german ones, by hey, thats all we gunna get

got them off here last year , just never got round to fitting them

in 2 minds if to fit or not but i will keep them anyway

 

fit them

 

i might, i want 2 revers lights though like i have no but with standard lights.

 

 

looking good jay nice bit of painting there yeah i think you should fit them lights they will looks so nice on ur turbo

 

well said rich

 

there are a set of them german lights on ebay buy now 80 quid, i was thinking about sticking them on my 2i

 

got a link to em? buy em mate, would look cool on a black car too

 

yeah i will try and find the link for them matey. yeah i am thinking about them for the 2i, i think they would look cool

 

 

cheers guys, long time no see rich, where ya been hiding?

they will prob make it to the car, but then again i have made my own costem bulbs for the lights i have now so i have 2 fogs and 2 reverse lights.

rich frst has seen them on msn

 

 

Ive been about matey been down the workshop done a few little jobs on the xr2t. aint been on my computer for a while,

 

any updates then?