How's things coming along?
How's things coming along?
well busy day today. oil leak is now fixed. so thought id take the bumper/grill/intercooler/rad and bonnet off so i could get to the block and give it a bit of a clean and fix some crappy wiring. hears some pics.
before.
look at the soldering that has been done.
after some cleaning and repairing of some wires.
back together after coolant change. came across some small problems. my fan relay has died so took the one from my fogs for now as they have no bulbs, o i also fitted a new tdc sensor.
also i have some questions. what are all these wires from?
can anyone help with this i dont like loose wires.
also temp fitted my oil catch tank.
Orange and brown near sump are for OE oil pressure sender unit.
Blue purple and black… mmmm think they are perc fan, will have to check the book first though…
thats great thanks mate. i did think perc fan but wanted to check before removing them totally.
with the oil pressure wires how does it work as i have 2 sensors. one in the block and one in the oil feed for the turbo ( as seen in first clean picture ) bu each has only one connector,
and i was told the two wires are a pair that go together.
Good effort there, must of took some time getting the grime off! Should help with future tweaking as won't need glove to keep ya hands clean, or at least that's what I tell myself when scrubbing away.
yeah i still need to do the rest of the engine. but wana make sure i have no leaks what so ever. then it may stay clean..... for a bit lol
Good work there mate glad to see it coming along well
thanks mate. its getting there slowly. want to make sure its ready for french car show in june.
I'm liking both the silver and the black Willy Wheels.
thanks guys.
the wheels do look good. apart from my front pass side one. im not going to go into it as it upsets me
some stupid bint run me off the road and its curbed to fudge. so im going to sort that and polish the outer lip on mine.
and woznaldo there gray. i forget the actual colour.
Great pics, both cars look great
Edit - having used some Autoglym tyre dressing for the first time this week, I can thoroughly recommend it for your wheels Smithy.
i wasnt happy that my wheels/tires looked crap ill be getting some of that then mate.
Damn they look good
It took me about 30 seconds to apply to all the wheels on my Mrs' Focus, they were dull/brown to begin with and came up great. I used about half the amount this guy does here, no need to rub in or anything:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im09qiSCa40
Looks like it's about £6 though:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sa...essing&_sop=15
I usually spray some into a small cup and use a paint brush to apply, less waste and chance of over spray getting on alloys and paint work.
nice!!! ill get some tomorrow and put some new "cleaner" pics up
thanks guys.
Looking wicked smithy. Loving it?
Good pic mate. They look awesome.
thanks guys. means a lot.
cant wait for fcs. its gona be epic!! really hope as many people come as pos!
not much to update really. oil leak has stopped.car runs sweet as now. love driving it everyday. just two things to concentrate on now. stevos carb rebuild. and getting my car clean and tidy for FCS.
after FCS i will be concentraiting on getting all the bits for the new project. f7rt conversion. i will be picking up the engine friday. and will start stripping it and sorcing parts straight away. my not do the conversion till winter as i want the car for the summer. all depends on how fast i could change over the engines.
also spent the my day off yesterday with Gav. painting and playing with his beast. some pics.
for anyone that is interested in Gavs car it has a 7 page spead in this months Performance french car mag.
That colour is gorgeous!
it is isn't it lol love this car!
Looking nice there smithy, and your mates car wow that is lovely. Oh and I wish I only had to wash me car ready for fcs
better get cracking mate.
I shouldn't have said that. something will no doubt go wrong like a week before lol
if I have to push it there I will.
few more jobs done.
jobs to do.
fit new tubular mani when its hear.
clean and port inlet mani.
clean and refit alternator.
fit new water pump with new sensor.
and fit campus pulley (when i find one)
sort all brackets and clips.
find some more blue hoses and get rid of the red ones.
clean polish drive to FCS! get drunk get burnt have a laugh.... done,
You could have washed it smithy looking good bud. See you soon
Now then, subtle wheel mods, decent tyres and some dressing. What a difference! Ace.