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[fezza89]

me and my dad used to have one of these in red we used for work. unfortunately it didnt look as good as this ill have to sort some photos out

[jonyb4]

that board is awsome!

[fezza89]

only thing going for it was the wheels, tyres and exhaust.

had a nice paddling pool in the passenger footwell aswell

[Ratspeed]

I like them in red, but a clean white car always look good.

and Jony, it was between that board, or a lowering spring! but i thought some pikey would nick the spring!!

Anyways, been shopping at Tims tonite and got these:

Clock


GTI speedo


Ghia (i think) light


And some rear spats i am going to extend to fit the bus bumper

[jonyb4]

and Jony, it was between that board, or a lowering spring! but i thought some pikey would nick the spring!!



Clock

haha naah jay didnt go to fitp


that clock looks brilliant, nice touch

[Ratspeed]

haha naah jay didnt go to fitp

[rsonblackwheels]

nice clocks dude

extending the rear spats sounds like fun

[Ratspeed]

nice clocks dude

extending the rear spats sounds like fun

I'm all up for a bit of fudgekin about

Ive got the plant pot nearly done and i cant be arsed with the white mk1 yet so i need something to play with

[rst-steve]

Some nice bits there and that is indeed the Ghia interior light, fitted one to my old GTi

[Ratspeed]

Well, up to now ive got the light fitted. I started on the clocks but got mad aftre cutting my hands to s**t rags trying to get the speedo drive out! I think i'm gonna have to take it out the gearbox end to give me enough room to pull the clocks out.

Also had second thoughts on the spats, they just dont seem to go with the mk5 sideskirts
So i repainted the old spats and put them back on.

[fezza89]

looks good dude

[Dave G fsi]

Looking really good mate

[jonyb4]

so when you gonna be selling me the estate matt?

you know ive been after a white one since fitp last year

would rather a diesel though, all the zetec's are thirsty

[Ratspeed]

2 grand and its yours

[jonyb4]

ha f**k that

iw as thinking earlier, youd want at least 600 for this, but to me id rather getr some shoddy TD for under 500 quid

not paying too much on a run around surely!

[Ratspeed]

I cant bring myself to sell it, i love it too much!!. It doesn't really owe me anything either.
If i were to sell it id only get between 6-700 probably on a good day
I have been thiking about selling it and looking at FRST's recently but its too many projects if i do, and id still probably want a daily
And the misses wants some new s**t for the house too

[Ratspeed]

Oh, and a shoddy sub £500 TD aint going to have tidy paint/bodywork, be lowered, have recaros, or alloys, or RS2 brakes....................
and it will sound like s**t

[jonyb4]

nah keep the bus but sell the white mk1, then get a rs turbo

[Ratspeed]

Thing is jony,with the white mk1 i couldnt really care if i damage it round a track or get dings in it and i want a car which i can kick its balls in and not really care. Plus i dont need to get rid of any, just running out of room

With the bus as a daily its the same, im not toooo bothered if it gets stonechipped etc, but when i had my old RS i hated getting little everyday marks on it.
But i know if i did get a FRST i would want to use it as a daily.
Decisions decisions

[jonyb4]

DO IT!

[Ratspeed]

Finally got a weekend to myself so i decided to give the bus a proper clean
Also tinted the indicator red at the back to make the look like the fiesta RS lights

Heres some boring pics

first off, the lights

[Dave G fsi]

Looking really good dude

[Ratspeed]

forgot the best pic of all



cheers nomad

[jonyb4]

BUS!

ha lovely

[Ratspeed]

Well arent i a dick. i thought the indicators would shine through orangeish. But they are just red.

So now the plan is to remove the reverse light wiring, move the indicator wires to them and put some orange bulbs in the reverse light bulbs place.
That should do the trick

[Curtis]

FYI, green bulbs behind a red filter will shine orange little trick i learnt when playing with lights, might be worth either buying a pair new, or getting some lacquer on clear bulbs

[EUFez]

I'm reporting you! Your not a very good example for our more, younger drivers. Shame on you!

[Ratspeed]

But im right

[Ratspeed]

FYI, green bulbs behind a red filter will shine orange little trick i learnt when playing with lights, might be worth either buying a pair new, or getting some lacquer on clear bulbs

Good to know, but ive swapped the wiring around before i read it, so its all good

[jaynkay]

such a cool estate, miss my mk5b estate

[Ratspeed]

cheers man, i do like a good estate

Well, after threatening to get rid last week, its got all moody at me!
The headgasket started to weep into one of the bores overnight and making it start up on 3 cylinders for a couple of seconds and then clear.
But there was no change in running temps, the heaters will still hot and it didnt white smoke at all

Anyways, it started to pressurise up and then i noticed a pool of water underneath it in the work car park in the waterpump region, and sure enough, it popped the waterpump

So yesterday:






And then had an hour on it tonite and got it all built up apart from the waterpump pulley,exhaust heatsheild, aux belt PAS resevoir and header tank

Its had:
head gasket
head bolts
water pump
cambelt
oil and filter
new plugs

Anyways, i struck it up just to check it went and ran on four etc and its sweet as a nut
And now its looking like this:

[jonyb4]

job done... wickes, its got our name on it


good stuff mate, i now know what that picture you text me looks like


any idea why it decided to go? what miles she on?

mine when on the 1.8 last year whilst caning it, so thats nothing new


headgaskets are actually a pleasure to do (if you have the knowledge and time, and money)

[Ratspeed]

job done... wickes, its got our name on it


good stuff mate, i now know what that picture you text me looks like


any idea why it decided to go? what miles she on?

mine when on the 1.8 last year whilst caning it, so thats nothing new


headgaskets are actually a pleasure to do (if you have the knowledge and time, and money)

Its done 141k so and the cambelt needed doing as thats done 60k so its not all a waste
All in all the bits cost me £80.23p

But theyre not a pleasure to do, its work that needs to be done! I'd rather be cleaning it

[jonyb4]

lol, hows it like getting to the bottom of the belt in the escort mate?

im going to do mine as i dont trust when it was last done, looking for kits now, might just get a belt

[Ratspeed]

Its easy mate. I cant quite remember the last time i did and escort deisel. But they are easy anyway