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[jonyb4]

you'll be buying a metal press next for making car panels

[jayrs]

i got a fly press, but its not big enough for body panels, damn it

[RS EDDIE]

Quality...Managed to buy this today...



Quality!!!! Now the box is in bits ready to re assemble!!!!





All that graft trying to find a gear puller and there was Machine Mart to save the day!!!!!

Been to the painters today and the car hasnt moved, went round it again with the fabricator, and panel prepper, to make sure hes 100% happy for the job in hand, then popped to see my mate at Burtons to give him the final green light to start the engine buildup!!!! Coming together nicely me finks!!!!

[Excursion]

Good stuff! What engine spec are you going for?

[Fraggle]

Did you heat 5th up before pulling?

Reason i ask is i had that puller an it wouldnt touch my 5th gear ..it couldnt get a good enough grip under it with the legs...

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers Mark!!

A massive...Bog standard set up, with a nice kent cvh34 cam and new head.

Gen ford followers, ( dumping the Kent ones,) Ford oil pump, head bolts, head gasket, cam belt.

Polished crank if needed and rebalanced, re-lapped valves. ARP bottom end bolts with new shims.

Nothing major as the orig lump had v.good comp across all four (all the same reading). Dont wanna change too much as its only a show car for the next few years etc.

Fraggle...No i didnt need to heat 5th gear as it was off a few weeks ago. Was on extremely tight tho, but the puller piiiissed it. You will have to heat when putting back on as it expands the metal making it slot on easier ( as mark suggested when we did mine!!)

[Fraggle]

Cheers boss

yeah ive always heated gears when re-fitting..gonna give it a bit of heat before trying removal,see if it shifts it

so no cossie T4 and 20psi then

Anyways i wont clog anymore..glad your box is healing

[Excursion]

Fraggle - You will need the correct puller to get an original/well used gear off, but if it's been off recently like Eddie's has then the standard type one will work.

[Excursion]

Cheers Mark!!

A massive...Bog standard set up, with a nice kent cvh34 cam and new head.

Gen ford followers, ( dumping the Kent ones,) Ford oil pump, head bolts, head gasket, cam belt.

Polished crank if needed and rebalanced, re-lapped valves. ARP bottom end bolts with new shims.

Nothing major as the orig lump had v.good comp across all four (all the same reading). Dont wanna change too much as its only a show car for the next few years etc.

Best way to keep a CVH IMO. Keep it nice and reliable mate

[Fraggle]

Fraggle - You will need the correct puller to get an original/well used gear off, but if it's been off recently like Eddie's has then the standard type one will work.

Got any Links to one by any chance please

[RS EDDIE]

Look at my pic above mate....Machine mart...

[Excursion]

Fraggle - You will need the correct puller to get an original/well used gear off, but if it's been off recently like Eddie's has then the standard type one will work.

Got any Links to one by any chance please

Sykes-Pickavant used to do them but I believe they are now discontinued, I couldn't ever find one anyway. In the end I ended up making one from a piece of box section, some plate, and a very large bolt and washers.

[Dave G fsi]

Glad its all sorted now eddie

[RS EDDIE]

Re-did the gearbox, but there was a problem. The 5th gear bearing had moved up the shaft so when it was back together the cog wouldnt slide down the shaft enough for the circlip...so its now apart again awaiting new gasgets!!!

Anyway tiny update...While the car is at the painters ive been bored, so decided to refurb the alternator and starter motor with new-ish stickers and palstic covers!!





Nice eh!!! ...But before ya say it....Yes i have the wrong sticker on one of em, cant find the correct one atm, but its somewhere!!!!

(oh yeah and i bought new front indicators, new sides and new rears but ya know what they look like)

[Dave G fsi]

Sorry to hear about the gearbox eddie

Alternator and starter motor are looking good though

[RS EDDIE]

Aint a biggy dave...Ill av to nip ova to Burtons for a brew saturday and get some more gaskets!!!, might get 2 sets in case!!!

[mrorange2]

Love the alternator and starter look very nice.

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers geeza....Had to do the starter twice as the first lot of paint looked pony and peeled, so i used enamel in the end, in the oven for an hour at 60'...

[rob pace]

Cheers geeza....Had to do the starter twice as the first lot of paint looked pony and peeled, so i used enamel in the end, in the oven for an hour at 60'...

slowly baked starter motor hmmmmmm

[RS EDDIE]

Sort of heated rob to avoid damage...Cant really bake anything at 60'

[DanFraser]

I put graphics cards in my oven at 190c for 8 minutes without issue, I'm sure a starter motor can take a little more!

[Excursion]

They look superb, Edd

[jonyb4]

I put graphics cards in my oven at 190c for 8 minutes without issue, I'm sure a starter motor can take a little more!

wait what? lol

[DanFraser]

I put graphics cards in my oven at 190c for 8 minutes without issue, I'm sure a starter motor can take a little more!

wait what? lol

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/show ... p?t=606658

Serious stuff.

Except the guy who put it in a microwave oven and wondered why it sparked.

[jonyb4]

stupid man...

does that seriosuly work? my 8600GT flickers with weired pixels and has massive triangles appear in games its that ruined, will this sort it?

PM so we dont clog this wonderful thread

[RS EDDIE]

Cheers fellas!!!

It feels as tho im making headway and theres light at the end of the tunnel......But its a long tunnel im in!!

[RS EDDIE]

Went to the painters today to check on progress. Very pleased with the fabricating and prepping. The pics are only the first stages of the painting etc.





Front panel baremetalled, treated and primed in first coat.



Very minor dents awaiting to be knocked back. ( these were soooo slight it was hard to see them before, but hes gna knock it right back...



Rear arch around the filler cap awaiting the final stages of knocking back before etch primer etc...







A few of the tailgate at the first stage of prep...





Drivers side door.. (The denting was heated out to pinch the metal tight again then a first stage of prep added)...





The classic rot area on a mk3...new metal is going in rather than messing around with bad metal...



And the bonnet. This was very wobbly in my eyes, when i luckily bought a very rust free one. Again, rather than bang dents in and fill, the prepper has managed to stress heat all of the denting (including the inlet denting it had made) and strengthen the metal so its gone back totally flat again. He then bare-metalled the top and acid etch primed it as a first stage of prep to keep any moisture away from it before priming.







Overall, im extremely pleased with waht hes done. He knows his stuff and is very good. Hes not happy with anything that he feels will affect the overall finish of the paint, so thats a bonus....

Ill update as i go, Next monday im back down there with the camera to get more pics!!!!

[chrisxr2it3]

Looking good mate

[RS EDDIE]

Ta Fella!!!!! Get your thread up you lazy man!!!

[- Danny Boy -]

Looking very good! Nice to see its getting proper treatment

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks mate. Yeah its good that i am finally seeing a bit of action and in the right hands too!!!

[jonyb4]

good stuff, sounds like a proper professional guy, all this tech would work wonders on my body work


looking forward to the next patch of pics

[RS EDDIE]

Thanks mate.... Will update soon...

Been tinkering for half hour aswell to see how i can try and replicate some tyre stickers for the shows!!! This one looks about right so far.. (If anyone has got any original pics of the stickers then thatd be great).......

[jonyb4]

nice, good effort

[jayrs]

excellent work mate