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[MarkRS2K]

how much was the battery tray mate? does it come with the clamp to hold the battery down?

[heeman10]

I didn't realise you'd been updating this! You need to put update dates in your thread title Jay! Glad to see you've actually been working on it, bring on the rebuild! That sprayed oil will have been preventing rust

[jayrs]

how much was the battery tray mate? does it come with the clamp to hold the battery down?

clamp is extra mate, but tray was about £12something, plus vat, fooking cheap for a gen ford part me thinks

I didn't realise you'd been updating this! You need to put update dates in your thread title Jay! Glad to see you've actually been working on it, bring on the rebuild! That sprayed oil will have been preventing rust

yeah ya right, didnt give it a thought mate

this weekend is the one for engine stripping, i hope, only work till 12.30pm on fridays so hopefully will start stripping engine tomorrow (friday), but i got to change a fan belt and a steering UJ for a mate on his fiesta also, so will see how far i get with it, but i got saturday too, if i got time i might even strip the engine bay out and give it a good clean up and degrease, it bloody needs it

sundays out as its my kids birthday party, as 2 of my kids have birthdays in feb its a joint party, got about 60 kids coming and the wife tells me that the parent are NOT staying god help us, just glad we hired a hall

oh yeah, while im off subject, a sort of update... im gunna be a dad again that makes 4 kids now all mine and with the wife before anyone asks

[MAD_Adamski]

oh yeah, while im off subject, a sort of update... im gunna be a dad again that makes 4 kids now all mine and with the wife before anyone asks

i think you should keep it in your trousers more and spend more time on your car!!!

[:: blade ::]

oh yeah, while im off subject, a sort of update... im gunna be a dad again that makes 4 kids now all mine and with the wife before anyone asks

i think you should keep it in your trousers more and spend more time on your car!!!

i agree
oh and congrats for the 4th kid

:: blade ::

[jayrs]

cheers guys, got to do something when its too cold to work on the car

still last one now.

[rich_frst]

WICKED !!!! LOOKING GOOD JAY...

GLAD YOUR GETTING THE BEAST SORTED MATE!!! IT'LL BE WORTH THE WAIT TRUST ME....

I HAD MY CVH RE-BUILT ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I WAS IN PERFORMANCE FORD, WAS THE DOGS!!! MINE HAD A FULL BOTTOM END REBUILD, AND NEW PARTS FOR THE HEAD, NEW CAM, LIFTERS, THE WORKS, JUST ALLL NEW, PISTONS ASWELL!!! WENT LIKE s**t OFF A SHUVLE!! THEN I TOOK IT TO BRUNTERS FOR THE GRUDGE MATCH WITH MY MISSES THEN GAVE IT A KILLING DROVE HOME FROM THERE OK, BUT DID SOME DAMAGE, MY BRO WAS GONNA USE THE BOTTOM END FOR HIS SERIES 1, BUT WHERE I'D DRILLED IT I WARPED EACH BRAND NEW PISTON

KEEP THE PICTURES COMING MATE!!!!

RICH

[jayrs]

cheers mate, what pistons did you use? i'll know to avoid them

i part stripped the lump dotay, cluch and fly wheel off, head off, didnt do much more as it was getting fooking cold and dark, plus i had to do a mates steering UJ joint and waited a hour before my dads driveway was clear as he was fixing his van, any how im going over tomorrow to finish the engine off, head is being done at mine, when i get the cam

[rich_frst]

cheers mate, what pistons did you use? i'll know to avoid them

i part stripped the lump dotay, cluch and fly wheel off, head off, didnt do much more as it was getting fooking cold and dark, plus i had to do a mates steering UJ joint and waited a hour before my dads driveway was clear as he was fixing his van, any how im going over tomorrow to finish the engine off, head is being done at mine, when i get the cam

cheeky bar-steward!!!

they were only standard jobbies, thats probably why they didnt last five minutes after I gave them a walloping!!


good luck with the build, then back on the road for some rallying

[jayrs]

for sure mate, might have to get ya to talk to ya cousin and see what sort of price he can do me a respray, or maybe for a bit of cash let me use his place to spray it

[jayrs]

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

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

[jayrs]

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 £20, 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)

[jayrs]

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, £30 for these 3 small bits



what it was like

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

[MarkRS2K]

would love to do this to mine, keep it up dude

[t2rst]

looking good mate i recon you should use a gen oil filter though that one is massive compared to the gen one good work you sound like a very busy bee good luck with the new sprog



dave

[jayrs]

m4frd

mines needed it for a long time, had a oil leak from the oil pressure switch, dripped down on drive shaft and went all over the show, didnt know untill i pulled up one day and could smell smoke, oil was dripping on my exhaust

looking good mate i recon you should use a gen oil filter though that one is massive compared to the gen one good work you sound like a very busy bee good luck with the new sprog



dave

gen filter or not mate it dont make any differnce, this ones only real long as its a zetec one,

[XRMike]

looking good mate

[jayrs]

cheers mate, cant wait to get it back on the road, i got a M reg 1.8 xr3i as a run around and its gutless compared to the RS

oh yeah dunno if i've put it or not but i've got some mondeo 16inch alloys too, gunna give them a re-ferb as they got some kerbing to them.

[XRMike]

yeh bet you cant wait to have it all built up again,i know i cant with mine

[jayrs]

i cant mate. would like it done by FITP but i was told thats in april, is that right?

[XRMike]

http://www.fiestaturbo.com/forums/viewt ... p?t=123720
i know mine wont be done by then

[jayrs]

hmm 14th may, touch and go, think i'll have to play it by ear

[jayrs]

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 £400, 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

[MarkRS2K]

how come you dont wana let it idle? Is the cam the only uprated engine component your using?

[jayrs]

no mate im fully rebuilding the whole engine, and you dont start a nice new rebilt engine and rev it at 2500 for 10-15mins right away, they say for the cam it beds it in and give chance for tappets to fill, but its boll ocks, as long as the engines primed with oils and the tappets full which they will be as there be soaked in oil till engines done all will be well, but rev for 15 mins wouldnt be too bad if the engine was warm and the cam was the only thing you changed, but even then i would "run in" the cam like that

[rich_frst]

nice work jay... still got the tyres bruv

[jayrs]

cheers mate, if ya still got them when i need them ill have them mate but i havent even statred on the wheels yet

[paradox]

Mate when fitting a new cam and lifters you have to keep the revs above 2500 rpm for approx 20 mins as it allows the cam and rockers to bed in and harden if you dont then you cam and rockers will be scrap metal in a couple of days.

I have the same worry whilst im rebuilding my engine so im going to run her on the old cam and tappets for 1000 miles to give the engine itself to bed in then im going to fit the kent cam and lifters after that then i will be able to bed the cam in as described in the instructions.

[jayrs]

Mate when fitting a new cam and lifters you have to keep the revs above 2500 rpm for approx 20 mins as it allows the cam and rockers to bed in and harden if you dont then you cam and rockers will be scrap metal in a couple of days.

I have the same worry whilst im rebuilding my engine so im going to run her on the old cam and tappets for 1000 miles to give the engine itself to bed in then im going to fit the kent cam and lifters after that then i will be able to bed the cam in as described in the instructions.

er mate, cam is hardened anyway, rockers are old ones, its all about getting oil round the cam and the tappets filled with oil, its a cop out to cover them self's,
when does the most wear happen on a engine? within the first 20 mins of start up and untill its warmed up and oil has thinned a it not gunna do much, thinner oil will fill tappets quicker than cold thick oil.

run yours how ya want mate, but being a engineer by trade i know what metal does and running a cam at 2500rpm for 20 mins from cold not gunna do anything, apart from warm the engine up and get warm thinner oil about, as i say it to cover them selfs from knob heads sticking a cam in, starting up and driving down the road flat out "testing" it and fooking it up! then wanting exchange/money back etc.

1 thing i do like though is the fact they dont tell you to soak tappets in bath of oil for upto 24 hours before fitting, like ya ment to!!

[paradox]

Mate when fitting a new cam and lifters you have to keep the revs above 2500 rpm for approx 20 mins as it allows the cam and rockers to bed in and harden if you dont then you cam and rockers will be scrap metal in a couple of days.

I have the same worry whilst im rebuilding my engine so im going to run her on the old cam and tappets for 1000 miles to give the engine itself to bed in then im going to fit the kent cam and lifters after that then i will be able to bed the cam in as described in the instructions.

er mate, cam is hardened anyway, rockers are old ones, its all about getting oil round the cam and the tappets filled with oil, its a cop out to cover them self's,
when does the most wear happen on a engine? within the first 20 mins of start up and untill its warmed up and oil has thinned a it not gunna do much, thinner oil will fill tappets quicker than cold thick oil.

run yours how ya want mate, but being a engineer by trade i know what metal does and running a cam at 2500rpm for 20 mins from cold not gunna do anything, apart from warm the engine up and get warm thinner oil about, as i say it to cover them selfs from knob heads sticking a cam in, starting up and driving down the road flat out "testing" it and fooking it up! then wanting exchange/money back etc.

1 thing i do like though is the fact they dont tell you to soak tappets in bath of oil for upto 24 hours before fitting, like ya ment to!!

Fair enough mate keep us posted of how you get on im very interested to see if ive been fed s**t.
I love to learn about all things automotive and it annoys me when not only is the right information not available but the information that is is twisted for some reason.
Ive also been told in the past that the cam and lifters have to be replaced at the same time as they wear together and you should never fit new lifters to an old cam is this true?

[jayrs]

some people would dis-agree with me tbh mate but each to there own, there is no point revving for that long at that speed,

cam and tappets, strictly speaking yes you should change them both at the same time, however i have fitted just tappets before and had no probs, not that theres any probs to have just people say you should fit a new tappet on a worn cam, not that a cam should wear that much, but the reason people tend to replace the tappets is because they get noisy but still work the same

[jayrs]

little update, head is completely stripped, i started to re-seat the valve tongiht but packed in early as it was getting a little to cold in the shed.

im not gunna bother with polish and porting as i planned as i really dont see the point as it wont make much if any difference on a standard head and the time and work invoved isn't worth the little gain it might give.

[jayrs]

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

[jayrs]

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 £200 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

[XRMike]

nice work dude