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[jayrs]

it was mate, i felt like lobbing the tool box across the drive, bolting the seat in and taking it for a spin.
ok it was still on 4 axle stands and had no front light etc but thats only a minor technicality

[:: blade ::]

well done mate great news

[jayrs]

cheers dude.

[MarkRS2K]

good stuff matey

[jayrs]

[knuckles]

about time fella

nice one

[jayrs]

yeah i know it is.
but i just couldnt be assed with it, but yesterday i though fock it, get over and get it done, if all is well thats a worry off ya mind, and it was.

[onslack]

congrats jay

[jayrs]

cheers bud.

next step if its gunna be a while before i can get it painted will be taking it for mot.
its gunna be insured again from 20th jan and if i can get mote after that i'll be happy.
dont want insurance, mot and tax all at same time

[MAD_Adamski]

well done jay

[jayrs]

still havent asked my mum about building something in her garden yet, but im building up to it, got to catch it right to get the answer im looking for

[GrahamRS]

IT LIVESS!!! wuhay.. good one mate.. have to come av a look sumtime

[jayrs]

not till its finished mate

[Choosey]

Well done mate. Bet you had a big grin on your fac when she fired up!

[jayrs]

too right mate, it was there as soon as the ignition came on as i knew then that all the alram and immobilisers worked, and thats what i was fearing wouldnt work

was gunna go out to it today and get it on 4 wheels and clean the inside up as theres tools boxes in there tools over the show etc and just tinker, as theres little odd and sods that still need doing, like throttle cable needs adjusting etc

but no, its pi$$ing with rain again and i cant do fock all

[jayrs]

only a small update today and nothing majour.

its back on 4 wheels again and really thats about it, didnt get over till late (becoming common that ) and with that and finding my trolly jack needed topping up with oil, which i didnt have to hand it took a while getting it down off the stands, having to use blocks and what not.
prob would of been just as easy to dig the big trolly jack out the shed but my dad wasnt sure if it needed oil too so didnt bother.

anyhow its back on the deck, and as its been on stands for so i long i open door to get a spanner and cracked my head on the roof as i forgot ot was now lower

just some tinkering to do tomorrow and at some point maybe this week the dash will be coming out as i need to replace the underlay as i ripped a load of it out when the windscreen leaked and it got wet.
will not be doing pictures of the dash out for the fact i dont want people knowing where all the alarm and immobilizers boxes are/will be
but then again i might leave that to when it resprayed, im unsure yet.
no pictures as i couldnt be bothered

[heeman10]

It's the best sight/feeling putting them back on the ground! Then you go back the next day and it's dropped another 15mm I'll be in the same position in two day's time, can't believe you beat me :lol: Know exactly what you mean about smacking your head when you get in again, and only having to lift your foot about 7" for it to clear the door seal

[jayrs]

yeah i know
focking almost done my back in bending down to get the tools

im moving them to the boot i think, well the whole car needs a clean out i got stuff all over the show in there at mo.

i aint beat ya yet, the car isnt finished by a long shot.
i still got a new passanger wing to put on and lower valance, and all in the cold and wet, it back to where it started a year ago, on 4 wheels with me on my hands and knees working in the cold

oh the joy, bring on the summer time, so i can drive it, not work on it

[heeman10]

Oh yeah, I forgot about all that! In that case...


I win!



There's my little morale-boosting comment of this thread! As you say, far better to brave the rain and cold now so you can enjoy the good weather INSIDE it

[jayrs]

Oh yeah, I forgot about all that! In that case...


I win!



There's my little morale-boosting comment of this thread! As you say, far better to brave the rain and cold now so you can enjoy the good weather INSIDE it

too true mate.

and i will enjoy it, gunna be hard to drive it at low speed/revs for first 1k miles but i wanna run it in right.

oh heres a couple of pics of me braving the cold while working on it, there old pics from last year but still




god it was such hard work

[heeman10]

You make fairly good progress if that's how you "work" on it!

[jayrs]

always time for a smoke mate

[knuckles]

always time for a smoke mate

If you don't stop smoking soon that quote will be on your tombstone.

Haven't you seen that advert that lists them chemicals then the guy says by the way they are all in cigarette smoke ?

[heeman10]

It's not worth it Mr Knuckles, smokers aren't intelligent enough to understand any of the information or adverts that are passed their way. Do you think they'd breath smoke into their bodies all day long if they had brains?!

[jayrs]

It's not worth it Mr Knuckles, smokers aren't intelligent enough to understand any of the information or adverts that are passed their way. Do you think they'd breath smoke into their bodies all day long if they had brains?!

blah blah blah

with what we used to have to breath in at work smoking is nothing.
first thing in the morning the sweet sweet smell of exotherming resin, SP340 glue, fiber glass dust, oh im glad i dont work there anymore

i smoke roll ups and theres fsr less cr@p in that than strights and i will be quiting soon anyway.
plus a 50g pack last me as much as 2 weeks

anyhow, this aint a smoking post its a restore post and i have a very little update

all i done today was tinker, thought there would be more to do but i guess cos im so good i done it all first time round.
all i had to do today was adjust the throttle cable.
i noticed the smell of petrol again when it was running so checked the weak points, and found it on the fuel filter, so a qiuick nip up and that solved that.
topped up brake fluid, and oil too as its down level now.
didnt get round to fitting the new induction kit filter as i failed to find the alloy pipe to connect it to the turbo intake hose so im gunna have to buy some 3 inch alloy pipe to do that but its got the old one back on there for now.
tidyed up the inside of the car and put all the tools back in the right tool boxes and got it all cleared at the front so i got room to fit a seat or take dash out as and when.

and also, after putting the battery from the rs on my little run around fiesta and going for a 20 min drive, it still failed to start the run around, well it didnt even turn the starter so the rs's battery is focked so need a new one.
but i had a dig about in my receipts and found the receipt for the battery which has a 4 year warrenty and that dont run out till 28/8/2007 so guess where im off to tomorrow

thats all now, and prob will be for a while as i need to crack on with the body work but cant untill i got somewhere inside to do it as doors are coming off, windscreen out etc so fingers crossed i can find something fairly quick as i really really want this beast back on the road

[jayrs]

well as ya guessed, not a update as such as weather has been bad so not been out to it.
anyhow, i managed to get a new battery off the warrenty, was touch and go, although they didnt really have much of a leg to stand on and the guy knew i was giving him a load of $hit when i told him it had been off the car 6-8week (yeah, and another 10 months )
they dojne all there tests and told me it was sulphated right up (sorry if not spelt right) which i sort of guess with the sides sounting to round anyhow 4 days later brand new battery so im happy.

and my uncle came over the other day, although i didnt see him he told me he had found his devilbiss gravety feed spray gun and bought it over for me and its sat in his place over here waiting for me to collect,
my uncle is in his late 70's he wont be using it again, so its basicly been given to me, cheers uncle

all i gotta do is find somewhere to sort the body now, got door ro change and what not and the rubbing down etc so really need to find somewhere quick so i can crack on, 2 days work and she would be ready for paint, if i had the paint yet

oh well, if weather is good tomorrow ill prob nip over see if theres anything i can do to it

[jayrs]

things looking good now guys, ive been back down my uncles garage and meassured up yet again and with moving a couple of machines it will give a little more room, not enough to spray maybe, but more then enough to get the car in and do what ever to.
i was down there friday where me and my dad cleared a load of cr@p out, well moved it, we still gotta move the ride on mower yet, not sure where to so might take that up my dads and put it in shed up there as it will be safe and out of weather.
anyhow while there today we replaced a few bits of wood over the pit as they were rotton, but then so was another bit we found when i put my foot through it and nearly crushed my b0llocks, so the whole lot was replaced, we dont want the wheel of my car going in there now do we

all thats left to do is move 2 small press machines, get a radio and kettle up there and then my car which should be in the week if i get time if not it will be the coming weekend.


all in all, not really a update, just a progress report

[MAD_Adamski]

pics or STFU

[jayrs]

pics of what mate i not done anything to it yet

[heeman10]

anyhow, this aint a smoking post its a restore post and i have a very little update

all i done today was tinker

Great update

Get some pics up! What's happening with spraying?

[jayrs]

whats this pick on jay day, not good enough i fell -ish down a pit

pics up of what, the car is on 4 wheels now, thats all

but ill get some pics of it if ya want, will have to wait till about tuesday now.

spraying wise mate i dunno, if i cleared the garage fully i would prob just have enought space around the whole car to spray but im not gunna be able to move the big ass bench against the side wall, uncle wont let me, which is fine its his garage after all.
its hard to explain the lay out of it as its not ya normal garage, im not gunna say to much about it or where it is, but i will get a pic of the inside to explain what its like and your see my problem with it.
i can spray the door shuts etc in there and the new boot lid and doors, but worst case, ill have to get it all preped and new wing on etc and wait, till summer time and build a booth of some form on the outside of the garage and do it there, but at this point im just looking at getting it in the fully preped and ready state.

we aint all lucky to have a massive barn like ya self james
wish i did though, car would of been on road months and months ago

[heeman10]

The gazebo is your friend:



Perfect for spraying!

What's all this about falling down a pit? Pics or STFU.

That is all

[jayrs]

gazebo is not my friend mate, had to bin my last one as it was so old, but its too cold to spray out side over here, remember im on the isle of wight and the sea is only about 2 miles away

as i said above, when it warms up a bit and the wind and rain die down a gazebo will be my friend

as for the pit, the garage has its own pit, back in the day before 4 post lifts and what not, anyhow there was some 2x6 wood over it so you could walk over it etc, we replaced some as it was rotton and i stuck me leg down it just over a year ago, but today while steping on a bit of the wood that we didnt replace i put me leg down it, i stomped it as it looked iffy (was holding on to something) and it was fine till the last stomp when i let go of what i was holding on to and the wood snapped as it was rotton to fock and my leg followed it down the pit.
laughted about it but i felt a bit of a c0ck

and there anit no pics of me with my leg down pit

and no i wont remove a couple of bits and stick me leg down it to show you what it was like

[j7aoc]

I thought you said you were about 27 or is that your dad Your paper round must of been long

[jayrs]

oh shut it you,
thats what ya look like from working hard all ya life, oh being married for 7 years and having 4 kids might of helpped towards it

and im 27 in may