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[jonyb4]

haha, yea me too but id need a boot popper first though and i'm not 100% sure if you can only do it by welding a place not just fibreglassing or wire messing the holes

[]cal[]

hi mate good job on the car it look really smart, when you took the fiesta boot badge off how did you do it and dus it leave any marks?

keep it up

[jonyb4]

theres a few methodes of taking it off, you can use some fishing gut/line or a plastic scraper or even a plastic ruler (which is what i used) and a heat gun/ hair drier, just heat it up and use the gut or scraper to peel it off, dont use anything metal since it will damage the paint, hen i used some autoglym tar remover on a rag to scrub the sticky residue away from under the badge. but you could even use some nail polish remover or similar

and cheers mate

[jonyb4]

not done much tot he car lately and i was starting to get a bit anxious to get somethign new, was with my mate while he was getting something in a scrappy and i found this in a mk7 escort van:



so i went back the following day and picked it up for a tenner, so i was landed, its a full leather steering wheel, its in fair enough condiction and bots straight on, but with two setbacks, i aint a clue how to remove the connector on the pack of the airbag coil back so i had to snip the wires of both wheels, so now i got no airbag, but apparently never did so, and im not too bothered theres plenty of cars with out them so if they can survive mine will, also the indicator doesnt cancel if your indicating left, ive got a plan for that though, im gonna glue a bit of plastic tot he mechanism hopefully will help, its bit smaller than the fez wheel so turning is easier, it feels great in my hands though thicker and smaller radius much more firm and responsive i love it, and Oh the stitching is LUSH:



my old air bag just bolts on direct swap


also ive had it sometime now but now its staying [ERRR] it goes well with the wheel: my early mk3 gear knob:




while i was there i tryed to get the white clocks out of the escort too, taking the chance that theyre are a direct swap also, might be wrong, but when i talked tot he guy he wanted an extra £15 which i didnt have on me and he also reckons that a diesel's clocks wont work on my petrol, so maybe its a sign not to lol, but im now on the look out for a set of mk4/5 ons so thats my next mod, also i will wire up the tacho like with that aftermarket one, but to a different power source, since it hinders the head unit.

ive got a powerflow exhaust thats ready to be sent to me just gotta send the money on monday so thats all well and good, will update when i have it

Jon

[dontpannic]

Didn't realise the escort wheels were smaller Might have to give that a go at some point, I prefer small wheels

Looking good Jony

[Tweek]

Didn't realise the escort wheels were smaller Might have to give that a go at some point, I prefer small wheels

Looking good Jony

Looks similar to the Fiesta RS1800 / Si / Ghia wheels too. Got the same but blue, definitely nicer to hold I rekon.

[jonyb4]

yea they feel more positive f that makes sense, an of course leather is nicer then some vinyl

cheers nick

[jonyb4]

my exhaust come today so i got to it





http://s521.photobucket.com/albums/w332/jonyb4/?action=view&current=myexhaust.flv

got a lovely sound and looks mint, and only cost £26 posted cant go wrong, thanks to the hog

its a 4" inward rolled tip powerflow SS box, hope you guys think good of it too

[M1K3Y_B]

New exhaust definately looks better than the old one

[jonyb4]

cheers mate

[dontpannic]

Looking good Jony! I could have sworn I'd replied to this already! Obviously not haha

[jonyb4]

:O maybe it will appear int he night and make you have a double post lol

[THEHOG~]

u made it a nice fit good work looks good.
am gona miss that back box now i have a deafning ashally system lol.

[jonyb4]

haha, well this one could have been louder but i aint moanin [ERRR] it bloody good and was cheap as chips so

cheers again mate, you got a vid of your new ashley on the si then?

[THEHOG~]

no probs m8 sorry delivery took so long been so busy latly.
yea it aint the loadest box but i like it.
makes pepole think my 2 litter was just a 1.6 till they seen it move.
then it would open up to a nice note but that was on a 2 litter so may not be as load on a lower cc engine.

and i have the engine out of mine at the mo so cannot test it but i am going to trail fit it and maybe shorten the tail pipe behind that back box and make new back box hangers.
just so it pulls the back box tip futher under the car as the ashally has a really long tip and i wont to keep as snug of a fit as the powe flow was lol.

[jonyb4]

lol sounds great mate ill have a look on your thread in a week or two then to see your progress


and back to my car it will be coming off the road on the 7th due to insurance ending and i cant afford the next premium, while its off the road ill be sorting out a few things on it and it will be back on the road when i get a job

[jonyb4]

coming off the road in two DAYS!!! agh

i cant wait nor dont want it to lol, i cant wait for te work im gonna be doing to it its gonna be good fun, but yet again i wont have a car to drive

my list of things to do so far:

paint alloys black or graphite gray
polish cylinder head NOT DOING
replace boot light/mechanism
clean the injectors while head is off for space NOT DOING
respray bumpers where needed (touch up)
spray handles, mirrors and roof rack strips DONE
repaint parts in engine bay COMPLETE
under coat the whole floor pan COMPLETE
buy and fit later white dials and wire the rev counter
lower (dependant on money flow, and probs later on once back on road)

thats all for now, i will update as they are completed

Jon

[THEHOG~]

sounds good m8.

see at the top your after a boot poper.
i took 1 off my si i will try and find it for you if you like.
you can have it for nothing.

[jonyb4]

aww mate if you could that would be fantastic, ive been looking everywhere for one,i need one to smooth the boot see :0, well lemme know if you can find it, cheers mate

[dontpannic]

aww mate if you could that would be fantastic, ive been looking everywhere for one,i need one to smooth the boot see :0, well lemme know if you can find it, cheers mate

Its a bit of a bodge to get the MK3 boot popper to work with the MK4 but once its in it works fine Took me ages of minute adjustments to get it to fire properly and pull just the right amount lol

Plans sound good! Keep us updated.

[jonyb4]

ah well there you are if i hit a speed bump ill know who to come to

[jonyb4]

ok well yesterday i attempted to do a de-coke but scratched the idea afrer i realised that the exhaust manifold bolts werent gonna come out with out one or two fot hem snapping or rounding off also forgotten about the head gasket, so the injectors wont be done either, ont he other hand i did crack on with the undersealing today (08/07)

although the pictures aint very clear you get the general idea i guess:







without having it on a ramp its hard to get to all them hard to get places and also get a good view at it, but i did the floorpan and boot and a bit of the rear beam, next is the engine bay to have some repainting, get rid of that horrible red under there

Jon

[THEHOG~]

sorry m8 i have looked high and low for the boot popper and i cannot find it m8.
if it turnes up i will give you a shout m8.

[jonyb4]

ok been at it again today doing this and that,

this:



yesterday when i had a go at taking the head off i got to the point where i got the thermostat housing apart and then decided not to carry on, and when i put the thermostat back together it was leaking a puddle on the floor, so ive made a temp gasket to hold the water in, good old hammer template trick, gotta say its working a beaut

that:



engine bay painting got underway, after i made a right donkies mess of it beofre by painting things red ive finially corrected things now, instead of paying about £25 for a auto specialist strut top cover i noticed a can of chrome enamal spray lying around and though why not, dont look all bad i gotta say







this was followed by my filler cap being resprayed, neat little trick i done by accedent, i was spraying the black parts and the chrome parts on the same table, and some of the over spray from the chrome went on the black parts, ncie bit of metallic paint going on

also the expansion tank cap and the washer bottle lid



i also took the horrid looking corroded manifold heat shield off, and im in the middle of spraying that, but i doubt the pait will withstand the ehat, but untill i buy some heat resistant paint it shall do, im not gonna be driving it, iw as gonna make a new one out of some sheet steel, but its proving difficult







as it stands now



as for tomorrow im gonna be buying the paint for the alloy referb,(dredding to have to use filler again, maybe less hardner this time as it set fast last time) and i might make a start sorting out the boot lights problem, i think the switch mechanism has water in it and is shorting out, so ill get my multimeter out and have a poke, if i cant get the old switch working ill use ione of them door light switches instead

list updated

[jonyb4]

oh and thanks for looking anyway hog its not a problem

[jonyb4]

not been up to all that much lately, been raining and im low on dosh, but ill be buying the paint tomorrow for the alloys and also the laquer for thema nd the other parts, i got the mirrors and rack strips off ready for a touch up and laquering

heres the engine bay now:

[EUFez]

That exhaust should of been mine!

[jonyb4]

:O hows that?

[jonyb4]

hey all

been busy today doing some painting and funny enough i realised that my door mirrors are notthe same make, one is he genuine ford part, the other must be a pattern part as i cant find any ford markings on it, the pattern part is strangely enough slightly larger also it has different internals, but it seems newer so i was able to take it apart fully thats more than i can say fr the ford item

anyway heres some pics, now ive painted them because when i painted them before i never laquered them and they have chipped scratched etc so up for a respray AND laquering this time as i see its importance:


as you can see the internals are completely different





his is it with the coat of laquer on it

[jonyb4]

this is all off them complete including the baseplates:


i think the finish on them is gorgous cant believe the effect laquer has on the paint




handles are next, but im dredding having to redo the bumpers

also bought all the paint fopr the alloys, when i was there looking at the paint selection in my local motor factors and i was stuck between anthacite and graphite, in the end i had chosen graphite as its darker and seemed more approprate to my dark theme

then later int he week ill make a start ont he alloys, not sure if i should go through the trouble of removing the tyres from them, agh could do the tyre walls while im doing it though, ncie and fresh

all for now

[jonyb4]

evening all

well the mirrors are back on the car today and they look brand new,had a spot of trouble with the pattern part one as a part snapped on it, nothing a cable tie couldnt fit, (internal part)







and coem abotu 6pm a guy phoned saying theyed come to buyt he car about 9ish,

but the car wasnt quiet ready so i was rushing to get it back together lol
come 9 he hadn't left yet so i was tiding the garage up before my car was to go in, and even put some shelfing units up for "my side of the garage"

heres the final shots of it













and mine going in





but now i can finally get cracking on in ease, wheels coming off tomorrow and getting prepped
jon

[EUFez]

Looking good mate... Thats how I want my mirrors

[jonyb4]

cheers mate, well its with in your grasp, all you gotta do is a little graft

[xr2irhys]

love the garage

[jonyb4]

lol cheers, a wall was knocked down a few years ago to extend it a bit and fit a roller shutter door, 2 bikes and a fez and a s**t load of tool and apliances, couldnt even fit a car int here before