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[jonyb4]

the ghia is a complete wreck now, running gear is dropped out, air con is out of the way safely, everything is disconnected from the engine halfshafts are off, gear linkages etc, all i need now is an engine hoist to lower it down, meant to be lending one off a mate of my old man

at start


out comes running gear




i really dont like these engines, theyre complex, akward and too japannse (sp)

ill update once the engines out and i have the steering rack in my hands


Jon

[jonyb4]

engines been dropped out of the ghia, its also lost its both door wiring looms, and i soon to be losing the passenger side window motor, after that, its off to the big scrapyard in the sky

well once ive cleared all the seats and taken the rear bumper off it






Jon

[xr2irhys]

good work

[jonyb4]

ah cheers man

[jonboisescort]

looking good mate

a set of bike carbs would look goodon that engine

[jonyb4]

hehe , id love to unfortunately that engine is fooked, bottom end is gone

im just keeping it to have a gander and a play with it, no better way to learn about engines than to do it in the flesh

[Ratspeed]

hehe , id love to unfortunately that engine is fooked, bottom end is gone

im just keeping it to have a gander and a play with it, no better way to learn about engines than to do it in the flesh

Good on ya mate

Plus you cant f**k it if its f**cked already

[jonyb4]

haha yea, i nicked a small wheeled cart fromt he back of a spar and popped it in me boot lol, got it home and me and my mate tryed to get the engine on it, fook me, i had it on its side to have it fall on it, no luck, so i too k the box of it, psh then oil pissed out all over the floor, then while engine was on its pullies side, oil from the head pissed all over the floor too, ugh so thrown some cat litter on it all haha

still have no idea how to get it on that crate trolly thing, maybe ill take the exhaust off it too and the head, should be lighter then, need to drain the oil lol, should have befoe i dropped it formt he bay :S

what am i like?

[FiestaBen]

Yeah when we had a spare engine in the garden we used for parts it weighed a ton! taking the manifold, gearboxand head off then draining all the fluids made the lower half of the engine a lot easier to move!!

Just rip it apart Jon, you might even find it fun

[jonyb4]

you might even find it fun

why you think im keeping it

this is my passion

[]cal[]

lol i would love to have a garage and a cheap car to take to bits bet its wicked, and like you say learn alot aswel.

good work m8

[jonyb4]

cheers man

the cars now gone, scrapped this time yesterday, god that was fun loading it on the lorry with no front wheels

event he engines gone too now, would have only gotten £20 for the shell so i got £40 with the engine, so thats gone

that said half the bloody car is still in my gagage

[jonyb4]

ive finished all the arch painting now witht he rear passenger one done, this was the rusties corner too, mostly round below the filler cap

i also done the whole of the rear beam and cut away at some of the lining (was gonna leave it out) since it was rubbing the tyre

i also fitted the passengers side cetral locking mechanism, so just need to wire it all up soon as ive planned out how to go about it, its gonna be a fiddly b***h to do





will update when its on its way

[jonyb4]

my new bumper collected it from shrewsbury last night along with the MiG (welder not a jet lol)

this is it as i got it, in bit of a state



after litrally 10mins at its side and




this is one of the areas that will need some real attention, not some mere T-cut

you wouldnt have known any dfferent by the time im done with it ANd dont forget ill be adding my own little trademark to it, i fear it wont be that obvious once finished though, if so will hav to demise another way


Mot tomorrow, will let you guys know how it goes, but tonight i swap the seats over with my grandad and tightened up the sluggish hand brake, realyl chuffed with it, it even locks up and skids now so if i ever needed any proof h:

so im over all feeling confedent about it


Jon

[Dave G fsi]

Looking good mate

[jonyb4]

seems interest in my threads gone down hill of late

the car failed the Mot today ont he following

-n/s headlight aim too low FIXED
-o/s headlight aim to high FIXED
-o/s seatbelt ancorage /sill corrosion FIXED

-both rear brake lines are excessively tight when jacked up, i knew of this before im gonna move where the clamp mounts so they have a are closer lessing the stress on the lines, id rather perminantly fix this now then swapping the rubbers over and then back every year

-o/s brakelight failed, which apears to be complete nutsack as as i was watching the whole time and it was always on, even when i raped the hell out of it back at home to see if it would fail, only instance was when i pushed the bulb in, understandably






since its 4/5 ive rebooked it for monday

[jonyb4]

[quote="jonyb4"]seems interest in my threads gone down hill of late

the car failed the Mot today on the following

-n/s headlight aim too low FIXED
-o/s headlight aim to high FIXED
-o/s seatbelt ancorage /sill corrosion FIXED

-both rear brake lines are excessively tight when jacked up, i knew of this before im gonna move where the clamp mounts so they have are closer lessing the stress on the lines, id rather perminantly fix this now then swapping the rubbers over and then back every year

-o/s brakelight failed, which apears to be complete nutsack as as i was watching the whole time and it was always on, even when i raped the hell out of it back at home to see if it would fail, only instance was when i pushed the bulb in, understandably






since its 4/5 ive rebooked it for monday

Jon

[jonyb4]

it actually sailed through the brakes test which was my most worring part, i dont know what i would have done about the handbrake if it had failed

[Dave G fsi]

At least it didnt fail on too much mate. I've had mot's before where they have said that some of the bulbs wer'nt working and they have changed them but know they are lying as I have checked all the bulbs just before the mot and there is no evidence of anything in the bulb area being touched!

[jonyb4]

ha yea the baxtered, maybe they jut want more of your time spent int he garage, but its very inconvienent for you since you cant drive it untill its retested

[jonyb4]

ok been busy tonight,A on my ghia boot and B on the mk3, please check out that thread

i started by grinding back the surface of the handle hole and the wiper hole


then i stencledthe outline of the handle itself, and started to cut it out


finished result



i then fine tuned it and refering to the actualy hole on the boot itself for adjustments


thwen relised that id need more metal to weld on as the holes werent fully covered, its

hard to cut accurately with them metal cutters


then after the weld and grind back





then i done the wiper hole but the plate was offered up from behind this time



all ready for filler now, ive even started to rub back the paint

more to come tomorrow

Jon

[jonyb4]

ok update, fitted something a little different today








and a little scienic shot


also welded the rear brake cables mounts closer to the drums, to leave some slack in the cables, so should pass tomorrow now

[Tweek]

Possibly one of if not my favourite mk4

[Ratspeed]

Looking good buddy, get some zetec s skirts on there and it will be looking sweet!

[jonyb4]

^.^ as said on msn greatly valued opinion waybe and omg i thought you were gonna say you had a pair for a minute then lol

i know i need some bad but theyre hard to find cheap, but i keep a watchful eye

[FiestaBen]

I've gotta say the back of your car is looking sweet now, just a few things and I'm probably stating the obvious,

is there anyway you can bring the exhaust out a bit so it's in line with the bumper? just doesn't look 100% right with it tucked behind the bumper if you get me?

Then the little square cover, fit that and then the back will look sweet!!!

Nice work so far though mate, you're doing great!

[jonyb4]

forgot to say,

just doesn't look 100% right with it tucked behind the bumper if you get me?

Then the little square cover, fit that and then the back will look sweet!!!

yes exhaust can come out further, well hopefully without upsetting anything

and yes the tow eye cover is now fitted

and thanks for the complements

[dontpannic]

Looking good Jon. I can't find a decent cheap ZS bumper especially since I'd have to spray it. Good luck with the search for ZS skirts too, they come up occasionally around this neck of the woods but really expensive, £70 per side!?

Things I'd change...

MK5 side strips - the MK4 and MK5 look too smooth without the side strips
Standard MK5 front bumper (to go with side strips and boot strip)
debadge completely except boot lock
exhaust outside of bumper
side skirts of some kind

Cheers
Nick

[Dave G fsi]

Cars looking brilliant now mate, love it!

[jonyb4]

Things I'd change...

MK5 side strips - the MK4 and MK5 look too smooth without the side strips
Standard MK5 front bumper (to go with side strips and boot strip)
debadge completely except boot lock
exhaust outside of bumper
side skirts of some kind

Cheers

-umm, nah to the door strips, maybe in the future, but no for now
-also no to the mk5 bumper, i like mine
-it is completely debagded except the ford on boot, but if you want to include the "1300" badge no lol, i liek that its a neat touch, and completely debadging is over done, although i do love how it looks, but i wanna be different
-exhaust yea done soon hopfully, but raining all the time persuades you not to get on the floor in the wet lol
-and yea i plan to get some skirts soon as

done an engine service today, oil, the filter and plugs, for obvious reasons i didnt buy a air filter lol

Jon

[dontpannic]

As I say mate just my opinion lol. Btw there's something on the left of the bootlid too

the only thing that annoys me with the mk4 and mk5 is the destripe. The car looks too bland especially the ZS. Colour coded side strips look better than a complete destripe IMO. I only mentioned those and the front bumper due to te fact that the strip on the rear bumper doesn't look right when there's nothing on the side or front that resembles it.

Having said that I do like the car a lot, I just can't help but think something looks out of place...

[jonyb4]

Btw there's something on the left of the bootlid too

well technicly its not a badge, its a colin mcrae sticker

I only mentioned those and the front bumper due to te fact that the strip on the rear bumper

and dont worry it wont look like this for too long

but thanks it all taken in

[dontpannic]

Ah yeah. Can't take that off to be fair, a tribute to a racing legend.

I may have sounded slightly off earlier on lol, sorry

[jonyb4]

lol dont worry about it mate

i plan to colour code the top bump strip red, and then use my graphite grey sig on the lower of the bumper, the splitter part

[mrorange2]

Looks good mate keep up the good work

I have a set of mk5 side stripes if your interested cheap as chips

Get a the ZS skirts on it!!