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[jayrs]

that box has been painted, and prob not that long ago.
but it did come up very well, it might even be a recon box not long ago.

you will also need another litre of gearbox oil, but get 2 litres as sods law says you need a bit more.
and ET90 (i belive its ET) is the stuff for LSD boxes

[fiestasiphil]

that box has been painted, and prob not that long ago.
but it did come up very well, it might even be a recon box not long ago.

you will also need another litre of gearbox oil, but get 2 litres as sods law says you need a bit more.
and ET90 (i belive its ET) is the stuff for LSD boxes

it could well have been painted but it doesn't look like paint tho? the dirt on it came off very easily with gunk de greaser lol who knows!
well yesterday my mate came round and we got the engine out, finally after 4 months of the car doing nothing

heres some pictures













and i fort the engine bay was clean well not behind engine!



all out and underneath car!

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no i haven't raised the suspension! lol aka sits like a tractor! without engine!





well its all out now time to get cleaning the engine bay and masking it up for paint then 2.0 with new gaskets etc goes in!

[M4tty]

is that gearbox oil on the drive

[fiestasiphil]

is that gearbox oil on the drive

its alright tho i got it all off!

[XRMike]

Lookin good mate!! Could you take a few detailed pics if/when you do the twin anti-roll bar trick ?

[fiestasiphil]

Lookin good mate!! Could you take a few detailed pics if/when you do the twin anti-roll bar trick ?

sure mate i will do

[fiestasiphil]

well i have a update here!

i got some bargin custom made ford fiesta mk3 si seats to fit my mk2! with door cards the lot for just £40 even tho i shouldn't really be moding the mk2 [ERRR] more as i got my real si as a big project but for £40 i had to buy them!

heres pics











they will keep me happy until my si is back next june!

[fiestasiphil]

update here,

ive been busy with my si over the past few weeks since the engine was taken out, ive degresed the engine bay



took me ages as i kept on findng dirt :look: , i will probably clean it one more time as in a few weeks my mate is going to be spraying the engine bay ready for the 2.0 to go in

ive also re undersealed most of the car except for the front bit near the wings as on sunday me and my mate are going to cut off the pattern wings and replace them with 2 brand new genuine ford ones for a better fit, once there on i will be undersealing the inside of the wings to keep any chance of rust away



ive also bought my escort cosworth discs and new bolts to mount the cailpers and i decided to paint my new socworth cailpers as they were gold but if a matter of time they will rust, so ive painted them to go with my silver and black theme





i also decided to buy new drums for the back £28 each as mine were knarkered and some new anti roll bar link joints and as these parts rust easily i painted them both up silver







on the drum i painted them completely but with a thin coat of paint where the wheel is to sit so to help prevent the wheel from rusting on etc



when my mate took my 1.6 lump out of my si he noticed that from the amount of wishbones ive had ive never bothered to change the stretch bolts opps so i bought some new ford ones and rear axle bolts for my poly bushed axle



my si also needed new headlights and front indicators as they looked a bit dull





i also bought some omp cosworth brake pads and ferodua rear brake shoes and new rear wheel bearings



a few more goodies

frst pop out windows which i plan on getting tinted like my currant windows

and some braided hoses a front wing and another rear anti roll bar





oh and heres the lastest pic of my si ive sold the gmax kit now, its sitting on standard dampers and gmax springs now for once it has been resprayed then its time to get some fk coilvovers on it in time for when it should be ready by june next year



work begins on sunday

[jayrs]

looking good mate, reminds me, i gotta take a trip to fords to be d1cked

them "stretch" bolts are not stretch bolts at all mate, provided the torx head and the thread are not damaded then you can use them over and over again, although nylocks are ment to be replaced every time they dont need to be

[fiestasiphil]

them "stretch" bolts are not stretch bolts at all mate, provided the torx head and the thread are not damaded then you can use them over and over again, although nylocks are ment to be replaced every time they dont need to be

oh rite well ive had a lot of wishbones on my car over the years, the thread was very bad lol, thanks tho as i didn't know that

[fiestasiphil]

them "stretch" bolts are not stretch bolts at all mate, provided the torx head and the thread are not damaded then you can use them over and over again, although nylocks are ment to be replaced every time they dont need to be

oh rite well ive had a lot of wishbones on my car over the years, the thread was very bad lol, thanks tho as i didn't know that

[jayrs]

i always got spare ones in the tool box, when im done the scrappy i sometimes have a blitz on fiestas for bottom arm bolts, shocl bolts, rear arb ones and that, the amount of peoples cars ive worked on and you find a focked thread or it starts to round etc, and it always happens on a bloody sunday
so wise move buying new ones mate, dont bin the old ones though, stick them in tool box, might be needed one sunday

[fiestasiphil]

haha yeh i would keep them..but the thread is really bad lol

should be cutting the 2 front wings off 2day, will be keeping you updated

[jayrs]

if the thread is really bad it might not be worth keeping.

mind you there was a stand at ford fair and he was also at national day, selling old used bolts which had been zinc plated again as new and more expensive than ford sell them too

[fiestasiphil]

my mate alain done the wings today

first off all we got the front bumper off



then as the wings that were on the car had been replaced before we had to remove the filler to find the spot welds



then it was time to drill out the spot welds



then to chisel up the lip of the wing so we could get the wing off



the wing is removed





then i got the paint out and rubbed down any rust to bare metal and painted it all black on the chassis



we also took the xr2i skirts off to check the sills and found some rust but in one place, :look: but lucky it was just surface rust as it was quickly removed back to metal the other n/s sill was fine not bad for the origial sills



we got the new genuine ford wings in place fitted very nicely which was a result

but i didn't get [ERRR] pics of that 2day but i will post some up 2morow

[jayrs]

coming on mate

[Xr_Dub]

how much where the ford wings? and where from mate?

[fiestasiphil]

how much where the ford wings? and where from mate?

i got one from some1 who gave up his project for £30, the other i got from fords for £63.50

[fiestasiphil]

new panels are in place it was so much easier using genuine ford wings than pattern ones like we used on my mk2 xr2 rep, we had to also put the bonnet on to check the gaps and then spot welding the wings in place on wednesday

[onslack]

looking good phil

[fiestasiphil]

got another update here

me and my mate have been working on my si getting the engine bay sorted

first job was to remove all the rust there wasn't too much of it which was a bonus



then my mate got the air line out to remove any bits of loose dirt off

then we panel wiped it again and then used this sticky cloth stuff (can't remember the name) to remove tiny litle bits of dirt and dust


we also done the front panel as well but the whole car will be done once 2.0 engine is back in and running


then it was primer time!

first coat of zinc primer








we done 3 coats of primer in total

ive still gotta get the seam sealer and grind the welds down on the wings but it won't take long

hopfully the paint will be on in within 2 weeks time

[Ram]

[jayrs]

nice touch mate, but a couple questions.

why mask up the rubber donut in the strut tops and not remove them and also the loom clips up the sides of the inner wings, why they still there

[fiestasiphil]

nice touch mate, but a couple questions.

why mask up the rubber donut in the strut tops and not remove them and also the loom clips up the sides of the inner wings, why they still there

the suspsension rubber we got the offside 1 out as it was already split, and i have bought a new one, the other 1 was a pain, so we left it on the car but we masked it up well and metal underneath all got primed and came up well, i know it would have been a good idea to remove it but it was in good condition and i didn't want to risk damaging it, the plastic clips i didn't want to risk breaking them (basically i couldn't be arsed to buy new ones) so cleaned them and thought oh well paint them

[jayrs]

fair play, the donuts sould of been easy to come out, the clips, well, there expensive and can be tricky getting out, but it dont matter, just thought i woulod ask i was expecting a reply like, i fotgot untill i had finished painting

[xr2ibill]

Wow, liking that mate i've always wondered what the xr2i side skirts and archs would look like with si bumpers it looks awsome! Bill.

[fiestasiphil]

slight update here we have got the seams all sealed with the seam sealer and stone guarded the front panel







and where new wings fit on too slam panel



we had problems with paint reactions on the front panel which has set spraying the bay back which is annoying should get it completed on sunday

so in the mean tIme we painted the black panels that go by the heater blower and the radiator fan and have came up really nice







garage is a mess so rear axle will be going on in a few weeks to save room

[XRMike]

Looking well Phil.

[jayrs]

looking good mate, dont forget to seal round the front part of that wing (above indicator) on the inside of the wing

[HCS PIMP]

wow progess is fast i guesss

[fiestasiphil]

looking good mate, dont forget to seal round the front part of that wing (above indicator) on the inside of the wing

what bit is that? i'm not sure if ive done that or not?

[jayrs]

the tab that goes onto the front panel from the wing, you have sealed it on the out side, but seal it on the inside, your see where i mean, its where the front panel ends under the tip of the wing

[fiestasiphil]

thanks for your help mate i will do that first thing on sunday when it is to be sprayed

[jayrs]

cool

[HCS PIMP]

i want my si to be done already