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[russ-RST]

I know roughly what they look like, but not sure what the thread size is... Got to be either M6 or M8 I guess. If you're looking for them in your pile of bits, they're black About 1" to 1"1/2 long if I remember rightly

everything in my pile of bits is black i thouht i had the bolts from when i removed it but they were 13mm's and when i went to use them they felt too big and wouldnt thread in so i suppose i need to find a smaller thread i think they were an m10 so id imagine m6 m8 sounds about right will have to take a trip to the scrappy me thinks, shame i couldnt salvage some bits off my cousons xr2i as i was working and couldnt get to it before it was scrapped
i will probs be in your place of work on monday simon to order a few bits for the car as i finally get paid then, i think i need a new alternator belt adding to the list aswell now

i was driving home the other night and thought i could here a slight squeeling like the belt , and then further down the road i noticed the interior lights were a bit dim, then the battery light came on on the clocks and the car kept spluttering and dyin, so id imagine the belt has snapped/fallen off bloody thing i shall soon find out tho


thanks for your help so far to everyone it seems like its starting to get there now

[Smo]

I think they have an 8 or 10mm head.

What happened with the XR2i then?

[russ-RST]

ahh they must of been the wrong bolts i dug out then lol, well after replacing the cambelt kit waterpump alternator and starter motor and the battery all it needed was a little patch weliding in the drivers side front wing but his parents said he had to move the car and he had no where to put it so had no choice but to scrap it

[russ-RST]

not much been going on lately went up the scrapyard and spent a couple of hours fighting out the ARB bolts in the snow and have just been paid so im just collecting a few shiny things then waiting for a decent day thats not too cold

[fezza89]

what shineys have you got?

[russ-RST]

cambelt kit, waterpump, droplinks,braided brake hoses,grooved discs and new pads for the rst brakes, fuel filter, just a collection of the things i need for the car lol

[fezza89]

thats what sucks about this weather, you have all these jobs you can get on with but its too cold for it

[russ-RST]

yep i know but hopefully i can borrow a freinds garage which has heaating and light so shouldnt be too bad

[jonyb4]

jesus one big pay!

crack on mate (once its warmed up a tad)

[russ-RST]

jesus one big pay!

not really mate i got emergency tax and only 3 weeks pay....

crack on mate (once its warmed up a tad)

i defo will lol but for now im going drifting

[russ-RST]

well it warmed up a little bit today and my road wasnt covered in snow nor was it raining so i decided id so something to the car but due to hanging off from last night it ended up only gettin washed aww well cant help that can we by the time xmas comes and we get some decent weather il hopefully have a very nice update with some possible very nice shinys but there a secret for the minute

[russ-RST]

well im really not sure what to do now with the car, im thinking of selling it
i still absolutely love the car to bits and it means the world to me but it just seems to be gettin more and more unreliable and everything seems to go wrong when i cant afford it to, its only little jobs that need doing to it but everytime i try to fix it something else gets in the way, like for instance last nyt dropped the gf off at home and on the way home the battery gave up for like the 3rd time this month, finally got it drop tested and yep the battery is f**cked, iv had a slight oil leak from the oil return for a while and i got the gasket through today to sort it went to fit it everything was going ok and then i snapped one off the bolts for the oil return in the turbo then i went to replace the speedo cable as my speedo stopped working, waited 3 weeks for the cable to come through went to fit it turned out to be a right pig off a job finally changed the cable and then realised that the speed sensor that goes into the gearbox was broken and not the cable so went and got a new one today, went to fit it to find that the pin from the old speed sensor has gotten stuck in the gearbox so i cant fit the new one...... this is the kinda luck iv been gettin with my car constantly for the past month or so, the thing is i absolutely love my car and if someone was to come and offer me 10k cash 2 months ago i woulda laughed at them and said no but im starting to wonder whether its gone past the point of love and is just stupidness now and where do you learn when to say enough is enough or do you keep on replacing bits and paying bills you cant afford too

seriously need help now as im completly torn i couldnt bare to see someone buy my car and drive it away as i think id have a breakdown but i dont think i can bare anothere thing to go wrong with it as id end up setting it on fire


what do i do?????

[bakewell001]

Welcome to the world of performance/modified ford ownership!

Sounds a bit like winter blues... Once the weather warms up you will be keen to get back out there, fix it up and look forward to some summer evening cruising

[russ-RST]

i dont know what to do it makes me feel all warm inside thinking of it being finished and cruising in the summer but will it be reliable when its finished and how much is it going to cost me to get it finished????

[fezza89]

you might aswell see it through now mate, you done all the hard work

[russ-RST]

will be having a serious think about it tonight as im not sure what to do, but for the moment its staying outside and im not touching it

[jonyb4]

if you love it that much, you'll see it through

the battery issue isntt he battery to blame, sounds like the alternator is f**cked and is over cgarging the battery, this is what kills them, so replace the alternator


the other things can be sorted with patiance

[russ-RST]

the battery problem IS the battery why does no1 listen to me when i say this iv had a drop test done on the battery and it cant hold a current, it has been killed so many times over the conversion due to constant cranking and loose wires etc.

it will get sorted i dont think i can bare to not see it finished

[Smo]

Get it sorted

And I don't know if that battery price was any good, I told him to go as best as he could for you, but don't know how it compared to other places

[jonyb4]

the battery problem IS the battery why does no1 listen to me when i say this iv had a drop test done on the battery and it cant hold a current, it has been killed so many times over the conversion due to constant cranking and loose wires etc.

it will get sorted i dont think i can bare to not see it finished

so what you moaning for then? get a new battery!

thats easier than the alternator

[russ-RST]

its not just the battery tho is it iv still got loadsa bit and bobs that need doing to it too much to list iv written it down and it comes to 2 full sheets of a4 paper and with all the little jobs iv tried to do lately turning into nightmares i just had a minor breakdown at the time dont worry it will be sorted but for the moment progress will be slow..

simon yea that price is fine mate i trust the prices you get me from ur work and dont bother to look about i will be up soon ish to get a new diesel one

[Smo]

Take some time out, get about however else you can for the moment, wait until the new year and get bits sorted bit by bit

[fezza89]

i know how you feel because i had loads of issues with mine when i first got it, was going to sell it and get a saxo or corsa.

glad i didnt now. i left it in the garage for about 2 months without touching it.

at least it'll keep you busy after xmas

[jonyb4]

i know how you feel because i had loads of issues with mine when i first got it, was going to sell it and get a saxo or corsa.

glad i didnt now. i left it in the garage for about 2 months without touching it.

at least it'll keep you busy after xmas

DEVIL CHILD!

[fezza89]

i know how you feel because i had loads of issues with mine when i first got it, was going to sell it and get a saxo or corsa.

glad i didnt now. i left it in the garage for about 2 months without touching it.

at least it'll keep you busy after xmas

DEVIL CHILD!

? lol

[russ-RST]

dont derailing my thread on convos about people opinions on saxo's/corsa's etc!
im going to leave the car untill after xmas and just carry on buying bits for after xmas so when the weather gets better and i get into a better mood with it it shall be continued, i havent come this far to just give up now it WILL be finished

[jonyb4]

yay, just hang in there! shall work out

[russ-RST]

as per the ARB issue i went to a scrappy and grabbed some bolts from the fron ARB off a mk4 and a mk3.5 and they both were too big so not sure on what im guna do now??
any suggestions?

[EUFez]

fix it up and look forward to some summer evening cruising

That sounds awesome. Miss them already...

[russ-RST]

as per the ARB issue i went to a scrappy and grabbed some bolts from the fron ARB off a mk4 and a mk3.5 and they both were too big so not sure on what im guna do now??
any suggestions?

[frst toady]

if i get down to my turbo in next couple days m8 i'll av a look c wot sorta thread size ,length wot your need

[russ-RST]

cheers buddy

[rs220bhp]

as per the ARB issue i went to a scrappy and grabbed some bolts from the fron ARB off a mk4 and a mk3.5 and they both were too big so not sure on what im guna do now??
any suggestions?

Are we talking front or rear arb? Ive never seen a difference in them between the mk3 and 3.5. Did you change the lower arm carriers when you swapped the engine etc as i dont think the smaller engines has the threaded holes to fit front arb or the rear beam to fit a rear one

[russ-RST]

Are we talking front or rear arb? Ive never seen a difference in them between the mk3 and 3.5. Did you change the lower arm carriers when you swapped the engine etc as i dont think the smaller engines has the threaded holes to fit front arb or the rear beam to fit a rear one[/quote]

front and no i ddnt change them over but there is the holes in my arm carriers in the exact place for the arb just the bolts iv got are too big took them off a mk3.5 1.6 ghia or smin and a mk4 both ddnt fit...

[frst toady]

right mate them bolts what your after have a 10mm hex bolt head with like a washer(all in 1),
the thread is M8 x 1.25,, and the threaded bit of bolt is about 25mm long mate hope this helps ya out