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by **mackers** on Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:52 am

loving this project mate keep up the good work

by **Ghost** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:10 pm

Right nice new dash put into today!

was rather easy as it has been modified to put into a mk3! (thanks Tomdom....and Al!

just wish the wiring was as easy :cry:

got a bit more to do i think.....

ill get some more pics in the daylight when the car starts....fingers crossed :rolleyes:

by **Rhinopower** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:15 pm

looks easy

by **Ghost** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:55 pm

Rhinopower :looks easy

you can do it then

by **Superal** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:57 pm

Ghost :Right nice new dash put into today!

was rather easy as it has been modified to put into a mk3! (thanks Tomdom)

You were meant to buy the whole car :cry:

I am sure it looks nice...cant see photobucket pics at work

by **Ghost** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:06 pm

Superal :
Ghost :Right nice new dash put into today!

was rather easy as it has been modified to put into a mk3! (thanks Tomdom)

You were meant to buy the whole car

I am sure it looks nice...cant see photobucket pics at work

tried, but he didnt except my offer........and couldnt afford it at the price he could get breaking it :cry:

by **festa-1.3** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:22 pm

Looks fcuking awesome. Something ive wanted to do for ages but can't be bothered with the hard bits. :lol:

by **knuckles** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:30 pm

Well done chap

All that hard work will be apreciated once its all in finished.

Then you can get on with fitting that bloody engine :lol:

by **mackers** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:49 pm

mk4 dash looks really well mate, your project is making me want to start one. Maybe at christmas cause it would be useful and fun to me. How is the td engine coming along?

by **Rhinopower** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:53 pm

is the engine all ready to be dropped in? if not tell me and i'l lend you a hand a couple of evenings this week or next?

by **XRMike** on Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:10 pm

Really love this car mate, be proud of yourself!

by **Ghost** on Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:44 am

Rhinopower :is the engine all ready to be dropped in? if not tell me and i'l lend you a hand a couple of evenings this week or next?

engine needs a couple of filters and then is ready to go in afaik or am aware...

would be nice if you could lend a hand mate and get a few little bits done with someone who knows!

cheers the rest of you guys, i would be proud of myself if my batt hadent died due to my alternator fudgekin up for so long... so ive just spent a fortune on nothing :rolleyes:

by **GavStyli** on Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:48 pm

looks nice frank :aviator:

you can do mine next

by **Ghost** on Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:25 pm

GavStyli :looks nice frank you can do mine next

bollox to that :lol:

by **Superal** on Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:40 pm

Ghost :
Superal :
Ghost :Right nice new dash put into today!

was rather easy as it has been modified to put into a mk3! (thanks Tomdom)

You were meant to buy the whole car

I am sure it looks nice...cant see photobucket pics at work

tried, but he didnt except my offer........and couldnt afford it at the price he could get breaking it

Tis a shame that :cry:

Roll on the TDI

by **allinking** on Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:50 pm

Looking good saw it this morning as you were coming out of the morisons petrol station

by **Ghost** on Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:13 pm

you did

was late for work thanks to that accident....baxtered :lol:

by **Ghost** on Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:28 pm

Right!

update time me thinks!!

started bright and early at about 10.30 :lol:

With the gentle hand of a pal Knuckles....

bolts all came out relativly easy, no bolts shearing off, no rusted bolts....nothing. It was very odd!

then it arose!

and a little comparison

crack on tomorrow!

cheers

Ghost

by **XRMike** on Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:33 pm

.Really pleased!!!

,will be keeping a close eye on this thread

by **CrAzY kAyLL** on Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:20 pm

Out with the old and in with the new fair play :wink:

just hope your hands dont freeze to the engine with it been pretty cold out there

by **rob pace** on Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:05 pm

nice one ghostie!

about time, you took the engine from me in april :lol:

what are you going to do with the intercooler with the engine? frot mounted one?

by **Ghost** on Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:26 pm

ill be using the original till ive got a new IC, more done today will update 2moro!

by **heeman10** on Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:32 pm

Did you ever PM Andy.B? He has/had my original mirror polished inlet manifold, cam cover and injector pipes, but I might've suggested that already? :-?

Glad you're on the move with it all though

by **Ghost** on Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:18 pm

nah i havent...never thought about it

and it aint going fudgekin well! Been defeated today, took all the cam pully and bolted everything all on.....to get to putting the engine in the car, but it wont go in the fudgekin gearbox

what a hassle!

by **knuckles** on Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:15 pm

tell me about it :rolleyes:

by **jayrs** on Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:32 pm

nice glove :lol:

coming on well, like the start time, about the same for me :lol:

by **Smo** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:56 am

Won't go in the gearbox?

You aligned the clutch?

By the way, I don't think I've posted in this topic before now, but I have been watching with interest

by **Ghost** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:56 am

well we are trying to leave the gearbox in the car and work around it... but all is not well!

so looks like im going to take it all out and reassemble it out of the car, then dump it all back in :cry:

by **Smo** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:05 am

Bit of an arse, but that's the way I did it on mine, and it made life soooo easy in the long run. Once it was together, it took me literally half an hour I think, to get the shell lifted, engine under, drop shell, lift engine into place, and bolt it up.

What you might be able to do though, is if you can get the splines in the clutch, get something on the crank pulley bolt and turn the engine while trying to align the gearbox up and push it together. Not sure how hard it is to turn a diesel engine over by hand though(?!).

by **jayrs** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:11 am

as above, cos of the little space in a fiesta bay your best off lifting the shell over the engine then lifting the engine with gearbox up and bolting in.
wouldnt f uck about no more, you wasted a day from the sounds of it already so crack on and get it done

by **supersport_red** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:37 am

can't you just drop the box lift the engine in, then put the box in

by **Ghost** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:57 pm

just didnt want the hassle of removing all the bits on the gearbox....but looks like im going to have to do that :cry:

will crack on tomorrow night in the dark :lol:

ill have to learn how to remove and reconnect things like gear linkages and cv boots :lol:

by **jayrs** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:06 pm

lo,that will teach ya, i could of told ya the hassle you were gunna run into :lol:

by **Ghost** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:16 pm

jayrs :lo,that will teach ya, i could of told ya the hassle you were gunna run into

bah!

by **heeman10** on Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:11 pm

Uh ohhh...a painful, lesson-learning day :cry:

All the gearbox has connected to it is the mounts, cable (those three take about 5 minutes to free off) and the driveshafts (hopefully no more than 1-2 mins each) then some draining to do. Either that, or drop the wishbones and suspension struts and leave the driveshafts in to save oil loss, or you could remove the shafts at the hubs. It's not major, and will give you proper access to the 'box AND engine to mate the two

P.S. Cheque came today, I'll pay it in when O2 have confirmed receipt of my old phone...I left the bloody data cable in my room when I returned it! :rolleyes:

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