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[trecoll]

Cheers for the heads up Henry, haven't got round to the rear yet!

Jony, it wasn't idling like that when I picked it up bit of rob's magic and now it's nice!! Lol


Oh and on very important news.... My beard has gone!! :O

[hb69]

Was it a summer holiday beard?

[jonyb4]

so you shaved and fed it to the car to make it run better?

[hb69]

weight saving beard removal

[trecoll]

It was a summer holiday beard actually



I did get back to it on Saturday, albeit in between heavy thunderstorms

I started by treating the surface rust areas in the front of the drivers footwell


Unfortunately one of them became a hole...


I then painted the rear centre section of floor... I took the handbrake out to paint.


Covered the treated rust in paint...


And that was all I actually got done as I ran out of paint.

Here's another picture of the passenger footwell, shows the size of the hole!



I got back to it yesterday as well, but had little time, so all I managed to do was remove both sections of sound deadening from the drivers footwell. But I forgot to take any pictures. Need to get more paint, then I'll go back either tonight or tomorrow. Depending on the weather.

[jonyb4]

why are you still painting? sort the rust out first lol

your only going to damage the paint and then need to repaint anyway after the welding...

[trecoll]

Because I don't want to take the seats back out.
I don't have access to a welder.
MOT is in May, it'll be done for then, not before.

[Ratspeed]

Stop being lazy,
Rent a welder,
If police or vosa pull you, they will see the holes and make you have an mot before you can use it on the road.

[jonyb4]

being a track car, its gonna get alot of interest with the police

[trecoll]

Not round my way it won't
Nothing a bit of duct tape won't fix temporarily, it'll be done when I get insured on it and get it to the garage where I can weld it..

The drivers seat is a pita to fit, cause of the welding that's already been done on the rear mount. So not lazy, per say lol. Okay, yeah it is, but meh.

[Ratspeed]

Vosa can pull you in for a roadside check anywhere mate.

I'm not being a dick, just for a mornings work you could save yourself some potential trouble

[trecoll]

I know your not Matt. I know what your saying, and it will get sorted when I start using it properly, just where it is at the moment it's not an option.

My "not round my way it won't"
Was to jony's "being a track car, blah blah blah...."

[jonyb4]

thanks... why does it not where you are? you live on the moon?

[trecoll]

I live in the middle of nowhere, with no police presence.

[trecoll]

Yesterday saw the drivers footwell completely painted and the seat went back in (this side is a PITA due to the welding on the rear mount!)


And the seat back in



And I had a play in Photoshop CS6, picture was only from my phone, so not a good base. Will take the dSLR to the car one day...

[jonyb4]

lol not exsactly a good view to boast on int he first place... get one of your cat!


the colour is lovely mate, oddly matches the dash and cards

[Michael!]

have you stripped out the rear door cards?

[jonyb4]

a pic in another post suggest he has

[Michael!]

didnt spot that. in all his pictures theyre there.

[jonyb4]

http://www.fiestaturbo.com/forums/nick-s-st-vt189429/page420/

[Michael!]

the picture wont load as im at work - explains how i missed it.

[trecoll]

Yeah, the rear got done the other day. I've just been busy at work, so not had a chance to do the update! Lol

Not my cats jony...

[dontpannic]

Will we be seeing it on Saturday Roberto?

[trecoll]

Yes. The insurance transfers tomorrow

[trecoll]

Yeah boiii! Driven 65 miles in it since last night, used £30 of petrol

Needs a new petrol cap though, this ones a bit stiff and it smells like the seal has gone... (as in I can smell fuel on right hand bends, not I can smell the rubber has perished )

Castle Combe tomorrow, videos on Monday/Tuesday probably, HD too

[jonyb4]

sound sliek its more than a ruined seal if your only doing 65 miles to £30!

[Michael!]

When I took mine out for a drive I could easily use that after a short period of time

[jonyb4]

i get about 28-32 mpg, but even flooring it i can get 65 from £15

[rsturbonutter]

Jony you are a lucky lad

[jonyb4]

lol why? £10 does 50 miles always has

[trecoll]

I don't really care about yours jony. Stop going round comparing everything everyone says to your own car.
Yours is completely different so its an irrelevant comparison, that and you know no details of how I was driving for thoses 65 miles or what sort of journey they were.


Had an eventful day at Combe yesterday, will update properly tomorrow.

Sent from my phone - one handed operation!! Lol

[jonyb4]

jesus stick a tampon up there will you

[Michael!]

Sell me your rear door cards?

[trecoll]

Sorry, I broke them on removal, so binned them.

[trecoll]

Right, so eventful weekend for me!


05:00 start to head for Combe.

Passed sound check fine, managed to buy two sessions (so, 30 minutes) of track time.

Unfortunately, I only used 6. Here is why;




I managed to get the car back off the track, unfortunately the NSF tyre had popped off the rim. Like so;




I was a little annoyed at the fact that I'd broken my new car and ended taking a trip to the medical center... This is why...



Yes, that reads "Crashed car at race track then punched a tree" :roll:




Not broken, so all's good

The FiestaTurbo/Shaboygan Racing pit crew jumped in and lifted the car onto the jack and fitted me with a spare wheel (only fitted on rear though )
Thanks again guys!!










We could see stress marks on the inner sidewall of the tyre, so thought it was best to change the tyre. So Chris took me to the local tyre place (again, thanks!) and I forked out £87 on a new 195/45R16 Goodyear Eagle F1.

And again, the FT/SB crew kicked into work and put it back on for me!




Still cleaned abit of the car though








The car drove home absolutely fine, so it seems no major damage has been done, which is a relief. That wasn't the end of my problems though!!!!

I went to fill up with petrol on Sunday... Queued for the petrol station, got to the pump and the key was just spinning in the petrol cap!
Drove home running on fumes, and sprayed as much WD40 into the lock as I could! Managed to the cap off, but then when trying to free it up some more, I sort of accidentally locked it shut whilst off of the car. It then refused to open again!

I have ordered a replacement and managed to find a temporary cap that fits. So not such a biggy. I ordered an aftermarket replacement as it's a heck of a lot cheaper than Ford's £68!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250852024651?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2817wt_1186

For anyone who needs a new cap! It's the same as what a friend has in her MK4, so I know they work fine