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[frst toady]

put some hose clips on there they def aint getin of then bud,
were the pics anyway lol??

[russ-RST]

yea i love the easy fixes especially as im skint atm! just started a new job so gotta work a month in hand before i get paid ,
and yea i know iv been slacking i havent been home in the last few days, gotta go do a clutch on my mates spaxo but hopefully after that i can put some up

[jonyb4]

Well your obviously updating this, can't you just upload some pics at the same time? Only takes 10 mins

[frst toady]

yea i love the easy fixes especially as im skint atm! just started a new job so gotta work a month in hand before i get paid ,
and yea i know iv been slacking i havent been home in the last few days, gotta go do a clutch on my mates spaxo but hopefully after that i can put some up

aint been home in a few days? been out listenin 2 the chatter alot then bud
month in hand thats poxy dont think i could do that but still its a job non the less...

[russ-RST]

yea pretty much just been stayin at a mates as it makes it easier to get toand from work, cars been really good lately although i have just developed quite a bad split in the top rad hose guna have to find one

if i can find my cable i shall go out and take some pictures for you lot it doesnt look anything special and isnt clean either but pics are pics

[bakewell001]

yea pretty much just been stayin at a mates as it makes it easier to get toand from work, cars been really good lately although i have just developed quite a bad split in the top rad hose guna have to find one

if i can find my cable i shall go out and take some pictures for you lot it doesnt look anything special and isnt clean either but pics are pics

I've got an FRST top rad hose if you do need one. PM me to check it's the right one you need!

[russ-RST]

PM'd

[russ-RST]

ok well iv found my cable so il stick up some pics, theyre not the greatest as theyre off my phone (id rather spend my money on the car than a camera )

these are some pictures of the RST shell that i got for the conversion just to show people i ddnt scrap a good genuine shell



later on we found that the rear panel all the welds had completly rotted through as we tried lifting the car by the rear panel (me and 1 mate) to bump it round as it wasnt straight in the garage and actually ripped the whole panel away from the car

this is the rear drivers side where the light would bolt into as you can see just a small gap must be for ventillation??


didnt either bother to dig into that filler god knows what would of turned up


the battery tray doesnt actually look to bad here in the picture but when you consider i leant on the battery tray with my hand and made that hole it in i think its safe to say it fudged

this was the "minor bit of welding" needed to the floor pan bearing in mind the whole floor pan had been repainted at some point recently and this had mades it way through i ddnt bother to dig about this


so all in all i think the car needed:floor pan welded, 2 new sills,all 4 arches,battery tray, the rear panel the boot sits against and thats just the metal work let alone all the wheel bearings TRE etc etc.


i didnt really take any pictures of the conversion as it was just a simple out with one and in with the other so i just have pictures of my car after the conversion the only thing i had to change was the fuel line from the filter to the rail and from the FPR to the return which was extremely simple and if anyone wants pictures etc. of this just ask

sorry for it being so dirty i only had chance to give it a quick blast with a jetwash at work after the conversion it will get a proper valet soon i promise

[frst toady]

looks like jony's lil dig worked its magic again
anyway
that shel do look a tad fcuked tho
so whats planned next then bud except the top hose

[russ-RST]

sorted the top hose me thinks but drove it to the tyre centre today as i need to take out my drivers side shocks as its not bolted down properly from when i uprated them to gmax as im thinking the top mount isnt in properly so isnt letting it bolt down properly and therefore making the tyre on that side wear out excessively, so apart from shelling out for 2 new tyres, it was ok but now the oil feed pipe has split on it and its dumped all its oil

does anyone know how i can fix this? like buy a new braided hose part or im not sure howw to go about it now help very much needed

[frst toady]

if it the oil feed pipe i'll have a look might well av 1
or some 1 on here must have 1 if not prob pick 1 up of fleebay for pence
least the niggly little bits are surfacin so u can get em sorted as much as there a right royal pain it the arse

[bakewell001]

I think i have an oil feed pipe somewhere too matey. I'll have a look!

That shell is a lot worse than I remember...

[russ-RST]

well whoever could get me 1 that'd be great depending on the price depends on wwhen i can pay tho as i dont get paid for another month yet so havent got alot of money atm

and yes the shell was absolutely fu ed so i done the best thing i thought of, reshell it into a muc better shell

[russ-RST]

well progress is going to completly stop until i get this hose now as i dont even risk moving my car with such an oil leak, anyone with a hose or advise or where to get one would be VERY much appreciated

[bakewell001]

well progress is going to completly stop until i get this hose now as i dont even risk moving my car with such an oil leak, anyone with a hose or advise or where to get one would be VERY much appreciated

I've got the rad hose pal, but i only have the T2 oil return and not the feed.

Let me know if you still want the rad hose.

[russ-RST]

iv sorted out the rad hose buddy its just the oil feed i need now

[russ-RST]

well iv ordered a new oil pipe so once i get that through i shall be bunging in some oil and fit the new pipe and i can drive it again

will probs go back to the old black bumper with the wide mouth as i dont think the splitter suits the rest of the car so once iv changed over the bumper the white bumper willl be up for sale

[jonyb4]

i hope your not refering to the Si bumper

[russ-RST]

i hope your not refering to the Si bumper

what si bumper???????

[Smo]

Told you not to fit that white one

[russ-RST]

Told you not to fit that white one

okay okay i admitt simons the styling guru

[jonyb4]

well i dunno lol whats a wide mouth bumper?

[russ-RST]

an rs turbo bumper thats been wide mouthed for the front mount im hoping to get

[jonyb4]

well thats a stupid name to give it

has the white one had the splitter bonded then?

them splitters are worth a bit mind you

[russ-RST]

the splitter is moulded in and has had a very nice job done of it thers just a small bit of work left to do and itd be perfekt but i just dont like it really doesnt suit my car..

[~nomad~]

well thats a stupid name to give it

they have been called that by loads of people over the years.

[russ-RST]

well thats a stupid name to give it

they have been called that by loads of people over the years.

it does kinda make sense to call it that ahh well hoping to get my oil feed pipe through today then i can fit plus il be gettin aload of spare parts as my couson is scrapping his xr2i so should have a wee update sometime soon

[jonyb4]

[russ-RST]

not much progress lately as iv started a new job and have to work a month in hand so iv been 6 weeks without pay so far , but when i get paid i should have a half decent update havent really done much to the car lately , just changed the bumpers back over and fitted the oil feed and just been tinkering with a few bits went to fit my anti roll bar (front) last night what a pain they are to get in ! and then i finally got it in and couldnt find the bolts to bolt it in bloody thing so just left it in with a couple of cable ties to stop it banging about will try and find out what bolts they are today

hopefully should have a more worthy update soon

[jonyb4]

do you mean you cant find any bolt holes to clamp it down?

think it it didnt come with a front arb you need to fit the front crossmember from a model that did.


fiesta si phil had to do this to his 1.3 too

[Smo]

I think he means literally the bolts, Jony... The holes should be there. With mine, there were no threads, just holes, but used the original ARB bracket bolts to cut the threads - no problems at all

[russ-RST]

I think he means literally the bolts, Jony... The holes should be there. With mine, there were no threads, just holes, but used the original ARB bracket bolts to cut the threads - no problems at all

thats exactly it pall iv lost the bolts i dont suppose you know what bolts/ thread they were or shall i just use any i like?

[Smo]

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

[jonyb4]

i agree either m6 or m8

theyre rather small, the nut part has a little washer looking jobbie around the edge facing the thread if you get me, and i think a crator topped nut, liek a small dip so to speak

could be mistaken though

[jonyb4]

if its any use, every mk4 come with the ARB, its the same size as a mk3's and i think the bolts are the same too

if your local scrappy keeps its cars up on bricks/tyres witht he wheels off liek mine, its easy enought o get some off, take a small 7/8mm spanner with you