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[Tweek]

This car could do with an Ashley 4-branch

[- Danny Boy -]

its come up so nice though dude, i used a similar paint on my white fiestas heat sheild it was fine until i pressure washed the engine bay and caught it slightly, and the paint came straight off, so i recommmend cleaning your cars engine bay first before you put all these nicely painted parts on im really considering doing the maf on my si now ive seen how nice yours has come up , and thinking about doing the fan motor

Dont worry its going to get a VERY good clean Everything shall be cleaned and painted, apart from the block, head, gearbox, i think those are the only bits not getting pained, but they will get a good clean. Deffo do your maf on yours! You can have it done in 45mins max including removal and refitting if you wanted. I think it just makes the car look SO much nicer, I was fed up of looking at is going hmmmmm i wish it was clean and new looking. So now i pulled my finger out and its getting done! Fan motor sounds good to, im going to do mine monday or tuesday I think

This car could do with an Ashley 4-branch

Yes I know it could dammit Don't you think if I had the money I would give it to you? Just keep it in your garage for a while, it wont get in the way then

[EUFez]

As I've said, the engine clean up looks great. Time to get my ar*e in gear and do it myself... That clean up with the expansion tank sounds good, I'm gunna give that a go aswell, although it's not as bad as yours. Let us know how you get on!

[jonyb4]

not sure the 1.6 would benefit from a four branch much, on the other hand, it fits all zetecs so its a nice investment for when this has a 2.0 or 1.8


hammerite on the cam cover tends to go all soft and actually moves around then you touch it ive found

[- Danny Boy -]

As I've said, the engine clean up looks great. Time to get my ar*e in gear and do it myself... That clean up with the expansion tank sounds good, I'm gunna give that a go aswell, although it's not as bad as yours. Let us know how you get on!

Indeed you do James! The expansion tank didnt come out too well from my first go, bit upsetting, still alot of black crap in there, but im going to give it another go tomorrow and see if i can get any better results!

not sure the 1.6 would benefit from a four branch much, on the other hand, it fits all zetecs so its a nice investment for when this has a 2.0 or 1.8


hammerite on the cam cover tends to go all soft and actually moves around then you touch it ive found

Im sure it would benefit nicely and yeah it will be a good investment for the time when its 2.0. The thing is with painting Jony, is you dont touch it when its wet... simple lol. Ive never had problems with hammerite, used it on everything - engine blocks, rocker covers... you name it, its been used. So you must be doing something wrong

[frst toady]

Indeed you do James! The expansion tank didnt come out too well from my first go, bit upsetting, still alot of black crap in there, but im going to give it another go tomorrow and see if i can get any better results!

so was the header tank cleaning thing a bit crap or does it actually work?

no wonder jon had funny colour bogeys then....

[- Danny Boy -]

It does work, It got ALOT of crap out and its better than what it was, its just the black thats in there isnt coming out and its still slighlty discoloured, but it will never be perfect unless its new lol.

Might try some different chemicals in with the mix tomorrow to see what results i can get, if nothing works then i might just get some white vinegar and fill it up with that and leave it over night. Its good enough to get rust of metal so must be good enough to clean a header tank lol. We shall see though!!

[frst toady]

yeah keep us posted so no what worked the best

[jonyb4]

i put it on too thick danny, and it went like a skin lol, then when it got hot if you push the paint it would move, kinda like gravy skin effect

i think i still have a spare header tnak from my last si thats in good clean condition if your interested?

[- Danny Boy -]

You donut lol. Should have put it on thinner than

I would say yeah, but ive not got alot of cash to splash on stuff like that at the moment, might aswell just clean mine up for now

[- Danny Boy -]

Little update on the painting of bits. Havent done much if im honest, mainly the throttle body, painted some heads of bolts to give them a newer look than rusty old brown. This is only temp until stainless bolts are sourced later on.

Header tank is semi-cleaned. Going to re-do it later on tonight.

Also done the throttle cable bracket, throttle cable clip and one of the engine hooks.... thats about it!

[Ratspeed]

Its gonna look like brand fire new mate

[jonyb4]

think id rather sand blast most of these parts in this update, id never paint a bolt as it will just get damaged under screwing on

looking good thou

[- Danny Boy -]

Its only temp until i go out and buy nice new stainless ones Jony

And yeah I hope so Matt, got alot more to do yet, inlet and a few more bits tomorrow hopefully along with a big clean up and polish of the engine bay - weather permitting of course lol.

[jayrs]

just had a quick flick through this, i know im late, but that rear turret

[- Danny Boy -]

Yeah I know its off to the body shop in a couple of weeks to get it properly sorted out My very quick 10min job is still holding though lol. I'd rather know its done profesionally though, I dont feel right about welding thin metal, im used to welding 1 inch square tubes and thick/thicker metal.

[knuckles]

i checked today that mk3 rear susspension turrets are no longer availible

[- Danny Boy -]

That sucks slightly. Is that from ford or from all body panel places? Might have to get one from a doner car then... sigh! lol

[jayrs]

good to hear it still holding and will be done again

[knuckles]

That sucks slightly. Is that from ford or from all body panel places? Might have to get one from a doner car then... sigh! lol

Ford motor company

[jonyb4]

get the cutter and chisel out then mate, head to a scrappy

[- Danny Boy -]

Small update today, while the sun was out I took a couple of hours to clean the inlet, prep it and paint it. It came out quite nice! Just need to do a few more bits before I can start putting all the other bits on.

Ive decided that im going to either paint the head or give it one hell of a clean, good and proper, its a MESS from my leaky coolant pipe, plus its dirty anyway!

Few pics I didnt get any of the prep work, but it got a good clean down with degreaser and a toothbruth! lol. Then prepped it for paint, and this was the last of the layers of paint was going on.






Bit of originalness





The other parts arent on yet as you can see, dont want to ruin them while I do the other bits







Couple of me working away cleaning lol.







And couple of random ones.







Thats it for today folks.

[Ratspeed]

looking good mate! it should look well when its all built up

[jonyb4]

looking good, nice and low

should have taken the inlet off mate, better finish and job

[- Danny Boy -]

I know There is already a voice in my head going 'you didnt paint it all properly......' lol. So knowing my luck ill whip it off next week lol.

[jonyb4]

lol i know that feeling

[jayrs]

nice mate.

get aome alloy paint for the head, its like water and contains alloy,. its what ive painted a lot of my stuff with and its bloody good stuff!

i painted my cvh head with it, the zetec sump (for xr2) and the zetec head, the stuff i had was a different make and a lot older as my dad had it for years, but this is the sort of stuff

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/250ml-Aluminium-P ... 45f5213680

[- Danny Boy -]

Cheers Jay, ill look into getting some of that!

[jayrs]

its good stuff mate.
you know how manky the thermosat housing can get on a cvh, wire brush it, and paint with that, looks like new, and the paint is so thin its like water and is easy to put on and dont run.
paint it over welds too, ive had to weld holes in exhaust boxes before and have used that paint, smells a tad when its burning, but it dont burn off and lasts, i welded another hole on the same exhaust box a year later and paint was still on the back box

[knuckles]

Clean those bloody white wheels will ya !
im losing sleep with that brake dust on my mind

i hope you used high temp silver on the inlet.
would hate to see you having to re-paint it all again after heat has flaked it all off

[- Danny Boy -]

Clean those bloody white wheels will ya !
im losing sleep with that brake dust on my mind

i hope you used high temp silver on the inlet.
would hate to see you having to re-paint it all again after heat has flaked it all off

White wheels? What white wheels? Mine are grey... They are disgustingly dirty, I swear its a daily job to keep them clean. The joys of having white wheels eh!? lol.

Yeah I used high temp paint, been using it on all the other parts too - rocker cover, throttle body, exhauat manifold heat sheild and what ever else ive painted (pics up the page I think)

And Jay, that stuff sounds pretty good! I'll have to invest in some

[jayrs]

it is mate, i keep meaning to get more as i used all my dads stuff

[EUFez]

Looking great mate, nice and fresh. How's the Expansion Tank? Nice and clean now?

[- Danny Boy -]

Looking great mate, nice and fresh. How's the Expansion Tank? Nice and clean now?

I'll be completely honest, ive not touched it lol. I keep meaning to, but I never get round to it. I'll do it tonight though, infact, i'll go start on it now along with the other bits that need doing

Should hopefully have some more pictures towards the weekend, I had an extra long lay in today... until about 3pm So that was a whole day of good weather wasted which im not happy about, but hopefully tomorrow will be nice so I can crack on with loads of other bits and bobs!

I keep finding more and more bits to paint, its never ending, ive got a massive list at the moment lol. Still gotta crack on with the underneith and all the servicing side of it yet! Im slacking so much

[jonyb4]

i got up quite early today

do your parents have a go at you all the time about it? mine do lol