I've been reading everyone elses storys about their Puma's and I thought that I'd show you my Puma
I bought my Puma about 4 and half months ago and it was driven 190 000 km (about 118 000 miles). It is 1998 model with 1.7 engine. Car was in quite good condition, eventhough it is driven quite much. Cambelt was changed about 20k km (~13k miles) ago when I got the car. I have now driven about 6k km with it. Also rust on the rear arches had been taken care of nicely. I haven't done much to to the car but this is mostly because I'm still student (with student budget).
I have mostly focused on audio and upgraded speakers etc. I would like to lower the car some day, but I doubt that it would happen anywhere in the near future.
Things done before me:
- Muffler changed
- Clear side repeaters
Things I have done:
- Changed original CD-player to Alpine CDE-173BT
- Alpine subwoofer + amplifier
- Installed Rainbow SL-C 6.2 speakers in front
- JBL 2x60 watts amplifier for Rainbow speakers
- Dampened doors and boot hatch with STP Silver damping material
- Led lights to license plate
- Led light to cabin
- Tinted rear windows with 20% film
- Polished lights and whole car
Couple of the first pics I took from Puma. Notice the muffler, which gives slightly better sound than stock one, especially on high rpm. Front bumper, which usually is black on all Pumas, is painted silver by previous owner. I think it looks quite good when it isn't black.
CD-player changed to Alpine CDE-173BT. It has bluetooth handsfree and audio streaming. Player adapter frame is black because Ford parts dealer said that "this is the only color we have it", so I took it. I should have painted it silver, but it didn't come to my mind then and now I'm too lazy to paint it.
Rainbow SL-C 6.2 speakers fitted and they sound superb. I had to cut the metal with tin snips so the 6.5" speakers would fit there. I screwed tweeters right to the sail panels. Speakers were 6.5" because I took them from my old car.
Subwoofer in trunk. Rear deck tray was kinda broken when I got the car so I took it off. Of course I could fix it but I had some problems with the boot solenoid so I'm not putting the tray back, so that I'm able to open the trunk from inside if solenoid gets stuck again.
Led lights to license plate and cabin. Leds are super bright compared to the old bulbs.
Polished headlights. They should be polished even more, but I will do that later.
Whole car polished.
Random pic.
Heater Control Valve broke and I was 300 kilometres away from home. Luckily we found a way to fix it by bypassing the HCV with pipe connector.
I changed pollen filter ages ago. Air filter and spark plugs were changed just recently. Pollen filter and air filter were quite bad. Spark plugs weren't so bad, but I changed them anyway since I already had bought them
I have considered painting summer rims black. What would you think?
So that is my Puma, hope you liked
There is some service to be done and also winter tires will be changed within a week. Biggest problem now is that Puma wont rev over 5k rpm. This is apparently caused by faulty camshaft position sensor ( http://reallymeansounds.com/forum/threads/ford-puma-1-7-not-revving-over-5000.125414/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ). Does anyone have any idea that what could also cause this?
Also heater control panel doesn't work. It gives the HVC 12 volts all the time, whether it is on hot or cold. It should give 12 volts on cold and 0 volts on hot setting. I cleared this problem by disconnecting the HCV cable and now it gives hot all the time :grin: