Recent content by Fatttty

I would be so annoyed after paying quite a substantial amount of money. The items you have received are really poor quality. Shame on the supplier for not at least offering some kind of solution, especially as they were a well known member on here. Hope you figure something out and keep on with...

Steering wheel looks awesome Errol! :)

Errol you alreayd know my thoughts on this mate! Stunning work and dedication :)

Cheers guys, I got the car running last weekend and everything looks to be working as it should. Slight weep of oil from the gearbox but it did that before so I am not too worried, will torque up the bolts slightly and see if that resolves it. Will hopefully get some better photos when it is...

Had a few hours on the Puma over the weekend and got a couple of little jobs out the way. Fitted my new track rod ends, had these electroplated in silver zinc- Fitted the brake pads, had the brake retaining plates mirror polished as well as the retaining bolts- Got the manifold fitted...

So I managed to put the majority of the car back together today. Didn't take too many photos during but got a fair few once it was done. Started by fitting the new ABS sensors to the hubs- Got the last parts from out of my old room (car part storage room!) and checked what bolts they need...

Put my gear linkage back together, one less job to do tomorrow. Linkages were painted gold and fitted with new bolts, also got a new sponge insulator thing too.

Finished the steering rack, got all the pipework refitted, fitted new rubber sleeves and clips and got it mounted back on to the front subframe. Also fitted the ARB to the subframe, fitted with new powerflex bushes and new brackets and bolts. So everything is fitted to the subframe and...

Today I rebuilt my drive shafts, really pleased with how they came out. Fitted new CV joints, boots and clips all round. Also fitted the big bearing to the intermediate drive shaft and got it fitted back to the short shaft ready to go back on the car :)

I picked up my drive shafts from the powder coaters yesterday. Really pleased with them they did a great job as expected. For those that don't know the FRP had one blue drive shaft (for the drivers / off side) and one black (for the passenger / near side) not sure why but that's how they came...

Rebuild my hubs and steering knuckles. Really pleased with them, they look as good as new :D

More parts were sent for blasting. I think this is pretty much the last of my parts that needed stripping. Had the drive shafts, intermediate shaft, ABS rings, and a few power steering brackets done. Also had my hubs back from being chemiblacked, opted for this finish as it has similar...

Had all my bolts electroplated by the usual place I use. They did a top job as normal. I had spent about 3 hours cleaning them to ensure they would plate well and the finish would be good. I had two batches done one in silver zinc (subframe, wishbone bolts etc) and another in yellow passivate...

Pressed my bearings into the the knuckle joints and also pressed in the new Powerflex bushes into the wishbones. Will be repairing my hub later this week too, had it welded last week and will get it on the lathe for turning down sometime in the next few days :) Alex

Had everything powdercoated. I can strongly recommend Protech Coatings in Wolverhampton if anyone locally wants anything doing. Great prices and superfast, all my parts were done within 24 hours! Had my front subframe and wishbones done in a satin OEM black finish and had my knuckle steering...