Project Aiya (Pic heavy)

[quest63]

Funnily enough I like the other list for some reason :grin:

I have made a huge mistake and now wish I had resprayed my car in Pacific green like questy's

:shock: :shock:

cant post pics, so have to put something to jazz it up! lol anyway how do you put lines through the list like everyone else seems to?

Theres a little box with an S for STRIKE, use it the same way as you would B for BOLLOX

 

[Sparx]

LANGUAGE!!! :shock:

 

[quest63]

 

[Sparx]

tut tut

Now lets give Rich his thread back... :lol:

 

[slayllian]

The project is now in many pieces, got a bit carried away with the detailing and removed just about everything but the engine block. Should be back on the road in the next month or two. Got a few upgrades to carry out before it goes on the road.

UPDATE: cars now getting sorn

 

[slayllian]

• Front end rebuild (in progress):
  
  Replace aux belt & Idler
  Replace intake to head gasket
  Fit new horn
  New bonnet alarm switch
  New lower wishbone arms
  New drop links
  Replace anti roll bar bushes
  Drop, clean up/ recondition sub & radiator frames
  Replace handbrake cable
  New air induction trumpet and hose
  Upgrade front discs
  Recondition callipers
  New second remote key
  Rebuild front & rear suspension
  Drop and rust treat fuel tank
  Magnetic sump plug (next oil change)
  Oil & Filter change
  Full Coolant flush
  Clean up/replace all corroded fasteners/fixings

Hopefully get internet back up soo so I can post some pics, trying to do everything off mobile at the mo :-(

 

[quest63]

I replaced my radiator support panel a while back (the one held on by four bolts underneath) it was only about £15 new from Fords :thumbs:

 

[slayllian]

Nice one, telling me that after I spent an hour grinding it back and painting it last night

not come up great though to be fair so might indulge! k:

 

[slayllian]

Just finishing off engine bay respray, still cant get any pictures up, I might try and get some off my phone. Got loads of bits and pieces on order from ford, mostly fixings and fasteners, to go with the nice fresh paint in the engine bay.

Im not using the car as a daily anymore, its far too clean, spent too long hoovering my arch liners :lol: so we are using the black Puma for commuting now.

 

[slayllian]

Getting the internet back on next month so should be able to post some pics of what's going on.

Fitting new genuine intake manifold gasket tonight (old one was cracked), then getting the pipercross viper next week. Decided to fit a catch tank for the gearbox breather, to keep things tidy under the hood.

Cant decide at the moment whether or not to respray the underside of the bonnet or buy a new carpet shield from fords?

Also going to be replacing the struts soon, was looking at Spax, but have noticed Apex springs and shocks for sale also. Does anybody know if the Apex suspension is any good?

 

[PumaJay]

yeh my mate had it on his fiesta zetec s and was pretty good for the money you pay for it

 

[slayllian]

Put the front bumper back on loose last night, only to realise that all the junk sitting on top whilst stored has taken its toll. The bumper is now covered in scratches and in dire need of a respray :-( that'll teach me to store things properly!

To get the engine running again I need to replace:

Gearbox oil
Steering fluid
Coolant & thermostat
Air filter

The suspension I will sort early next year, for this I still need:

Shocks
Lower wishbones

I hope to have it on the road again for next summer :grin:

I fitted a breather for the crank case which tucks neatly under the engine cover. I'm not sure whether or not to bother with the catch tank now. I will just wait and see if it dirties the bay up.

 

[slayllian]

Plenum gasket is now fitted and oil breather fitted. I have dropped the sub frame to allow access for cleaning up and replacing ARB bushes.

I have also started removing some of the exterior trim and weather strips in preparation for vinyl wrapping.

This weekend will be changing the thermostat, finishing a few little details in the engine bay and finish off rust treating both front arches.

Then the following week I will replace the gearbox oil, power steering fluid, coolant and fit a new Aux belt, in prep for firing her up!

 

[slayllian]

Brand new genuine gear knob ordered £20

 

[slayllian]

Long time without an update, so got a bit of catching up to do, so here goes.....

First up I removed the front wings to treat for rust:


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This was the repair that had been done on the front wing, already rusting. I cleaned this back rust treated and sealed

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Running around with this rather fetching wing on that I had spare until I had finished my wings

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Then I de-restricted the stock air box by removing this gubbins from the top of the airbox...

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Rerouted the air feed from the wing to behind the lower grill....

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Next got some new fixings and bleed screws for the brake callipers...

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Next up I sourced some genuine 1/4 light badges...

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And fitted brand new Ford badges...

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Then placed the car between two dustbins (sorry cars) for a couple of pics:

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And finally with her new accomplice (our new Puma).....

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[slayllian]

Will post some more soon, car is SORN at the moment while I rebuild the front end

 

[quest63]

:thumbs:

 

[slayllian]

Next up I decided to strip down, clean up and repaint the engine bay and front end. Replacing any old or broken stuff on the way.

Stripping front arch out....

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Stripping stuff from engine bay...

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State of engine bay before repainting.....

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Alternator out....

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another before clean up shot...

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Before spraying water about in engine bay I taped up any vulnerable areas...

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After degreasing and fine cleaning...

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Then I replaced the aux belt idler, and got some of these things...

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Some more before shots, showing corrosion on power steering pipes:

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[slayllian]

Same time I decided to start stripping out the suspension...

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Had to drill the struts out as some ham fisted sod had done em up uber tight. But no biggie, as I had planned to replace struts all round with new items....

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Next back to the engine bay, engine mount out:

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Removed surface rust and treated....

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Then I started sanding down and spraying the engine bay (working around engine)

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Et voilà....

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Next I started building her back up....

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Finally for this update, I cleaned up and resprayed the bonnet latch...

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[Anonymous]

I was starting to wonder if you had forgotten about us.... not seen you on for a while!

Good progress and nice and clean!

Was the inlet manifold easy to get off. I want to paint mine, but don't know if it's worth it if it's a pain to remove... k: