Project Silver, PIC HEAVY

[ScubaSteve]

Time to fix leaky rocker cover gasket!

All back and hopefully no leaks!

Up to date Jobs list

Cambelt (done)
New Clutch (done)
Coilovers (done)
New wheels (done)
Rear axle Spacers (done)
300mm brakes (done)
Early brake servo/mc setup swap (done)
Replace rear shoes (done)
Better seats(done)
Induction Kit (done)
New Battery (done)
Custom front wishbones (done)
Replace brake lines, rear and poss front (done)
Rear beam refurb? & bushes
Fuel tank
New steering wheel (cleaned will see how it goes)
Rear arches resprayed and 100% rust free
New droplinks (done)
Widen track to match FRP
Rocker cover gasket (done)
new top mounts

 

[ScubaSteve]

these turned up today

plan is to remove the beam, paint or powdercoat and fit these

 

[Scotty1.7]

Steve is this the rear subframe its self?

I'll bedoing this myself in alot more detail then last time.

 

[ScubaSteve]

yeah, as per usual il take a lot of pics lol

nut and bolt for each side is finis (1661753 + 6179298) x 2

 

[Scotty1.7]

Brill matey, I'm planning on doing it when i do the fuel tank as well- theroy says it should be easier as it will be off any way.

Be intresting to see how its done

 

[ScubaSteve]

Parts to be fitted over the next 3 days

 

[ScubaSteve]

Day 1 of 4 Progress:

 

[ScubaSteve]

Day 2 Progress

Got beam off

Bushes pretty knackered

Removed ABS loom

Drilling out the rubber innards of the bush with a 50mm hole saw

Sawing through the metal outer sleeve of the bush

Few smacks with a screwdriver

Out

All of them lined up

Now onto the beam refurb, hung it in a tree lol

Needed to strip all the old flaking paint off that id attempted to apply while it was on the car a while ago, so this came out

5 mins later, bubbling

Off it comes

Sanded down the beam and washed afterwards

First coat of hammerite

Whilst that dried i undresealed the boot floor, the beam mounting points and chassis legs up the rear

Another coat of hammerite applied and the poly bushes fitted

And thats the end of day 2!

 

[yippeekiay]

Are you in another country Steve?...looks a lovely day down there...lol. Talk about chancing your arm with the weather.

Great job yet again by the way

 

[ScubaSteve]

today is finished! some pics

Jack came in handy again getting beam up

Assortment of bolts all greased up ready to go in

New spacers compared to old

Fitted

Rear beam all back and bolted up

Could already tell the wheel spacer difference whilst it was jacked up

Some finished shots, car needs a clean, thats tomorrows job, more pics then, front wheels will be getting widened some time in the next week or two

difference is substantial can tell more in real life, drive feels perfect, smooth and precise

 

[ScubaSteve]

few pics from today after clean, pics are crap because my decent digital camera is broke

 

[ScubaSteve]

Few more pics as id got it up on the ramps to finish off the undersealing

 

[crispy1980]

what are you finding it like driving with the powerflex rear bushes? a lot of people seem to think they are virtually unbearable? reason i ask is that now ive got the suspension fitted im gonna look at replacing bushes all round. cant really replace rerar bushes myself unless i use the powerflex?

 

[ScubaSteve]

mines fine, feels no worse then the rubber bushes but then my ride is fairly hard due to coilovers anyway.

certainly not unbearable, but then you have to remember a lot of people on these forums are more concerened about things like MPG and replacing top mounts very couple of months, and thats not really me lol

 

[Scotty1.7]

Great work and a good guide matey- I'll be looking at this next year for mine

 

[Tom B]

Your car is just awesome mate, i am really really jelous!

do you mind me asking what you paid fir the car when you bought it? (You dont have too just curious) As the body work looks mint!

Top Job :wink:

 

[ScubaSteve]

hiya thanks for comments it was about 2k just over 12 months ago

 

[ScubaSteve]

Busy day today, on my way down to horsham one of my rear wheel bearings decided to start being noisy, so that was an unexpected job that needed doing before oulton park. Managed to source some 3rd party bearings in Horsham and fitted them when i got back today, sadly they arent genuine ford which I would have liked but timescales and cost meant i had to settle for these, they should last me a while anyway.

New bearing kit (one side of two) came with hubnuts but didnt use them as the ford OEM ones are reusable and are waffer type.

So hubnut off drum off and outer bearing race removed

Drum flipped over to reveal abs tone wheel, seal and inner bearing race

Next up abs tone wheel prised off, this was a bit of a pain actually

Seal and inner bearing race removed

Tapping out the inner bearing collar

Removed

Outer collar removed

Used the old collars to tap the new ones in place to limit any damage

New collars in place

Inner bearing race inserted and greased up

New seal tapped into place

ABS tone wheel cleaned and tapped into place

Outer bearing inserted and greased

Stub axle greased

More grease lightening

Waffer hub nut cleaned up a bit

Tightened to 235nm torque

Repeat for the other side!

Also these arrived, 15mm eibach hubcentric spacers, this is to match up the front with my rear 20mm axle spacers

Finally my wheels have something to sit on instead of resting on the wheel studs alone which is what was happening with my 10mm spacers

Did a full oil filter change aswell ready for next weekend

Also tried this on for size which also arrived today

All in all not a bad half a days work

My old 5mm Eibach Pro spacers are for sale if anyone wants them

For sale thread here http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=9887" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[ScubaSteve]

Tonight i did a small mod that iv been waiting ages to do, basically because i was waiting for the right opportunity to source a later "dial volume knob" type cd player for it to be compatible with.

Nabbed a steering remote stereo control from a Focus, stripped all the loom out and left with this

Dismantled steering shroud

Fed through wires and plugged into unit

Then in the plastic shroud in the suitable spot i drilled a hole

Needed a bit of enlarging

Trial fitted the remote

Sound

Drilled a couple of small holes for the self tappers

Attached

And on the vehicle

Works perfectly my old stereo in for sales if anyone wants it, wont work with this mod mind.

 

[clarkie]

cant help but thinking your gonna bash your knee of it.. it looks a little low but i guess its gotta stay clear of the indicator stalk. top mod.