Hi everyone
Im Lee
Ive been a member for a while and thought it was about time I started my own project thread.
I've read through some great projects & got a lot of inspiration & hopefully I can add to that with mine.
I have a lot of ideas & a lot planned for this project so bare with me, I appreciate any advice & any help.
To start with I haven't got the best First image of the car but this is how she looked when I bought her.
Purchased: 2014 ...v reg 99 black puma
She only cost me £200 & with one service stamp missing in her life, I would say she's in pretty good condition! The rear arches were also done in 2014 so that was a bonus.
Bad points on purchase:
Abs and Tc light was on - turned out to be the drivers side
dash surround had a crack - £5 fix from scrap yard
N/S wing needs replacing - rust at bottom, so will replace
O/S door lock not working - need to take apart to check
She isn't perfect, but im happy that i can keep another puma on the road.
First job (abs sensor)
I checked both front abs sensors and found out my O/S side had no reading , so i picked up a sensor from work and got to changing that.
I had a little problem I broke the old sensor in the hub so i had to take off the caliper & the disc and gently with a small flat head tap it through taking care not to damage the abs ring.
After i removed the broken part of the sensor from the hub, i cleaned up the hub with my dremel and then applied copper grease to help slide the new sensor in place & to help if in the future i need to remove for any reason.
Light went straight off, all fixed.
Next job i decided to do was the gear knob, i thought it needed a clean up.
This was the state it was in!
All cleaned up with a paint
I have done alot more work to the car & have more pictures, so i will update and add more when i can.
Im Lee
Ive been a member for a while and thought it was about time I started my own project thread.
I've read through some great projects & got a lot of inspiration & hopefully I can add to that with mine.
I have a lot of ideas & a lot planned for this project so bare with me, I appreciate any advice & any help.
To start with I haven't got the best First image of the car but this is how she looked when I bought her.
Purchased: 2014 ...v reg 99 black puma
She only cost me £200 & with one service stamp missing in her life, I would say she's in pretty good condition! The rear arches were also done in 2014 so that was a bonus.
Bad points on purchase:
Abs and Tc light was on - turned out to be the drivers side
dash surround had a crack - £5 fix from scrap yard
N/S wing needs replacing - rust at bottom, so will replace
O/S door lock not working - need to take apart to check
She isn't perfect, but im happy that i can keep another puma on the road.
First job (abs sensor)
I checked both front abs sensors and found out my O/S side had no reading , so i picked up a sensor from work and got to changing that.
I had a little problem I broke the old sensor in the hub so i had to take off the caliper & the disc and gently with a small flat head tap it through taking care not to damage the abs ring.
After i removed the broken part of the sensor from the hub, i cleaned up the hub with my dremel and then applied copper grease to help slide the new sensor in place & to help if in the future i need to remove for any reason.
Light went straight off, all fixed.
Next job i decided to do was the gear knob, i thought it needed a clean up.
This was the state it was in!
All cleaned up with a paint
I have done alot more work to the car & have more pictures, so i will update and add more when i can.