1994 Ford Probe 2.0 16v - 21/6 2nd Probe 2.5v6 bought!

Title got my hopes up!

You're forgiven, I still like a Probe...

I love a Probe, one of very few vehicles I regret selling. Only slight negative is the fact the two-litre tends to have cloth rather than leather interior and not the bells and whistles of the 2.5, but it's all interchangeable and so cheap. In fact, I can't believe how cheap even the v6s are now, I've been seriously thinking of getting another one.

Sunroofs rot, btw. Check very carefully cos it's not always immediately obvious

So left early this morning from newcastle and headed back home to sunny Elgin. Arrived home with no hiccups.

First thing first was to change the gear knob (Sorry Andy!) as i didn't get on with it on the journey home



after, changed it to one from my old ford puma for now



also took apart the air intake to see if i could find any leaks as to see why the car was hunting for idle at times when stationary when hot.



whilst I was there decided to change the air filter with another one I had lying around as it seemed a bit cleaner than the old one!



And here is the spec list of the car copied from the old add

2.0 16v on 118k
American Spec Headlight lids
Sleepy eye headlight mod
Front Laguna/Espace splitter
Matt paint with lace (spider web ) painted roof.
Clear side repeaters
-30mm Suspension (shorter coils)
17" Steel wheels (tyres have loads of tread)
Various dress up bits under the bonnet
Black Leather Interior
SS door sill trims
Short Shifter
Ice Set up: JVC Head Unit replacement front speakers, 6x9s in the rear.

Plans are to change the cam belt, water pump etc and to secure some of the interior trim.

also going to remove the tow bar as i wouldnt need it

Thanks Andy, I know will pop past next time I'm down your way!

Right todays updates,

started with standard steering wheel



Remove lower sticker bombed panel 



Remove stickers



Refit Panel and new wheel and boss



Don't plan on using the tow bar on this, so this is before 



Remove said tow bar 



Much better and cleaner looking I think. 

Small world, I used to walk passed your house on the way into town.

So after a busy weekend got a few more bits done,

Starter button mounted, going to have two more flick switches next to it, for position one and position two



Got the rest of the sound deadening fitted, routed all the new power cables, went for 4 gauge, and routed new rca cables to headunit. Opted for a cheap ebay special single din headunit with bluetooth and a 3inch screen for a reversing camera that the missus bought me fora birthday last year.





Rear bumper bolts removed and finally free! Shows the cars many history of colour changes!




Rear camera fitted and new number plate lights fitted due to old ones not working, excuse the chipped paint, will touch it up at somepoint!




Headliner has been removed as I have a small leak on the passenger side, I took the whole sunroof assembly out, and saw the probes unique feature of rusting on the sunroof! got it all cleaned up and bolted back up again. The previous owner already fitted a fibreglass sun roof. I believe the leak is coming from the rear window on the passenger side, so will get some sealant and seal it up. Plan is to wrap the headliner in faux suede fabric, will also wrap the a,b and c pillars too.



And this is where we are at at the moment with the install. excuse the temporary wiring, only postioned to make sure it works. Plan is to create a new false floor that will cover up where the rear seats sat. The rear seats were pointless for passengers anyway! Need to do some measuring and buy some wood and see what I come up with. The whole install has been less than £150 which includes, Headunit, 4 gauge wiring kit, 40 sheets of sound deadening, 4 channel ebay special amp and various connectors. Previous owner already installed rear 6x9's and some upgraded front speakers. Sound quality is a huge improvement on stock.

Also managed to source a black interior for the car so that will be getting collected next month when I head down to Englandshire. Car is slowly coming together, Once the interior is sorted will begin work on the exterior. The starter motor has started sticking a little so need to investigate this also when I get a chance. 

Thanks Andy, good to know about the rear window. Not had chance to look into it yet.

Managed to get the headliner covered



got the old interior refitted, still got the rear floor to extend to where the seats were fitted



and test fitted the new ignition panel, just need to get it wrapped up to match,

picked up a strut brace so fitted it up for now



Plan is to relocate the battery, so wiring has been ordered to run it to the boot instead. then I can finally finish the interior false floor.

Old grey dash removed with no issues





will refit an black dashboard over the next few weeks. Also looking at sorting out a few jobs and wiring up the starter switch

Also painted the needles red on the clocks

first pic is mid way through