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Feb 20, 2018 20:48:46 GMT
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good work,not trying to tell ye how to suck eggs , but try turning your wire speed down a turn .less weld build up Advice I need to follow, I tend to rush into welding rather than taking my time to get the setting right. Update... Wire wheeling off all the old paint and surface corrosion, rubbish job...  Cage in primer...  Painting tubes with thinner yellow paint out of a rattle can, ultra rubbish job. Patchy as hell and the paint just wanted to run...  Still it’s almost ready to go back in! I’m preparing to completely ruin the paint getting it back in the car  just need to truck bedliner the rest of the floor in the car. Front hubs off...  To get redrilled 20mm further in to increase lock   Also been messing around with the 2.3 engine to get the coolant pipes to work. Usually these are blocked off with blanks on the Galaxy because the FWD setup doesn’t use them, annoyingly the RWD pipe fitting fouls the 2.3 block so I took the pipe to the local hose shop and got this...   Swivel fitting means it doesn’t hit the block when fitting it. Yay!  Although it’s now too far over and will now hit the manifold. Boo! Sooooo I’ve chopped it up...  |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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More progress. Things are coming together, although I wish I'd never removed the original hard fuel lines  New screen fitted, seats back in, (cheap knock off) Wink mirror fitted...   Also bought some faux Hella driving lights to replace the smashed OE ones. Plus I'm a sucka for light covers...   Also I've spent a small fortune at Exact Engineering (local motorsport hose specialist) to try and fix the fact I should never have thrown away the original metal and plastic fuel lines. So I basically bought some cupronickel pipe to run under the car (which was a curse word and I couldn't flare), then I decided to run the fuel lines through the car so I ordered some Chinese 'stainless steel' bulk head fittings (which turned out to brass, initially not an issue but now I'm having to use AN fittings they are useless as I can weld an AN boss to them) and 7 metres of fuel hose (which turned out to be no good as rubber hose lets fuel vapours out) So I ended up buying, this (ignore the fittings in the middle they are no good) PTFE fuel line (no vapours!)...  ...and four of these bulk head fittings...  ...oh and had to make this...  ...and cover it with this...   Although this has confirmed my hatred of AN fittings, annoying finicky things! |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Made four hose fitting YAY!  Although I did completely benny one of the fittings, Grrrrr AN fittings still not a fan.  Ran the lines through the car   Boot floor fuel pump window thing, with bulk head fittings   YAY! The (old) engine runs and other than an initial leak from me not tightening a fitting up enough, it doesn't leak! WIN! The Ashley 4-2-1 manifold exited as a 2.25" at the collector and then stepped down to 2", after a bit of research I decided to run a 2.25" exhaust so I cut the 2" section off the manifold and welded on a 2.25" flange to match the rest of the system and then die-ground/hammered the pipe to match    Also made a start on the rest of the system   After a little faff with the hubs I bought some fancy CompBrake tie rod ends (which annoying aren't great) and just drilled a straight hole in the hubs    Hopefully this will unlock more steering angle without it being tooooo sensitive on the steering. Also fitted some cup holders too, because priorities  Oh and I've got an MOT booked this Thursdays... feeling a bit sick... |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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The car as of Wednesday evening... looking like a condemned man.  Still got the steering sorted, had to cut the rack ends down a fair bit to get the wheels to track up right.   Plenty o'lock. Well much more than the Sierra has standard.  Car feels pretty good to drive, even with the 'done by eye' tracking. The steering is a little bit more sensitive due to the pivot point being moved and all the extra lock is massively over centre, but I'm very happy with it in general. My main issue is the car was pretty standard when I took it off the road, I've now changed so much of the suspension and removed nearly all the interior there is so much noise I need to work out what's normal and whats not. The important thing is it went for the MOT and passed  Still looks a state, but at least it a rolling project again and I can start to enjoy it again!  Roll on the RR Weekender... |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Quick trip to Exact Engineering in Totnes... Early 2000’s Max Power Girl poster for extra win! I've many a "fond memory" of that poster |
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enjoying this thread keep up the good work  ps your welds are perfectly fine (it is what it is for DIY mig welding sets) i'm so late to the roll cage party its basically irreversible and pointless me mentioning it, but, best practice for triangulation is to terminate the tubes at junctions with other tubes, their purpose is to redirect load into other areas. basically, this !  |
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enjoying this thread keep up the good work ps your welds are perfectly fine (it is what it is for DIY mig welding sets) i'm so late to the roll cage party its basically irreversible and pointless me mentioning it, but, best practice for triangulation is to terminate the tubes at junctions with other tubes, their purpose is to redirect load into other areas. basically, this ! Thanks for the feed back dude appreciate it, now you've pointed put the bar on the rollcage that would make perfect sense... will probably try and remedy that in the future, the car will undoubtedly require a refresh at some point as there a few bits and pieces I'd like to redo eventually. |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Great result on the m.o.t pass
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GREAT SUCCESS!
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May 14, 2018 13:19:32 GMT
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I've grown fond of the 16" Granada wheel, as they looked much better than I thought they would. However due to the offset being too high and the tyres fractionally too large there have been a few clearance issues. Tyres rubbed on the out arch lips and the inner arch on lock. Plus the intention was always to run 15" wheels as I've amassed three sets of cool 15s in 5x112. Thankfully with 7x15" et23 and 195/50R15 tyres nothing rubs or hit anything, RESULT. I also refitted the side skirts after giving them a quick blast with matt black.   Hoping to get the rest of the car dusted in matt black and the rear spoiler fitted before The Weekender, but we'll see! |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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May 17, 2018 13:44:55 GMT
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I had previously tried to smooth my tail gate removing the lock and OE spoiler so I could make a ducktail fit this didn't go well and I made a mess of the tail gate. So I finally got round to fitting a replacement one I got and also fitted the smaller spoiler I had for the top of the hatch too. Which I painted quickly and badly in matt black, along with the white bumper.  Apart from a little bit of minor maintenance I think I'm ready for the Weekender! |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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May 17, 2018 13:53:17 GMT
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Looks mean, always loved the RS optional kit.
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1982 Ford escort RS1600i Replica
1982 Ford escort 1600L
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May 30, 2018 11:37:49 GMT
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So I made it to the Weekender YAY! However the engine consumed large quantities of oil, highlighting the need to get on with the 2.3 engine swap. In other news... The universal 'Ford type' throttle cable that I purchase from Burton Power, wasn't quite right, it was way too long and kept getting stiff once everything had warmed up. So I bought another one and using bits from than and a motorcycle kit from Venhill, I cobbled together a cable that was a much better length. The pedal is now super light and has literally transformed the car! Silly how something so simple can have such a huge affect on the driveability of the car. Burton kit...  Mash up fitted...  Despite the whole rear end of the car being poly bushed, the front except for the ARB mounts is still all 30-odd year old rubber so got some SuperPro bits to sort out the TCA. The Granada arms were a bit rotten on the parts where the ARB goes through and I was concerned this migh be causing excessive play too, so I've got some new Febi lowers arms coming to fit the poly bushes to.  Ever since getting the car back on the road, the rear brakes have been well... hopeless. I had put this down to the standard bias valve being knackered. So I got a new hose made up to bypass the bias valve... Old hose with OE bias valve  New hose with no bias valve  I was hoping that this would allow the rear brakes to work, and then I could fit an aftermarket bias valve. However with the new line fitted and bleed up the fluid pressure at the rear calipers is literally zero. It's starting to make my head hurt. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or the stupid accumulator master cylinder thing is broken. Does anyone know if these things commonly break? |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Feb 12, 2020 23:29:18 GMT
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How did this fare out??
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just need to truck bedliner the rest of the floor in the car.
ps your welds are perfectly fine (it is what it is for DIY mig welding sets)
