Engine and box are now out. The engine bay needs a fair bit of tidying up to remove bits and pieces like hoses, gear linkages and lines but the big jobs are now done. I will do some asking around to see if I can find some recommendations for a good powder coater locally and... Continue Reading →
Dropped the rear beam off the car tonight: Means I can tidy up some of the underfloor area that has been hard to reach. Stripped off all the brake compensator and lines and brackets: The beam is now ready to ship to IMAxle so wil get on the case with that next week. I have... Continue Reading →
Few hours spent stripping the car yesterday namely... Wheel arch liners out. Bumper off. Slam panel off. Coolant drained and radiator removed. Exhaust removed. Exhaust manifold removed. Driveshafts removed. Front calipers removed and Master cylinder drained. Wishbones removed. Alternator removed. As it was left: Today, i managed to get the ARB off, took the wheel... Continue Reading →
I don't think that I mentioned that I wasn't too impressed to find that the droplinks which were fitted less than 1,000 miles ago are fooked. Both lower joint gaters have split. They were the First Line ones from 106parts. Not sure whether to try some more or stump up and try and get some... Continue Reading →
Progress at last. Car went up on my home made ramps yesterday as I need to strip all the suspension of it. I knew how the night was going to go when I couldn't get the gear box drain plug out and sure enough about half an hour later I called defeat for the night:... Continue Reading →
Rallye Project 