Millenium Cleanup/rebuild Didn't start as a project....
#61
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:17 AM
#62
Posted 30 January 2013 - 11:33 PM
Tuner has been informed, using car as little as possible till I can get it to him, might as well get the MOT done (due Feb) at the same time, eh?
*holds wallet over engine oil filler cap*
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#63
Posted 11 February 2013 - 09:01 PM
*looks out of window at empty parking space*
*whimpers gently to self*
*comfort eats ice cream*
#65
Posted 11 February 2013 - 11:19 PM
Johnny May, in East Heslerton
http://www.maysgarage.com/
He's not Puma specific, but he's a proper old school 'doing it for fun and making money out of it' mechanic, so having had a loooong gas about the car etc, I'm perfectly happy to leave it with him. And both sets of keys. And my iPod in the glovebox (woops)
#66
Posted 11 February 2013 - 11:24 PM
#67
Posted 11 February 2013 - 11:50 PM
MOT, then front wing, then look at the rear arches and other dings.
Although if the MOT goes through at a reasonable price, there's a good chance a K+N 57i and a cat back system will go on it too....because muppet/childish.
#68
Posted 11 February 2013 - 11:58 PM
#69
Posted 12 February 2013 - 12:09 AM
Also, FRP kits aren't cheap. And would properly knobble my insurance. Induction, cat back, ST150 front stoppers and a set of Koni Yellows (not that I can afford them) would only add £50 - and my broker could get that down to nowt. But a full widebody kit and track changes, and new wheels would cause me problems in a multitude of manners.
That, and I prefer it thin for town driving, and slippy on backroads. The car (to me) is meant to be a cheap fun shed, remember?
#70
Posted 12 February 2013 - 10:57 PM
New set of rear shocks and top mounts methinks. But standard, or uprated....
#71
Posted 18 February 2013 - 12:44 AM
Assuming the rear brake is cleanable rather than needing parts replaced on it, looking at about £130 in labour/other stuff - that's alright. Had I stuck with the 'just keep it legal' schtick it would have been under £200...
#72
Posted 18 February 2013 - 09:03 PM
Not bad going really to keep it running well.
#73
Posted 18 February 2013 - 10:07 PM
I have a wishlist of bits - FRP bushes up front (with OEM wishbones - painful on the wallet) as well as a spring-flange for the exhaust etc to stop the fecking flexipipe from breaking (it's blowing agian, but only a bit and not enough to affect the MOT) but keeping it simple is never a bad thing.
#74
Posted 20 February 2013 - 08:46 PM
So £330 all in. Still need:
ABS sorted - front drivers side, which sounds like it has a wheelbearing going too - so pair of front bearings going on.
Wing - insurance are all Ok with it, but I wanted the MOT sorted first.
Front shock absorbers and top mounts - the rears are awsume now, push it, it goes down, it comes up to exactly where it was and just stops. Need that at the front, which is legal, but softer and has some bounce to it.
Eibach Prokit Lowering springs. Because high speed handling.
That should be a touch pricier but worth it. Next month once payday comes around. I have savings but don't want to dip into them for the sake of a couple of hundred quid and lose one of my three withdrawals a year, etc.
Tuna has suggested waxoyling the bottom as unlike most Fords of my cars age, the bottom is pretty sound. Will have a think about that.
Beyond this, I think I need to investigate the torque link (maybe an uprated fast road one) but I might leave that till the clutch release bearing gets worse. There's a gentle, light clunk on engaging gear which i think is the CRB from my abusive driving (this is my first 'proper' car so been....'enjoying' it ) and there is slight windup on pulling away (nothing like as bad as the old torque link) but it's perfectly straightforward to drive around.
Overall, very pleased. And my tuna is a lovely bloke. I'll get him read in on Puma tech yet
#75
Posted 27 February 2013 - 10:08 PM
As I've put near £500 through them recently including the above, they offered to throw the dodgy bearing on for me for nowt - fair enough, it does need it, and I wouldn't trust it to get to the Tunas place without it. Assuming it is the wheelbearing. I'll probably find it's a fecking inner CV bearing or some other arcane connection />
Car is with them, no doubt they'll suggest sixty things the car 'needs' once the work is done, which I'll likely ignore
#76
Posted 01 March 2013 - 12:18 PM
Hope it is not a slow day for them so you only get 10 things it might need list
#77
Posted 01 March 2013 - 02:49 PM
Hopefully get it back today. I'm getting the shakes, dammit.
#78
Posted 02 March 2013 - 01:52 PM
Popping, farting, and occasionally rattling and clunking like a good 'un. No more grinding, hurrah!
Now to speak to the Tuna and see when he can sort my dings out, put in the 'stat, etc between family and band commitments..
#79
Posted 31 March 2013 - 06:46 PM
Now have a clinking at the rear (methinks the rear passenger brake needs more than a clean out) and a lateral groaning at the front which I suspect might be ARB bushes, or bushes in general.
Have prodded my tuna, and advised him to just strip the front and rear ends when he has it for the paintwork/suspension refit/etc and give it a good once over. Pretty sure a CV will need tackling too.
Once that's all sorted though, it should be fine. He says, crossing his fingers />
Think the rear brake issue is due to heat cycling. Is it worth swapping it for discs rather than replacing the drums and gubbins? Mechanically less of a pig for me to work in IMHO (I know disks - don't know drums)?
#80
Posted 15 April 2013 - 05:55 PM
Rest of it is pretty straightforward, demonstrated the clunking to him though, and he looked confused. Should be pretty apparent whats clunking when it's up and the front end is mostly stripped though.
Updates as and when....