she,s getting jigged (update9/9)

[dazleeds]

well today i stripped down the engine bay and removed the engine and gearbox

now im ****in knackered. certainly not a nice job to do alone :grrr:




all the scrap bits



finaly got the bastard out



if only i had more money this big space would be treated to new engine of the more wilder variety sadly for now just the old 2.5 will be going back in



heres the main cause of all this hard work, hopefully by the end of tommorow she will be nice and straight again and i can start putting her back together wooppeedoo



i now have less than 2 weeks to rebuild everything as well as fit various parts i have been hoarding for so long
new bottom arms,bushes,brakes etc etc if i get time i will change the rear axle bushes too
soon as the car is back from beardymatt i will be giving the engine bay a damn good cleanup and she may just end up looking better than she ever did well in my ownership anyway

[oakey]

Good stuff Daz. Will be good to see it fixed.

[dazleeds]

as expected when i stripped it all down i found a few small issues that will need to be dealt with in the future
but nothing major thank god

cant wait to have her back on the road

even though i bought another tech1 to use and use for parts
its nowhere even close to the condition of mine and as for the drive again no contest mine wins hands down

hopefully in a couple of weeks she will be road worthy and i will be grinning from ear to ear

[maxfield]

Will this be ready for the Pod?

Good luck with it Dazzle, at least you have stuck with it

[320Touring]

Nice one Daz-good to see a tech1 getting saved

more power to your elbow, fella

[dazleeds]

max the car will be fixed and motd in time for the pod definatly

snag is how long it takes to get an appointment for the vic check
as i cant tax the car up until this is done

however i do have an identical tech1 thats taxed and tested
nowhere near the condition of mine but if mine isnt sorted that one will be getting a good spanking on the day instead


cheers neil
bloody hard work taking that engine and box out on me own
plenty of aching going on right now getting too old for engine swaps me thinks

[maxfield]

Sweet Daz will see you there then... Hopefully

[dazleeds]

hopefully fella

well the car is now in sheffield in beardy matts safe hands
so now i must wait

will be popping down on monday with a new front panel
so she will be back in a few days

engine and gearbox is going back in on saturday the 8th, with any luck she will be in for mot on about the 10th/11th then just the vic check to get done

she,s having temporary wings fitted while at matts so ill have to swap them over asap but she will live again

[topspark]

Hi Daz ,

Nice to see some progress on your car , keep us posted with pics etc,

lee

[Dr Firefly]

How's it all looking Daz? Hope the repairs are going well. When I was driving away from your house the other day I think I saw the wall you hit - looked bloody thick! No wonder your head went through the window! Anyway, cheers for the bits and pieces again - looking forwards to getting the spoiler and sideskirts on the car.

[d6dph]

however i do have an identical tech1 thats taxed and tested

I had a horrible feeling there was going to be some tax disc/number plate swapping going on there,

Let's hope you make the pod one way or another.

[Jesus325iTouring]

then just the vic check to get done

From what I've heard Daz,this won't be a problem,bunch of numpties by all accounts.

Great to see the motor being rebuilt,many people would have dragged it to the scrappers by now,fair play to you

[mattG]

Good work Daz, but expect more swearing putting it back together

[Endless325]

Sounds good so far, can't wait to see it all up and running again

[snoops]

looking good, nice progress considering your doing it yourself, keep us posted

[dazleeds]

ok quick update
car came back from matt this morning
gotta say a massive thank you to matt your a star mate
very very happy the work he,s done, now i just gotta rebuild it all

wings fitted from the scrapper tech1



new front panel



the crease, that no longer exists



for some reason this pic makes it look a bit rough?
but i can assure when seen up close it lokks much much better and once theres a bit of paint in there to tidy it up will look even better still

got some cleaning up to do this afternoon once the suns goes off the car
then a wee bit of paint here n there oh some wriring to tidy up n retape
niggly jobs today

then tommorow morning the engine and box is going back in with a quick service while its still out for good measure

so sunday will hopefully be a slow day of refitting headlights and grills etc, front bumper and skirts

should be ready for an mot by tuesday latest

then its just a vic check needed but i can assure you she will be out for a drive as soon as mot,d

big thanks again to matt for sorting the damage out and also big advance thanks to Iain Templ8e30 who,s helping me get engine and box back in tmoro

getting there at last

ps the breaker is also to be stripped this week have an lsd,sport box,full jamex suspensin all for sale oh and a sport headlining complete as well as other wee bits
so get them bids in fast as i need these bit gone within a week tops

will update again tmoro when engines back in

[johnl320]

Nice one Daz , good to see she'll be back soon.

john

[dazleeds]

cheers john

stupi mot mans booked till thursday

[e30bmlover]

good work mate! keep em on the road, she will be back better than ever!

[noney82]

what happened to your car daz, i not been on for a while

[josh-hocking]

good work!! was that beardy matt that did the work?

[gooner1]

As above Daz, good to see someone putting in the effort to keep a good un alive
instead of raping it, and that aint a pop at anyone in particular BTW.

[Jesus325iTouring]

Coming along well Daz,nice to see the section is now

[dazleeds]

noney do a search of my name and thread name f*ck f*ck f*ck all will be revealed

JoshuaHocking yep thats matts handywork

cheers to everyone else whos commented she will be back very very soon

right gotta go and sort a few little bits out before Iain gets here will update later
oh engine bays had a bit of tinspray to the chassis rails now so looks better

[whipsey]

[dazleeds]

getting there slowly
couple more pics from today
engine bay with a quick coat of matt to tidy things up




hit a standstill now as the gear linkage i got is too long so cant refit anything underneath yet
going to have to attack the other tech1 tmoro for bits then can move on with this 1

finished pics soon

[zaust]

More tea..


Look's like you come along way scince I last saw it..

[dazleeds]

yes good idea more tea

she will be up and running by monday fella

cant get her in mot till thrusday so i have some time for probs to appear lol

gotta strip the crapper to finish mine off tmoro
should be fun notttttt

im coming down prob next weekend fella
so will try meet up let ya see her finished and have some beers mmmmmm

[zaust]

Phone me when you land or drop into my work if it is day time...

[Andy335Touring]

Nice one Daz, comming on nicely

[Gwynleym10]

Yes good one! looks really much better now. Good man for not scrapping it!

[dazleeds]

been hard at it all morning
got quite a lot done considering

engines in and plummed up


front bumper on and temp valance until i pick up the new one


the soon to be scrapped sh*tter


just gotta start stripping the sh*tter for a fe bits needed for mine
then i can bolt up the gearbox,swap prop donut chuck exhaust on and she should be running
sometime tommorow

[Templ8e30]

Excellent work Daz.

I'll buy that centre box off you if it'll come off without butchering it

Cheers,

Iain T

[dazleeds]

hiya Iain
got the system off today so will have a go at splitting it tommoro and let ya know if it survives

will upload a couple more pics in a bit

got loads done today

[dave525]

are you breaking the other one?only i could do with the oil cooler and pipes.also the r/h under dash panel and rear console if theyre black.maybe some other bits if i think on.cheers