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well done sam just read through this thread from the begining , got to say hats off to you , exellent work , it does look better imho with the side windows, and the wolfs look great black:cool: again well done and keep the updates coming it gives me hope and inspiration while im nursing my...

sorry i hadnt forgot about this thread ,its on hold due to return vist with my mondeo arm ,:( apparently iv bent the plate and elongated the screw hole :doh: thought it was sore lol and back in again jan 7 because bone has grown in the wrong place and joined my fore arm into one piece hence i...

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hiya joe is that with or without the antenna try without to see if you hear yer mate also re solder the pl plugs ,it could be that also how is antenna fitted which antenna is it ,being a series you will need a good length of copper wire to create a ground plane for the antenna to work, pics...

i **** out thinkin its big noisy and cumbersum she wont wanna drive !!!!! how wrong could i be she goes every where in it preferes the disco to the escort cab and the st tdci modeo yer just cant win can yer

as i said cut out what was rotten just got the parts on the chassis rails to do next ,i covered everything in phosphoric acid to kill the rust and im thinking of blowin some it to the chassis but i think i will do that off the patio if not i may die :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::emps1: swmbo...

so yesterday began cutting out all the rot on the dreaded crossmember to make patches but found rot on the chassis rails so out it came

yes mechanicals are really good its done 112 thousand but had a goldseal engine replacement at 50 thousand gear box t box and axles a fine apart from tired uj s

thats what i thought just cut it all out and see whats left to be honest it looks worse than it is its the crossmember thats bothering me ,mainley because its where the seat belts bolt to:jaw:

hello all so did a little bit more this afternoon, whilst sorting my order for numerous panels from yrm i thought i clean up the back end of the chassis and see what needs doing,i started by droping the fuel tank after having sprayed all bolts in wd40 every day for over a week i...

for me it semms to be the pump timing is out looks like un burnt fuel to me oh and check the glowplugs aswell i have the same 200 tdi and she starts on quarter turn its just rotten to death lol. if you have bought it with the belt snapped you cant be sure what someone has fettled before you...

haha yes its supposed to be fun and it is i have done stuff like this before in mi yoof, i have had minis and an all agro so used to a challenge lol, and yes doc pigieon **** it is but its solid the way its blown through aswell i fink its been stick welded may be wrong tho they just patched over...

thanks for the encouragement but im just hoping that my talent holds up to the task i think not lol

no i stole off someone on our local forum in france lol

nooooooooooo:eek: bin there dun that its just to keep the back from twisting i already came out second best to the mondeo in may 3 screws in elbow joint and a plate and 6 bolts in radius cos i forgot the hand brake although i had chocked the wheels but not enuff :hurt:

the patches and repairs are not mine by the way now in the process of cutting them all out

Cheers russ81 think i have sorted now will put all the pics up after cos on my phone at min cheers

Noobie alert they aint uploaded i shall try an make it work lol

hello chaps and chapesse's i have been reading for a while now in all the rebuild freds and thought hmm i could do that al do mine then :cool: no probs so far , got mi toffee ammer out an a srewdriver and started to survey the situation:eek::eek::eek: turns out...