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Waiting for the wrap cause i have to prep the car myself and still use it as a daily hack so gotta be done a bit at a time

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Hey buddy

Long time no speak, yea i am. On many more too.

Wern't we like the ONLY members on a van forum too

 

 

was that the estate/combi forum?? i cant remember lol that does'nt seem to work now.

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Yea its was, you had the MINT white aggresive one.

 

Nah aint worked for a while, dont think it ever took off

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Yea i have an RS Turbo cabby in the shed but she needs a lot of love and time and money spent on her to bring her back

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Guest vinnyvangough

Well been a long time but a little update.

 

She's still going strong although needs new HT leads.

 

Ordered them today for £10 plus VAT

Also ordered up a new pair of front wings for £60 plus VAT

 

Exhaust broke the other day so fitted a Scorpion Stainless Steel backbox too.

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good to see its still moving,i got some mk3 wings the other day of ebay,i offered £25 for the 2 & he accepted :banana_dance: & they are new,

got to his house & he had a mint mk3 bonnet, he said could have it for a tenner. :biggrin:

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Well been busy repairing some spare doors i had as mine have the door skins pulling away. So once they are done, and i replace both front wings and 1 inner panel so will be back to looking good. ate of mine also has a brand new bonnet for me in his shed.

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Well got the doors in primer now so once we start on the wings it will all be sprayed in Matt Black until the wrap happens

 

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Also, she is missing real bad and running very poor.

 

If i hold the throttle steady she miss's and goes all the time, if i put my foot down she runs fine.

I have fitted new HT leads, and am gonna fit new plugs in the morning.

I have another dizzy cap from a Mk3 1.1 carb model, will this fit? If o i may change that. If it still runs funny i'll have to look at replacing the coil.

 

Also she cuts out on me when warm, as i put the clutch in to stop she drops revs and then stalls. Sometimes she struggles to idle correctly, with the revs moving up and down. Now on the zetec i know this would be the idle control valve. Is there a similar system on this engine and if so where, and how do i sort it?

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Well been busy, last night and today.

 

Started on the bodywork, here are some pictures.

 

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Then cut the wing off

 

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Then cut out the inner wing

 

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Got a new wing for passenger side too, but as we got looking, what i thought was bad rust coming through turned out to be blistering under the paintwork, so we decided to tidy the wing up instead of replacing it

 

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Also sorted out small bits of rust at the rear

 

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Then shot the Matt Black

 

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So been a good couple nights so far.

 

New wing - £58.50

New inner wing - £26

Paint £12

Best mate - Priceless

 

Big thanks to Martin George for doing most of the work and use of his workshop. Top bloke.

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All finished now.

Still a couple bits of trim to go back on but leaving it off until the next stage is complete. Oh and a pic of all the mud and dirt we took out of the arches.

 

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looks excellent mate! i do like the matt black paint :biggrin: you were lucky on that wing, that must of saved alot of time. it amazing how much crap comes out of the inner arches, grime!

 

 

about a month ago i saw a ad on ebay advertising mk3 beaking with a pic of your cab, wernt sure if you decided to break it or just selling parts or if someone pinched a pic for themselves?

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Cheers guys. Engine seems to be ok one day and then not the next so i think something may need cleaning.

 

Yea i got told my cabby was on eBay for breaking, i sent them a rather "angry" message on eBay. It was soon removed.

 

Yea not having to do the other wing saved a lot of time and effort.

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