Makesy
Club Member
Plates have arrived and now need fitting. This feels like a long awaited milestone. Much closer to getting on the road once I've sorted a few more bits.
Started work on a spreader plates for the spoiler as I don't trust the fibreglass to hold. I used some steel from an old barrel, cut and shaped to mate up with the spoiler.
The more I play with this front spoiler the more of a faff I'm finding it to fit, though I'm not sure how much of this is the manufacturer's fault, and how much of it is in the nature of owning an old car!
I've decided to use self tappers to hold the spreader plates in place against the spoiler. I'll drill holes in the car where it mates up where the tappers will protrude (south of the headlight scoop), as well as 2 bolt holes to attach it to the car, allowing for removal if required. The idea is that the plate and the car will sandwich the spoiler in place. All of this handywork will be covered by a bumper in due course anyway. The bottom of the light scoops already have some holes in..not sure if these were put in by the P/O
I've turned the fuel pressure down significantly (40psi down to 30psi) as the car was running quite rich and fouled up some plugs. I'll monitor this and adjust accordingly, but so far, so good.
I also managed to get the car over a pit and free off the transmission fill plug that was super seized. All it took was a 17mm open ended spanner, a short rod of scaffolding and my body weight! Whilst I was doing this, I took some pics of the underside of the car.
Aside from a bit of surface rust, I'm quite pleased with how it looks under there. The frame rails are a bit squished, presumably from years of being lifted in the wrong places, but they don't look like they need replacing imminently.
Now the plug is free, I'll change the transmission oil in next few days. The bell housing plate is missing 2 bolts which I'll need to replace.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to drill all necessary holes for the spoiler and once done, get it sprayed up prior to fitting.
I've also scuffed up the rear surround ready to spray. For this area of the car, I liked @richiep 's Ford grey shown in his thread and plan to get colour sprayed up in the future, but for now I'll use a smooth black to keep the rust out and smarten it up a bit.
Started work on a spreader plates for the spoiler as I don't trust the fibreglass to hold. I used some steel from an old barrel, cut and shaped to mate up with the spoiler.
The more I play with this front spoiler the more of a faff I'm finding it to fit, though I'm not sure how much of this is the manufacturer's fault, and how much of it is in the nature of owning an old car!
I've decided to use self tappers to hold the spreader plates in place against the spoiler. I'll drill holes in the car where it mates up where the tappers will protrude (south of the headlight scoop), as well as 2 bolt holes to attach it to the car, allowing for removal if required. The idea is that the plate and the car will sandwich the spoiler in place. All of this handywork will be covered by a bumper in due course anyway. The bottom of the light scoops already have some holes in..not sure if these were put in by the P/O
I've turned the fuel pressure down significantly (40psi down to 30psi) as the car was running quite rich and fouled up some plugs. I'll monitor this and adjust accordingly, but so far, so good.
I also managed to get the car over a pit and free off the transmission fill plug that was super seized. All it took was a 17mm open ended spanner, a short rod of scaffolding and my body weight! Whilst I was doing this, I took some pics of the underside of the car.
Aside from a bit of surface rust, I'm quite pleased with how it looks under there. The frame rails are a bit squished, presumably from years of being lifted in the wrong places, but they don't look like they need replacing imminently.
Now the plug is free, I'll change the transmission oil in next few days. The bell housing plate is missing 2 bolts which I'll need to replace.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to drill all necessary holes for the spoiler and once done, get it sprayed up prior to fitting.
I've also scuffed up the rear surround ready to spray. For this area of the car, I liked @richiep 's Ford grey shown in his thread and plan to get colour sprayed up in the future, but for now I'll use a smooth black to keep the rust out and smarten it up a bit.