A little something for the weekend....

[mk1matt]

Nice one lee
Gearbox part in the post

[boXXer]

excellent m8,you will piss this imo,if you get it all ready call me and boxxer and myself with come to inbreed land with some of you brizzle boys and stick it in over a weekend no sweat i reckon m8y

im up for that fo shizzle

[kierzo-199]

ill be well up for it be a mission and can have a right laugh

[trig]

Come on then ratters we got plenty of help now bud

[Ratters]

it's not help i need so much as cash, time, weather & parts

cheers though guys

matt

[joe GSM]

Nice work and with the engine you got there, gonna be a nice car

[trig]

pics from today???

[DENZIL]

lee i saw your engine again last night

[Ratters]

Gearbox part in the post

i think it turned up today but got to go down the sorting office place to pick it up cus the postage or something i'm not expecting anything else so it has to be the cover

i've also got the cash sat here to go pick the rs bellhousing & prop & spacer blocks up off a mate too all i need then is the clutch cable/speedo cable i think for the type 9

anyway, made a start the weekend for a change. yes it was cold & wet at times

before





i slit it to the inner scribe so i had an edge to fold over for a bit of strength



i managed to cut the bottom panel out too & rid it of a bit of rust at the same time. also had to move the leccy fan forward which is now very tight & moved it across to one side just incase i ever have to run an oil cooler in there at some stage. & yes, it does need some paint when i get some it's been worm poisoned though as i did have some of that

[DENZIL]

keep at it bud , the light evenings will ne here soon so if you need a hand just holla

[dangerousdave]

Nice one mate, you bought an rs rad instead of chopping yours?

[PIG]

well done m8,keep i up,once you have these bits done the pinto will piss in over a weekend buddy

[DENZIL]

Nice one mate, you bought an rs rad instead of chopping yours?

[DENZIL]

well done m8,keep i up,once you have these bits done the pinto will piss in over a weekend buddy

sounds like a plan

[Ratters]

Nice one mate, you bought an rs rad instead of chopping yours?

no dave it's on loan from mr denzil

can you still buy the rs rads anywhere though?

[mk1matt]

Nice one lee
And yes mate it will be the cover. I stuck a first class stamp on it but aparently thats 6p short so for that pleasure you gonna have to pay £1.06 for the privaledge

[bazpro88]

ive just put a pinto and type 9 in my mk2 and used the standard speedo cable as seemed plenty long enough.

[dangerousdave]

The one you had and the rs one should be no different bar the brackets being 180 deg out and the angled top outlet. I would be chopping the brackets mate before i paid big bucks for a s/h rs rad that needs recoring!

[Ratters]

And yes mate it will be the cover. I stuck a first class stamp on it but aparently thats 6p short so for that pleasure you gonna have to pay £1.06 for the privaledge

no probs

might get a new capri one ddave from your radiator mate on e-bay & chop that about

[boXXer]

std speedo cable is fine mate although it will be MILES out.

I also used a cortina clutch cable as it was a little longer and clears the ex manifold better

[dangerousdave]

For the money they are a bargain, whats up with your old rad is it smaller core size than the rs one? It doesnt look too old?!

[Ratters]

it was slightly leaking dave & had had a coat of satin black before



picked the cover up this morning, thank you matt

clutch & release bearing on loan from dave roberts

have got an alloy bellhousing, large flange rs prop & a cortina clutch cable on order

just hope trig has a clutch cable plate for the bellhousing fitting or i'll have to make one

[Ratters]

ive just put a pinto and type 9 in my mk2 and used the standard speedo cable as seemed plenty long enough.

std speedo cable is fine mate although it will be MILES out.

no it isn't

[slilux]

exellent job so far

[boXXer]

no, i think your supposed to use a sierra one now you've said that

[Ratters]

so... managed a weekend on the car again!!! not a great deal of pics tbh

friday evening



modified x-flow sandwich plate thing with standard one underneath



strengthener under the tunnel that has to be cut out.



cut out marked



this shows how much of the strengthener needs to be removed. i did weld a horizontal plate from the strenthener to the tunnel top on the right hand side of this pic.



had to take the box back out as it doesn't clear the original mounts so chopped them out. i then replaced the box bolted the x-member, spacers & brackets up, jacked the box up into position & tacked the brackets in place. then removed all the x-member & welded, treated, painted etc.



i decided to raise the gearlever hole so had to make something up. didn't really have a plan just made it as i went along



does the job anyway & most of it is between the seats anyway


test drive sunday night to the takeaway seemed ok, but i think the prop might need balancing tbh

don't know what all this crap is that's been said about the type 9 having shite ratio's doesn't seem much different to the 4 speed in all honesty. though i don't know how fast i'm going as it doesn't currently have a speedo

[boXXer]

nice work mate.

i always thought the ratios where the same apart from 5th being an overdrive?

[Ratters]

thanks mike

got a bad vibration running through the car though, starts about 40ish i reckon as still no speedo speedo cable is on order btw

it's got a different clutch plate, gearbox & rs prop so i'm guessing it's got to be the prop that's out of balance. it's booked into be done on saturday morning - £40.

[mk1matt]

Nice work lee as always mate
Oh and be carefull with that prop, i had an out of balance bent prop on mine once and it split the rear casing on the gearbox

[bazpro88]

ive just fitted a type9 and pinto into my mk2 but mine is nowhere near as neat as yours where the gearstick hole is! just aswell its all hidden under the centre console.
are mk1 shells different around the gearbox tunnel than mk2s?
its just i used the blocks from gs escorts to mount it and they fitted fine . i did have to try and bash the mounts back a bit just to give extra clearance but havent driven it yet so just hoping it isnt going to catch and vibrate anywhere.

[trig]

Nice one bud another step closer to the big boy going in.

[PIG]

good shit lee,great job as always buddy

[Ratters]

cheers guys

thanks for the warning matt it is fine in normal traffic speeds though but like i said being balanced on saturday anyway.

not sure about the tunnels being the same on mk1/2's baz tbh?

another small step closer trig

[Kevmk2]

Top stuff mate

[dangerousdave]

They should be the same as they use the same or similar floorpan

Its always said if fitting a t9 and keeping the existing mounts in place then you will need to jack them apart to get clearance around the box

[Ratters]

kev

i know that now dave i thought they were left alone as the gs escort type blocks/mounts fitted to them though anyway, i'm glad i done it the way i did that's what counts

the prop is booked in for first thing saturday morning & might make up a bracket/support to go under the prop from the old centre mount bolts while it's up in the air again

[dangerousdave]

Sounds like a good idea lee, cant hurt to have a bit of protection should the front joint shit itself!!

[Ratters]

well the prop didn't get balanced..... it was fooked & they wanted an extortionate amount to make one so i phoned neil & had one next day delivery

...yeah i know.... this was about 6 months ago

anyway, with the box in & prop sorted early may bank holiday the pinto got fitted in over the weekend - just had to wait a few days for a high torque starter for it as an rs one just wouldn't cut it i've also now modded a new rad & so denzil has his loaned rs one back

i spent this saturday doing this.....







yeah it's nothing special but the missus passed it onto me when she bought the zafira begining of the year as it wasn't worth selling it in all honesty [touchwood] with the exception of a coilpack it's been sweet in over 5 years all year it's spent most of it's time just sat on the road outside with a tank of fuel lasting about 2 months with how little it's been used

oh.... but the mot's out on the mk1 in a months time.....

[sperrin44]

lovely car class welding

[Ratters]

thanks matey

let's hope it can carry on