My grey GTE

[kev_vaux]

Re: My grey GTE

this used to be mine many moons ago, archs havnt got much worse in 4 years!Lol

get that turbo back in that car was so quick in its day!

[johnl]

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Well I've had a busy weekend. I fitted cav window mechanism. Followed the how to on Mark-t's web site. They work a treat now Both windows go up and down nice and quick. Didn't get much in the way of pictures as I was full of grease from the old winders.

[johnl]

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Well car's been running like a dream. (Hope I've not just jinxed myself) It's really smooth even when in traffic doesn't kangaroo at all not noticed any flat spot's either manging to pull away in 5th from tick over which is around 28mph (granted not as fast as if I drop a few cogs but it picks up straight away)

Just really waiting now for 8th when it goes in for the body work to be carried out.

Might add the window's are still working a treat and would recommend them to anyone that suffers from slow windows or just fancy 1 touch . Although every now and then the drivers side goes up half way and then stop and goes back down an inch I think the runners a little dry

Anyway here where's I've stuck the Club sticker


Didn't realize the car was so dirty either

[johnl]

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Well I had a spare hour tonight so I thought I would fit the seat rail from the Calibra so that the passenger side now has height adjustment

Took the drivers side out 1st and swapped the runners over also fitted the plastic seat edge. Didn't look to dirty but whilst it was in the house I thought I'd take the oppotunity to clean it properly.

Before


picture of the pretensioner (not 100% sure what this does guessing its on there for a reason though) and plastic seat edge.


White seats anyone?



All clean just need to run the hover over it.



Not saying it was dirty but the brush on the can used to be a nice red and the nail brush was once white.

[Gteman]

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The seats cleaned up a treat.

The pretensioner when triggered pulls the seat belt socket down via cables so to tighten the seat belt pulling you back into the seat in an accident.

[johnl]

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The seats cleaned up a treat.

The pretensioner when triggered pulls the seat belt socket down via cables so to tighten the seat belt pulling you back into the seat in an accident.

So it's a good idea leaving them fitted then?

They've both come up really well didn't realise how bad there were.

[Gteman]

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Yip leave them connected. They can be dangerous if messed about if they are set off by mistake, although there is a tag that needs fitting to make them safe for removal.

[johnl]

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Not sure what it is at the moment but I seam to be getting loads of little odd jobs done on the car this month. Each one is making a noticeable difference in how the car looks/drives.

Today I nipped over to Alistair j and picked up the strut brace he had for sale. When I got back to the office I thought it would be rude not to fit it. Not got any pictures of it fitted yet .

I wouldn't say it's made loads of difference if any to tell the truth on 1st impressions. That was until on the way home from work I went through Trafford Park (its an industrial estate for those of you that don't know Manchester) which has some sweeping bends and a few roundabouts.
Safe to say it has made a noticeable difference to the handling when giving the car a little stick

[johnl]

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Well the car's been dropped of at the body work shop should be able to collect it on Thursday/Friday depending on how bad the rear arches are underneath. So for the 1st time in 9 years of driving there's not a mk2 outside my house I've got a crapy 57 Fiesta as a hire car.

[johnl]

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Well picked the car up this afternoon, the guy has took quite a bit of time to sort the car out but I've got it back and that's all that matters. So here's all the pics just need to sort out some new rear tyres or look at getting the new arches rolled.

Here's the hire car


and here's mine all back front end has been sprayed (wing's bumper and bonnet) New rear arches and the scratch's from the fench removed.

























Overall I'm pleased with the results however it's not 100%
John

[richie00boy]

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Looks good. I thought you were getting the whole car painted?

[johnl]

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Looks good. I thought you were getting the whole car painted?

The amount of messing that has happened just getting the bits done I told the guy not to bother. It's took 6 coats to get it as it is. (Was supplied the wrong shade of grey at 1st.)

[johnl]

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Car's going back to the bodywork place on Wednesday. After looking at the work on the car there are some really good bits of work that he's carried out and then other bits look as if he was either in a rush or had other things on his mind. He's not painted all the panels he said he would, just put lacquer over them Which wouldn't be to bad if bits of crap hadn't got in to it before it had dried. In street lighting you can see where he's not feathered the paint in

On a plus side I've made a list of jobs left to sort out on the car Glad to say most of them now are just routine maintence.

Change/check gearbox oil level.
Change engine oil (and fit oil level sensor as the current ones a little faulty)
General service new plugs air filter etc
Check rear bearings
Adjust the hand brake.
Fit the fuel pump I bought of Harvey a few months back. (try and track the intermitent smell of petrol)
Get the heating elements fitted to the seats.
Change the steering rack (current one leaks)
Fit the back box and get the pin hole welded on the exhaust. (more than likely will do that this weekend.)
Go under the car and make sure the under seal is all intact from when the engine went bang.

[richie00boy]

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I feel your pain. I don't think there's any bodyshops unless you pay an absolute fortune that do everything just right.

For the fuel check under the rear passenger footwell area under the car on the drivers side as there is some rubber hoses there that go.

[Brett]

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I'll echo Richies thoughts on the bodyshop front. The only car Ive ever seem come out of a bodyshop in perfect condition is Ganders Kadett - and I know what he paid for that quality of work, it was a lot