Made some more progress today, got engine totally done and ready to go back into car, and sorted some interior pieces.

Drivers door (i hate the colour... )



What i used to fix the passenger door handle:



and how i fixed it:







Before and after:





Tomorrow more interior parts going in, and so is the engine.

 

Bob, first time I noticed your thread. Looking good so far!! Did you get my package yet? If not, you should be receiving it within the next day or two. Let me know when you get it!

-Rob

 

Made some more progress today, got engine totally done and ready to go back into car, and sorted some interior pieces.

Drivers door (i hate the colour... )



What i used to fix the passenger door handle:



and how i fixed it:







Before and after:





Tomorrow more interior parts going in, and so is the engine.

Saxyman: nothing received yet, but im off all this week working on the car, engines going in tonight, then ill whip off the UIM and install your solenoids.

 

excellent stuff. its always an eye opener when you DIY. hope everything goes well. good luck.

 

All fired up and ready to go now...



i hope this will grow on me:





Just waiting for help to arrive in around four hours then ill be putting the engine back in.

 

well, just missioned it puttinng the engine in. what a pain!









Start getting stuff hooked up tomorrow :P

 

you're good at this!!

 

looks like your almost done...

 

Almost done? lol...after ive:

Installed radar detector
fitted wheels
fitted brakes
fitted diff brace
connected engine
fitted lights
wired up lights
adjusted lights
had it MOT'd (smog test etc)
installed custom solenoids

then ill b edone!

 

awesome writeup, learned alot from the pics

 

subscribed! this is awesome!!!!

gives me a boost in confidence!

 

Yesterdays update below...doesnt look like alot, but got alot done.
Its now 6:53 AM and ive been out of bed 20 minutes. Im gonna play a game or two of age of empires 3, then get out there and get started. Today i want to finish getting the engine hooked up, wire the lights in, get the wheel well liners back on, change the brakes, bleed the brakes and clutch, and generally get the car to a state where it is actually driveable!

Tomorrow will be spent fitting the diff brace, rear brakes, and generally cleaning the car hopefully!

 

Nice project you got there, glad to see that she is almost done.

 

Well, its 15:49 and ive just finished making the loom for the lights (i didnt want to mangle the stock connectors so i used spade connectors to connect to existing loom) and spraying the brackets for them:









I finished hooking the engine up, filled her with coolant and:

Needs quicktime



next up after a small break is fitting the diff brace, rear brake pads, light brackets, and the wheels. Headlight covers come back from the painters tomorrow, then she gets a full days washing and we are ready to go!!

 

Great job! I'll be starting on mine soon. Calling Ray Crowe as I type.

 

HDP, sounds good bud - if you have any problems or need advice feel free to PM me, i know what its like sometimes to need a quick answer when your in th emiddle of something and to be told to do a search Same goes for all of you too.

Some more pics from today:

Light pods all finished up:







Just need to get the light surrounds painted now, wash her and im done! Ive got a whole list of stuff that i wanna sort too now though, things ive noticed during the rebuild lol more money!

 

Congrats man! I've been fallowing this thread from the beginning. Great info and pics. I'm also rebuilding mine right now also (more like waiting on parts). I actually started my project b4 you but haven't even recieved all the parts to assymble the motor yet. This is very inspiring. Any compression #'s yet?

Also after you had all the parts.. about how long did it take you to assymble the short/long block? Also it looks like your clutch assy. is on the motor before dropping it back in the car. But in another pic it looks like you attached it to the tranny, then bolted the motor to it. What exactly did you do? just curious.
thanx
Cyan

 

Holy wow I love this thread.

Give me some of that motivation and energy so I can fix my FD up too.

Oh yeah, and give me some of the cash you used to do it all.

lol

Heck yeah man. I love this thread.

"Woohoo." as you said in your video.

lol :P

 

Thanks. I know my rebuild will take me longer to complete than yours did, but I'm going to check and double check to make sure I do everything correct the first time. The list of things to do is quite long and a few things are going to be custom made, so I'll have a few trial and error sessions for sure. I guess I'll follow suit and start my own "Rebuild" thread soon. BTW, I never got through to Ray. The line was busy for about 20 mins and after that, I kept getting transferred to his answering service

 

and we are done!



















Photos are pretty crappy, they were a bit rushed. Gonna get some more soon, and ill also put up some high res versions later on.

 

nice..congrats in finishing the job..enjoy it...

 

Well done!

 

Excellent work! Sunshine in the UK? Wow, now that's somewhat rare...

 

congratulations man, great thread. happy rotoring.

 

well, just done the first 185 miles and all is good! returning an MPG figure of 23.4 lol, motorway, all under 3k, no boost.