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Coops
10-01-2006, 00:41
Took cupla steps forward tonight n a few back n all, frustrating but onwards n upwards!!

the power steering pump is back at square one, i have well n truly fooked trying to drill out the old screw n knackered it so new pump again it is!! doh!! and to add insult too injury, i tried gettin old rotor arm off the distributor and stupidly tried unscrewing it instead of just pulling it, as such the arm itself has rotated and it out of timing, didnt realise it screwed in you see!! so will this fook up my ignition n how can i sort it?! any help greatly appreciated!!!

anyway first job was to sort rust on the front subframe cross member, so out with the power drill n sander end n the hammerite n jobs a good un, shud keep it sweet for a while!!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090025.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090026.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090038.jpg

after that i had a quick go at cleanin up the header tank, cant see much difference outside but inside its much better!! i feel better anyway, even if it makes sweet fa difference!!

Before....

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090046.jpg

After....

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090047.jpg

Next i finished polishing up/spraying the rest of the engine components and ended up with a table full of very respectable looking components which am well chuffed with!!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090041.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090043.jpg

I then decided to whip out the old interior, which was all going well, untill the final bolt, typical!!! so much swearing and several hacksaw blades and a crowbar later n i got the badger off!! not without a blummin good fight tho!!

old tired interior.....

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090028.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090029.jpg

Gone!!.......

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090031.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090030.jpg

Aftermath of the scrap!!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090036.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a330/coopahstar/The%20Restoration/P1090037.jpg

and that was it for this evening!!

lots more to be done tho, keep gettin the feeling i'll never get it done!! :oops:

Coops
Lunner
10-01-2006, 01:32
Thats cool, i had a bolt snap in my inlet manifold, triued drilling it and it went off centre, so took it to my local engineering compnay, hes gonna drill it out ont eh pillar drill and hexi coil it :D

When you polish tack up use a wire brush on an angle grinder, and then a lil bit of metal polish, works a treat esp on aluminium.....lunners tip 001
Gav
10-01-2006, 01:45
lookin good :D

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wanted ur bandwidth using up didnt u northy :D - big pics it is then
Coops
10-01-2006, 01:47
nah lunner mate i mean i've fooked it proper good! drill bit i used wasnt bleedin straight, it was bent so has dug a huge hole out of the metal!! :oops:

rekon mite b able to get the small pulley off the spindle tho? anyone know how its held on and if its possible to do this?!

Coops
Lunner
10-01-2006, 01:53
Just get someone til fill it with weld and tap the weld out, its possible and worth a go, cheaper then a new PAS pump, usually one bolt in the centre of the pully, but a new pump should come with a pully
Coops
10-01-2006, 21:54
all good, winston sortin me another one!! :D
Rich
10-01-2006, 22:46
dizzy will only go in one way mate so dont worry about that
Coops
10-01-2006, 22:49
i know but i mean i literally moved the sprung pin that the rotor arm slides onto, so i reckon am fooked!! tried to get it back but not really any exact science to it............. :oops:
Rich
11-01-2006, 00:19
eeer well i had my dizzy in bits and i still have no idea what your on about so i'd presume its ****ed lol
oh btw what you doing with the old interior? my front 2 seats have seen better days and yours are i direct swap of mine :wink:
Coops
11-01-2006, 00:27
my sister is havin em in her rt for 50 notes!!! the're shagged mate tho TBH, sewn em up with the missus twice cuz ripped n full of pot rock holes.........
Anders
11-01-2006, 08:43
The pulley on the PAS pump is a tolerance fit. Hence when you get the 3 scews out, the thing will just slide off.

However with it being a tolerance fit you may need a bearing puller, or just be patient and use a hammer and chisel, knock it then rotate, knock it again and rotate...etc....

You might even get away with the pulley only being held by 2 of the 3 screws. If you get a good thread lock (loctite 222 or summat) then there is no worries. They aren't exactly under any stress, just stopping the pulley from sliding around and twisting your aux belt alignment.

As for the rotor arm, just try and fire it. You ain;t gonna bend anything by trying. If it sounds rough or doesn't start then you know its out. But you never know until you try. Might save you a few quid.
Chris H
11-01-2006, 10:19
answered on f7power.
Swervin_Mervin
11-01-2006, 11:57
Whatever you do don't break the flange for the PAS pump as they aren't cheap.
fab
11-01-2006, 13:47
fair play to you Coops.dont give up cause the satisfaction you will have will be priceless when its done!
was curious as to why you didnt take the subframe out.Was it not that far gone?
thanks for the tip Anders.
I got all my answers right here in this forum. :wink:
Coops
11-01-2006, 19:52
the sub frame is fine mate and am workin from top into the engine so cudnt b arsed tbh!!! :D
Justin..
11-01-2006, 20:41
how come youve got phase one clocks, but its a phase 2 valver :shock:
Coops
12-01-2006, 01:56
cuz old clocks were white....well yellow cuz so old.......dialled with one of them stupid lockwood efforts n the engine temp needle was snapped so bought cheapest set of clocks i cud find!!! cost like 10 quid for all my dials n only 38k on em!!! :wink:

whats the difference? i aint never seen phase 2 valver clocks!!!
Justin..
12-01-2006, 19:08
white needles, cant remember what else, lol.
Coops
12-01-2006, 19:17
yeah they are, just checked my siters car, my old 1.4 rt, forgot it was a phase 2 its been so long since i drove it!! :oops: