project impossible, bloo Options

[GazSi]

whats the £35 for mate?

you've spent £1200 so far as the car is? O.....M....G!!!

yes, well...... 1k on the car seats, boot install, doorcards, coilovers, everything chappers listed, then it was £220 for delivery to bring the car to manchester from essex, then i have got other little things for it sparco steering wheel £50(without boss kit), 30 odd quid on auto glm lol! but it just keeps mounting up all the time!

you spent a grand on the seats boot install and coilovers

or is that with the car aswell

then proceeded to buy a £50 steering wheel and £30 on autoglmn


dont you think that would have been better spent on getting the car to a running spec/order

personally i would be transferring stuff over from "bloo" onto your running escort and proceed to modify that one instead of pouring money into a car that you (not been funny) know nothing about

trust me on this and this is how i got into escorts and wayne can backme up on this as he took it off my hands

kreg cavalier gsi2000 (bought with blown head gasket)

£500 for car
cost in the region of £200 to sort myself (head skim and test remove broken manifold studs replaced blown core plugs new gasket set)
got running was a quick car
lower arm snapped on drivers side dragging driveshaft out of cv joint (£100)
was told had sills done but thought i would check
found the sills to be completely rotten apart from a 5" plate on passenger side rear
so went further removed back bumper (could put my arm throught the wing and pull a coat that was in the boot out through it )
checked underneath the car

and found engine bay begging to split from the bulk head

stripped and made money back but bye bye cav gsi 2000



m calibra 2.0 8v se4 bought for £1350 spent £400 getting it through an mot
then proceded to spend on the car eventually 8v let go
mr matty bought a 16v redtop to break
bought the engine and gearbox etc
fitted to mine
too eager to get it on the road had know reverse and a selection of gears not in order (linkage was out of line)
half way home oil cooler hoses split 5secs later bottomend seized
mate towed it home
stripped engine down got a second block with pistons and crank and rebuilt
take into costs of head pressure test and skim
new gaskets
new oil cooler hoses
new timing belt kit
oils and antifreeze
once rebuilt found water leak (three way hose linking water pump head and bottom rad hose )
then heater matrix was leaking
time top fire up leaking oil not a good sign
so booked into garage to find out why stripped down and found bottom end cracked
told them to leave and would settle up £150

so including price of car and mot lost over 2grand probably and car went for scrap

lesson learnt will not remove an engine unless really need to and if price starts hiking up time to gett rid and cut your losses

in no way to i begrudge what your doing/ intensions are for the car

but relly think about how much it will cost/time to do the job/is it worth it in long run

good advise this, this is why i scrapped my first car

[mexico_16v]

What's your problem?

You being a sarcastic c.unt, thats the problem.

Anyway, not wasting my time arguing with you, got alot more important things to do.

Fcuking hell Lee. You need to learn to take things on the chin.

[danposs86]

I have a 1.8 TD Mk5b which I am about to scrap.

Its an LX so has electric windows and central locking. Its only done 51k. Only problem is that the engine is quite lumpy and a bit smokey when its cold, but as soon as its warm then it runs fine. It did fail (on part) with emmissions though, but that have been because they never let it warm up. If you can sort the lumpy-ness then the engine will be fine, plus all the wirings there.

£150 if you come and collect it from Carnforth (about an hour up the M6)

[danny1987]

I have a 1.8 TD Mk5b which I am about to scrap.

Its an LX so has electric windows and central locking. Its only done 51k. Only problem is that the engine is quite lumpy and a bit smokey when its cold, but as soon as its warm then it runs fine. It did fail (on part) with emmissions though, but that have been because they never let it warm up. If you can sort the lumpy-ness then the engine will be fine, plus all the wirings there.

£150 if you come and collect it from Carnforth (about an hour up the M6)

pm coming.

[heavyrightfoot]

i thought you had already bought one Danny??

[danny1987]

i thought you had already bought one Danny??

i have but its mk6... mk5b would be better, just fixed the clutch cable on the one i just got so theres nothing wrong weith it now, just needs tax n test, shame i need the engine.

[Lee_2f2f]

i thought you had already bought one Danny??

i have but its mk6... mk5b would be better, just fixed the clutch cable on the one i just got so theres nothing wrong weith it now, just needs tax n test, shame i need the engine.

why dont you just rip everything out of both cars and swap... stick the MK6 loom and engine into Bloo?? would that not be easier?

[danny1987]

i thought you had already bought one Danny??

i have but its mk6... mk5b would be better, just fixed the clutch cable on the one i just got so theres nothing wrong weith it now, just needs tax n test, shame i need the engine.

why dont you just rip everything out of both cars and swap... stick the MK6 loom and engine into Bloo?? would that not be easier?

thats what i was thinking. but will a mk6 dash fit the mk5b? because if i use a mk6 loom going to need to fit into a mk6 dash

[Lee_2f2f]

i thought you had already bought one Danny??

i have but its mk6... mk5b would be better, just fixed the clutch cable on the one i just got so theres nothing wrong weith it now, just needs tax n test, shame i need the engine.

why dont you just rip everything out of both cars and swap... stick the MK6 loom and engine into Bloo?? would that not be easier?

thats what i was thinking. but will a mk6 dash fit the mk5b? because if i use a mk6 loom going to need to fit into a mk6 dash

Dave had a MK6 dash in bloo anyway..........

[danny1987]

Dave had a MK6 dash in bloo anyway..........
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well if he did it is a weird one... as its not the same as the dash in my mk6

[Lee_2f2f]

well if he did it is a weird one... as its not the same as the dash in my mk6

How much more proof do you need.

http://www.escortevolution.co.uk/forums/in...c=42877&hl=

[danny1987]

well if he did it is a weird one... as its not the same as the dash in my mk6

How much more proof do you need.

http://www.escortevolution.co.uk/forums/in...c=42877&hl=

ah well... that now answers my question that a mk6 dash will fit in bloo... BUT, that is not the dash that actually came in bloo! so that must of been taken out before the sale to me

[escort4x4]

What's your problem?

You being a sarcastic c.unt, thats the problem.

Anyway, not wasting my time arguing with you, got alot more important things to do.

WELL SAID FELLA!!!