escort estate

[caled]

VW Passat. The only car I've ever driven that made me feel sea sick.

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

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as requested : )

 

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thats obviously the tddi

now the other........

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also took some more random shots today

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[DaweV6]

Loving the armrest.

 

2.0 TDi ? Somehow I didn't notice it under the bonnet

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

haha yeah i was waiting for some one to pick up on that lol , it was of an old audi i was breaking a few year back only badged it up as there was a deep nasty gash there so the 0 covered it nicely out of sight out of mind haha

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

well its been a while since last time i was on here not alot to report really after keeping both escorts in a lock up sorned of the road (due to other projects )

regular starting them & a quick blast around the block it got to the point every thing started to stick so ive recently changed the brake pads & stripped down the calipers re-greased ect and put back together all seems to be spot on : )

how ever 2 years being stored the estate was looking rather sorry for its self so ive decided to put her back on the road providing i can get cheap enough insurance.

 

both archs had started to rust up nicely so today i took the sander to her ( what have i started ? ) anyway a few pictures during the progress

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but still looking good from the front end

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before putting her in for the mot i want to underseal it & replace a snapped wheel stud does any one know if the standard size is 35mm or 40mm?

[Hezz]

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Looks like the dogs like their music!

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

that amp is well gone i took it out the car while cleaning it , went in the house came back out to it gone

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

so today started at 8am for me got the car up in the air

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removed the old snapped stud , i had two at hand the 35mm & the 40mm turned out to be the 40mm one i needed i counted 17 threads on all

 

 

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under the car was not looking as fresh as it normally did after 2 years sat up so decided to under seal it

 

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tomorrow i will finish the back end of

 

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while i was there i stripped all the brake calipers ect cleaned & copper greased them back up & refitted

also painted the calipers black as the red was looking abit battered

 

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[lee grout]

Nice work. When you did the underseal, did you just brush clean the existing and slap the new stuff over the top?

 

Oh and to match your black grill you should paint the lower one to match

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

finished the under seal on the back end ,

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had the gaffa keeping an eye on me so thought i better make myself look busy lol

 

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Nice work. When you did the underseal, did you just brush clean the existing and slap the new stuff over the top?

 

Oh and to match your black grill you should paint the lower one to match

 

yeah i gave it a quick going over with a wire brush then slapped the new stuff on.

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

another busy day i removed the head light trying to find the fault why the head light wouldnt work there is 11v going to the terminals but only side light and flashers would work which would leave me to believe its the bulb at fault but after hooking it straight up to the battery with some spare wire it worked fine ???? i was left scratching my head for a while end results was me putting the standard ones back in as the mot is next week , all work fine i may add , also primed the boot & arches ready to spray but after priming it showed up a few imperfections so more work will be needed before spraying heres some pictures from today

 

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heres some of the twin with new shiny bits : )

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[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

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ready to paint i think ,

 

little update i took it for mot sadly it failed on its 1st peace if rust its needs welding on the rear crossmember & one silly bulb discoloured but will be on the road by saturday hopfully & will be taken for a good long run to blow the cob webs away

[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

so she went in for the mot couldnt have picked a worse day , i got the new guy who has just passed his mot trainning so he went through it with a nit comb , she sadly failed on rust along the rear behind the bumper what turned out to be a 3inch soft spot ended up in a utter mess once the grinder came out , i was worried it would never stop lol but im glad in a way because its now all fixed & got a 12 month ticket : )

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back on the road & tax starts midnight tonight : )

now the boot have been sprayed

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so she is now home and looking pretty waiting for a good drive out : )

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[mikes-fat-arsed-estate]

now shes back on the road used daily i give her the regular 5k oil change ,

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i also removed the seat to give here a good clean it get in all those awkward spots

 

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1st thing this morning i removed the intercooler for a random spot check every thing looked well so de coked it & re fitted. hoping for a little extra power but that was wishful thinking eh haha

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also i noticed on the mot slip it got an advisory for being undercoated whats that all about its a rust pervention isnt it?

[scottybo]

i get an advisory every single year for having sill covers fitted (standard on focus, gti skirts on escort), its just because they cant get a propper look at the metal work, its just to cover their own back in the event of something happening and the plod turning up at he mot test station