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[sharley17194]

Oddly it is stock as all the TDs have intercoolers, the odd thing is the bonnet seems sealed so i have no idea where it gets the air as the bonnet is smooth on top. I may have to put a vent in!

[sharley17194]

Quick update tonight...please enjoy!!

 

[sharley17194]

10 hours ago, SiC said:

Never noticed the bonnet intake for the intercooler. Was this stock on them?

Oddly its stock, i am not sure why as im sure tis sealed, but it must get the air from somewhere. Its such a tiny turbo and a lazy engine so uprating the intercooler and turbo is a complete waste of time. I might stick a vent on top when i do a 'mods' section. 

[sharley17194]

Nearing the end of the Mondeo rebuild. Cant wait to move onto something else...

 

 

[sharley17194]

Final part coming this weekend, spoiler alert, it went in for its mot and it passed without advisory!!! 

I'll wrap up this project then on to the next. 

[sharley17194]

Latest part of the mondeo story added....

 

 

[sharley17194]

I seem to be on a roll this weekend....4 video Sunday! Welcome to the  next project....

 

[sharley17194]

Fell of the buying bandwagon again 

[SiC]

That looks pretty solid from that picture.

[sharley17194]

On 8/19/2020 at 9:30 PM, SiC said:

That looks pretty solid from that picture.

Its not bad tbf!

[sharley17194]

Time for a mini update

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[sharley17194]

Playing a bit of catch up, ive had 2 weeks holiday so ive cracked on with a few projects, Kermit is now back on the road and safe again. 

Tomorrow I'm off to fetch a new car, but today enjoy the next 3 parts of restoring Kermit. 

 

 

[sharley17194]

Latest project.....does anyone have any glue?

 

 

[sharley17194]

Here is a bit more of a video relating to this....

Normal service will be resumed....maybe?

[sharley17194]

Small update on the shed this week, ive been away this weekend and ive been planning some unit changes to allow me to get a paint booth in. 

 

[sharley17194]

Fecking Mondeo is all i can say, shat its powersteering rack after only 1200 miles, still at least the bolts have all been out before!!

Never had much luck with powersteering, my mums KA keeps killing pumps and we have no idea why.

Anyone else having bad luck friday?

[sharley17194]

so tonight I announce a new car to the sharley stable, its not shite nor is it terrible its magnificent!!!

I didnt plan to buy one but as they didn't make many estates one came up at the right price i had to make it happen. Question is what do I do with it?

ST200 Estate

[sharley17194]

So its here!!!!!

[mk2_craig]

Fuck me. What do these go for in decent condition?

[sharley17194]

1 hour ago, mk2_craig said:

Fuck me. What do these go for in decent condition?

ive seen them fetch 4 grand, i paid 600 for this heap.

[sharley17194]

I've been informed there are 16 st200 estates left so oll make it a nice round 15 shortly.

Spent the day building more storage, seems as fast as I build it I fill it!!! I also moved my compressor into the unit at last.

[Noel Tidybeard]

see that's how to make space fill the roof space a suspend the compressor up-side-down

[sharley17194]

5 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

see that's how to make space fill the roof space a suspend the compressor up-side-down

AHHH FFS! When i loaded from my phone they went on upside down.

[sharley17194]

Just finished my Welsh tour videos, if anyone is interested:

 

 

 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

On 9/11/2020 at 12:31 PM, sharley17194 said:

Fecking Mondeo is all i can say, shat its powersteering rack after only 1200 miles, still at least the bolts have all been out before!!

Never had much luck with powersteering, my mums KA keeps killing pumps and we have no idea why.

Once a hydraulic component shits itself it can contaminate everything in the circuit and this contamination can easily fuck up replacement parts; it's not a bad idea to replace hoses and flush/dismantle/clean the other components to minimise this risk.

[sharley17194]

1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Once a hydraulic component shits itself it can contaminate everything in the circuit and this contamination can easily fuck up replacement parts; it's not a bad idea to replace hoses and flush/dismantle/clean the other components to minimise this risk.

the rubber hoses are no longer available. The first rack wasnt replaced due to failure, just a replacement was cheap and i had the old on in my hand. Ive flushed the system as best i can but i couldnt see aint shiet in the oil.

If it fails again ill just bloody kill it.

[sharley17194]

Made a custom exhaust for my magenta kit car. Came out better than i thought. 

Its basically a standard Mini LCB link pipe cut into pieces and welded back together. The extra kink is to avoid the towbar. 

 

[sharley17194]

Never again do I ever want to do this!!!! 

 

[sharley17194]

This weekend should be paint weekend, its nice to finally get paint on one of my projects even if its just the anti reaction coat as i am painting a fibreglass tub that's been over painted many many times!

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, sharley17194 said:

even if its just the anti reaction coat as i am painting a fibreglass tub that's been over painted many many times!

anti-reaction coat? sounds like thats just the thing for @Zelandeth/TPA