sutty2006 Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Would love to see that crapi bonnet bulge in the manta bonnet. Me and Fordperv we’re going to do that to my hatches bonnet when I put a cav SRI two leetar in and the original 1.8 Weber wouldn’t fit. Ended up cutting a hole and making own bulge out of the crapi bonnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 Today. Removed original front axle to fit rebuilt axle. Finish off painting around the chassis legs while it’s off. Glad I’ve not rebuilt the existing axle as it looks like the factory welded engine mounts have been swapped round and badly welded back on. They should sit the other way round. Baaaaaaaaaaad weldy weldy Why does this forum flip pictures? It’s not nessesary! Sudsprint, tooSavvy and danthecapriman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 Ive tried twice now to sort pictures out. Im now using my PC (instead of iPhone). Saved pictures to my PC and rotated them the correct way. Forum still flips them left 90degrees. Have then tried flipping the image 90degrees to the right, but the forum flips them left 180! WTactualF! edit. Right, tried again this time screen shotting the picture in landscape. Reupload, its now correct. So the forum flips pictures from portrait to landscape automatically. hmmmmm Anyways. I bought a reconditioned steering rack from a car show hundreds of years ago, and stored it in the roof beams of my unit. I pulled it out today to attach to new axle but the gaitors have all perished. No Dramas. I bought a rack gaitor kit years ago I'll chuck that on. Turns out the rack end diameter and the boot end diameter are different sizes.... balls. So i check the kit fitted to the old rack on the axle ive just taken off. On that one, theres little rubber spacers fitted to accomodate bigger holed boots. Grand. So tomorrows job is to get those off and get the rack built up and fitted. Then fit the axle. Burnside, Sudsprint and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 ^ The Mantas are lovely, but that 120a coupe is something else. Never knew they existed. Please say you'll be starting a separate thread on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I remember when that got nicked, didn’t you find it in a scrap yard? Where are you living now?That's the one, found it when a member of the OMOC spotted the interior for sale on ebay.....Went down and confirmed it without telling the seller then popped to the local copshop and let them know I'm living out in Bulgaria now but the Manta pickings are very far and few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 Another few hours spent tinkering today. Removed the “grommets” from the old rack and fitted them to the new one. Cleaned the old grease out and slapped some new on then fitted new gaitors. Then set too and fitted the axle, then the rack to the axle. Had to get some new nuts for the main axle mounts as put the old ones in that really safe place where they are going to live the rest of their lives out. New ones didn’t break the bank though. Also fitted the brake servo Had a visit from the farms dog Lunar, labradoodle. And a picture of the fitted axle, rack with new track rod ends. Yay working pictures! adw1977, Angrydicky, Scruffy Bodger and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Done a few more jobs today. Fitted Koni adjustable front shockers off my red manta (fitted newer shocks on that last year), fitted painted anti roll bar and new arb links (Powerflow bushes as didn’t have any nos ones). Fitted hubs and a set of wheels to test fit everything. Even Mrs sutty helped. Rocket88, danthecapriman, Burnside and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Have mock fitted a master cylinder so I can sort out bias valve brake pipes. Heater box fitted also. Slow progress as lack of cash holding me down now. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 "Koni adjustables" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 So I’ve not been up to much on this. Lack of money brings a downer on things all to often. I have started fitting a replacement wiring loom from an automatic I broke a couple of years back. Pulled the instrument cluster off to check it over and 80% of connections were rotten or rusty. Mainly for temp gauge and fuel gauge. Luckily I’ve got a few spare clusters about that I could strip for parts. The benefit of old motors. bangernomics, andy18s, Burnside and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I've got a couple of the solid state voltage regulators kicking around that the OMOC had made a few years ago,just in case.....you know.... As a side note this Nov will mark 10 years since my red 1.8 hatch was found for sale,a full year after it actually got stolen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 Aye I ordered two of those stabilisers when the red hatch needed one. Finally got round to fitting the other to this one. i remember when yours got nicked, was proper gutted for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 1:18 PM, sutty2006 said: Apologies, yes meant to be ohc On 4/1/2019 at 1:28 PM, Nibblet said: This is look you need to rock if you're a Mantaman. Overly-haired Cherman? (Apologies to any Germans for the offensive phonetic spelling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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