3 door sierra project.

[bangernomics]

Blah blah 6 month visa…more garage time…

Nice purchase and enjoy the time that you have doing things you love.

[Ianlea73]

Back over in Spain at the moment so cracking on with the old Sierra.

1st job was to strip out the complete rear end. I then replaced subframe bushes & trailing arm bushes.

I was surprised to see an original parts sticker on the subframe.

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Really surprised that the underside is so clean. I then sprayed it with tfr & pressure washed to get it even better.

  

Fitted new bushes & cleaned up & rebuilt the brakes. 

    

Next job was to finish cleaning up the diff fitting new seals.

This week I hope to get the rear end rebuilt.

 

 

 

[Ianlea73]

Decided I couldn't leave the fuel tank untouched. I've also removed the fuel pump cradle.

Clean up & paint the tank later.

[Ianlea73]

Fuel tank stripped, cleaned & painted at the weekend along with the fuel pump cradle. Installed today along with the subframe, lower arms, 40mm lowering springs & the new shocks.

 

[sierraman]

Superb! 

[Tenmil Socket]

Isn’t it wonderful how those warmer climates preserve such cars that would dissolve in the UK. 

[Ianlea73]

18 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Isn’t it wonderful how those warmer climates preserve such cars that would dissolve in the UK. 

I was on a uk sierra fb page earlier & a guy was asking for rear springs. He posted a pic of the underside of his car & I delighted in the condition difference between the two cars. His looked like it had been pulled from a river.

Horrible I know but I've dealt with plenty of rust in my time. Especially my old nissans!

 

[Tenmil Socket]

25 minutes ago, Ianlea73 said:

I was on a uk sierra fb page earlier & a guy was asking for rear springs. He posted a pic of the underside of his car & I delighted in the condition difference between the two cars. His looked like it had been pulled from a river.

Horrible I know but I've dealt with plenty of rust in my time. Especially my old nissans!

 

When I was younger I wanted to own a Datsun Cherry Turbo… do any even exist anymore? 

[Ianlea73]

On 08/04/2025 at 15:47, Tenmil Socket said:

Isn’t it wonderful how those warmer climates preserve such cars that would dissolve in the UK. 

This was the wanted post I found on fb.