A bit more progress today. The plan was to take the steering rack out. There is no power steering so not a mammoth task really. Track rods off the hub, steering column disconnected from the rack then a couple of bolts and its off. The nuts came off the track rod ends easily enough. Edd China just taps the hub around the taper with a little hammer and the ends just drop out. I used quite a big hammer and they didn't budge. I usually use a forked wedge on worn track rod ends but that smashed the rubber seal. Thats fine if they are being replaced but I want to use these ones again. Off to Machinemart to get a ball joint separator. A job for next time now.
One thing is becoming apparent is the amount of space I'm going to need for this project. I need space for the donor Fiesta, for all the bits that come out of it and then for the new hull for everything to go back in. The interior needs to be kept nice, especially the leather seats, so I whiled away a bit of time taking the rear seats out and I shall put them in the spare bedroom at home. The front seats will soon follow.
Next jobs on the list are to take out the steering rack then start cleaning it up as well as the engine, gearbox and shafts.
Week 57 - The Test
Got all the paperwork off to register it as a car now to test it as a boat!! Here are a couple of videos and some photos of it in action......
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Got all the paperwork off to register it as a car now to test it as a boat!! Here are a couple of videos and some photos of it in action...... -
It’s been a while since my last post but it’s all done now! The IVA was booked in for it’s IVA at Cardiff at the end of May but as they had ... -
A bit more test driving this week and I seem to have eliminated some of the worse rattles! It attracts a lot of attention wherever it goes!...
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