Gweneth The White 4B --12/7/10 little bits!--

[twinturbo]

Well this is my new project, something to keep me busy when not able to do  on Erika.

She's Called Gweneth, and is a 89 Xr4x4.

Fitted with a TwinTurbo kit Think it's an F73 225.

She won't start at the moment
She needs sills
She needs a good tidy up!!
has MK1 rear door and bonnet needs scrapping.


+ points.

Grooved front disks,
Drilled rear disks,
 Stainless zorst.


TT

[sierra3dr]

Should be interesting...but,Gweneth?!  How did come up with this name?  I must have a bleak imagination,I've never given names to my cars

[XR Dad]

odd name  but then I've never named cars.

Looks OK though.

[twinturbo]

Got GW in the reg.

Someget names, some don't... Usualy depends on how long I think I am going to keep em and how interested I actualy am...

Hence the Mondeo & Galaxy don't have names.

TT

[Taps]

odd name  but then I've never named cars.

Looks OK though.

Thought you called yours Rusty 

[XR Dad]

Nah, it's been and had the rust exorcised.


It's progressed from being called 'that bloody thing',  to the Fiesta.

[chippy]

Mine is called "The Custard Pie", not named by me I might add, and I just can't see why my mates Mrs dubbed it that, Cheers Ray

[twinturbo]

So far I have not managed to get her to start, she cranks as soon as the Earth and main power lead are connected so I think ther is something amis with the starter solenoid or it's wiring.

There's no spark as yet, but it's a little tricky to correctly diagnose with the bodged Turbo wiring and it cranking by itself.. and the weather is crap.

I found out she has drilled rear disks, groved front disks and goodridge hoses.

I think the engine orignial came from a RWD applcation as there is a 2wd turbo sump, and the downpipes that were also in the boot don;t look like 4x4 ones.


So I need to haul the box off at some point and check there is a spigot bearing fitted.


It's got a tow bar ( no ball ) and spring assisters, but the springs have snapped so it looks like it was a tow car at some point.



pics of the mingin boot carpet after romoval of the 12v from the boot.
And after..





And the swap from the Pug wheels to the OZ's   :DD







And Dadys little helper ( note that the word helper is used in the looses terms. )

Note also the state of the interor, it's needing some work!!!



TT

[3 door 4x4]

Makings of an interesting project there TT. My little helper smacked the drivers door of my 3 door with a 2lb hammer and when asked what he was doing he was "fixing it like Bob the Builder". Bless. Luckily that was BEFORE I painted it LOL.

[twinturbo]

Theres probabl better base's to start from.  But that would be no fun would it

Staggering to think this pic was 2 1/2 years ago when he was just 3!  looks quite mature compared to our other whos just 2 at the moment!



TT

[XR Dad]

Daddy's little helper looks very handy.

One of mine once helped wash the car, I walked round the back to find him feeding the hose pipe down the exhaust, while the hose was going full belt..

No don't do that, I shouted as you can imagine. 

[twinturbo]

 

[twinturbo]

Well been out again, I was waiting for the bloomin cat to come home so I could take her to the VET.

I gave it a couple more trys to see if there was a spark, no joy. I can here the pump priming which is good.

So I am starting to pull the loom out so I can check it and rebuild it.

I found a big bunch of random wires the other day, had no idea what they were, and also a LED that I thought was from a crappy alarm.

Turned out that this must have been Aircon crap either from the donor car or the 4x4... anyway it's on it's way to the bin.

I have looked briefly at the ECU wires, it looks like they have been returned to standard from some previous bodgery, by bodging them. So thats to be cleaned up.

I decided it was best to remove the dash, save myself faffing arround.

Came out no bother apart from having to take the now returned Moggy to the vet on the other side of town.

I was actualy then surprised at how unbodged the wiring seems to be.

I have just got to sort out that "Pro Install" See pic three of the thacham cat 1 Sigma.

And then extract the engine loom for proper inspection.





I will clean up the dash parts before reinstalation.



Oh and the handbrake has what one would term, "rather a lot of travel"

TT

[twinturbo]

Yesterday, whilst off work.

Went out and removed the Imobaliser circuits from the alarm.

Then tried yet again to start.  No Go. Still cranking by itself..

I am waiting on a replacement 2.9 Loom, and have also ordered a new TFI just incase.  I also need to confirm the dizzy is actually spinning!!

By then my feet were freezing..

I decided to take the dirty arm rest to the garage and spray with foam upholstery cleaner.  The can nozzel froze up after a few seconds...

I have decided to mod the bonnet, it's front lip has surface rust, and the back edges have been bent. So I will straigten them and chop the nose down to make a short nose bonnet. And fit the Cossy Grill...


Last news...

The PUG wheels sold for about £2 less than I paid for the OZ Super T's so that's a no cost upgrade virtualy..

Oh and I have ordered a TurboTechnics Decal.

Need ot get an XR4x4 one as that's missing.

TT

[andrs500]

  did you get them super ts from the rally breakers in carlisle think they came off an rs2000 4x4??? 

[twinturbo]

Yeah.

Seem straight and the tyres have lots of tread. The do look a little close to the arches mind.

Not sure if it was a 4x4 2k.

I paid £130 fo the, which given the useable tyres seemd a gr8 deal.

TT

[twinturbo]

Not a Major update.

But now have a set of Scorpio twin electric fans and control relay to go on. Same setup as on my 24V.

Can junk that Viscous Crap.

TT

[twinturbo]

Getting rid of the rusty, damaged , LONG NOSE bonnet later in the week..

Got something a bit better on it's way  :DD

Cleand up the door cards, but found I have 2 drivers , 2 rear and no front passenger other than an odd post 90 one

Refitted the drivers door card and furniture too..



Half term soon and I am off  ( although the boys are too  :smt101  :smt119 ) so may finaly get it started...

TT

[twinturbo]

Had a little time to play, I have got a Cossy bonnet to fit. It's been damaged in transit which I am trying to resolve with the seller but not having much luck. Anyway I wanted to get shot of the old one so the cossy bonnet it put on ... So the cossy one is on but hanging on to the old one just in case.





Just need to work out why both bonnets foul the air flow meters.



I have also had a chance to look at the silly starting problem ( cranking as soon as the battery was connected. After crawling underneat, getting covered in the usualy sierra oil slick and general crap I found a Huge cable connecting the Main lead to the solenoid lead. Whilst trying to remove this I remembered why I hate working on Twin Turbo's   .

It took a bit of playing and cleanign of the wires but it now cranks using the key. Which is a big improvement..

Hopefully a correct rear door is on it's way along with a shelf this weekend.

TT

[twinturbo]

I decided the stock wheel was a bit pants ( well I had one on my sapph 16 years ago!! ), and it can go on my kit car to pass the IVA..



So I got this and fitted it



TT