Ella - The 1985 Mexican Bandit

got some driveshafts today

no car to fit them to lol

They look like race axels to me

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coming on then...

best update this then ,
gearbox prepped up ,
gearbox painted in some high temp engine enamel
engine has a tiny leak coming from oil pump area , turned out to be the seal between the pump and case .

heavy duty driveshafts too

started to strip the front end in order for a freshen up, got one side done this evening, other tommoz ,

Nice to see it back! Get cracking on with it and it'll be ready for the new year

beam stripped and roller bearings taken out of the ends , was a pig of a job getting them out gunna replace with some poly ones , beam removed ready for clean up and paint , ball joints are ruined aswell only put new ones on in 2009 but must have been cus i had the coilovers wound all the way down , long travel i think for future,

havent updated in while :/ ,
beam has been painted as well as torsion arms,
new long travel balljoints fitted (cheers Big Dave)
Caster Shims on beam,
poly bushes on beam
new brake lines from MC to callipers and braided hoses,
new steering box,
new tie rod ends as they were shot to !
pooped some CB dropped spindles which drop it 2.5 " and the coilovers on the highest setting lower it 2 " so currently sitting at 4.5 " dropped on the front , will proberly leave as this as the beam sits bout 9-10cms off the ground as theres no weight in the car yet and i wanna be able to use the car , could drop another 2" if i wind the coilovers down ;P
cleaned up the koni steering damper too !
thats it for the front , oh and plenty of copper grease
think thats it !


tomorrows plans are start to fit some interior bits back in or put the engine back together

Nice one Martin, loving the progress.

Ps I might go for that Nurse job advertised in the paper!! lol

Looking really smart mate. Makes so much difference when things are cleaned and painted when re-assembled.

good to see you back on it ......but dude ,you need a camera with auto focus ...lol

Hurry up and get her finished please x

shotgun first passenger xx

got a few other bits done lately

fitted new kush lock clutch and kennedy stage 1 pressure plate

trial fitted the breather tube aswell














oh best to last fitted my new accelerator pedal

shiny!

not much of an update, but here it is

some fulcrums & gears

ah, this brings back memories of those evil circlips!

i spent an hour trying to take one out without damaging them then thought i have another 3 to remove ! and them i gotta refit them !
after that i ended up geting an old pare of pliers and notching them about 2-3 mm inn from the top of the plier , i then found they held the circlip much better and it did'nt snap out, will get a pic tommoz, , i can get em in and out 100% in about 2 mins a side , doddle now !

actaully scrap that im just gunna start my own tool range !

yep ....I do the same ......grind down some thin nosed pliers

circlips are a pig of a job without the right tool.

looking good mate, nice and clean new bits!

did you sort the tight axle problem?

nomates wrote:

did you sort the tight axle problem?

Correction!! he said stiff!!

ye sorry sorted the tight axle problem, the fooker i bought the driveshafts on VZI didnt mention he had been playing about with the end that go into the gearbox, it looked like ever so slightly he machined one side of the spade bit down after comparing to the old driveshafts, dont know why but it stop travel and made them stuck, so ended up buying some new HD ones, i want HD axles just so i know the rear end is sorted and stronger , fitted new HD axles and all fine ,

went out today to look for some gaskets , ended up not finding them but started to fit one sides axle tube up , just needs a bearing and axle boot, would do other side but ran out of the hexagon axle tub gaskets



got this little toy too



just need to source a t4 cooler then ill bosh this on

nice dtm housing, did you get from jake rabey in the states?

andy