mcjacko1987 Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 13 hours ago, Krzys said: I'm glad you took those spacers off, just didn't look right to me. I know mate. I knew they wouldn't. Just wanted some heat out and they did do the job. But I'll just put up with that for now. Got way to fed up of people telling me my bonnet was open and also didn't like the look myself.... Few bits ordered. New wheel bearing as left hand side front one is on its way out. Also few weeks back I was tightening my standard strut brace. Over tightened one bolt and head snapped off it leaving the thread stuck in the top mount. Well when I came to fitting the summit strut brace last week I tried to drill that thread out first without any success. Luckily enough it's the same side as the bearing. So only have to work on the one side. Ordered some blue led strip. Plan is to use 2 on the intercooler and the other 2 in the bay somewhere. Either bonnet or behind the strut brace. Not sure yet. Depends how bright they are. May need all 4 for the cooler lol. Which will be ordered next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 If Ford knew there would be a heat issue they'd have done it from factory Sounds like you've got a bit of work to do then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Went to a meet the other day up langollen. Last min decision so didnt clean the car. Someone still took a good pic. And this one Anyways its not been a good week this week. I've replaced my passenger side wheel bearing along with top suspension mount as a bolt had snapped a while ago. But lucky enough I did change it as the thing fell in bits. And during the process the driveshaft shot to a funny angle and was solid in that position. Took a fair bit of force and it popped back into the right position. Also whilst doing the top mount, because I'd took the strut braces off I'd stupidly forgot to put the bolts back into the drivers side strut. And when all aligning up the wishbone ball joint on passenger side I had to turn the steering wheel. Stupid stupid mistake. It rotated the top mount on the drivers side and I managed to line one bolt back up to put in and when I went to put another in the stud popped out the top mount. Anyways got all the car back together and went to go the shop and the car felt like it was on a square wheel. I knew straight away that it was due to the Cv joint. Had to leave it alone as was back in work. First day off today so first things first I went out to look at the Cv joint, and yup, it's pooped http://rs1101.pbsrc.com/albums/g432/mcjacko1987/20170108_103428_zpsseb7twdm.mp4?w=160&h=160&fit=clip So whilst I got round to ordering a new one I got round to sorting the drivers top mount. All fixxed now. However.... I did notice the outer Cv boot on the drivers side has a split and is leaking grease Anyway both top mounts are now new and sorted and strut brace is finally on solid. So now it's just a matter of waiting for the driveshaft and then replace that. On the other hand, it's my 30th on the 10th and the wife has bought me thw stage 4 airtec intercooler with big boost pipe kit she prommised. So every cloud does have a silver lining. Few more pics... Up early this morning to start work on the car Jacked up Next update. Driveshaft lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 On 30/12/2016 at 9:14 AM, Krzys said: If Ford knew there would be a heat issue they'd have done it from factory Sounds like you've got a bit of work to do then! Yeah I guess so. Does feel bloody hot under there though lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Intercooler came today. Not aloud to open it until tomorrow though However, my 8yo daughter brought me an early birthday treat tonight. A cake she made (well decorated) all by herself. Mummy did the sponge and she did the rest. She has tried to make FroSTy bless her. She's been planning this for so long lol, all her idea. She even went as far as wrighting airtec on it lol Not bad for an 8yo eh lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Haha cute! Bless her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mcjacko1987 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 So the day came to change the driveshaft and oh boy was it gone lol. 2 bearings of the 3 had popped off New one on and running fine now. However I'm still getting a humming noise. More on that later. During the time the car was off the road waiting for my drive shaft I thought id put the boost gauge to some use my mate gave me. Bought a pod off ebay that I've not seen anyone else use yet. Normally see the flat vent ones, but this one sits at an angle. Anyways the outer ring on the gauge was in silver and I wasn't keen on it so I painted it... Not the exact gauge but I didn't take a before pic but it was like this. Primer Paint Lacquer. All put together in the pod (which needed a bit of sanding to fit the gauge in. Now I know it's only a cheapo ebay gauge, I will be getting a better one soon. But I was given it so thought I'd just bung it in there for now. See if I like it in the vent. Does look well tbh. Here's some pics of fitting it in the car... But also ran into a problem with this. Like everything else I touch lately... I didn't have enough vac hose so nipped to motorworld, told them what I need and they provided me hose, felt a bit flimsy and they said it's fine. Fitted that hose. Gauge worked fine. Then the car started fluttering like mad, don't get me wrong the turbo flutter it was producing was epic. Then it started back firing more, I knew something was wrong. So took a look under the bonnet and oh surprise surprise the hose motorworld provided had collapsed. So I've unplugged it for now and ordered some samco vac pipe. Oh a cheeky pic of intercooler... Which again got a problem with... Can't fit it... was sent the wrong cold side boost pipe, which I've sent back but even though I sent for next day delivery they havn't received it yet. It's still with the post office depot looking at tracking. Really having no luck lately. And the bad luck goes on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 ...As I'm still getting the humming noise I thought I would shift the tyres about, see if that was the cause. All but one where fine. Pics of said one... Tyre is rear left, so I ended up trying the rears on the fronts. Noise doesn't seem to have changed where it's coming from. New one ordered and on way. Once fitted I'll go in for 4 wheel alignment. Hopefully sorts out the bloody humming out. It's really annoying me. Anyways some good always comes with the stack of bad with FroSTy. I may have bagged a sponser from a new detailing product company. I won some of there products on a Facebook comp. I'm very impressed with it. I gave FroSTy a quick wash with the autoglym shampoo I have and thought I'd give this wax I won a try. Now I havn't polished the car but the gloss this wax gave is brilliant, and the roof especially is like glass. Not just saying as I may have bagged them as a sponser but I highly recommend them. Pics speak for themselves. Car was fully rinsed here, then I washed one side and thought I'd get this pic. I'd done the roof and spoiler, then had to go grab the kids from school and when I got home cracked on with the rest of the car and it started going dark fast, managed to finish but just as I was finishing of it started to drizzle. And got sent a little fun one on Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjacko1987 Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Sorted the hose out for my gauge today with the samco one Not been out to test it properly yet but tested it on my drive and seems this hose is much much better. And a pic of the bay. Needs a good clean but damn it's a pretty place to look 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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