Rolling chassis

With all the those jobs done I can fit the wheels and get it off the stands.......

New problem....

How many times can I trip over it??

Note. The board on the front of it is my work table.

Dash and Scuttle

Between a few of the previous jobs I had a go at sorting out the dash, scuttle and front Firewall.

With it put together all I need to do now is fit it to the chassis.

We need brakes..

Next fit the rear brakes and new drums, Don't forget to shorten the handbrake cable.

Diff and shafts

After fitting the diff and driveshafts it now looks like this.

Next time the rear brakes.

Driveshafts are driving me crazy!

Now the fun part!

My driveshafts had nackerd gaiters so I changed them.

Prob 1. What sierra did they come from?

Prob 2. How to take them apart?

Prob 3. Split gaiters (glue style) or std ones.

Well I could'nt get the split ones so had to go to ford and get the right ones from them.

For a small fee £9.68 each I now have replaced the old gaiters.

If anyone needs help to do these gaiters email me on mac801123@lycos.co.uk and I'll send you a file on how to do it.

Gearing up !!

At last I have my gearbox and diff back!

So next job was to fit the diff and prop.

Down under...

At this point I turned It over and riveted the underside.. and received a hernia for the trouble...

Go kart...

Now we have a kit that now resembles a go kart.

And If I might add I'm quite pleased with myself..

Front Suspension

Fit the front wishbones and components.

The top wishbones are tight but they do fit If fitted at the rear first and then pulled forwawd Into the front mount.

Once It's all together It should look something like this...

Remember to leave the bolts loose till It's on the ground. I have test fitted the steering rack to see how well It fits.

Rear Suspension

Fit the rear wishbones, Shock and back plate with the spacers provided.

As I am still waiting for the diff and gearbox to get back to me I have tried to do other jobs to keep myself busy, that's why there is no diff or drive shafts fitted.

Remember to drill a hole In the hub carrier for the bottom shoe retaining pin.

Make a wish! or 8

Now for the worst job I have done on this kit....

Fit the bushes and sleeves into the wishbones without damaging yourself or your equipment.

I broke my vice twice and now It's going to the bin (age 6 weeks).

Sorry for not having the pics of the bushes going In but my camera was missing the day I built them..

Outer panels

Now that I have the Footwell, tunnel and rear panels fitted the next job was to fit the outer side panels.

Note: Look after the drill bits, make sure you have plenty and most of all If they snap try not to hit the panels (as I did twice) BUGGER!!