Alban\'s Elford Turbo Project

[alban1973]

i dont like the fact that you are trying to get me up between the arm and cross member ... some prior warning would have been nice !

Do you really want me to go there???

[alban1973]

Works slowed right down now, I am playing the waiting game for my, springs, shocks, some bushes for the rear drop links that were missing, did get the new front discs today tho, cleaned up the old front struts, and stripped them ready to remove the shocks, removed all the bearings to refit into the new discs, checked the strut top mount bearings. thats about all i can do..

[shaunwil]

That makes such a difference. Can\'t wait to see it in the flesh.

Shaun

[alban1973]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=200095447398&rd=1&rd=1

Something else to do!

[alban1973]

Well at long last...... all the springs turned up at the last minute, about 3 weeks late, then I have  issues with the front shockers,  But finally the phase 2 is complete......   I will post some more pics up later..    So all bushed up, painted, new front brakes, new rear exhaust that I had to make,  finished 10 pm last night...  MOT 8.30 this morning,,   And it failed, serious rust around the steering box on the chassis rail front and back of it ,   sort of a stress cracks..  so mad panic... jacks, grinders, welders, stuff flying everywhere......  not bad to get at, so by lunch it had a nice new shiny MOT certificate.............   It drives supurb...   It needs harder front shocks, but the new ones to fit are being adapted with the struts and should be ready thursday......... so can compare then.  much more positive and direct, hasnt effected the steering at all...   So all in all a result..  Pics to follow.....

[shaunwil]

Would love to have a ride in it now the suspension is fixed !

Shaun

[mpk490p]

Well at long last...... all the springs turned up at the last minute, about 3 weeks late, then I have  issues with the front shockers,  But finally the phase 2 is complete......   I will post some more pics up later..    So all bushed up, painted, new front brakes, new rear exhaust that I had to make,  finished 10 pm last night...  MOT 8.30 this morning,,   And it failed, serious rust around the steering box on the chassis rail front and back of it ,   sort of a stress cracks..  so mad panic... jacks, grinders, welders, stuff flying everywhere......  not bad to get at, so by lunch it had a nice new shiny MOT certificate.............   It drives supurb...   It needs harder front shocks, but the new ones to fit are being adapted with the struts and should be ready thursday......... so can compare then.  much more positive and direct, hasnt effected the steering at all...   So all in all a result..  Pics to follow.....

Which shocks are you using? did you get them all sorted or is this what you are wait on?

the welding near the steering box is a common fault, mine first 2 7\'s went there
Mark

[alban1973]

Which shocks are you using? did you get them all sorted or is this what you are wait on?

the welding near the steering box is a common fault, mine first 2 7\'s went there
Mark

The shocks that are on at the moment are standard ones.   Yours will fit fine, but just need the top nuts machining, unfortunatly my lathe is all packed up at the moment so I have left the lot with an engineering firm to do, it should be done by thursday hopefully, then I can get them on before saturdays drive to Birmingham...

[alban1973]

shame about me smashing the front spoiler tho....  bit of filler!!

[mpk490p]

The shocks that are on at the moment are standard ones.   Yours will fit fine, but just need the top nuts machining, unfortunatly my lathe is all packed up at the moment so I have left the lot with an engineering firm to do, it should be done by thursday hopefully, then I can get them on before saturdays drive to Birmingham...

Glad they will be sorted was felling bad about that:2eek
what springs did you go with PI?

Mark

[alban1973]

Would love to have a ride in it now the suspension is fixed !

Shaun

So,, is there a 12a going cheap??

[shaunwil]

engine, but the compression isn\'t at all good. I have another spare engine if your in need of any parts !!! Im i mad thinking of 13b Trying to figure quite a bit out !

Shaun

[David Nock (RIP)]

Well at long last...... all the springs turned up at the last minute, about 3 weeks late, then I have  issues with the front shockers,  But finally the phase 2 is complete......   I will post some more pics up later..    So all bushed up, painted, new front brakes, new rear exhaust that I had to make,  finished 10 pm last night...  MOT 8.30 this morning,,   And it failed, serious rust around the steering box on the chassis rail front and back of it ,   sort of a stress cracks..  so mad panic... jacks, grinders, welders, stuff flying everywhere......  not bad to get at, so by lunch it had a nice new shiny MOT certificate.............   It drives supurb...   It needs harder front shocks, but the new ones to fit are being adapted with the struts and should be ready thursday......... so can compare then.  much more positive and direct, hasnt effected the steering at all...   So all in all a result..  Pics to follow.....

Noticing that the car is a Y plate - 1st generation Mark 2 am I right? We had a Y plater Mark 2 that developed exactly the same chassis cracks, but on the idler side. Neither of the 1st Gen Marks 3\'s that we\'ve run, nor a Mark 3 that I scrapped developed these cracks. Hmmm interesting ?

[David Nock (RIP)]

I think the letters NW in the reg also say that it\'s a Leeds car originally. Although didn\'t the Powers-that-Be centralise the old number plate system sometime late 70\'s? So it\'s perhaps a West Yorks reg?

[alban1973]

The car was imported from the channel islands in 86, by the previous owner, I assume that he would have got it registered in Leeds, as he lived in weatherby