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ended up buying 2 new harnesses as they don't make that one style any more and couldn't live with odd sets. ...

cage and ECU are back!

ECU was a proper mess, needed a lot of tracks repairing. ended up taking a few hours but it's back and repaired now
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cage fitted -

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harnesses also fitted and removed the ford logo from the seats -
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600km in and things are going pretty good!

can't seem to shake the ECU light, nor will it let me read any fault codes, digging through the archives on here and i think the next port of call is to...

no problem!

still need to make a dash blank actually, and the check light is on so need to look at that. i just set the camber in the carpark at work, getting it tracked next week! interior needs...

all that was left to do was to set the ride height and give it a scrub - ...

fitted the new battery too -
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at this point we were about ready to...

few more bits done the last fortnight!

Firstly, the rear arches looked a little tight, so i rolled the rear arches, arch roller was definitely not designed for such a small diameter, nor the...

once it was on all 4 mounts i figured i'd get it back on 4 wheels so at least it was mobile
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i'd just managed to get the gearbox back on when Mobius came to collect my gathers head unit
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managed to fit in 17 hours Saturday, almost back in the game!

collected the head last week, so got into the garage at 7am to make a start.

as the exhaust heat shields didn't come off in one...

Not a huge amount done this week, still awaiting the head. a few more bits have turned up.

firstly, managed to fit the lightweight wing mirrors -
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warwickshire!

not much done over the weekend, still awaiting the return of the head before i build up the engine. figured out a way to dye the carpet, just waiting on products!

hmmmm, not sure, i've just unzipped mine, maybe it's aftermarket

got a picture of how it should look?

more than welcome to the bits i've taken off, some of it didn't survive like the radiator and some of the hoses! drop me a PM

ran out of engine things to do whilst i'm awaiting the return of the head so fitted the front suspension/wheels and started taking the air conditioning out. just need to remove the pipes that run...

started with the strip down last night, got the cylinder head off and pistons out. bores deglazed and new rings gapped and back in. old rings were all measuring 1mm+ so definitely worn
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might be an option. the carpet is in good condition though so figured dying would be the easier/cheaper option

what you mean about the rear screen?

Interior out

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Engine out
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OK, let's try again :)

was using the car frequently until approx 6 months ago when the head gasket went, took it off the road as i was between moving houses and jobs, and now i'm all settled i...

wrote an update to this thread but for some reason it won't let me post it? just testing with a smaller post....

haha well neither the garage above or the bunker are mine unfortunately. that's not to say i don't have my own mancave, and my carpet is blatantly better than either of those 2 :D
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This one's the last in the quintuplet, an XR4i i've sort of inherited off my old man in the hope that i can fix it's rot...

haha, checked my join date and it was the start of feb. got there in the end!

here's some of the other cars
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Some more pics

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