Progress(ish)

[John Allen]

So the few days of the year have been spent "playing" as my wife calls it. So a couple of steps forward and many backwards. The 2.0l zetec is out the garage pit and on the engine stand. Looks ok so far. The mt75 gearbox oil seals have arrived. Front suspension is on and calipers fitted tomorrow. So sounds ok so far but to get engine on stand on my own was over 2 hrs. Grrrrrr. Chipped piant on one of the suspension arms so had to come back off. Grrrr for the second time. Welding to seal small hole in axle took so long lost cost and the welding looks so bad I'm not showing a pic. Can't put axle together as missing bits. Should have checked before starting, amateur mistake. Won't moan as axle was a freebie. TOP MAN. And to top things which made me say sod it and come in and shower, wheels. Bought my wheels a while ago and well chuffed as look good (in my mind) but the stud pattern is out. The English I measured is 108x4. The fronts that I didn't measure 96(ish)x4. So all in all a tad further but 10 new jobs to do. Grrrr

[John Allen]

I'll have a "play" and see what happens. When s the worst that can happen. Oh yeah diff fails. Lol. Cheers ade. Steering column arrived too.

[Adrian Southgate]

I'm about to put two top end column bearings on ebay. I can't find any to get some idea about a price. In fact I can't find any for sale anywhere and I have two genuine ford sealed items... I guess that'll be a good excuse to put a ridiculous price on them like the classic ford boys do. Newfordparts list them at £24.95 but have been out of stock for ages ... Muahahaha

I still have one shallow escort bearing and two deep capri bearings in the parts box but they are out of the packets