S1 Rebuild(s)

[Dave Adams]

some pics of the rebuild process,

the top trailing arm bracket is broke......

the diff is sloping back a little (looking up) so that will need sorting.......

As you can see there isn't a lot of bracing in an S1 chassis, that will be sorted.

[Dave Adams]

now before i go and start bidding on ebay, anyone got or know of a type 9 gear box?

i do have a Lampredi 5 speed gearbox (lancia / fiat gearbox) which could be swapped and most of a lancia twincam as well....

[Dave Adams]

mind you a quick search throws up some interesting engines that will fit the lancia gearbox......the fiat v6 2.0L dino....they must be common.....not.

[28ullkq4hau58]

i know wheres theres a type 9 but it comes with a pick-up ,lol,,

thought i had some one interested but its gone quiet,,

[Dave Adams]

well my S1 has just gone through another MOT,

some advisory's  leaking n/s/f shocker.....that's a bit irritating as they have only done 22000 miles from new,

play in rack.....same as last year but it does need replacing now,

oil leak......its a ford nuff said....but its only a dribble from the gear box tail shaft and its a new seal..C'est la vie.

[Dave Adams]

oh yeah CO was at 6%......that's a bit high :-) the adjusting screw just would not budge so i took the air filter off....it was enough to get it through. a new filter might be a good idea although it isn't that bad.

now when i say not that bad i mean that it is a little dirty, the filter works fine.....

[Dave Adams]

early finish from work and thought i would go scrap yard fishing....got quoted £20 for a nearly new Fiat Sciento radiator and fan, plus £20 for a pair of BMW 3 series Touring (estate) rear lights and £5 for a centre switch panel for the Fiat partly because it has a nice hazard switch....so £45 for the lot........

so once parts were removed from the cars i went back to pay and the guy added it up to.......£25 so i paid up and legged it.

p.s. i did ask if he was sure and he said yeah mate £25......i tried ....not too hard though.

[Paul Sheridan]

I'm truly shocked Mr Adams !!!!!!     what with you being a fine upstanding Duttoneer and all.  You should, at the very least tried to have beaten him down another fiver :-))

[Dave Adams]

Poxy clutch cable snapped AGAIN tonight this one lasted less than 2000 miles.......

next car is getting hydraulic clutch.

luckily i had a spare cable at home its longer by a fair bit than the RS2000 cable i was using. it has a code of MTX1147 on the packet ....Mk3 cortina? what ever i need another before this one goes as well.

[Dave Adams]

mind you i am getting quite good at clutch-less driving now i can go through the whole box up and down with out crunching.....

[Paul Sheridan]

Have you got a buffer fitted on the pedal box for the clutch pedal? I fitted one so the pedal bottoms out before the clutch fork, that way the cable is not inadvertently over stretched.

[Dave Adams]

Well the decision is made, as part of an agreement with my wife the green S1 has to go to make room for the Legerra. I can keep the lancia project but the green S1 HAS to go.

i would hope for 1500-2000 for her, well more but i have to be realistic in this economic climate. It is also looking like i would have to modify the interior to make it easier for me to drive as my artificial rt Hip gets a bit grumbley when i drive it sometimes. (pedal box arrangement...) 

I will do a little tidying up on the car then likely put it on ebay (or gumtree first)

[Dave Adams]

this will get updated soon when i start on the new S1 project....just as soon as i get the Legerra reliable.