The overall plan

**cornishtaz** · by **cornishtaz** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:38 pm

excellent work mate

**Fraggies Dad** · by **Fraggies Dad** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:08 pm

EWWWWWW I am so embarrassed to admit that I gave birth to that body!!!!!
Lots of Love Fraggies MUM x i DO love him really!

**RAINMAKER** · by **RAINMAKER** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:15 pm

Keep the work up fraggie, excellent effort

**Fraggies Dad** · by **Fraggies Dad** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:43 pm

I appologise.......... Fraggie was a beautiful baby! awwwwwwwwwwww

**fraggie** · by **fraggie** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:06 pm

so beautiful you only have one picture of me as a baby... feel the love :p

**fraggie** · by **fraggie** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:59 pm

right todays progress... getting there now! Not too many pictures as most of it was just doing bits and bobs but as you all should know thats what takes the most time!
heres how shes standing at the moment...

first off i attached the oil pressure sender...

next we started putting the driveshafts back together and sticking them in the car...

new boots of course

old v6 engines make great tables :p

and in they go..

next it was time to have a good old go at the exhaust. This took most of the day and the sudden downpours didn't help :p

eventually we got it all sorted and back on

Next the radiator and fan go in..

Spark plugs...

and the inlet...

Not too far to go now before shes back on the road

Then i can concentrate on the bodywork.

Hopefully another week and she'll be started and ready for her mot

**cornishtaz** · by **cornishtaz** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:09 pm

Very good mate making some nice progress

BazV6er · by **BazV6er** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:09 pm

still doing well putting it all together,good work mate

RobbieV · by **RobbieV** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:51 am

Looking good can't wait to see the end result

**fraggie** · by **fraggie** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:44 pm

right got some more done tonight but im a bit annoyed. Had to take the inlet off again to get the traction control motor which means i chipped the paint

Also ive really hurt my finger trying to get the throttle body on and i spent far too long on it all

Things are so close yet so far and its beginning to bug me!

Right!

First off i stuck the oil filter on and connected up all loose connections. I also attached the loom to the inlet.

Next i cleaned out the throttle body as it was filthy...

to..

Next i assembled the air tract...

On Goes the TC Motor

And after much arsing about the throttlebody

On with the ducting...

And thats a good few hours gone! Fed up now! Off to bed

Mark1 · by **Mark1** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:48 pm

It's coming on.

**RAINMAKER** · by **RAINMAKER** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:07 pm

nice one fraggie getting there mate

**fraggie** · by **fraggie** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:02 pm

If i have any more problems like tonight there will soon be a cally up for sale

Getting seriously ******* off now. With all the small bits to do its just taking ages and the little bits aren't working like they should!

Tonight my aim was to get the new wishbones on, the brake calipers off and the discs off and maybe the new discs on if possible...

Well that all went out of the window!

First off i tried getting the first wishbone in but it wouldn't budge for love nor money! The verticle bolt end would not go into the passage! It was only after about 30 mins i realised the crushable inserts were stopping it and I should have inserted the lower one whilst it was in position...

Eventually I got the wishbones in...
one side...

the other...

I then took the caliper off... it was extremely tight but i eventually got it off. I then realised i needed the bracket off, only to realise i dont have the bit to get it off!

No discs off tonight

I thought id get the other caliper off instead ready for the weekend...

To say im not amused is an understatement. I hit my head on the arch and now my head hurts like a beyatch!

I had the final design for the decals tonight with the wide arch kit factored in..

And thats about it for tonight, it better start going better soon!

PS. Any V6 owners know how the lower plastic bit sits on the alternator fan ducting because if i jam it under the slam panel either way up it wont fit on the ducting!

v6 steve · by **v6 steve** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:17 pm

PS. Any V6 owners know how the lower plastic bit sits on the alternator fan ducting because if i jam it under the slam panel either way up it wont fit on the ducting!

Ive got the same problem mate hope some one knows how it goes in ](*,)

**fraggie** · by **fraggie** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:17 pm

well i thought i had a bad day on wednesday but thats a drop in the ocean

started well today, got the other caliper off..

took off the rear discs

and on with the new ones

used the wheel bolts to make it sit right

half done..

after much persuasion off come the front discs..

new arb links on..

and on with the front discs...

this is where it all started going wrong

we filled up all the fluids and put what we thought were the right wires on the right terminals for the battery, it seems that they might have been incorrect. Went to try and start the engine and lots of smoke comes out from behind the clocks

Some wires have shorted and after much looking i cant find where they are

need to find a decent auto electrician in notts

problem is now i need this car on the road asap but i might need to look at a cheap alternative...

im devastated to be honest. I really feel like im stuck between a rock and a hard place.

can anybody with a v6 please go and take a picture of your battery terminals...
I have 4 wires
1x red with red stripe (armoured)
1x black with no stripe (armoured) to loom
1x black with no stripe (not armoured) to loom
1x black with no stripe (not armoured) to chassis

I need to figure out where these go. Its a late engine going in an early shell.

More when i've decided whether to pack it in and get a working car...

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