Impressive workmanship and an enviable sense of humour! Great to watch; it has renewed my waning faith in the possibility to get a professional job done in UK. My own Z3M C has been sitting alone in its garage in Czech Republic for four years whilst I work elsewhere - been run once only in that time :( Body is generally very clean but a well-known UK detailing firm screwed up paintwork and it needs a full job. Want to do another one?
Rockauto in USA has lots parts listed for these including the brake hoses even with import and taxes their cheaper and because it’s the USA they had the v8 which is actually a Lincoln Ford engine I believe . I had one and fitted lots of new parts on mine a lot sourced in USA .
The holes along the sills are likely for the phosphate / e-coat process. The car bodies are fully submerged in several tanks. Allows for fast drainage and e-coating into the cavity as far as possible.
It sort of defeats the original purpose of the Transit (which made it unique amongst vans at the time) - the driver didn't share the cab with the engine.
You’re not sorry. There I am looking to get my arch’s fixed and a painted job, and your just (neatly) hacking arch’s off 😢 It does look good tho, I had my money on piston rings. Guess not 🤷🏻♂️
It felt wrong doing it but once the arches were gone and the over fenders fixed in place it brought a guilty smile to my face 😅 I really think it’s going to looks pretty cool because it’s different. I think the liner is past saving guess wel find out 🙈
Check the bore to make sure it’s not ovaled. The front to back measurement would be bigger than the side to side if it has. Yes you can sleeve the block, but to be honest replacing it would be more economic. Once you’ve done that it’s time to find those Kuga parts 🤔. Oh yes, strip the interior out and let it dry out whilst you’re not using it. Keep up the fun work.
Thanks Keith 🙌🏻 engine is off to be looked at professionally 😅 and the interior is currently full of mould 🤢 but you’re right it needs coming out asap 😅
My 1999 Imola Red M Coupe is in dire need of a repaint. Is there anyone in the US you might recommend? I would imagine it’s a pretty small community. Thanks! Great work!
Valve damage on at least a couple of those pistons, not exactly sure why my old comment got removed either. Timing was out it seems or at least it has been at some point. The oil overnight also won't be a definitive answer because an engine doesn't always make proper compression until warm where everything expands. That's why you are supposed to only compression test when the engine is warm rather than cold as it can skew the numbers.
If the timing was out far enough to damage the pistons it wouldn't have run for much longer because the valves would have been bent after and the compression would have been pretty much zero. The tell tale marks visible at 11:31 suggest the timing belt has previously failed at a fairly high engine speed because the second marks on the pistons are where they have bent from the first impact and then struck the piston crown again on the next stroke. Then it would appear it has had the valves replaced and timing re-done before getting it running again. If the valves have been replaced there's no guarantee the bucket clearances have been rechecked/adjusted either which is something else you need to bear in mind.
@@oliverlydon9851 Although these engines are interference design I've known people to have the timing out on a cam by 3 or 4 teeth and it just run badly without any physical damage. That's quite a lot to jump by I would think?
@@Non-Stick_Pan probably mate, I couldn’t tell 100% as the lightning wasn’t great when he showed us the pistons briefly. Just an avenue to explore but it sounds like have more experience in this than I do
