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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby cis6409 » Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:33 pm

Very cool mec, well done great going!
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby mec » Wed Oct 16, 2019 10:06 pm

Thanks Shane :thumbsup:

Another little update today, I've now got all the inner wing cleaned up and 2 coats of stone chip applied...

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I've then turned my attention to the heater not working, 1st i checked all the fuses, they are all good, so i took the motor out and checked this outside of the car ..

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It powered up fine so I have come to the conclusion its the heater resistor that failed..

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This is a sealed unit and they are only just over a tenner 2nd hand, so I'm going to order one and see how i get on.

When i removed the glovebox to access the heater motor, 3 modules fell down...

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I had a look online and found that these were an add on alarm system when the car was new, which also gave the car central locking and auto up windows upon locking, on inspection wires had been cut and nothing was actually connected anymore, why people don't remove things properly I have no idea, there are no solenoids in the doors and i don't have any remotes for it so i set about removing all the old wiring which ran into the doors, engine bay, window switches etc ...

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what a mess !! Behind the dash is a lot neater now

Now i went onto the suspension, in the ad when i bought the car it said the car had coilovers but the front ones have been changed back to standard because the old front coilovers lost there dampening, so i knew Id have to do something about it, just not this soon, I looked under the rear arch to see what coilovers were on it and found this...

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So looks like i gota sort out the suspension sooner than thought, I took out the rear coilover and it had been proper bodged in the past...

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and the spring was snapped in 3 ! ..

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and a bodged shim in the top mount :doh:

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So that's where I'm up to now... on we go :dance:
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby cis6409 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:54 pm

Feck! Crazy what you can find and passes for repairs bloody hell!
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby mec » Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:08 pm

Hi All

Bit of an update on Poirot, I have finally managed to sort out the suspension, originally i bought a cheap set of ebay coil-overs for it but i wasn't very happy with these and because I had mismatch suspension on the car the top mounts wouldn't fit without loads of mods, so i found on Facebook a standard set of suspension for £10 ! ...

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I bought these cause because they are leak free and came with all the standard Mk1 top mounts, on the car the front suspension that had been fitted was off a Mk2 and although this fits it wasn't right, and on the back the old coil-overs had there own top mounts which as per the previous pics had been massively bodged on one side so having a matching set of top mounts was needed, now these are very tatty so some refurbishing was needed ...

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And of course i wasnt going to leave it standard height so i managed to win a set of Eibach lowering springs on ebay for £81 which i thought was a good deal...

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these were then assembled on the refurbed shocks and top mounts...

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and then fitted on the car ...

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Its not massively low but a nice height and usable with speed humps etc

I have also refitted the original boot lid that came with the car, the previous owner had fitted a plain one which he preferred, but i think i prefer the original just because its a bit different and its what the car came with...

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I'm sure some of you wont like it but each to their own i guess, right then on we go, ive still got to sort out that heater as the new resistor didnt cure the problem ! :doh:

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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby cis6409 » Wed Dec 18, 2019 3:57 pm

I like the boot, you don't see many with that type, certainly over here anyways
Great going!
Must tell Dec about the project, he has one in green with tan leather I think ;)
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby bandit » Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:25 pm

Looking good Mec, I like the boot, suits it I rekon
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby DMC1983 » Wed Dec 18, 2019 8:41 pm

Top work as always. Looking nice
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby mec » Thu Dec 19, 2019 12:09 am

Thanks guys, im glad you like the boot lid, ive not seen many others with it on :thumbsup:
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby mec » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:21 pm

Little bit of an update on Poirot, havnt done much on this recently as the car has moved location to make way for the 2nd regal parts car but i have still got the wing at my house so have started a bit of filler work ...

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It still needs a bit more finishing and a couple of pinholes filled but im pleased with the result, i also picked up another silver front bumper, its not perfect but in alot better condition than my old one ...

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Thats about it atm, hopefully get the repair at the other end of the wing done and get it back together for spring and some B road blasts :dance:
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Re: Project "Poirot"

Postby mec » Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:21 pm

Hi All

Right then poor old Poirot has taken a bit of a back seat with all the Project Plonker work that has been going on, however in the last couple of weeks I've been trying to do a bit to get this project moving again, starting off stone chipping the repair i had done and then started to repair the other end of the wing that had been repaired previously and covered in black paint...

Here is the Stone chip on the wing repair i had done to match the lower side of the car which is stone chipped below the swage line from factory...

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I then base coated this in silver...

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I then went onto the other end of the wing and stripped it back to metal to make sure my new filler wouldn't react with the old stuff and also to minimize the thickness of the filler, once it was sanded it was only a very thin skim

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I went through a few stages of filler to get the shape right and ended up with this ...

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I then primed it ...

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I wasn't quite happy with it so had to do a bit more...

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Then re-primed it and once this was dry i wet flatted it with 1000 grit paper...

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I then painted the complete wing in silver base coat and used 2K lacquer in a can which you have to activate to release the hardener into it, this is basically the same sort of product a body shop would use and because it has a hardener it can be wet flatted once dry and polished to get rid of any dirt in the paint, this is what i ended up with ...

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I'm very pleased with the finish i got, I know that silver should really be blended on the car as it never matches but i didn't have a lot of choice as the car still isn't at my house so i took a gamble

Ive also machine polished the 2nd hand bumper i bought...

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I chose not to paint it as I need to get the car on the road, so although its not perfect its presentable enough for now, I've also added rivnuts to mount the No plate plynth onto ...

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I also added new genuine bumper to wing brackets to bolt it on and packed it all in the cab to go to my Grandads house to fit them ...

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The colour match is by no means perfect but its ok for now, it actually looks better in real life, you can also see in the above picture the outline of the badge on the 2nd hand bumper where its been masked when painted in the past, this is a circular badge which is the Eunos import badge, my car is a UK car so I didn't want to put an import badge on, i was thinking of reinstating the mustache sticker that gave "Poirot" his name in the 1st place, then Gem came up with the idea of a custom made badge ;) ...

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I'm well chuffed with the badge, it covers the circular mark on the bumper and allows Poirot to have his mustache just a bit more subtle ;)

So onto the subject of the wheels, I have never been much of a fan of the style of wheels fitted to Poirot, they are from a Mk2 which is fine just not sure about them and also the tyres fitted although legal are all starting to crack so i thought this needed addressing, as this is a budget project i wanted to find a deal, which ended up being these...

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These again are from a MK2 but the sport model, they are 16" so 1" bigger that whats on the car and 2" bigger than standard, as you can see from the pictures they are scabby but the tyres are like new and i got the lot for £80 ! I'm well happy with them but I think a little refurb is in order ;) ...

Firstly I Sanded them back ...

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then primed...

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Then Painted and 2k lacquered ...

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I'm well please with the result, you may remember that the door mirrors needed repainting after taking off the stickers so i have done these in the same "Ford Graphite Grey" to match the wheels ...

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and that is where I'm up to, i waiting for new wheel nuts to arrive for the wheels, then i can get them fitted and put some pics up, stay well everyone :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
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