21 Turbo 1988 Red R21 Turbo

[DaveL485]

Back once again (with the renegade master?)

Sourced some new front discs & fitted them, wasnt happy with used ones. Then made & soldered in some little patch looms for the headlights, for some reason the blocks that adapt in to the headlight bulb connector to run the main cells were missing.




After that I made another little loom to replace the missing one from the front indicator main harness to the front indicator lens



I got the front arch liners in place and fitted up the front wings. I had to take the whole damn front drivers door off to adjust the hangers to stop the door trim catching the wing as it opened! Pain in the arse but got there eventually. Then headlights, nosecone and bumper (for which I had to take the intercooler and airbox out grumble grumble), though the nose will come back off for fan & fog wiring and some new trim around the headlights if I can find the right profile. However, its looking much more like a car!

 

[DaveL485]

Refitted the rubber trim on the nosecone - if you dont use double sided tape to seat it it never looks right even with the plugs in place.



Found some trim to replace the headlight rubber seal, its not an exact match but I think it'll work. Old ones are all bubbly and horrible.





MUCH better, also got some new trim for the wing leading edges.








Finished off with some brand new side repeaters on the wings, wink wink!

 

[DaveL485]

Couple of undercarraige shots before I dropped it off the stands





Oooo shiny heatshield sir?



And we're out! Bloody handbrake doesnt work which is annoying but its moving under its own steam, which I count as excellent.

 

[Duncan Grier]

Looking most clean and shiny

 

[andybond]

Indeed! one of the cleanest ones I have seen in a long time!

 

[DaveL485]

Dragged this thing out of the garage so I could get moving on it again, its been a while...too long! I've got a fair bit of cashflow tied up in it now so I need to get it done and gone.

Managed to get the sideskirts sorted, the clips aren't available any more but I found some that were close. I had to drill the holes in the sill out a little tiny bit, protect the holes, knock the clips in, and then mod the brackets on the sideskirts to make them a little bit wider - once that was done and they were painted too it all slotted into place! Even better the new style clips are plentiful and readily available on eBay.

 

[DaveL485]

Oh yes, I also wired the fog lights in, at last. Fan loom next.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Coming together sir!!

 

[Juleshh]

Complete classic 21t. The best.

 

[DaveL485]

Fitted the new pump & filter, drained the tank of old fuel while I was there.



Of course the bracket studs snapped so I had to drill those out, and replaced some fuel pipe.

 

[DaveL485]

Despite the entire handbrake system being new and the calipers rebuilt as you saw earlier in the thread, the handbrake wasnt working. I traced the issue to the OSR caliper, the lever was just moving and not binding the brake on. Tried to fiddle with it in place but ended up taking the whole thing off and stripped the caliper down...again.



Couldnt find anything wrong, so reassembled and refitted and this time set the piston as close as I could to the pad/disc (no free play). Then put the handbrake on first, and then bled and hit the foot brake. This worked, and the handbrake is now sweet

Then I fitted the new fan switch and made a whole new fan loom with a beefy fuse and 80amp relay, the terminals are massive! I used the 80 as its one relay for both fans.



Tucked the wiring away

 

[DaveL485]

Decided to refit the brake cooling ducts and trim, this meant dealing with the rusty crap that was stuck in place





And also remaking the brackets which had done a fairly good job of disintigrating, I did triangulate the corners to reinforce, pics later when I paint them.



Refitted with new spire clips - these will have to come off again though as I spotted a few crusty bits under the wheel arch I want to deal with before final fitting.

This is the vent exit into the wheel arch, you can just see on the back left of the pic a scoop shaped deflector panel on the wishbone that guides the air from the duct into the wheel dish to cool the brakes a bit.



And the vents from the front bumper



Not many cars have these left on, the fittings get mashed when they sieze up and people just didnt bother refitting. Hopefully with the stainless fastners and living in a garage from now on, this wont be a problem going forward!

 

[DaveL485]

With the fan loom and fog light loom done I refitted the nosecone and bonnet, again stainless fastners and new spire clips everywhere.

 

[Duncan Grier]

Looking good Dave, decent bit of progress

 

[DaveL485]

Looking good Dave, decent bit of progress

Yeah, the handbrake thing was pissing me off, glad thats done.

On to small but time consuming stuff now like horn, washer jets (Mk2 Clio ones fit the hole lovely but are too deep!) etc etc.

 

[DaveL485]

I'm doing a 100km charity bike ride in June, for Alzheimers research UK. Its a work arranged event and my company will cash match the amount we raise (doubling it up). If you would like to sponsor my suffering, you can donate here:

Mondelez Charity Bike Rides 2024

Help Steven Say raise money to support Alzheimer's Research UK

www.justgiving.com

Come on loosen those pockets

 

[DaveL485]

Gravitex on the inner arches - repaired areas looking nice now. NS









OS





Painted up the topmount retainers, topmounts etc, reassembled with new bolts and bearings









And refitted, along with all the brake vents and stuff, then wheels. Ready to come off the jacks now, possibly for a short test drive!

 

[DaveL485]

Oh, looks like I missed the inner arch repairs, so the above wont make much sense! This is what I discovered under the inner front arches, behind a fairly poor attempt at covering it with underseal lol

NS



Grinder action



Templated



Replacement cut



Welded in and primed



And the OS

 

[DaveL485]

And stripping the struts down, cleaning and treating







Quick clean and sand blast



Treated, then painted as per the above posts

 

[andybond]

1000 times better