21 Turbo E921 BUR

[NathanH21]

I bloody love em! Remind me of the Clio Williams seats, just as comfortable and seem to wear really well.

 

[Deleted member 486]

Velour seats, an epitomisation of the 80's if ever there was one. You need a filofax on the passenger seat and a breeze block mobile phone to finish it off

I love the velour seats. My parents had several cooking 21s and the seats were amazing!

 

[NathanH21]

All back together. Welds aren't pretty but now alot stronger than the spot welds. I ended up going over the opposite side as some of the spot weld had cracked too.





Got to pick up some webbing/strong cloth on my day off to stitch the seat cover back together then put it back together

 

[NathanH21]

The other evening I managed to find the time to start on the seat base.
Iron on patches did an awesome job, just need to run a few stitches through it all and sew on the plastic tab.




This lot finally turned up. All belts, cam belt tensioner, oil and fuel filter and a water pump. still got to get my sparks, coolant and oils.

 

[andybond]

Iron on patches.

Run me through that ? Is it as simple as it sounds ?

 

[NathanH21]

Yep. I was being dragged around the shops and saw these so bought two packs to see how it went. They are like denim-ish material with a glue backing. I've used 3. Two are side by side and folded round essentially sandwiching the damaged section and one has been added to the centre over the join and is the same width as the plastic tab. It's pretty strong as is but will defiantly need a few rows of stitching.

 

[DaveL485]

still got to get my sparks, coolant and oils.

NGK BP7EFVX gapped to 0.55mm
Prestone universal (its the same as Renault Type D but cheaper)
5w50 fully synthetic (I like Valvoline VR1)

...would be my recommendations.

 

[NathanH21]

Any particular reason for those plugs other than TR7IX gapped to .6?
I assume it's a hotter plug and a smaller gap to account for the higher boost pressure?

 

[Red21]

I'm sure the TR71X are the replacement for BP7's

 

[DaveL485]

Any particular reason for those plugs other than TR7IX gapped to .6?

TR7IX are good too (usually more expensive thats all), I use those myself with the standalone. Still gap to .55 though if you go any higher they like to blow the spark out at higher boost.

I assume it's a hotter plug

No they're heat rating 7, so both the same (BP7, TR7). The R signifies a Resistor plug.

 

[NathanH21]

Its been a while since ive used a sewing machine...



Just need to get a darning needle to hand sew the tab on.

 

[DaveL485]

Its been a while since ive used a sewing machine...

Does the wife get angry when you call her that?

 

[NathanH21]

Thread kept snapping because I bought the wrong needles but I got there in the end.



Seat based fitted.





But then I found this when fitting the seat back... ffs



Ill fix that tomorrow night but first impressions are great, no more saggy cloth and side bolster and i'm impressed with how strong the repair is, had to really pull it taught to get the clips in.

 

[DaveL485]

You must be pleased! I'd probably have just given it to a seat trimmer, i'm useless at stuff like this lol

 

[NathanH21]

looks like they have just changed my account and I now have to pay to link. FFS.

 

[Andyquadra]

Hope this is better.

How come it wont show as a full image?!

thats not an original dizzy cap?

 

[NathanH21]

Finally sorted it. Files were too big, could admin just tidy up my thread please.
Does a standard dizzy have 90 degree HT lead connections?

 

[Andyquadra]

Does a standard dizzy have 90 degree HT lead connections?

Yes, they point upwards

 

[DaveL485]

Yep, the Turbo rotor arms have a wider contact area too.

 

[DaveL485]

Looks like the Dizzy P/N is 7700853266