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5 GT Turbo R5 GT Turbo - Complete strip down and re-build #1

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So, after 20 months,£600 and a lot of shouting and arguing and threats of legal action, I finally got my engine back from the builder.IMG_5532.webp
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In exactly the same condition it went into them! FFS!! It looks like they have skimmed and cleaned the head, and there are 3no. cylinder liners with pistons. What is wrong with people? If they can't or don't want to do it, just say NO and I will find someone who does!!! Don't hold on to it for almost two years saying next week, next week!!
Now i'm a grumpy old man! :)

Rant over!
 
So, after 20 months,£600 and a lot of shouting and arguing and threats of legal action, I finally got my engine back from the builder.View attachment 157067
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In exactly the same condition it went into them! FFS!! It looks like they have skimmed and cleaned the head, and there are 3no. cylinder liners with pistons. What is wrong with people? If they can't or don't want to do it, just say NO and I will find someone who does!!! Don't hold on to it for almost two years saying next week, next week!!
Now i'm a grumpy old man! :)

Rant over!
And just gone through the boxes, the crankshaft is missing!
 
So I got back on the masking up ready to give the engine bay its 2nd/ 3rd coat!
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It looks really good! I'm happy with that! I then got all the masking off!
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During the week, I decided to have a look at the doors and wire brush them down and get some etch primer on them ready for the body shop!
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The drivers door has a couple of rust spots that have blown through!
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There are some other smaller bits, more like speckles than rust! So I got out the Fe-123 from Rustbuster!
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I gave it a coat and left it overnight!
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The next evening I went out and decided to cut the bad rust patches out and weld some nice new shiny metal in there!
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Not bad! I did the same with the other patch and then brushed the whole door down!
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I then got some a bit of filler on there, sanded it back and got some etch primer on there!
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It turned out pretty well!
I ordered a job lot of M10 & M12 Flanged Nylocs!
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Today I went to pick up a spare roof and some suspension top mounts....came away with a whole car!! oooops! another PH2 R5 GTT project that I really don't need!
I got back and after explaining to the wife that it was and offer I couldn't refuse, I retreated to the garage out of the line of fire!
I stripped down some struts that I had in the loft as I need the parts for my 5.
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The top mounts are covered in a green horrible paint, so I got them in the Blaster! I was still reeling from the verbal lashing I had just taken and didn't have the patience to stand there so I set up the electrolysis tub and dropped the parts in there instead.
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I then decided to have a look at the rear axle and check that it actually fits the car after all of the chopping and welding that I have done!
Nightmare, then bearing brackets are too far apart, that bloody haynes manual tells lies!IMG_5561.webp
I removed the anti roll bars and pulled the bearing brackets in 5mm each with @DaveL485 method as used earlier!
I then offered the axle back up and on it went!
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I decided to fix the calliper holder part of the hub, came to the first one and remembered that I had two sheared screws in this one. I spent the next couple of hours drilling and tapping the holes out! I got the new screws out and fixed the calliper holder in place.......shiny!
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The electrolysis had a moment when the + & - touched and blew the fuse in the charger! New fuse in and clamped the bits to the tub.....
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I then got the dust covers out and gave them a good old fashioned scrub in a bucket of soapy water! Then got some etch primer on them and some black gloss paint!

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Looking good!!!
Thanks for reading!
 
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