Project kermit!! UPDATE 12/2/10 exhaust and trs spare wheel strap

[shakey1987]

thought i would start a progress thread as i never bothered with my last sax mainly because there was never a lot of progress lol. well anyways me and turbotom and few others took a road trip sunday and i parted with a few pennies and came home with a mk1 amazon green vts none runner but has tax and mot so thought it would be worth a shot bought the car suspecting it ws a cam belt fail investigated this a bit further and seems all is well cam belt side of things so not sure whats up but anyways the engines coming out this weekend for some investigation work!

while its out im gonna weld a few holes tom found for me lol and give the bay a quick paint the cars a bit roughe tbh but few new panels and it shouldnt look to bad i hope hopefully get few more pics up this weekend when the engines out

[Strikevts]

Nice to see you giving life to a dead saxo, i had a mk1 green vts few years ago and i had the engine rebuilt, ran better then ever before after and ran better then my mk2 vts ahah

[shakey1987]

thanks hopefully it should b a gem when its sorted only dne 80k so still quite low mileage for the year wasnt intending to take engine out but looks like i have no choice now lol will get some more pics up tomz hopefully

[turbotom]

Engine out engine out engine out!!! My job i guess!!!

[shakey1987]

yeah tom u can take it out and i will put it back in lol well volunteered mate ha

[shakey1987]

quick update tom ripped the engine out today for me as i was at wrk anyway checked the lump over flywheel was intact and so was ring gear so wasnt that side of things that went tits up got to the crank pulley bolt and it was finger tight not even slightly loose and there was a notch grooved out the aux belt which i assume is from where it must of locked up tightened the bolt and gave it a few turns it locked twice as if it was hitting a valve then for some reason it went free ???

so now im totally stumped im assuming the loose bolt has done damage and that was the problem so looks like the engines gonna have to get stripped down will get pics up as soon as me or tom get time

[shakey1987]

few pics of the engine gettin stripped


had a quick look in the inlet side and a few valves look bent so can imagine the exhaust side are gonna be lot worse lol will get more pics up when i get time

[turbotom]

o dear.... want a engine out the stores?? lol

[shakey1987]

small update on this again i took the head of at start of the week and tbf the damage wasd worse than expected think 12 valves are bent and every piston is marked so ent gonna b worth rebuilding the engine like i planned to orignally which is bit annoying! but i have sourced another engine to go in just gotta pick it up after xmas took a few photos while i was at the garage showing the damage and how the car looks now. looks a rite mess if im honest lol




apologies for the crap photo quality
while ive been looking for the enigine ive collected few bits for the car aswell got a omp upper strut brace in anthracite and managed to get a decat off ebay for peanuts aswell so there a couple of items off the list.
just gotta decide what wheels im gonna get for it been offered some oz super turismos but im not too sure yet all ideas on the wheels welcome lol

[shakey1987]

picked a engine up today so i will be attempting to slot iit in tomz wish me luck lol

[raunchz]

good luck !!

Valves look fubar, bloody Citroen cutting costs, should have made the 16v's chain driven!

[shakey1987]

tell me bout it i think ive got 2 maybe 4 left that are straight lol its foookin cold today aswell but im gonna man up and make a start i need some progress its bin sat idle for too long lol

[kick-it]

nice. Amzon green is a good color for the Saxo.
Looking forward to see what you are going to do with it.

[Matts-VTR]

Congrats on saving one mate good luck hope it all goe's smoothly for you

[shakey1987]

managed to bolt everything back together today and got the lump back in car just need shafts puttin bk in and all plumbing and wiring up and hopefully all will be sound again was a ballache puttin it bk in tho as my axle stands wernt high enough so i had to crane the whole car up haha will try get few bits and bobs sorted this week then finish it hopefully new years day lol

[shakey1987]

right then basically its running again now but its got a major oil leak! started first time which was surprising it idles a bit odd but none of the vac hoses are on so im thinking maybe thats why? oh and its pissing out oil from the cam shaft side which is not a good sign but i cant see where its coming from but it is running so thats a strat i suppose any ideas on the oil leak would b helpful as i cant see where its from at the mo lol

[mmmjames]

wish i had the skills to take swap an engine! worth alot of money haha!!

[shakey1987]

haha its easy really looks harder than it is and it wernt a lot of money either thats probably why its pissing out oil lol this is a budget fix people on here have spents thousands on there cars

[turbotom]

mmmm nice!!

[shakey1987]

investigation work required thomas!! this shall be on the road by next week i have determination this car will not defeat me aha









silicone ftw