Done something stupid but happy

[Plodmonkey]

Well as much as all have you said dont but a v70 t5 before 04 well I bought a 02 plate with etm problem but I want a challenge and got some spare time to make it my own. So I have bought MRTREE's ex plod t5 runs but you can tell it needs sorting and a good clean as its just sat their doing nothing got the car for a steal and spent sometime with him and his misses today had a good laff and some good car chat.

so over next few weeks pegs will be going on and giving it a well deserved clean putting standard exhaust back on replacing a few niggly bits and doing a stage 0 tune up then roling roaded then on to the street to see if this t5 power is all you have hyped up to be and made me feel less worthy for having a little turbo on my c70 :p ha.

Would like to thank MRTREE and MRSTREE from me and the misses for waiting out with us for the recovery truck for 3 or so hrs waiting for the recovery truck ha but it was a very nice carvery and hope to see you and your t5 soon what is very smart example of a c70 and must say he can make my c70 shift and me §§§§ my self on a very loverly country road and his driving isnt to bad either ;)

so heres the only pick I took of it so far
21676

[Biff]

Good luck with the project mate, the names much better too!

[stribo]

Nice one mate, the ETM isn't a major problem, and may benefit from just a clean up, but if you can fit a known working unit all the better. A bit fiddly to fit, but James T5 has done a write up on how to fit it.

[M-R-P]

Hope that's the only pic like that we'll be seeing!

In your position, I'd contact a stealer and ask about having a Bosch unit fitted, it might be cheaper than you think and you won't be constantly in search of the next used Marelli unit.

If you need any info/tips etc, give me a shout mate - tired ex-plod being my "specialist subject" lol.

[Plodmonkey]

will do and car ran fan but didnt want to risk it breaking down on motorway so got aa to take it may aswell get my monies worth from them and av heard you are the main man to go to

[danny-R]

Welcome to the ex plod club, I can feel a northern meet coming on

[V70 Graham]

Good luck with your project, be sure and let us know how you get on with her.

[JamesT5]

Well as much as all have you said dont but a v70 t5 before 04 well I bought a 02 plate with etm problem but I want a challenge and got some spare time to make it my own. So I have bought MRTREE's ex plod t5 runs but you can tell it needs sorting and a good clean as its just sat their doing nothing got the car for a steal and spent sometime with him and his misses today had a good laff and some good car chat.

so over next few weeks pegs will be going on and giving it a well deserved clean putting standard exhaust back on replacing a few niggly bits and doing a stage 0 tune up then roling roaded then on to the street to see if this t5 power is all you have hyped up to be and made me feel less worthy for having a little turbo on my c70 :p ha.

Would like to thank MRTREE and MRSTREE from me and the misses for waiting out with us for the recovery truck for 3 or so hrs waiting for the recovery truck ha but it was a very nice carvery and hope to see you and your t5 soon what is very smart example of a c70 and must say he can make my c70 shift and me §§§§ my self on a very loverly country road and his driving isnt to bad either ;)

so heres the only pick I took of it so far
21676

ETM change is easy mate, see my recent thread on the P2 forum. Get a second hand ETM off ebay and bolt it on but make sure it's from a T5 of the same model year to be sure of compatibility. The ETM issue is a pain but really not the big deal people make it out to be and not that expensive to fix either.

Good luck with the car! :B_thumb:

Regards

James

[M-R-P]

Ex-Plod register (http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?43430-Ex-Plod-Register!)

Your car is No. #14 but it would be good to update the list :D

[M-R-P]

Just noticed it's had a RICA map... nice :D

[Plodmonkey]

Welcome to the ex plod club, I can feel a northern meet coming on


Good luck with your project, be sure and let us know how you get on with her.

me to danny and its good to own a t5 ha no I finally can say in a jermy clarkson voice POWERRR.

graham hopefully goes as smoothly as I hope ha

[danny-R]

Haha will let you know when I'm at Lee's next will have a chin wag

[Plodmonkey]

Ex-Plod register (http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?43430-Ex-Plod-Register!)

Your car is No. #14 but it would be good to update the list :D


Just noticed it's had a RICA map... nice :D
what do you mean 14 and are they 280 with a rica as in bhp

[M-R-P]

what do you mean 14 and are they 280 with a rica as in bhp

Post No. 14 is MRTREE's entry for your car, Since you're it's new owner, I thought it would be good to update the list :)

With the Rica you should see about 280bhp, depending on the condition of the engine.

[Plodmonkey]

Post No. 14 is MRTREE's entry for your car, Since you're it's new owner, I thought it would be good to update the list :)

With the Rica you should see about 280bhp, depending on the condition of the engine.

lol no bother a very proad owner lolwell going to do a full stage 0 but what is it that I need for a full 0 tune up like I no oil plugs oil filter fuel filter and air filter thats all I can think of lol

[M-R-P]

Coolant flush, brake flush, clutch flush (part of the brake flush) and maybe get your injectors cleaned.

[V70 Graham]

lol no bother a very proad owner lolwell going to do a full stage 0 but what is it that I need for a full 0 tune up like I no oil plugs oil filter fuel filter and air filter thats all I can think of lol

Old, but will help.....

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?217-Stage-0-Tune-Up

[M-R-P]

Ignoring No's 1, 2, 3 & 12 :D

[Plodmonkey]

well if I was looking for 2 and 12 I would be their a while going to put my pegs on tonight and give it a good wash

[MRTREE]

It was really nice to meet you guys and all in all me and the mrs had a good evening waiting on the AA lol good banter had a laugh and really nice people, im glad she went to a good home (V70 not the mrs lol) and to someone who has the time to restore her to her former glory, plodmonkeys C70 is spot on really noce motor despite being a puny 2.0 lol well looked after and a joy to drive ;). I hope she will turn out to be everything you expected mate, if your ever in leeds agin pop by for a coffee or beer ;) (or shandy in your case lol) pleasure meeting you so please keep in touch!

[Plodmonkey]

It's alive well don't no till I get it on road and give it some beans so yesterday give it a quick wash to get most of crap cleaned. Can anyone tell me if the roofs on the ex plods are viynal as this one seems to have its roof viynaled then decided to conquer the the etm. Took etm off and was clean on intake side but not engine side so got it cleaned up and fitted it back in today left ignition on for a while and battery went dead so got it started and seems to run fine idles well give it a rev up to 3000 rpm then it went down to around 600 then up to 1300 then set steady at around the 800mark is hopefully its sorted that out for a while took the crappy resprayed plastic trim off the front bumper hopefully getting black replacement soon and it has same on door does anyone no if that comes off same ase front bumper or is that glued on.


So going to give it a good hover out and see what the interior is like freshened up.

Even tho it has a whole in that wheel barrow handle exhaust it does sound rather nice might see if it can be modified to look nicer and whole fixed

Pulled crappy resprayed white bumper panels off need a new bumper as this one doesn't seem to fit
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Matt white pannel that needs respraying
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What looks like vinyl coming off roof
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White crappy bumper strips
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Need to cleanup engine bay mate is going to make me a a proper air box to fit around air filter need to get hold of a air feed as their isn't one

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[M-R-P]

I've got an airbox and OE air feed you can have for postage mate :)
I'd check that maf to turbo pipe too, they're prone to wearing through on the concertina bits.

The roof does appear to be wrapped. I had to wrap mine as the repaired holes kept letting water in and trashing my headlining.

Looks like you've got quite the project ahead, keep the updates coming ;)

[Plodmonkey]

I've got an airbox and OE air feed you can have for postage mate :)
I'd check that maf to turbo pipe too, they're prone to wearing through on the concertina bits.

The roof does appear to be wrapped. I had to wrap mine as the repaired holes kept letting water in and trashing my headlining.

Looks like you've got quite the project ahead, keep the updates coming ;)

Will do mate yer if you pm the price al happily have it off you and does your roof line sag in the middle were the b pilers are were their is some sort of box in roof as it keeps on falling off I think it is for the alarm, I will give it a check now got some parts to start doing the stage one tonight also been told that Asda have castrol oil going cheap going to pop up later and have a look does anybody no if its 10w40 semi synthetic.

It's a good project my fist proper one as well which I shall enjoy as I love the car and can't wait to get it taxed and insured and get out on the road

[M-R-P]

10/40 semi it is mate. Change it every 5k or so.

The roof lining sagging is a result of a leaky roof, probably the reason the roof got wrapped (same as mine). Changing the lining isn't difficult, if a little awkward.

The box in the roof is a mass-movement sensor for the alarm. I superglued it to the headlining as it kept falling out and bashing little M-R-P on the head lol.

[Plodmonkey]

Well getting a list together and new roof liner is going on lol and don't fancy little monkey getting hit and cheers you don't no how I get full access to the bulbs were the rear view mirror is as av pulled the clear plastic off and it seems a bit tricky to get to them

[M-R-P]

In front of the mirror stalk, on the light unit, there's a triangular bit of plastic, prize it open (it's hinged) underneath is a couple of torx screws, undo them and pull the light casing off.

The above depends on which type of light unit you have (there's 3)

[Plodmonkey]

Got it off cheers now just a good clean

[M-R-P]

Oh yeah - there's a mounting screw missing from your top boost pipe :D

[Plodmonkey]

Yer mate they had wood screws in so I've managed to find one suitable screw to go in so need to get another one lol

Also the exhaust is held on with zip ties lol

[M-R-P]

I have spare screws :) I can bung them in with the airbox:)

[Plodmonkey]

Yer mate if you can cheers

[M-R-P]

I'll get it weighed as soon as I dig it out of the shed :D Probably next week if that's ok?

[Plodmonkey]

Cheers much appreciated

[Plodmonkey]

Well changed the plugs and started spluttering but thinking its got very little fuel in and god nos how long its been in their for so this maybe the problem am hoping it is just put the spark plugs in used NGk platinum ones got oil, oil and fuel filter going in tomorrow and changing exhaust next week

[Plodmonkey]

Fuel filter of and new one on, Old exhaust now off car now standard one going back on on Sunday got the blue scratch of the front car so started good then dropped my phone into a puddle of water now it's completely screwed so hopefully car is sorted in the next week

[Plodmonkey]

Does anybody no how to remove the door strip is it the same as bottom strip just 3 torx screws
cheers
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[M-R-P]

Aaaah - I was gonna explain that wasn't I lol...

It needs to be pushed quite hard towards... err... I think it's towards the back...

I'll check the haynes ;)

[M-R-P]

Can't find the haynes... they need to be slid to one side or the other - think it's towards the back :cuckoo:

[Plodmonkey]

to the back it is then hahaha cheers its coming on slowly hope by end of month im on the road as funds have ran out till pay day lol

[Plodmonkey]

Done a good few jobs over the past week or two made a fair bit of progress even tho looking at the car you wouldn't think it got the standard exhaust on after a lot of hard effort and swearing but enjoyed doing manly thing such as making sparks ha

Mate Andy feeling very manly
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http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee403/PUNTO60s/2e72689d89b9c5e1d5897f06b567f7e0.jpg (http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/PUNTO60s/media/2e72689d89b9c5e1d5897f06b567f7e0.jpg.html)
Took the crapy r badge of the back as well it isn't a r and replaced it with a moose and a Viking sticker I had laying around the house
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T cuted bumper and cleaned grill up then dropped it on floor camera is crap on iPad so it isn't bringing the changes to body work up properly
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Give wheels a good clean up aswel
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It's so quite now
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