WIP Nova turbo. almost done!

looks ace mate! loving what you have done to the customisedperfection window sticker! lol

disaster has struck!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went out for a 40 mile trip to micheldever tryes yesterday, had to show my mate where it was and wanted to get a tyre fitted to my spare wheel. All went well on the way up and thought i would get my tracking done whilst i was there.

This was when the fun started, the guy got the car in the bay and had a quick look underneath only to find the oil pressure sender i had fitted the day before was mangled due to the driveshaft hitting it.Couldnt risk it being broken off as i would have a distinct lack of oil pressure. Luckly the guy let me use a spare ramp to remove the sender and refit the original pressure switch.

So tracking is done, tyre fitted, and sender is removed. before i left i decided to fit some new plugs set up to 0.7mm gap as ive had a misfire at high rpm and wanted to see on the drive home if this was the fault. This is when my day came to an end. fitting the 3rd plug, and just as it started to tighten up it started spining!!!!!! thought i had stripped the thread in the head, but how? it hadnt even tightened right up. Removed the plug to find it had snaped!!

The plug has broke off leaving only the thread in the head, must have been a seriously defected plug. Not happy at all!! Will get some pics later.

not all bad, could of been much worse. dont get me wrong gonna be a pain in the **** getting it out

That happens all the time on ford ka's and fiesta 1.3's shoudn't be too bad to get out. The easiest way i found is hammering in a torx socket and winding it out like that (sounds a bit pikey i know but it works)

well i managed to get it out, just pushed a large phillips screwdriver down it and wound it out. Then got the hover, adapted it to take a small bore pipe and hovered out the bore to removed any metal bits. going to get a magnet stick to be sure there is nothing in the bore.

Dissaster averted then lol

Good news mate! you did seem some what pissed on the phone yesterday! i run a .6 gap on my plugs!, if your still on coil id get a nice ford grp A item in there aswell as i had problems with my coil i bought from a motorfactors giving missfire.

plugs;

http://www.sparkplugs.co.uk/pages/database/results.asp
will come up saying wrong part no; just re type the below no in the part search!

NGK BKR7EIX, re gap to .6

Coil,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GROUP-A-COIL--...807111233a8746

make sure you get genuine magneti marelli!!

sorry to bump up an ancient thread.. but this is by far my favourite nova, would look minted with a set of black from the factory rear lights :thumb:

mate, you must be on phase2 software by now!? have to make a start on that A frame!