ahh the spongey pedal is causing me more headaches than i thought it would..

may need a new master.. found rear cylinders both leaking, hopefully that will de-sponge things a bit lol.

might have to relax with this speed bump.

well a mate from work came around today, and had a look at the escort with me, sanded till our shoulders bled, with 2000grit. concentrated on half the bonnet and top of the p/s guard. got that someone peel free, buffed, then polished. i was soo stoked with it, ive already started sanding mroe because we didn't get all the orange peel out yet, this was just a test - buff. but yeah, the finish was awesome, ridiculously reflective. the paints got ALOT of depth.

-just what i had wanted, hence why i used such a "unique" recipe for the paint.

but yeah, after i put in the hard HARD time, ill have the surface completely free, and baby smooth, and he'll come round a buff the whole car.

didn't get a pic

well, Escorts buffed... i gave it a paintbrush wash (detailers will know what i mean) then a hand polish, and started reassembling..

stupid camera batteries dead [8~2]

well, rightyo then.

one of the studs in the rear bumper snapped, because the stud had been crossthreaded at one stage, and i had just been getting by as i could with it (how often do you remove bumpers?) but managed to hammer it out and put a bolt in.

thats about the only problem i had really.

Looking good sterling, when is rego? hows the roady going?

gotta gather up the boys for a brake bleed, then once funds get better, its off for the exhaust, then down the road for roady

that looks a 1000x better mate they tend to be less harsh if ya have shown to presanted the car well and made an effort good luck

You have to be happy with the way it has come out
all that hard work is paying off
PJ

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all that hard work is paying off

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cheers mate, ive been feeling that way lately [:x)]

well since i sorted out the brake pedal, (tried everything, couldnt get it hard) now all that was left is the exhaust, got that done just an hour ago at westernport exhausts in hastings,

they did 3 circuitous welds, and fabbed up the pipe going from the muffler (just before the diff) to the end of the system.

charged me an amazing price! stoked! highly recommended.

but yeah, gotta wait till Monday/Tuesday to take it in to the roady joint, and have the certificate written up!!