Latest restoration for Mark

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Hi all here is the latest  restoration That I will be doing for Mark ..














































Ok that's the stripdown completed now the clean up / rebuild ...

[Luke S]

Good luck 

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Hi no problem I love a challenge .......Keep looking Bye Chas

[Karl]

someone was a big fan of parcel tape 

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Yes you right .It was only there to hold the wiring in place ..I may do the same .....??

[gertk]

If the original tubing is gone you can also fix the cable loom with those self adhesive tie-wrap-holder pads (and tie-wraps of course...).

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Thanks Gert I was only joking if the tubing has gone or come off I have no problem I just replace it and stick it back in place .
Bye Chas

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Hi all just had a go at cleaning the Body and it's looking great take a look at it now. (No sticky tape in site ) Will be checking the wiring in the morning ...Before building lt up ....

[Luke S]

Just got to admire your work 

[Paul]

Hi Chas,

The body looks great, what do you use to get it looking that good other than elbow grease? I've been restoring my C5 but I have been putting off the job of body cleaning! Should I leave the wiring loom on or take it off?

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Hi there Paul regarding the wiring loom I always leave it in place unless the body is going to be left outside in the rain .. Also it is always best to check out the wiring before rebuilding as I will be doing today ..If you don't you may find that there could be a break in the wiring loom and it is very hard to to find and repair it after the chassis has been fitted ...The cleaning elbow grease is the best with Cif cream...

[pso-buzz]

Hi Chas

Interesting that you say you leave the wiring in place. 

At some point I plan on stripping mine down to the chassis to paint up but was hoping there was a way of doing it by leaving as much of the wiring in place as possible. Well disturbing the least amount of items.

Is there a simple way to remove everything?  Can the control box, indicators front light pod etc be just left in place?

Simon

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Hi you can leave all the wiring and the items you have asked about .But I would take of the Pod and control box off if you are going to hose it down unless you seal them in  plastic bags ..The reason I now leave the wiring in place and test it before build up is that in the past I have had problems with the pod wiring and it was very hard to change it with the chassis in place ..
Any way I checked out the wiring today and had a few problems ....First of all the control box was damaged due to the some of the track  burnt out .Secondly the indicator switch wires needed re newing  as they would not flash ...Any way a new control box fitted and switch wires fitted now all working But it will need a good run to make sure all is ok ...

Checked out the wiring found that the control box was damaged .(the track was burnt out out ) Changed it for a working one now everthing seems to be ok But It will need to be checked out with a good run when compleaterd ...











Any way with the wiring out of the way I started to strip the motor ...

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

As you can see the motor is in a bad state and damaged as I found out later .....















As you can see it's the worst one I have come acros ...




As you can see it's now stripped down but what you cannot see is the damage (well not yet )


 
Here we are

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

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