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Punto (Mk1) Beeve's wheels! (MK1).

Introduction

Well well well... where to start, a bit of history shall we...
Im 18 years old, just started an apprenticeship with Hendy Ford... starting to learn to drive few months ago, now passed my theory and my driving test is booked for the 19th January... 3 days after my birthday!

I needed a car and my uncle heard I was doing lessons so he decided to donate me his Punto 1998 MK1 1.2 8v 60SX.. it's had a ton of parts already replaced (clutch and a load of other crap im not gunna bother saying).. now this car started with my cousin, which it then overheated on, and he was about to scrap it when my uncle jumped in and bought it off him, he rebuilt it all and replaced what needed to be replaced and it now runs sweet as a nut.

Just had an MOT in september too, failed on some rust and lights but all sorted now... now for the fun stuff, i collected the car on Sunday and my dad drove it back (im insured and he's a named driver on my policy)..
now the list of things that need looking at:
brakes bearly work, pedal has to be all the way down and there just generaly incredibly spoungy.. spoke to my uncle and he said since the cars bene in the family, rear shoes haven't been replaced so this may be the problem.. im going to put it up on the ramp tomorrow at work and inspect it...
1st and 2nd are a bit funny, doesn't seem like synchro mesh, my dad explained it as you have to double clutch it to get them to go in? so going to have a look at the gear linkage with that one at some point, may need some fine tuning possibly...
nearside rear window keeps falling down, took this apart this evening (winders on fiats are a pain in the ass to get off?! i ended up with a screw driver going through my nail!) and seems that the winder cable (one of them?) has snapped, now you cant take the unit apart as its got rivets, but dad said he has a rivet gun so may take it apart and see if we can replace the cable, who knows... but as its been sat on someones drive for ages, the seats have got dampe ct so the inside of the car is veryyyyyy damp.
Temp guage doesnt work, well, it does, the car's just not getting hot enough, again, dad thinks this may be the thermostat as my uncle 'replaced' it but he's a farmer and we know what there like :p plus it was aftermarket so may be a duff one.. more investigation needed though.
As i was cleaning it, noticed the spare whell well was rotting through too, so thats going to need some welding..
the rest is little things i think, to name a few bits, rear wiper doesnt work as cousin semi snapped the right stalk off, radio isnt in the car anymore, gay speakers in the back need replacing and rewiring.. gear gaitor needs replacing as its all ripped and a tad annoying, wipers need replacing as there wrecked... power cables in there for a sub/amp at the mo are wired totally wrong and look a mess, again, rewire.. arial wire has been cut so going to replace that... possibly replace rear lights as there letting moisture in.. replace drivers seat or something as its ripped to shreds, literally... no switch for front fog lights? Again, think my cousins been pissing about with something there... not sure if this car had remote central locking? as only key left from over the years is the red one.. if possible, going to chuck on standard remote central locking i think... anyone share any light on this? Does the SX come standard with this?
So yeah, but on the plus side, the engine is a dreamer as its been rebuilt ect, sadly the outside of the car has a million dents/nicks and scratches but shall try my best to clean it up, had to empty the inside of loads of rubbish and mould and dirt ect last night, its now nice ish inside but the outside is still mouldy ect as its been raining and not had a chance to clean it :(
Photo's are off my mobile but will get better ones soon!




few more updates, more stuff for the sound system is going to be fitted soon, sub/amps in but draining battery :/ need to investigate that, i think its a dodgy amp... as had a quick look around and theres not obvious reason for it... one door cards been done (this was my surprise) but bloody hell its not half hard! there is a dodgy bit next to the handle which will be fixed soon!
clear indicators in too, and a damn good polish with help from a friend :)







 
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