Yon need someone who is in the progress of breaking a MK2 who is not too far away.

you've just found them (again)

got an SPI tank in my shed

was in good knick, complete with filler, pump and pipes :slayer:

jo0lz said:

Next MaJoR problem.....
Fuel tank [plastic] from Mk 1 does not fit the Mk2 Spi
As the Mk2 uses a metal tank with the fuel pump inside it...DoH!
So desperately need to find a Mk2 metal tank.......PRoNtO!

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Do you mean that the mk1 fuel tank won't physically fit a mk2 Uno, or that you can't run the carb'ed engine with an SPi tank? As the mk1 FIRE had the fuel pump on the cylinder head, all you need to do is make the pick up pipe in the mk2 tank bypass the in tank pump. I'm sure you could simply remove the pump and bridge the hoses so that all will work fine with the mechanical pump.

Re-reading the posts I'm even more confused. Why do you need a mk2 metal fuel tank when you already have a mk2? Does it not already have one?

The MK2 tank in the car is busted; was that way when I bought the car.
I thought the plastic tank from the Mark1 would be straight swap
It isn't
Mark2 metal tank has the fuel pump as part of the sender within the tank
So a simple Mark1 plastic tank will physically fit . . . BUT it would not work for the SPi sytem

Anyway...
Found a donor for a replacement tank at Cleveland Street Car Breakers in Darwen [just south of Blackburn] Postcode BB3 1HQ
Phone 07504 505 126

Uno Mk2 1.0ie STarT with a lot of good bits still left on it.......

Is that another white Uno in the background on the left?

Ucof said:

Is that another white Uno in the background on the left?

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Nope
But it is a Fiat
It is a K plate White Panda with the passenger door in good nick so could have some useful spares . . .

Let the decoration commence.....



Car now lowered and running
Couple of test drives today
Hoylake to Liverpool and back
then Hoylake to West Kirby and back
Runs fine
Temp fine
Got stuck in traffic in the Liverpool city center and rad fan worked OK
Off to Macclesfield tomorrow for some new tyres for the X1/9 alloys
[pix 2 follow]
Jo0Lz

Been a bit quiet......
Because we've been away on the RUN....
and we MADE IT..!
All the way to Lisbon and back again
Here we are at the start

I strongly approve of the moustaches!

Nice to know what you made it!
What are you going to do with the Uno now?

Good to know you did it and are back in 1 bit!

any breakdowns or just plain sailing?

More pics please.

Ah, 118 and 118 go to Portugal!

Congrats on making it there and back

What's next for the Uno?

It ran sweet all the way there and all the way back
Here is a pic of it at the finish....



Me + Uno in front of the Lighthouse at Cabo Da Roca

The Uno ran so well and was such a great drive that our next idea is to keep it and do a second charity banger rally all the way to Split in Croatia.......and back.....May 2010

Day One was Rouen to La Rochelle
We stopped at Le Mans for lunch










We went with some mates in a Classic Panda "Team Panda Power"
Here is two team pic of us at the 24 Hour Circuit

I'm really sorry Jo0lz - I accidentally edited your post #31 when I meant to quote it :bang:

I have restored it to its original text and picture and just wanted to let you know that I didn't mean to edit it in any way.

Congratulations are due to you
I think you join an elite club of members who have undertaken a rally in their Uno?

However - "it ran sweet all the way there and all the way back" - testament to your abilities, but too easy

I like your idea of tackling another rally now that Uno has one success under its belt... perhaps it can collect stickers like medals?

Cheers,
-Alex

No worries Alex, no harm done
When I said the Uno ran sweet there and and back it was indeed a testament to this great car and the fact I spent many hours fettling it...[though there is still lots of fun to be had yet...]
The week before the run was rather MaNiC!!!!
We set off on Tuesday 25th Aug at 11:15pm....
when we expected to have left by 8pm
Just after 8pm I was dropping the engine and gearbox oil out of the Uno to solve oil leaks; particularly from the gearbox; from what I suspected was the incorrect use of fully synthetic oil
Luckily the correct mineral oil seems to have stopped the gearbox leaks . . .
The replacement engine had only just gone in on Thursday 20th August
The new 185/60/13 tyres on old scabby X1/9 alloys only got fitted on the Tuesday afternoon that we left . . . so this combined with the lowering springs meant that the tyres rub the arches when we bottom out over BiG bumps
This tyre/arch rubbing and the centre exhaust joint starting to leak [just a little] are the only things that manifested themselves during the 2500+ miles trip

As for the sticker collection Sarah, my wife, has already made me rename the car
As she thought the neighbours would not appreciate a car parked in our street with a BIG WHITE "FUCT" written on each side...
So it has now been re-stickered as "FiXT"....


Anyway needless to say the FUCT[FiXT]FIAT Uno story shall continue.....
For those that are interested have a seach on Facebook and you can find "FUCT FIAT" as a "person" on there and become a 'friend' of the car.....

Awesome

I have to say, in the photo with it next to the Panda... with the white tailgate, lowered suspension, and wide wheels/tyres, it looks more like a racecar than an endurance rally car

-Alex

alexGS said:

...with the white tailgate, lowered suspension, and wide wheels/tyres, it looks more like a racecar than an endurance rally car

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WeLL that was the look I was aiming for . . . Ta

Been restickering today.....
Will post some latest shots of it in its latest guize tomoz
Jo0Lz

Final images of the stickered up FucT FIAT
Before it got stripped of vinyl/decals and went into STEALTH MoDe for its MOT

Latest images of Sucata Run Uno in RaT-LooK now it has fresh MOt & TaX

Lols!

I like the RaT tails