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Sean's CSVT #5906 Build Thread !

Got some more teardown done today....drained the oil and coolant, pulled the clutch line, harness, fuel lines etc

Just gotta pull the axles, and get ready to pull it out..my question was how to remove the shiftcables? Much different than my Focus ones so I dont want to break them!
 
CKtour98 said:
Got some more teardown done today....drained the oil and coolant, pulled the clutch line, harness, fuel lines etc

Just gotta pull the axles, and get ready to pull it out..my question was how to remove the shiftcables? Much different than my Focus ones so I dont want to break them!
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the shift cables are 15mm bolts not 13.
 
picked up some more parts! :D



this round is a minttttt set of 18s, Enkei GF-1's. They are currently silver, but are being painted black to keep my car murdered out :). .....good/decent pics tomorrow morn in the daylight!
 
ok so as promised, heres some quick pics of my new wheels! i know they are dirty but i have yet to clean them lol. Been busy today alllll day with my interior stuff so the wheels can wait for a cleaning before they get painted.



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And I never knew they were sort of concave! I liike...

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Then I got my dash ready for dye!

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Bam!



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Until tomorrow, thats all of the dash. Waiting until its fully dry to peel the tape off and see the final result, but its look really good. Then I though damn, black dash AND black trim pieces? Nooooo way lol. Sooo they will be receiving a color change....nice and simple, clean look....but you will have to wait for the color haha ...heres some primer'd shots..nice and smooth ready for paint!




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Thankfully the weather today turned out to be pretty decent and I got some good progress! First, the dash....I must say it turned out better then I thought it was going to, and looks like its an OEM black dash! The great thing about the dye I am using is that it cant go on too thick or heavy leaving "spotty" type areas, so its all one color no matter how much I may spray more in an area vs another one. You can compare it to the wheel, which is obviously MNB. Black is 100000x better! Especially in/on my SVT :)


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So then as I said yesterday, I thought a black dash and black trim pieces would look really bad/plain so I had them primed and ready for paint today (prepped shots in above post). I also then decided that seeing how my Pre98 center console's cupholders didnt work (broken, cheap design :laugh:) I should mold it over. Plus, seeing how I had my console black on the outside and had the stock "grey" center, it wouldnt match up to the black stock trim peices which is another reason I decided to paint them...sooooo heres a little color teaser, and the molded cupholders in the console. (No, I dont use them anyways so its not a big deal to me)

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In the sun, theres sooo much flake in it its amazing....its a bit darker in real life than in the photos (flash brightened it up from the flake in it) ...its a nice gunmetal color. I think its going to look awesome against the black interior :D


For the motor, my friend had to take off a bit early today but we got some good progress....got the AC condensor undone, pulled the axles, unbolted the ypipe, almost got the rad out (gotta change the rad support bolts, rusted to hell so I figured why not) ....all I gotta do now is get the shift cables off and then chain er up and undo the mounts to lift her out. Teardown will begin after that!

Little parts collection pile....candy tred valve cover, weapon-R ypipe, etc .....yes, its all dusty ...thats what happens when the car sits in the garage since September :laugh:

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And finally, one of my 2 cats approving of my other parts

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When you pull the center piece (HVAC) out, is it just the screws? And then the oreo cookie will simply pop out? I'm about to sticker bomb the piss out of it. Along with my gas tank cover and/or mirror bases.
 
Sent you a message on facebook about it lol.

I'm hoping tonight I can get MOST of my dash together, and take some good pics of the result but we will see what happens :p
 
If your using your stock 98+ HVAC trim it won't fit properly (as good) as a pre-98, on Pre-98 Console. Just FYI.
 
So update for tonight.....


motors out! :D

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Also, got some of the interior trim back in the car, after paint. Black dash and gunmetal trim, theres flake when the sun hits it..



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Next up is teardown on the 3L and get stuff sent out...for my interior, the pre98 center console needs to be installed (halfway done), get the HVAC trim on, put the remaining trim peices on along the doors and then put the Sparco's in...and then i can go grab a Cougar wheel from the wreckers. I found 3 there, 1 with an airbag and 2 without but the one wheel was in mint shape so I plan to get that one and swap it.
 
This weekend was a bit slow but I got some stuff done. My Pre98 console took some effort and work to get in the car and once it was all in and done, I didnt like it LOL! My hand kept hitting it when i was moving the shifter into 1st/3rd gear areas so i wasted about 5 hours for that install (included dye, molding the cupholders, etc). So out to my beater SeVT I went to remove my original Post98 console, cleaned it up to prep for dye and such and then got that done, a few hours later it was ready for install and thats exactly what I did :laugh:

I also was able to get my HVAC trim peice in, colormatched to the same gunmetal the headlight panel and cluster are. As for the console, its all black with a gunmetal color matched shift boot ring, which adds a nice touch to keep it going.




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Tomorrow Im getting an engine stand and a tap/die set to rethread my seatbelt holster bolts on my seats, and then i can install them as well. That will leave only my doorpanels + wheel and my interior is done, and fully BLACK! Looks 1000000x better, especially on a black SVT :). For now I plan on going with a Cougar wheel until my motors done and running, then Ill buy a Focus hub + wheel like Alex did and swap to that.
 
Since I'm at work on my Blackberry, this will be a text-only update for now...

last night ended with me getting the passenger seat installed, and the drivers seat left to bolt down this evening. Ill snap a few pics then, but aside from doorpanels and a wheel, my interior is finally done. I ran into a few problems with a company I was dealing with for CF parts as they closed down unexpectedly, so I am looking for another local place now.

Next "big" project will be cleaning/prepping/painting my rims, as well as cleaning and spraying my enginebay while the motor is being torn down and sent out.
 
So now that photobucket is working once again, here are pics as I promised. Sparcos are installed, white HVAC is in, gunmetal dash trim peices installed against my black dash, black carpet + SVT mats as well. B&M short throw with a black billet Steeda knob for the console with has a gun metal boot ring to keep the flow. Hope everyone likes it, it looks much better in person though I must say. :)




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I like this photo, even though its dark. Has a cool effect I think....


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You can really tell the difference when you compare the dash to the stock MNB wheel...cant wait to install a Cougar wheel so it doesnt stand out :laugh: ...and Im on the hunt for an ebrake handle as well, hard to find nice ones though.

Tomorrow or Friday Ill have pics of the rear half- removed the seatbelts, and keeping the seats out...then later in the summer a custom harness bar / cage will be designed. Nothing crazy, just simple and clean to make it look more bad@ss!
 
CKtour98 said:
I like this photo, even though its dark. Has a cool effect I think....


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Tomorrow or Friday Ill have pics of the rear half- removed the seatbelts, and keeping the seats out...then later in the summer a custom harness bar / cage will be designed. Nothing crazy, just simple and clean to make it look more bad@ss!
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Nice seats!! haha : P. That will look sick with a gutted rear half.. wish I had those for a bit longer to see how it would look.. gotta save up for my seat (as you already know).
 
Thanks :p

I've decided to keep the carpet that lines the inside of the trunk walls to hide the antenna, wiring, etc. The floor of it will be carpetless and gutted though...it looks a bit cleaner this way too I think. Tomorrow I plan on cleaning where the rear seats sat and spraying it fresh black, and dyeing the inside trunk carpeting black to match and also a fresh coat of black on the trunk floor.
 
Once again, plans changed lol. I've decided to put the floor carpet in the trunk back in. Looked sort of odd with just the sides, and since I'm going to be putting a stereo in the car it wouldn't flow good.

All the trunk carpeting was dyed black, and looks much cleaner now I must say. I removed a thick piece of wood under the carpeting floor which weighed quite a bit and also no spare tire or anything under...so I still had some weight reduction haha.
 
Wait till you see my plans for my trunk carpet. It's gonna be ballet status. And I'm not getting those rims either lol I'm sticking with these 18x8 set I found.
 
rexxdoggy said:
Wait till you see my plans for my trunk carpet. It's gonna be ballet status. And I'm not getting those rims either lol I'm sticking with these 18x8 set I found.
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Lol goood, those rims were hidious! LOL. What you thinking about doing? I wanted to keep a clean look, since once I do a stereo its not too hard to fit it in the look. Did you end up doing that spare hood? Lol
 
I have tonns more pics, but hit another setback in me trying to have my car out and finished for June/July, so it will sit there longer since I have to throw down more $$ now which I dont have.
 
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