Squeeks Panther Black Mk5

and we'll let you off for fitw. this year.

ah shit, i missed my deadline of "tonight" lol. ah well, HERE GOES!

*ENGINE FITTED AND BACK ON ROAD*

righty this is both a good and bad update lol. sent car off as per my sig on saturday for the engine to be fitted. phase 1/2 hybrid with 62k miles on, fair do's. today ive been running round like a mad hatter organising tax, insurance and MOT, all completed successfully thankgod. i rings up, "oh there is fuel leaking from the injectors, you need some seals". had to travel 80 mile round trip for those little rubber friggin things they call seals, little rubber rings worth £22? hhmmm lol.

anyways they are fitted, car is running sweet. after driving home i hear a noise coming from under the bonnet. turns out that the cambelt and tensioner need sorting, so thats a cambelt kit right there. cant rev it past 2.5krpm in the event i damage the engine, but better still there is gearbox fluid leaking from the seal too! fan bloody tastic lol. im gutted these things have happened but hopefully gonna get it sorted and all will be swell. i was ****ing loving having the car back and got trigger happy with the camera! the engine and a few other things like brakes etc were in the back of my car so you can see why its so low at rear, high on front haha

just had to burst my load, sorry

and a couple random ****ty videos to finish off




cant put my foot down but you get the idea, it sucks. sorry i took the pics before i took the engine out, pictures make the angle look 20x worse. 40mm springs are coming this week so that will be top when they come, will update when it happens

here are some high res images

and my favourite

Looks awesome Squeek! Bet your pleased to have her back, hope you get the little bits sorted soon.

even with teething trouble, nice to see it's back on the roads

cheers for the comments yeah its absolutely fantastic to drive her again. with the 4 new (decent) tyres and 20mm axel spacers, it handles miles better than before. cant wait to get the cambelt and leak sorted. 40mm springs are coming in next few days then its go time

Dude, who's is the other ZS? Where were those pics taken?

You should buy a SPAX PSX kit, I know a sexy someone selling one!

i noticed my car next to the white st at ford fair, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

haha yeah saw loads of awesome cars at ford fair but i was hungover and not in the mood for talking so hardly spoke to anyone

my friend is called mattb1987 on zsoc, matthew briggs, nice and very clean example of a silver zs as he is pretty anal about it being perfect lol.

and ive already got some 40mm springs coming im afraid wardy! ah wells, if i could afford i would!

im selling my engine if anyone is interested? ill put up a for sale thread

and ive got to say, putting my thread up on zsoc and updating it constantly with news and pictures has pissed me off because nobody gives a rats arse about it, its simply the more "well known" people that get commented on even if its changing a god damn bulb. cant say mines the best zetec-s in the world but it'd be nice on there if people gave a shit lol. on here though, your all so loving

lol, we are mostly here for the cars, apart from wardy who is here to attempt to get his dick wet, so watch out!!

hahahahaha yeah i noticed that but eh well as long as your around franki he will keep his eyes on you

Turns out the problematic noise is the god damn alternator, which i have a spare of and could have saved the money i spent on the cambelt kit which i really need lol! *dope*. ah well least its nothing too serious. also the leaking gearbox may be fixed this weekend so heres to hoping

ps. lowering springs coming today/tomorrow! anyone fancy fitting them for stupidly cheap? lol

nice car mate, hope the gearbox gets sorted for you mate

cheers mate apparently the problem could be that the driveshaft hasnt been pushed in far enough or some shit which i dont fully understand but can sort myself so will look into it

halfords lol filter FTW hahaha

drive shaft seal. they have a fragile spring holding the rubber to the shaft, if the spring fails fluid leaks

Easy fix, about £5 from Ford max I think!