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Old 04-05-2009, 07:14 PM   #1
Cosmo Dude
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Cosmo's BA Hatch

Well as most of you know about six months ago, in a moment of madness, I bought a BA Hatch that had been beautifying Rupewrechts front garden for some time. It's probably time I shared the Journey

For now the thread will need to happen without pics. I know how to add them and I know places to host them however just for now I CBF, get over it




As you can see it's been sitting with the only front panel being the bonnet, under a tree collecting foliage. The front is a little twisted to the left but the rest of the body is straight and in very good condition.
Rupewrecht had installed the radiator and had the engine running which was good, it runs well and has only 202,000km which is low for a 14 year old car.

On the day of delivery I turned up with some basic tools and an unregistered vehicle permit. We rustled the front guards and bumper onto the beast before realising that only the left headlight was going to fit if I wanted to close the bonnet, plugged in as many lamps as we could, wiped the screen and I was off home (all the way from one end of Eastlink to the other, no plates, no charge )


Once home, and after a thorough wash (the car not me) I started on the mechanicals. I found that after front end bump(s) that the water pipe that runs from the water pump to the heater (behind the exhaust manifold) had developed a small leak as had the top radiator hose so I dutifully replaced both as well as the lower hose. The next step was to replace some of the tired old ignition parts and on doing so I found a) If you want a rotor button go to Repco and get a Champion one. and b) Due to the frontal impact the rear distributor bolt had snapped and I couldn't remove it
Given up on the distributer I visited Mazda and purchased a valve cover gasket which once installed required another visit to the car wash.





Next it was off to the panel shop to be straightened, painted and re-assembled. After a few weeks I visited to find that the top of the front was out by 15mm and the bottom 25mm. It was there for another week(ish) before I got my hands back on it. I also had the Type R skirts and Yours Sports rear spoiler painted.




Back home now and attention shifted to getting the beast road worthy and putting in place all the bits forward of the radiator...

too be continued
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