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Octavian_P
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I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« on: May 4th, 2007, 9:53am » |
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Hi there to all
First I want to excuse my un-attendance for the last weeks i was WAY-over to busy  now it's all sorted and have more time. So I’m back on the forum.
Now the second part is more interesting. My madness about Scorpios and being implied in a Romanian Ford Club brought me the opportunity to make one of my Scorpios a star in a movie  .... ohhh well it will be a short kind of soap opera but there will be 2 main scenes implying mister Scorpio. I’ll keep you informed and of course I’ll share the movie.
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #1 on: May 4th, 2007, 10:29am » |
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 Sounds exciting 
Can't wait to see this 
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #2 on: May 4th, 2007, 10:34am » |
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Not Dracula in a Scorpio is it?
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #3 on: May 4th, 2007, 11:27am » |
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on May 4th, 2007, 10:34am, Spannerdemon wrote:| Not Dracula in a Scorpio is it? |
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No way
This saturday is the first filming date session
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #4 on: May 8th, 2007, 8:23pm » |
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Here is a first sneak preview. The movie will come in a few weeks. It was a great experience for me and mister cossie.
Meet the CREW
Here is me after some night shots
Those 17" really look good
The ladies really love this frog-eyed car
The leather interior was a real hit
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #5 on: May 8th, 2007, 8:28pm » |
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As for the mister cossie he is suffering from a real bad rattle (and extended). I had been saving my money and after 4 months of hard work i managed to buy a full list of "to-change" - timing chains, worth of over 1000 euros. (now i need to earn more to pay the mechanic  )
All the troubles had commed gradually from this - the right hand tensioner
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #6 on: May 8th, 2007, 9:20pm » |
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Brilliant pics Keep us updated 
When does the work start on the Cossie
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #7 on: May 9th, 2007, 4:18pm » |
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I hope to take some days off in the following week(s) and do the job properly (sit and watch the mechanic doing it  )
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #8 on: May 11th, 2007, 6:36pm » |
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 im in love the girl with the pony tail looks realy cute 
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #9 on: May 14th, 2007, 8:49pm » |
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When the movie will be finished i'll upload it somewhere for all.
v4-max the pony tail girl is one of the actors.
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #10 on: May 14th, 2007, 9:49pm » |
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erm, i did see a scorp used in a movie last year, it was on a cable channel......late at night......there was a lot of attention on a girl sliding around on the leather....
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #11 on: May 18th, 2007, 5:31pm » |
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hope they got the stains out, leather can be a b****r to clean
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #12 on: May 19th, 2007, 6:34am » |
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It's 4th day of dismantling the cossie. Found out one big rat nest between the heads under the manifolds / injection ramps. The wiring loom is very brittle and cracks.  . I have found out a lot of vacuum hoses were blocked because the intake was glued with silicone instead of having a new gasket fitted ....thats how Romanian services work. Found also a few vacuum hoses that were barely hanging, so i had no VIS resonator working, and the list goes on. Today i hope i'll get to the chains / guides.
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #13 on: May 19th, 2007, 9:56am » |
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Good luck! Bet it will drive so much better when you're done
Keep the pics coming
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #14 on: May 25th, 2007, 10:46am » |
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Great pics Octavian_P, looks like you were all having fun.
It makes a nice change to see one on film which isn't being smashed up or purposefully mangled in some way
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #15 on: May 29th, 2007, 7:58pm » |
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Hi there, a lot of news
We undid the oil pan, but we had to take the front cross member out (we call it bridge). So the sump was half blocked by plastic pieces from the timing guides. The oil pan was full with plastic chunks. I have cleaned until shine the intake butterfly's, idle valve, camshaft covers, water pump and the list goes on. I saw a very interesting thing. It looks like the oil in the engine has cooked itself into a carbon deposit. I bet that the same thing blocked the pensioners. My mechanic also talked with an electrician to repair the engine loom, i hope they fix it right because we all know how Scorpio electrics are.
Now to continue with the movie. The team that works on it managed to upload some sequences (a trailer) from the final version here http://www2.tvr.ro/lpc/povesti.php
The final version should be published this Saturday.
Here are some pics with the cossie
Here you can see a part of the rat nest. It was as high it hit the injection ramps
Here is the sump full of plastic
These is part of my timing guides that found their way into the oil pan. Also a lot of metallic wear an tear was formed as the chains were hitting the reaming metal parts of the tensioner blades. The oil pan in this picture was partially cleaned, and don't laugh but i have used a tooth brush for cleaning those inaccessible fins.
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #16 on: May 30th, 2007, 2:51pm » |
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Bad news today.
My mechanic managed to take the distribution out. The damage done is awesome. Broken chain guides, slack in the chains. The oil pump is rounded......One camshaft lost it's timing by one cog. Camshaft sprockets are broken. The right hand one lost almost half of it's teeth. The tensioners were fouled with oil deposits.
I went to FMD and asked for the sprockets and they don't deliver them. So I'm going crazy. I have this topic in parts wanted. Please HELP my cossie get better. Read here also http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=admin4;action=di splay;num=1180531978
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #17 on: May 31st, 2007, 5:02pm » |
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bad luck octavian, have you overlooked the probability of valve damage befor you go to far down the rout of new parts to repair this one, would surgest removeing the heads to check, I know its more expense, but not as bad as re building the chains ect only to find there is no compression. it all looks rather familier.
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #18 on: May 31st, 2007, 5:59pm » |
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With all the damage done, before striping the engine it still run perfect, except the noise commeing from the chains.
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Re: I'm BACK and First Scorpio in a Movie !
« Reply #19 on: Jun 10th, 2007, 6:01pm » |
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Hi there, sometime has passed since the last news. In the mean time i have bit the bullet and ordered 2 sets of left side sprockets from a FMD. Somewhere on the following week they should arrive, and I'll see then if they will fit or can be adapted. Until then i have started refurbishing the engine loom, after i finally took it of the car i could see how extensive was the damage. The main cord that gos trough the heads and feed the injector has lost almost all isolation and injector wiring was touching each other. Also like is stated on the main site, the loom took extensive damage where it passes from the engine compartment trough the automatic transmission box. The protective isolations had melded over the box
Here is a sneak preview of the first 3 refurbished wires. The Scotch on the connectors just holds the numbering on them so I'll know what wire goes where. Anyway, I'm repairing it fully, so I'm changing the wires and adding extra heat protections and insulations.
Also i want to thank here especially to Matt and Solarpanel for their interest in my problem and offering their aid of bringing the cossie back to life.
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