Ford Puma Thunder
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 5:44 pm
Thought it would be a good idea to start a thread for my next project. I bought a 2001 Ford Puma thunder back in 2014 as a one owner car with 32,000 miles on it and every invoice for the car. I knew the owner of the car so knew that it was quite solid car. The idea was to use the car only on weekends however as my other half needed a car for a new job, the puma was commisioned into full time use. Over the last few years the car has not had the care it deserved and after I got the cavalier it was time to take the car off the road. I have been trying to decide for quite a while if the car should go or not as 4 cars in the family is maybe a little too much. But decided in the end to keep it and get it put back on the road.
So, with this in mind I took it for the MOT last week. Firstly the spring snapped on the driver's front on the way there so I had to replace that before the MOT. I was hoping that was it but unfortunately not.
Date tested
24 April 2018
FAIL
Mileage
52,117 miles
MOT test number
3105 9863 6869
Test location
unavailable until further notice
Reason(s) for failure
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings sill (6.1.B.2)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Offside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
So the car failed on the sill. I had had suspicions for a while that the car has been previously jacked up incorrectly resulting in damage to the sill, however I was not expecting that much corrosion. But it can be repaired so I intend to.
The problem with the Puma is that the rear panels are not readily available either. So it is going to have to be a case of make do and mend.
More to come shortly!
So, with this in mind I took it for the MOT last week. Firstly the spring snapped on the driver's front on the way there so I had to replace that before the MOT. I was hoping that was it but unfortunately not.
Date tested
24 April 2018
FAIL
Mileage
52,117 miles
MOT test number
3105 9863 6869
Test location
unavailable until further notice
Reason(s) for failure
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings sill (6.1.B.2)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Nearside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Offside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
So the car failed on the sill. I had had suspicions for a while that the car has been previously jacked up incorrectly resulting in damage to the sill, however I was not expecting that much corrosion. But it can be repaired so I intend to.
The problem with the Puma is that the rear panels are not readily available either. So it is going to have to be a case of make do and mend.
More to come shortly!