1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

A place for us to show off our cars in all their glory. Please keep picture sizes to about 800x600 pixels.
juno106
New Member
Posts: 13
Joined: Sun May 12, 2013 10:08 pm

1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by juno106 »

Just put my 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6 engine) back on the road after being layed up for 4 years. Heres are a few pics of repairs and modifcations.

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Availed of what little parts are still available from the dealer.

Image

Image

Light wiring was upgraded as original was corroded. Added relays as an enhancement to take load off existing wiring and switch

Image

Image

Ready for MOT!. Modified the indicators to integrate the sidelights into them.
Mothman

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by Mothman »

Well done bud, looks like a mega mount of work but worth it in the end. I hope to be learning how to mig weld myself soon.
If you want to swap the Mk 1 wheel trims for very similar Mk2s in VGC let me know.

Andy
User avatar
Tim Leech
Over 2k
Posts: 15565
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:12 am
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: Various
x 141

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by Tim Leech »

Excellent! Nice Imp/chamois too!
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by MULLEY »

Nice to see a car being saved rather than scrapped, fingers crossed for the MOT :)
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
User avatar
djoptix
BXpert
Posts: 891
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:48 pm
Location: Bristolcestershire
x 2

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by djoptix »

Nice work.

I must learn to weld!....
Good heavens! My signature's been moderated...
User avatar
Tim Leech
Over 2k
Posts: 15565
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:12 am
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: Various
x 141

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by Tim Leech »

Was it much of a faff fitting the 1.6?
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
User avatar
mat_fenwick
Moderator
Posts: 7326
Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:08 pm
Location: North Wales
x 19

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by mat_fenwick »

...and was it a TU or XU?
Image

1993 1.9 TZD Turbo Estate
1996 3.9 V8 Discovery
1993 VW LT35 campervan
1985 Hyundai Stellar V8
2016 Hyundai iLoad
User avatar
Tim Leech
Over 2k
Posts: 15565
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:12 am
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: Various
x 141

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by Tim Leech »

Coo yes if its a 1.6 TU that would be interesting!
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
juno106
New Member
Posts: 13
Joined: Sun May 12, 2013 10:08 pm

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by juno106 »

MULLEY wrote:Nice to see a car being saved rather than scrapped, fingers crossed for the MOT :)
mat_fenwick wrote:...and was it a TU or XU?
Passed MOT second time around. Fail first on headlamps (too high).

Its an XU 1.6. The 1.4 was getting a little tired at 145,000 and I had an lower milage 1.6 with a brand new cylinder head fitted lying from another abandond rebuild of a Mk1 TRS i bought in south London. (Excessive rot, lack of funds and changing circumstances at the time meant it was abandoned).
Tim Leech wrote:Was it much of a faff fitting the 1.6?
Was relatively easy changing over apart from the botom engine mount bracket, which had to be modified as it bolts on in a diferent place on the subframe. Other than that was fairly simple.
Mothman wrote:Well done bud, looks like a mega mount of work but worth it in the end. I hope to be learning how to mig weld myself soon.
If you want to swap the Mk 1 wheel trims for very similar Mk2s in VGC let me know.

Andy
I learned to weldproperly when I was 16, when I restored a Dyane 6 my mum used to drive that was abandoned at the side of our house. Its an essential skill imo. Also those wheel trims are actually Mk II trims that I painted in anticipation of finishing the Mk1 project. Theyre brand new off ebay so I thought i'd put them to good use.

The Imp is my brothers. Salesman at the car dealer he used to work for found it in a shed a few years ago with 1500 miles on the clock. 100% rot free, just needed new brakes, water pipes and a re spray.
User avatar
Tim Leech
Over 2k
Posts: 15565
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:12 am
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: Various
x 141

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by Tim Leech »

Well done then, will we see you at some rallys sometime?
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
juno106
New Member
Posts: 13
Joined: Sun May 12, 2013 10:08 pm

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by juno106 »

Would be nice to go along to one of the rallies. However I'm a pretty skint student at the minute though, so probably couldnt afford the petrol money for the trip! Unless my other half coughed up. (He's got a job so has the luxury of a bank balance which isnt constantly in the red ).
User avatar
Tim Leech
Over 2k
Posts: 15565
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:12 am
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: Various
x 141

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by Tim Leech »

I was a student once....did I spot a red 16v in the background shot?
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
User avatar
saintjamesy89
1K Away
Posts: 1994
Joined: Tue May 04, 2010 8:01 pm
Location: Somerset
My Cars: 1985 Citroen BX19 GT
198x Citroen BX16 TRS auto
1988 Volvo 740 2.0 GL Hearse
1991 Saab 900 16v convertible
2007 Lexus RX 400h SE
x 123

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by saintjamesy89 »

Tim Leech wrote:I was a student once....did I spot a red 16v in the background shot?
That makes two of us, although perhaps I was so a tad more recently than Mr Leech :D

Nice looking BX there, although I would have kept the TU - but that's just me (I'd love a 14 to play with, think it's a great engine). I can also sympathise with the boyfriend having a better bank balance, but in my favour he isn't into, a) Cars and more importantly, b) BX's and he's way more sensible (read, boring) with money than I. What are you reading? I finished a degree in Biology last May at Queen MAry University (East London, just outside Whitechapel).
I'm not a Saint, or a James, but a Tom Saint-James!

Mes voitures:
1985 Citroen BX19 GT
1988 Volvo 740 2.0 GL Hearse
2006 Lexus RX 400h SE hybrid
User avatar
Tim Leech
Over 2k
Posts: 15565
Joined: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:12 am
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: Various
x 141

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by Tim Leech »

saintjamesy89 wrote:
Tim Leech wrote:I was a student once....did I spot a red 16v in the background shot?
That makes two of us, although perhaps I was so a tad more recently than Mr Leech :D

How very dare you! [-X
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
juno106
New Member
Posts: 13
Joined: Sun May 12, 2013 10:08 pm

Re: 1990 14 TGE (With 1.6) back on the road

Post by juno106 »

Tim Leech wrote:I was a student once....did I spot a red 16v in the background shot?
You did indeed, that's my brothers. He's doing it up at the minute. Think he's posted on here a few times actually. Its almost ready for re spray then MOT i think.
Post Reply