1971 mustang mach1

Well time for a very late update.

Picking up where I left off, having got the engine more or less together I thought it was time to start making some of the bits for the EFI conversion.
I started with sorting out the crank trigger wheel, this was made using a generic 36-1 missing tooth wheel onto which I need to fix some guides to make it stay central on the damper when fitted behind the crank pulley.





Next I made the sensor bracket.





Then I need to make a bracket to fit the LS2 truck coil packs.



and as I forgot to post it last time a photo of the rockers.





I now needed to drill and tap the fuel rail blanks that I had bought.










With this done the next job which was begging to be done was to sort out the rev counter.
As I going to use EFI on the car the output for the rev counter was not compatible with the factory movement. To sort this out I managed to find on the internet a circuit diagram for building an adjustable rev counter.





I then had to strip out the movement from an old smiths rev counter and make a bracket to fit this in my dash.





With this done I could of used the smiths pointer but this would of looked wrong, so I made a new pointer using a scrap of aluminium which I filed to size and shape and then glued to the smiths pointer boss and then balanced it and lastly painted it the correct colour.




I have also made the brackets and fitted a pair of electric fans to the radiator and also fitted the stainless steel exhaust tips.




After doing these jobs I thought it was about time to work on the rear axle, as all I wanted to do was fit new bearings and change the CROWN wheel and pinion to a better ratio I did not think that this was going to be a hard job, WRONG, on taking the third member apart I had a nice surprise waiting for me.



That's right a broken rear pinion support. So that led to me spending more than I wanted to on this little lot.



I decided to go for:

Strange engineering nodular iron pro case
Strange engineering alloy Daytona bearing support
Strange engineering 1350 steel yoke
Timken bearings
Motive gear 3.75:1 CROWN wheel and pinion
Eton Truetrac LSD
and a Spicer u-joint to connect my existing prop-shaft to the new yoke.

The only agro I had is that as I did not have a inch pound wrench for setting the preload so I needed to buy one, and I did buy one, and waited two weeks to get to me and then it went missing in the post ( courier said he delivered it at 5 in the morning ). I then had to get onto the supplier to get a refund, I managed to get one locally in the end.
A bit of a fiddle getting the mesh on the gears right but I am happy with what I ended up with.



With this done I could button the axle up.



And fit it back in its home.


Another job I have done is to fit a gearbox oil cooler.



A final photo of the engine bay as it stands at the moment.

The next job I have got to do is sort the leak in the trunk out ( I have got to find where the leak is coming from ).

At least you found the broken support at the cheap end of the project, i.e., not at speed.

Bumhats, and then some. Hope you get a fair value for the property if that’s the way you go.
By way of diverting you how’s the mustang ? Looking good so far.
James

Edit LTC is the Lower Thames Crossing for those who are not local - took me a moment to work out what it was

I really feel for you as we're about to have a similar argument with out local council as they want to build a place for gypsys etc on scrub land they don't own that's 2 mins from my house which is mainly residential and wonder why we are getting upset!

Hopefully you'll have more luck with your local MP.

going back to the mustang - it's great work and I look forward to seeing the EFI conversion progress

I have experience of a similar nature from when the M25 was widened a few years ago. My house was impacted by the widening work over 18 months - pile driving, severe ground vibrations, massive vegetation removal etc which not only caused cracks to appear in the house, but also delivered the effect of increased noise and decreased air quality due to vehicle emissions. Long story short is that after engaging with everyone involved from the CROWN Estate, DoT, Highways Agency, councils, MPs, Skanska the contractor and even their insurers and loss adjusters I ended up receiving the sum total of zero. Blight was refused, compensation for damage was refused; it was all about money and none of it was going to end up in the hands of those affected. I eventually sold the house after 2 years on the market and for £250,000 less than it's original value.

My advice - don't consume yourself with it. Do what you can, but expect between little and nothing. It's not worth your time and stress to pursue these people as they have everything so well tied up. And they really don't care!

My wife's parents next door neighbour had one of these identical to your first post pictures. I'm pretty sure it even had the same sagging rear spoiler as your one. Didn't buy it from Sussex did you?