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Nov 16, 2020 15:05:41 GMT
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Just having a catch up, your brother's Gilbert is lovely. I don't know much about them but I like the look of it. The rear calliper conversion looks good and reminds me I need to sort my handbrake out! Thanks Jim. That reminds me that I need to sort the handbrake only Cortina too. I’ve currently got a Series 2 lever on the axle meant for a tunnel lever and not the under dashboard lever. I’ll change it one day. I feel like I should apologise for adding more work to your list!
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Nov 16, 2020 13:35:09 GMT
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I’ve had to do that exact same core plug. Annoying location, the rest are easy to get at. Love this build. It had to be the one that's a pain to get to! looking back at it with a glass half full - the gearbox was destined to come off again as I didn't have the right release bearing arrangement, I could have done without getting a coolant shower by my own car! Thanks I appreciate it! I think I downsized the photo quality too much last time and I'll look to sort it out moving on. With a moving car I had a lot of project mojo but nothing to focus it on - getting the car moving meant I knew what I needed to tackle but now I have a lot of stuff waiting to go on or be painted or ordered but no direction. So I wrote a list of everything I could think of - it's long, scary and a little dull in areas but necessary! Knowing that some jobs were relatively easy like sort HT leads (see above) I'd do a load of those before anything taxing like headlining! I started with the easiest of the easy, the fuel tank/ pump wiring. it was all there but hadn't been cut to length/ terminated. Easy! but after wrapping and sorting an appropriate bung for the hole in the boot I didn't like the look of the dangling cable that would no doubt get snagged on something so as luck would have it I had some 5mm P clips I mistakingly ordered for the fuel line that were the perfect size for what I needed and much better than what had been previously done (underseal the heck out of the fuel sender wire till its stuck to the floor) I eventually had the rear door skinned after being let down and blown off by the bodyshop who I had paid to resin the door along with the paint work but found a guy locally who used to resin ford doors regularly back in the day - I had it back in less than a week! A major weight off my mind! I then got on with fitting door handles, I had given them a polish a while ago and was rather excited about having doors that shut. The gaskets need a little trim and the handles would be fine for now but I'll look at chroming next year perhaps. With sound deadening pads inside the doors there is a rather satisfying clunk rather than a ping (I explain this better in the video) Whilst this was going off I received a few packages of seals, the door seals will be fitted by the body shop guy when adjusting the reskinned door as I struggle with door adjustment but I gave the boot seal a go, it's not great but I assume that's because of me again. It take some effort to shut the boot which a lot of other people have agreed with on the clubs facebook page but I never remember it being like that so I'll get a second opinion. It's nice to think that I'm doing jobs like this that get me closer to an MOT. The boot springs were cleaned and fitted with me narrowly avoiding. a hernia - they put a fight up! After trimming the boot sound reading felt to suit the relocated battery I felt rather satisfied that the boot area was 95% complete. I had held off buying an air filter because generally the ones that are on the market for 28/36DCD look too small, I found this gem on eBay - it's a period correct Timavo item that I've never seen before and I know the element needs replacing I do like how it looks now it's been sprayed in wrinkly black paint. The engine clearly prefers it as it seems to run better with a filter than without?! Just before I go back to seeing what else I can get knocked off the list I threw the front steels on with a hub cap - I'm happy with the decision I've made but a little annoyed I have 3 steels the same and 1 odd one! If anyone has one that matches please let me know, I want to get a pair remanded but don't want to commit till I have a full set.
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Nov 16, 2020 12:16:10 GMT
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Just having a catch up, your brother's Gilbert is lovely. I don't know much about them but I like the look of it. The rear calliper conversion looks good and reminds me I need to sort my handbrake out!
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Nov 11, 2020 15:03:38 GMT
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I've enjoyed this series, I think the modifications were interesting but I did have the feeling that they'd be questioned about it during scruitineering having been through similar in a previous life.
It does show that motorsport can be done relatively cheaply
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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some solid projects looking at the listings
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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going off topic here, what are you doing for ignition?
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Thats what its all about, that grin when you get behind the wheel and she does what you tell her too! Looks amazing dude. Thanks dude, next time you're over I should have a road legal car we ca play with. I've been working on little jobs that seem to take forever like tweaking the fit of door handles or trying to get my headlights to work because the full beam doesn't want to play. To break away from that I thought I'd see if I can resurrect the choke cable, the original was dogeared with an outer core that had seen better days. I had purchased a replacement cable from the owners club with a handle that didn't lock once pulled out and just looked too new compared to the other switch gear etc, as an experiment I thought I would cut the old cable off the handle and replace it with a gear cable from a mountain bike £7 all in and it's worked a treat! On a bit of a high from the success of the choke cable I set my sights on the HT leads which just look awful. I'd been talking to broady about this as he's made several set of leads over the years and even leant me the tool for crimping the leads which I'll send back to him soon but it's a simple job that doesn't take very long (about an hour all in if you take your time). But it's made a huge difference! If you're interested in giving it a go check my how to on it: Edited - I put the wrong picture in...
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Last Edit: Nov 4, 2020 15:24:31 GMT by jim
1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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I think I'll be working as I did for the last one, I'm hoping to be able to get the Cortina's doors positioned etc and make a start on the interior but this all hinges on if the body shop guy is still working (he works on his own and does council vehicles to keep a constant customer)
other than that it's all the little jobs that don't look impressive but have to be done!
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 30, 2020 12:14:42 GMT
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I'd say paint it, what else are you putting in there?
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 29, 2020 13:17:42 GMT
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Amazing car and build
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 29, 2020 13:13:38 GMT
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You're doing well with the build - just be careful hanging your doors having spent hours welding, filling and prepping mine I dropped 1 and bent the bottom corner so badly I had to start again!
Will you be keeping the original colour or going with something else?
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 28, 2020 14:14:41 GMT
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keep plugging away when you can, we all want our cars done and sorted but this year in particular has been tough just leaving the house.
Speaking from experience my cortina was 90 miles away from me for 6 years so with limited time and a tiny amount to spend I did as much as I could over weekends and as frugally as I could and just have enough to eat!
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 22, 2020 12:39:10 GMT
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Looking good Pork As for colour - what about a factory colour?
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 21, 2020 13:53:33 GMT
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I'd say it looks rather polished and professional. You've put the time in and it shows.
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 21, 2020 13:49:54 GMT
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I quite like these, I wasn't fussed when they first came out but after test driving a mk1 ABT tuned TT with the DTM kit - amazing little car. yours looks tidy
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Well done that man, great achievement. Got to say properly lol'd when you pulled the core plug out on the video Thanks Shandy legs! I thought most of it had dripped out over night.As soon as I pulled the plug I couldn't move so figured I might as well film it! Mrs. Jim didn't find it as funny - especially when I attempted to go inside to get changed in my antifreeze soaked clothes
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 15, 2020 13:42:25 GMT
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Thanks Jonsey Whilst sourcing the tank was an important job it was only part of the bigger picture, the goal was to make the Cortina move under it's own power. I know it won't mean I' heading off to the MOT station but this is more of a motivational goal and something I wanted to attempt before I got too deep into fitting parts that would ultimately need to be removed. There were 4 main parts to this; The clutch hydraulics - standard parts and easily sorted, Propshaft - new UJ's and paint, again standard fare, The fuel tank (I'll not go over that one again) The coolant system - hoses were tricky as the club website was down for a revamp for 6 weeks and ebay had questionable parts. I didn't take any photos of the clutch arrangement and I'm unsure why but I have a clear plastic pipe which highlights my lovely purple DOT5 - whether this pipe is ok long term is to be decided The prop shaft came up rather nicely, even though it's brush painted! I painted the radiator and sourced the hoses from all over the internet before polishing the lot. Once filled I heard a dripping sound... The source of this was the coreplug conveniently located between the engine and flywheel, you know the one that's really easy to get to and can be fixed in minutes Off came the prop, gearbox, clutch, and flywheel so I could fix something I thought looked "OK" it was a pinhole but enough to cause a flood. Once replaced I checked the coolant system once more before putting the underside back on, on my own not that I'm bitter... Upon inspection I found that the release bearing wasn't making contact with the clutch and as it happens the AP clutch I bought isn't as tall as the original unit so all in all I would have had to remove the gearbox this week which is a small saving grace but even so! Burton power who sold me the clutch informed me that I needed a bearing extension which they happily sold me and also told me that my clutch is now obsolete so there's a job for future me! Now it could all go back on. And that left me with 1 job to do... I know it's a 6ft journey but I'm ecstatic with the thought of what's to come and overcome to get to this point.I'll admit I got a tad emotional but I have had this car on a pedestal in my head since 2005 and not driven it since 2006 so I think it's fair.
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 14, 2020 14:01:52 GMT
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You could save the rubber and make yourself another set of tyres!
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 14, 2020 13:49:00 GMT
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nice purchase!
I have a Myford M type which is a similar age gathering dust, the plan is to sort the belt drive as it's misaligned and sounds like the bearings are worn.
the lathe bed and the main bearings are all in good order so it should be fairly straight forward to fix.
Thanks for the mojo to do it
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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some amazing stuff, I've wanted to go as I find land speed fascinating. Especially when the record would be broken weekly in the 60's by hot rodders like the Arfons brothers.
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1966 Ford Cortina GT 2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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