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Any chance the offer is still open? I've got race experience in single seaters, circuit racing and rallying - I'm in Mansfield so not far away
I can send a cv and get references too if required
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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 26, 2015 17:38:03 GMT
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Having decided to sell my golf you as it was modern and soulless I needed to get back into retro motoring whilst I finish the Cortina. So trawling Gumtree instead of working I found the perfect daily! It's an auto and amazingly comfortable! It's done 105k miles and has MOT till next September! I love it! I'll get some more photos when I've cleaned it but I'd like to lower it but can only find 40mm drop springs - any ideas?
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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 17, 2015 18:31:41 GMT
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I know this isn't a new question but where would I stand in this situation:
I'm interested in buying a car that is registered as a 1.9 gti but it has had an engine swap from a 406 turbo - similar engine but different at the same time.
It is still under its original engine on the V5 - I can't vouch for the swap etc so where would this leave me when applying for the documents and insurance?
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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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Any chance you could send a picture of the gearboxes please
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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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His Cliff, I'm interested in the saab but you mentioned that the doors need work - do you have any pics of under the door or is it the skins that are the problem?
I need to check when my cars being collected by its new owner but would a viewing next weekend be possible?
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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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I'll check it out but both the fuel pump and fan would need a relay anyway so it wouldn't be an issue
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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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I'll check the plug when I get it delivered, thanks for the advice too - I'm hoping to have the cortina running it and control the fan and fuel pump to make everything easier and free up ign lives!
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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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I've acquired a v2 megajolt unit I've tried to find out how to wire outputs such as the rad fan and fuel pump - can anyone help?
Btw I was going to use a Ford temp sensor possibly off a mondeo/ zetec
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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 24, 2015 14:21:25 GMT
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Any pics? Does it turn over by hand?
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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 23, 2015 13:44:27 GMT
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Wiring in new lighting and sockets in my new garage.
It'll need decluttering before the cortina can move in
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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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Sept 18, 2015 14:46:24 GMT
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Thanks Quickrack! It was worth a go as its so cheap! So I'm currently on gardening leave which means I am technically getting paid to work on my car - Living the Dream!!!! I thought that the engine was slow at turning over so I stripped it down and found that only 3 of the brushes were working as a sring had broken - so I borrowed one from the dynamo as it is going to be changed for an alternator and to celebrate I made it look like I wanted to keep it! I have taken on board what guys have said about the carbs and as a precaution I managed to acquire and original weber 28/36 DCD and manifold but there's a catch! It looks was buried in a very deep hole for 50 years and because of that the throttle shaft was siezed which turned out to be twisted - so I needed to order another simple! The problem was no-one in the UK has any - even weber! So I'm currently waiting for some to come from the USA! in the meantime I figured I'd pull my finger out and clean up the manifold I painted the exhaust with High temp black paint and it looks pretty good and dropped it on and it got my motivated I ordered a distributor that is non vacuum advance which will work with both carbs, and to celebrate I put the bike carbs on! I need some HT leads, a top hose and some fuel I think to get it running now!
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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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Sept 9, 2015 14:46:28 GMT
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I'm after either spares or a complete one for rebuilding.
I have one but some bits are damaged like the throttle shafts so please help me 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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Aug 31, 2015 13:47:26 GMT
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I managed to get the bolt out of the axle, it didnt take a lot of effort which was a nice surprise, I have fitted the lowering blocks but they need a fettle to get them 100% but at least I know what they fit etc I think I'll need to add a spacer to the wheels when they go on as they look a little bit lost in the arches I decided to try multitasking as it seems to work out well for the Mrs! so whilst lowering blocks were being fitted and I dropped the centre console and passenger seat into the car (no where to store them till we've moved house) I thought I'd try electrolysis! The exhaust manifold has some extra holes in it that need to be addressed and it looks pretty ropey, it needs to have clean metal so that I can weld it up and paint it - usually I would wire wheel parts as its quick and easy but the problem with that is that there won't be much manifold let afterwards! The setup is pretty easy, I had the plastic drum in the garage - It is usually used for storing rags and doubles as a seat for when I am polishing stuff! and the washing soda was £1 for a KG (it should be enough to do this for everything on the car!) and a battery charger After an hour - I wasn't sure if it was going to work! after 4 hours - rusty soup! I pulled it out and rinsed it off - it looks much better than I thought it would I would recommend this as its something you can do whilst working on other jobs - I think I have an old sieve which would work for doing bolts etc at the same time
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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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Aug 25, 2015 19:35:18 GMT
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I will be running on rings between the carb and manifold which would help the situation plus the engine mounts despite being new will move unlike on the bike which is solidly mounted to the frame
End of the day the whole thing has cost £50!
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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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Aug 24, 2015 20:56:58 GMT
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Hi, the the leaf spring has a bolt with a round head like an allen bolt, but without the hex, that holds the leaves together and locates in a hole in the saddle welded to the axle. This holds the axle square to the body. The lowering block should have a hole underneath for the bolt head and a 'nipple' on top to go into the axle saddle. If it doesn't, then you need to duplicate them. If the bolt is still attached to the axle then it needs to pulled out, it has just jammed in so shouldn't be hard to remove. Colin Thanks Colin I'll have a look into 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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Aug 24, 2015 20:55:39 GMT
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The bike carbs need a rubber mount. Youll get some strange fuelling scenarios because the vibrations will not let the floats shut,and will also airate the fuel. No offence but that makes no sense, I did my research into the cards and how to mount them and aeration of fuel has been mentioned - surely that's what the jets do rather than a rubber mounting that's past the butterfly valve
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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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Aug 23, 2015 10:30:13 GMT
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its been a while! I lost mojo not long after the last updates with 2 bereavements and knowing that the cortina wont be ready for the wedding it just took a backseat. After a bit of an arsekicking from the wife to be I figured I better pull my finger out! The inlet manifold is nearly finished - instead of the rubber mounts people use we are trying a pinch bolt collar which fits very snuggly on the carbs With the manifold almost finished I cleaned the head up and gave it a coat of paint before fitting it to the bottom end I liked the idea of a hard line running to the heater after seeing it on a morris oxford on here - so I made a temporary pipe out of some copper I had lying around Whilst attatching the loom I found a few damaged wires - I have soldered them up but these will be replaced up - like I have done with the headlight wiring I bought some lowering blocks a while ago and would like to try them out but the axle has a bolt that goes down through the leaf spring to hold them together - so I am struggling to get these to fit - do I cut/remove the original bolt then the stud on the block locates into that hole? Any help would be great! I'll finish with this!
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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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No the head and block were skimmed the rockers are standard and the followers are new but made to original specifications.
The only thing that it can be is the pushrods
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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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As you can see the pushrodsavings are too long, I have a spare set that I was going to trial As they are 1 piece I was going to trim them down using a pipe cutter and tidy up on a bench grinder for testing but would they be OK to round off on the lathe for the proper 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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Aug 15, 2015 16:11:07 GMT
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Shame about the running issues Clement, I like the spoiler less look
MBorbet A's are a good call I was thinking Mercedes AMG block wheels or Ronal turbos
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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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