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  1. On 24/05/2023 at 12:59, dmulally said:

     

    I park at the same station every day and it's shit like this that had become more common and makes me question whether I'll have a set of wheels to return too. Steering lock so far seems to have deterred any trouble. That plus it's not a demio.

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  2. Installed the pedal box and steering, then started on the brake booster. The booster I was planning to use seems to be wheeping a bit fluid out the front, where the output rod pushes into the master cylinder. Pulled a spare booster out which looked good and realised it had a longer input shaft but everything else externally looks the same.

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    The longer one wasn't going to fit my set up. I checked booster bracket against a spare and the spare was also 40mm longer so I cant chop and change between them.

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    Im possibly a mk1 vs a mk2 part. Anyone know if its possible to bench test a brake booster? They both move freely with the same amount of pressure when pressed down by hand but that's all I can tell.

     

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  3. On 25/04/2023 at 09:04, johnnyfive said:

    Was great to meet you at nats, I'm not sure how I've missed both your Escort project threads before now, awesome work! 

    You too, was great to meet new faces. Cheers man, it's slow work so they're not the most active threads.

  4. On 11/04/2023 at 20:34, Jusepy82 said:

    Hey man , 

    Hows the escort gooing ?

    Hey yeah its been going well. It's been on the back burner a bit but I'm slowly building up a 1600 for it to swap in. Took it to nats and had no issues what so ever, even over the takaka hill! Certainly enjoy throwing junk in the back and going for a roadie.

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  5. Valves all lapped, threads all cleaned and the remaining surfaces were skimmed. I was hoping to build this motor before Nats but I got unexpectedly busy over the holidays which didn't leave me any spare time so I'm thinking I may not have it done. The current motor is a bit sluggish on the hills due to being a bit low on compression on a couple cylinders so tonight I did a wet compression test to see if I could locate the low compression issue. Engine up to temperature, all spark plugs out, wide open throttle, turn over, check numbers, pour a little oil in the chamber, repeat.

    My understanding is if the numbers change, the rings are the issue. If the numbers don't change, the issue will be something in the head. Hoping the numbers wouldn't change and then I could justify simply putting my new head on and away we go. Unfortunately the numbers did change so is it even worth changing the heads over?

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  6. 6 hours ago, cletus said:

    Nice work on this. My first road car was an escort van so it triggers a few memories 

     

    Including the time I put a 1600 in it 

    And removed it again to put dents in the 1300 sump to clear the rod bolts

    And removed it again to make sure the dents were big enough because it still made a knock noise 

    Then removed it a third time to discover the 1300 oil pickup tube is different as well and the rod bolts had been hitting that as well. 

    Aahhh, memories. 

     Cheers. On my web search last night I found a similar comment by you on a different thread. I'll make something work out of the bits I have.

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  7. Does anyone know what these sumps were off, specifically the bare metal one? The bare metal one is the one I had with the van on the 711 1600 motors but was severely beaten in place to clear the cross member. It's been panel beated back into its original shape but it no longer clears. The grey one is one that has been modified and similarly matches a 1300. The rusty one is a 1300. My understanding is the ribs on the side of the bare metal and grey ones are for 1600 motors to clear the crank, the rusty one does not have these. The metal one has a smal bowl pressed in on the bottom infront of the rear bowl, the others have flat pressed in sections running north to south. The bowl on the bare metal one extends further forward and doesn't have the step shape compared to the other two. I'm picking its a cortina or capri sump?

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    Trying to get the correct combination of sumps and mounts to make it work. The round sport 42mm type ones I have currently have the motor too high. Any lower and it hits the cross member. I'll order some smaller mounts and look for the correct 1600 sump to match.

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