junglesponge Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 BOOM......mic drop.....thats how its done son but wait.... I am now all okey dokey to roll on the road. Passed with only one hitch and it was the Left hand lower ball joint. Paid the cash and got two new control arms for $240 because i didnt want to horse around. Thanks to Enfords had them next day.Legends. Heres a cool low down pic So where shall i go first. Is there any small ford meets happening over summer? Or big ford meets cause i dont mind crusing with whomever. Any way still got a couple of seats to get done and little bits here and there but heres a question for everyone. I need a aerial for the radio. I was gonna put it in the front guard with a automatic up/down or are there othe alternatives. Letme know on my disscussion thread.http://oldschool.co....hl=junglesponge Cheers All 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglesponge Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Hey everyone. Had a few drives in the Cortina over the last few months and ran in to some trouble with my clutch gearbox. It was making noise when I put my foot on the clutch when stopped but alright when driving. So for the last 8-9 weeks I have been trying to fix this to no avail. I also noticed that when I would be driving at 90 - 100 kph it would be revving really high and I really missed that 5th gear. So on my 6th time taking out the gearbox I got grumpy and decided that if this was coming out again it isn't going back in without a upgrade. I did a bit of research on what I could replace it with and I ended up buying a t50 Toyota 5 speed to put in. At the moment I am making the adaptor for the bell housing to box so will keep you updated as I plod on with that. So with the car being out of commission I bought some wheels and made a centre console up for around the gear stick. here's some pics. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post junglesponge Posted April 24, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 24, 2017 I have been getting down and dirty getting my gearbox sorted lately. My back hasn't been happy but I don't care car comes first. Well me and the old man got the adapter finished and have been doing mock fit up for it. I new I might have to do some cutting but not much in the end but what I didn't expect was the cost. $640 for custom driveshaft. Was looking at gearbox insides and a circling had pop loose and bopped all over the gearbox but looks ok. Took to gearbox place and getting full treatment but that costs $500 so wallet looking sad. Here's a small visual display for you..... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglesponge Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Hey guys, small update for you. Gearbox all in and ready. Went for a quick test drive the other day and ran like a sack of crap. Took me a while but figured out it was a vacuum pipe that popped off while I was in that area. Got a new speedo cable made and made the covers for my gearbox tunnel. Just put on covers for the meantime just in case I run into any issues. Put the wheels on and down on the ground. Got to take to work and put on my new exhaust. Update on that will follow. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglesponge Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 Hey everyone, the cortina has been going well. The Toyota t50 box has turned it into a great drive. Having that 5th gear is awesome and makes driving in that 100kph range easy. But I have a new problem.... With the introduction of the wider wheels and the 2 inch lowering it has made the steering a little unstable around the 70kph and higher. Feels like it's tracking all over the road. So went and saw suspension expert Chris Alexander in which he has said I need to get some more castor on the wheels. So my new project is to move the sway bar forward about 10 to 20 mm. Here's some pics but if anyone has done a similar mod could you message me with some advice. Would be the same as a escort I imagine. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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