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Rhubarb77's 1980 Escort Denim Pack


Rhubarb77

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Another cruise session at Lakeside a few weeks ago and unfortunately the gearbox failed. It was not catastrophic so I was able to drive the car home 10 mins from the track. I used the dropped crossmember method to remove the gearbox which worked really well. It's been shipped interstate for a rebuild and I was told on Friday that the gears are all good but bearings are shot. Heavy duty needle roller bearings will be fitted as part of the rebuild. I'll be using Redline MT90 oil this time and have sourced a heavy duty transmission mount keep things supported a bit better. Thanks

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I would not recommend this transmission mount, poor fit onto the gearbox extension housing (I needed to cut the tops off both mounts and weld the old top plate onto this one) and so much noise and vibration through the car so I put a standard mount back in, much better :) The ignition leads have been replaced after it was found they were causing a misfire on hi boost only. And I've finally sealed up some minor but annoying leaks from the thermostat housing and rocker cover using better products. Loctite 515 on the thermostat housing gasket and ThreeBond super sealer on the rocker gasket. It's a 2L rocker cover on a 1.6 head I don't know if that's why it's always leaked in the past?? The rebuilt gearbox is back in and the car shifts much nicer now especially with the Redline oil in it.

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The fuel pressure sensor has been connected for a while now but I had been putting off oil pressure until last weekend. I got stuck in and mounted this EFI hardware sensor block on the inner wing. Moved the fuel pressure sensor over and bought another for the oil. These are Variohm 0~150psi sensors. The lines are 3AN braided teflon  and stainless hose ends. The loom wires were only long enough to reach the sensors if I mounted them pointing down.

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Drags again last Saturday.  11.7 @ 121mph. The photographer captured some great shots of the tyre wrinkle. I'm making some cosmetic changes to the engine. Rocker cover painted in 2K same colour as the body, Olympic blue. The inlet manifold, turbo inlet pipe & bov pipe are getting powder coated satin black,  I will have them back next week. Really happy with how the rocker cover turned out.

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