New handbrake

Installed WRC type handbrake instead of normal hydraulic type . Linked old handbrake with cables to keep car legal and keep scrutineers happy. Aluminium bar and grip bought off ebay and cylinder moved from old bracket to new one I fabricated so it cost about a tenner.

Lack of oil pressure

Engine back in and having usual problem with dry sump system.Started by filling oil tank and jacking back of car up until oil appeared at engine end of pipe.Then connected it to oil pump and started cranking engine on starter motor ( no spark plugs ), two days later still no oil pressure , decided to leave back end of car overnight to see if gravity would help and got back to selling car number plates to finance all this

Engine Back

Well the engine is back all rebuilt and it’s in the car.just waiting now for a new oil pipe for the new oil cooler.

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New crank and rods arrive!

QED delivered the new EN40B steel crankshaft and Carillo type H beam rods. The rods are absolutely beautiful , far too pretty to go in oily engine! The crank is farndon and much lighter than the holbay one which it replaces.Got to get them fown to the engine builder now to have the engine assembled.

Still Waiting

Still waiting for my EN40B billet steel crankshaft and Carrillo rods to arrive so the engine can be rebuilt.Meanwhile I found out that it will soon be illegal to have a car uninsured even if it’s undrivable like mine.There is to be a new offence ” being the registered keeper of a vehicle not insured for use”. Note that it is not using a car which is uninsured but being the registered keeper !
Meanwhile I’ll try to sell some private number plates to pay for the carnk and rods!

Piston Broke !

Whilst I had the engine out I happened to meet the guy who built it originally many many years ago and asked him if he would check over the head as i had detected some play in the valve guides. I took off the cylinder head and was horrified to see a small piece of piston missing on N02. These were Cosworth pistons and I thought they were indestructable.

I have a Mk1 Escort Mexico which is prepared for historic rallying.It is of 1972 vintage and is remarkable condition for its age ( battle scars ignored).It has been a rally car most of it’s life , proof of which are the RAC advertising permits stuck to the dash which date back to 1980.The vinyl roof is also a dead give away of the car being inverted at some time.When not rallying I sell Private Number Plates.After the last rally I removed the engine to fit a new paddle clutch as it had been slipping , also I bought a new Pace alloy dry sump pan to replace the tin item which I had believed to be the culprit for the contamination on the clutch.

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