Good stuff keep it up

While the sump is off. Check the pick-up pipe for hairline cracks, the bracket that bolts the pick up to the block often cracks.

Thanks guys. It looks like it's been brazed. The sump baffle was brazed too but we ground it away before it got welded. Obviously it did SFA for the baffle, I hope it holds the pick up tube a bit better.
The second pic is the TF cortina pick up tube & bracket... A much better design.
 

The sump might be a little outta shape when you bolt it back to the block. That's why they bronzed it.
Use pleanty of goo around the sump gasket ends, corners of the rubber seals.

maxrs Use pleanty of goo around the sump gasket ends, corners of the rubber seals.

Yes, I won't be making that mistake twice

Throw the cork side rails straight into the bin and lay down a nice bead of threebond grey replacing the cork. Put a thin smear on the rubber end rails of loctite 515.

I have been doing it this way for years. It will never leak oil ever. Threebond pretty much glues the sump on.

Cork is dead!!

That sounds like a good way to do it. I'll give that a try if the sump leaks.
I got a bit done the past few days. Removed the crossflow, put in the MK2 engine cross member, installed the pivot spacer and attached gearbox to the pinto. Removed exhaust. Next is to run the fuel line over the diff and down passenger side chassis rail, change the generator wiring to alternator wiring and install the pinto!
 

It's in

 

Great work.  Not long now!
 
Matt

Thanks mate. It certainly took some time and patience to get it in there. No damage to the lip around the heater bubble so a pretty good solo effort.
Everything about the pinto looks better. It fills up the engine bay and looks more at home.
Not all that much to do I just need the time to get out there. I'm going to take an old muffler into the exhaust shop, get them to flare the pipe so I can slip it over and clamp to the extractors. Then drive over to to finish the system. 
This car is gonna fly, I can feel it in my bones.