oh jeeze, I forgot Shaun is working on a crossflow.
I blame he was threatening to go Pinto!
 
Mondayitis!

If i was working on a Pinto it would be driveable by now!!! :)
 
Yep, its still a kent.
 
And yes I was stitched up by it being fitted with the wrong starter...  At least i 'should' be on the right path now.
 
Everyday is a school day.
 
Shaun
 

OK. So the plot thickens....

After getting home from work this morning, I revisited this again...

And, well.... it would appear that the 110 tooth flywheel is in fact correct for the engine!

For the inertia type starter, which I have, 110 is correct with either 9 (early) or 10 later teeth on the pinion.

Apparently the later 1600s, (escorts) ran with the different 132/135 flywheel and different starters.

The 110 teeth was confirmed by both the ford manual, and of course, Mike at yesterford when I went to get a new ring gear.

So why did mine bind? I don't know. Just worn and unlucky?
As mentioned, it did turn over fine originally....

Anyway, I have purchased a new 110 tooth ring gear from Yesterford and will replace the existing damaged ring gear on my flywheel. I'm really hoping this fixes the problem.

Personally I think it'd be cheap insurance to use a nine tooth starter.
If it bound with the ten tooth before and destroyed the ring gear its going to do it again with the shiny new one aswell. 

Went to fit the ring gear, at which point I remembered I'd given away my oxy set a few years ago! Oops. So whilst waiting to get my hands on a torch, I continued with the rear diff.

Everything got a strip down and clean. Bearings 'seemed' OK, so I have left them for now. Brake cylinders weren't leaking, so have also left for now. One bearing had a slight weep, so I'll replace orings and add a thin smear of sealant before refitting.

Diff was inspected, backlash seems fine, there was no signs of weeping through the pinion seal, and all the teeth were good.

Basically, I've cleaned everything up, painted and will refit. If anything leaks, I'll change it then.

Also painted and fitted up the 13x7 steels with some 185/50s I had. Not sure what I'll do with them yet, however, at least fitted to the rims they take up less room.

I'll have to see how they look on the wagon/sedan before the inevitable selling to fund more bits.

Also had another go at the rear springs, realistically they were too low, (at least for rego) so I've repacked them to a more rwc height.

It should all be in soon enough so once the flywheel is done, I can do the exhaust and hopefully it'll move under its own steam.

Good to be back at it. Goal is still to have it driving by thr end of the year however have it well sorted for thr cortina nationals next year.

Shaun

Find a oven for the ring gear and a freezer for the flywheel !

How much was you selling me those wheels for ?

The wheels actually came up quite well.

They were crusty, very crusty, before a clean up and a light bit of filler here and there and a lick of paint. I didn't go overboard as I wasn't sure if if keep them.

Today's work before night shift was filling the holes in the cargo area. The shock crossmember will be mounted by 3 bolts. The centre was done, however the outer ones were where the floor had been punched through.

Whilst I had the diff and springs out, it made sense to do it.

Forgot how finicky welding thin steel was. Got there in the end. I'll whack some primer on and hit it woth some ouler matched paint.

Hopefull re fit the diff/springs/shocks and fuel tank tomorrow.

Diff all cleaned up, version 2 of the leaf springs done, and tank all refitted.

Also fitted the last of the new polybushes I had that for some reason I didn't do when doing the front end.

Still got the front brakes to finish off, fit some lower coilovers to the front, then when the flywheels done and engine is back in, the driveline 'should' be all done.

Sounds simple right??? 👌 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Only a few small updates as work/life has been busy of late.
Hopefully I can get a few hours spare later in the week and I can refit the engine.

In the mean time, underlay, carpet and seats done. Im pretty happy with how it turned out. Now working on the rear trim sections to replace the original masonite/card trims.

Here's how the seats came up. Not too bad from what I started with.





Also found a suitable old esky for the cargo area to use as a tool box. Matches the patina and age of the wagon quite nicely.


Hopefully a few more pics later in the week.
Shaun.

Them chairs magicked up brilliant in black, the Esky is a nice touch too, have you tested if it works👍