Slowly but surely today.
Fuel lines are finished bar a few clamps to hold in place.
Extractors are painted and wrapped ready to go back in.
I was just making a bit of a list of what needs to happen before I try starting.
Finish off clutch cable
Mount radiator
Fill up all fluids and oils
.... Then crank...... And start ((hopefully)

Can I ask why you wrapped them?  I've heard that the wrap will trap moisture and accelerate rusting.
 
Great work so far
 
Matt
 

I would think they only trap moisture if the car is left outside and not run often. The temp they get up to when running would dry any moisture surely..

Matt75
Can I ask why you wrapped them?  I've heard that the wrap will trap moisture and accelerate rusting.
 
Great work so far
 
Matt
 

Thanks Matt appreciate that.
I ended up wrapping as previously I had the clutch cable wrapped to keep the heat off it. So I just decided to go the other way this time. Thought it may help slightly to keep heat in the engine bay down also as since I don't have an external fresh air feed into my intake.
I am not too sure about rust factor. It will live inside so hopefully this isn't an issue

i wrapped my pipes and didnt have a rusting problem for years. i painted the pipes and heated them up to cure the paint before i wrapped them.
definately helped with not frying the speedo and clutch cable.
my car was kept in a shed and not driven in the rain much though.

I'm doing the same with mine - sandblasted, painted and ready for wrapping.

And it cranks and gets oil pressure! It took awhile to build though, but I think that was because of the new oil pump etc
Next weekend it will be started!
I had to have a fiddle with some of the original wiring to get it to crank, but now I know that all is well.
For all those with a good memory, does the charge wire which goes to the coil from the starter motor, is that normally from the top connection or the bottom of that makes sense ?

Ionix
For all those with a good memory, does the charge wire which goes to the coil from the starter motor, is that normally from the top connection or the bottom of that makes sense ?

One of the spade terminals on the solenoid of the starter will energise the solenoid & power the starter motor. If memory serves me right it will be the bottom one.
 
The other spade terminal goes to the coil to give the coil a 12V boost during cranking, as opposed to the 9V it uses during running.
 
If you get them the wrong way around nothing will happen and no damage will be done. Just swap them over.

Thanks chuff
It's engaging so it must be right which is good then! It just threw me as it had provision for 3 terminals.

Ionix
Thanks chuff
It's engaging so it must be right which is good then! It just threw me as it had provision for 3 terminals.

If you've got 3 terminals, you'll find that 2 of them are for the same input into the solenoid. One will be bent around the side as that's where the later wiring looms placed the plug at the end of the wire. Maybe this was Ford's attempt to make it idiot proof as the wires, if run correctly, could not be plugged into the wrong terminals in case you couldn't tell by wire colour.
 
Or, then again, maybe it just allowed Ford to employ colour blind workers.