scotts 79' mk 2. *roadworthy*

i never even noticed this section untill tonight. talk about not paying attention. some of you may have seen it in the showroom section but now i relise this is the spot for it.

this is my 1979 mk 2 project.
i baught it around a year ago but haven't had much time to do anything on it.
fist things first. need to weld up the holes in the floor.


i wanted to get the interior out of the way so i could concentrate on putting the new engine,diff and struts in.





i put the new struts in today.
these are the old ones

and the new ones



i also replaced the control arm and tie rod end on both sides



i have a 2lt engine for it but its in another car at the moment. next job is to take it out and fix it (its running rough.) replacing gaskets and tuning it things like that. i also have a diff for it that needs to go in.

looks like a good base to start the project from, what's the go on the seat covers??? got more exterior full car shots??

Shea

cool, what part of SA you from?

Dude

The diff that came out of it is an Escort diff, its just a Borg Warner. The other one you have is commonly known as an English diff.

Borg Warners (the ones with the cover plate on the back) are common in Mk1's, haven't seen one in a MK2 before but who knows....maybe it was swapped out of a MK1 years ago..

English diffs are popular because you can change the ratios over easily by swapping the centre over without pulling the whole thing apart.

Cheers

Shaun

i finally took the engine out today.
( you will have to tilt your head.)


next step is to strip it down and change the gaskets, adjust valve clearences, adjust the timing , fix oil leak which is coming from the rocker cover gasket.
then mate it up with my manual gearbox and chuck it in the other escort.

well i got the flywheel,clutch and manual gearbox on today. all thats left to put on the motor whilst its out the car is the axilary shaft, oil seporater and intake manifold.


will be heading down to transport SA in the next few days with some photos of my welding job in the firewall to see if its fine. if it is then the motor and box will go in this week. finally.

well its been a quiet few months for the eskie.

everything has just seemed to happen at once.
firstly i was involved in a crash ( im my runaround car)not too much damage but not worth fixing. and with me doing yr 12 and only working one day a week its hurting the escort fund( which was small enough already) to pay the insurance excess.
i got given a vn commo which breaks down every 10 meters so ive spen more money getting that semi reliable.
i have Australian titles for my gokarting in a month so ive been getting everything orginised for that.
on top of this ive got soo much work for yr12 so the escort is taking the back seat while i get that done.

last weekend was the first time i actually had a whole day on it. got the motor turning over by the starter motor. still alot of wiring to go but its a start. all in all its getting very close to getting fired up for the first time.

still a fair way to go but its getting there, slowly

went over the pits today and got a fluu inspection. everything from a brake G force test to shaking the battery to see if it was held it.


it passed. long overdue though but it passed. going to get it regesterd tomorrow. happy escorting