Sumpthings wrong

Now whilst the engine was in the kit I noticed the sump was very low. (the front chassis rail was on blocks to gain height to get the engine hoist under the car)

One quick call to Scholar engines and I now have a lowline sump.

Test fit the engine

After bolting the gearbox to the engine I test fitted it to find out where to drill the holes for the engine mounts.


There is a part of the bell housing that needs to be cut off to clear the passenger side footwell.






The near side engine mount needs to be spaced of the engine due to a bit that sticks out.



With the engine in place I marked the holes that needed to be drilled.

The next move was to remove the engine, drill and bolt the mounts in place.


Helpfull tip: If you can't get your hand between the mount plate and the stainless panel, take your spanner and place a bit of masking tape on one side of it at the ring end, place the nut in the ring and then place the washer on top of the nut, then fold over the masking tape to just stick on the edge of the washer. Now the nut and washer won't slip or fall off.

Rolling chassis

With all the those jobs done I can fit the wheels and get it off the stands.......

New problem....

How many times can I trip over it??

Note. The board on the front of it is my work table.

Dash and Scuttle

Between a few of the previous jobs I had a go at sorting out the dash, scuttle and front Firewall.

With it put together all I need to do now is fit it to the chassis.

We need brakes..

Next fit the rear brakes and new drums, Don't forget to shorten the handbrake cable.

Diff and shafts

After fitting the diff and driveshafts it now looks like this.

Next time the rear brakes.

Driveshafts are driving me crazy!

Now the fun part!

My driveshafts had nackerd gaiters so I changed them.

Prob 1. What sierra did they come from?

Prob 2. How to take them apart?

Prob 3. Split gaiters (glue style) or std ones.

Well I could'nt get the split ones so had to go to ford and get the right ones from them.

For a small fee £9.68 each I now have replaced the old gaiters.

If anyone needs help to do these gaiters email me on mac801123@lycos.co.uk and I'll send you a file on how to do it.