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Success! I found a place in Leyland, called 'Lancashire Rotating Electrics'. Just under an hours drive from my house (they do courier too). They tested my old unit and told me that it was "knackered". I think that's electrical talk for,... So they sold me a brand new unit. A little smaller and a little lighter but more powerful as he reckons the old one is about 0.8Kw and the new one is 1.1Kw. The best part is, they didn't take the old starter in exchange and the new one only cost me £66.00 including the VAT. Fingers crossed that I can fit it tomorrow and the car will start first time, without melting the insulation on the red lead from the battery! I think I'm gonna need some longer starter bolts though.

Criminal.

Got its new tyres i was going to put set polished rs alloys on it but car so original left the sports wheels on

That's a sierra one so not sure one Cortina ones it's a a large spade on body/ case.

With January being its usual cr*ppy self, I figured time to play indoors, and finish something I started aaaaages ago. Internal door handles... I always thought chain-link steering wheels looked cool AF, but assumed they'd be horrid to actually use. So thought I would pinch the concept for something else. They will be painted black and silver, but need to gclean off all the annoying spatter first.

any decent spares shop should be able to get one localy ? mine cant be all that differant, i walked in 2 weeks ago and bought a starter for a pre crossflow, took 6 hours to get to the spares counter from thier supplyer ??

Thanks Craig lad 😀, you never let us down 👍👍👍

I managed to get it sorted using an Oxy Acetylene gas torch setup (the bottles for which were about 6ft tall) - a friend of mine had the gear leftover from when he worked in a local engineering firm. We used wetted rags (kept wet throughout, using a spray bottle) to keep the heat away from the rubber 'spring' below and the rubber dampener above, then used the torch to put as much heat as possible into the middle section as quickly as possible. Then just a simple slight tweak to the shape whilst it was sitting in the vice. We also moved it over to the right, before it was angled toward the driver (LHD). It now sits much better, it self-centres right where you'd expect, so you can instantly tell from a slight glance/feel that it is in neutral. Still has a slight rearward rake just to avoid going too near the centre console under the dash.

That's correct one

Might be easier to have one 3d printed

On behalf of BSC, I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas Regards Neil

Well another exciting,fun packed year draws to a close ,so a big ho ho humbug to one & all.

Merry Christmas from me too....to all in Cortina Land Hoping that peace will come in the new year to the places that are war-torn. Have a good one folks.

Well - Happy Christmas all from me too

pull handbrake conversion done,GT temp gauge needle changed for a slightly longer one to match fuel gauge needle,battery tray and kill switch done.

Can you get the ball out of the roof? If so, I'd try and drill a small diameter hole in the broken part of the ball and the broken stem. Find something like a nail of the same diameter as the holes, cut it to size so it fits into the holes and then see if the two broken sections can meet up, if they do then pull them apart a bit and put a load of superglue on the surfaces, then push them back together and whilst holding them tight, breath heavily on the joint so as to make the excess superglue set quicker. It works by absorbing the water content from the two surfaces, hence it works so damn good on skin!! After that, gently refit in the roof and keep your fingers crossed.

Unforunately for me, Windscribe 'free' won't work, because it needs Windows 10 or newer. I only have Windows7 pro

On holiday down south visting my brother.went into london one day.then next day went to hasting on way back drove through the coast.and in bexhill there it was.i rescued must be nearl 20 years ago from a lock up in preston.put 2nd had 3 doors boot and bonnet and 2nd hand tan seats had fur interior 😃was yellow with front spoiler that looked like a snow plough.sold it half finshed it was solid last time i seen it was maroon.now its back to its original silver fox.looks lovely still have the original number plates in my garage and got pics when it was yellow 🤣

Now taking a mental break from my (quite very, very, much unsuccessful) dating attempts.. Rebuilding engines is soo much easier... Anyhow here is the underside of the head; And here you can see the hardened exhaust valve seat; So good time as any to put some bits back together; Used some rather primitive tools but then again so is the Xflow.. Had to do this twice as there was still some crud left in the nook and crannies of the casting. I used the best set of stock springs and retainer plates I had. New valve retainers and (obviously) new valve stem seals. Somehow i forgot to change the core plug at the end of the casting, seemed to be just fine but would be a pain to change later if it starts to leak. Should have couple in the shelve so will do that next time. Since I had a little bit time left I took a quick look at the rocker shaft; Too worn I might have a spare hidden somewhere though probably as worn as this one. Luckily not overly expensive to replace provided that the arms are good enough to reuse.

Still waiting on the distributor bushings... In the meantime I scored these for the sweet, sweet sum of naught; Series 2 so not much use for me apart from few small odds and ends but for free I am not complaining. Steering linkage had some "interesting" repairs on it but even that has couple good spare bits. Not free but really close were these 8" NK 25 25 33 rear brake drums that I got on clearance; Listed to fit Courier Pickup and Fiesta MK4 Compared to original; Retainer screw hole in a different spot and the "top hat" portion where the lug nuts are sticks out a little less (fits the rim just fine). However all the dimensions that matter match. Nothing but to try them on. First I had to scrape off the paint that some idiot had sprayed on the hubs Brake bits thrown in. New retaining screw hole drilled on the opposite side of the original with using old drum as a template. One might as well skip this as hardly anybody in their right mind uses those. Contact patch on the new drum. Nothing scrapes and everything works as it should so I will call this a success, especially considering these cost abot one tenth compared to EBC;s offerings. I painted outside of the drums with caliper paint (couple thin coats) and assembled both sides on the axle; Might not seem much but finding suitable 8" drums at a sensible price was not easy. Not that I can't afford EBC;s but being a skinflint that just does not sit right with me

Got the cross member welded in today & gave it a bit of paint.

Yes used a mini clutch master cyl & think was either a lada or landrover slave cyl.

as said should illuminate if fluid level drops . pressing the button(sprung loaded) should light the bulb to test it.

Its function is to illuminate when the fluid level gets low, there is a float sensor in the cap of the brake fluid reservoir. Pushing it in should test the bulb. I have in the past wired one to act as a handbrake warning light.

hi im trying to convert old slant dash to the newier xle/mk4/5 dashboard