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  3. Posted

    On 11/4/2025 at 8:50 PM, sheffieldcortinacentre said:

    No they all used same one, Mk5 is a bit bigger diameter but has a dent in inner wing for clearance.

    Sierra is completely different, Granada can be made to fit ,but only difference is you won't have to press pedal as hard.

    The African 3.0 cortinas use the std setup ( there heavier too) & manage fine.

     

    I've been running my MK3 for last 20 years with the following set up with no problems 

     5.0 V8 ,T5 5 speed gearbox  ( this pair weigh 100+kg more) .

    Land rover 90/110 ( 83-90) master cylinder on original servo, MK3 Capri 2.8i/ MK2 escort RS vented discs, ( dust shields need removing). MK2 Granada 2.8 brake calipers ( the 40% bigger) need slight spacing to fit. All bolts straight on

      rear is sierra rear calipers (with disc brake cable ,needs Cortina you swapping over)  weld on mounting brackets, fwd escort (81-90) front solid discs ( half shaft flanges need a couple of mm removing for them to fit over) , stainless flexible hoses. Again all bolts on except mounts need welding to axle tubes.

    All fit behind std 13 in wheels.

     

    I use the same setup on my 2.0 turbo MK3  track day car.AAE_4255.thumb.JPG.44d28e1c6088f2b16be35bfd13b769e4.JPG

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    Hopefully pics enclosed.

    Where's this photographed Craig ? I'll take a really wild guess at Olivers mount but I have to say, great photos 👍

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    I've been watching Get Carter recently and never noticed there were two Cortinas used until I did a good old google search for Get Carter Cortina and bsc popped up in the results. I also hadn't noticed the lack of front bumper on the one where he's travelling to Kinnears mansion. Silly me..

     

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    A friend of mine told me some years back to bend it in the vice so I clamped it up and went ahead and put some pressure on it with a large ring spanner and the thing snapped clean off at the base, just above the rubber gaiter. I told him shortly after and he said "Sorry, I told you to bend it in the wrong place, It's above the rubber bush part that you bend it. 

     

    I'm guessing the bit I tried to bend is hardened so doesn't take kindly to being bent but the only problem is if you bend the top section you end up with a weird shaped gear lever as the hardened section at the bottom has a bend in it. Pain in the butt those gear levers.

     

    I tried an aftermarket quick shift kit where you dismantle the original gear lever and rebuild it with the quick shift parts in the kit but it was a terrible thing and rattled it's head off. That went in the scrap bin too.

     

    You're probably right Craig about the Capri one being straighter. I think I must have had Sierra ones and the angle on those is terrible.

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    I bought the Syringe as suggested here by John. Bigger than I expected and heavy duty. Holds 550ml and I managed to extract 4 of those (and a bit) from the gearbox so I roughly had 2.5/3 litres out of the gearbox. A bit disappointing but I'd only get around the same out of it If I removed the pan off the bottom. 

     

    I've replaced what I've extracted with fresh fluid and I'll run it for a few hundred miles and hope for the best :laugh:  Then maybe drain again and fit a new filter.

     

    Watch this space as they say.

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    What you will find swapping to a type 9 five speed is the crankshaft on the 2.3 engine won't accept a spigot/pilot bearing big enough for the five speed input shaft as it has a smaller bore so it won't be a straight forward swap. 

     

    I had this problem when I tried on my Mk4 and I know someone with a MK5 who encountered the same issue and had to have a Phosphor Bronze bush machined specially to do the conversion. 

     

    I have an engine from a manual 2.3 Cortina in the garage and the bearing in the end of the crank is smaller than that of a 2.8 five speed. The input shaft on a Cortina V6 4 speed box is smaller than a type 9 five speed.

     

     

     

     

  10. Posted

    Thanks again Craig. 

     

    One more question. If the current atf in the gearbox (comma brand) at the moment is a mineral based oil and I drain out as much as I can then re fill with dexron type fluid which I believe is a semi synthetic based oil would I end up with problems do you think ? 

     

    I don't know if I'm reading too much into this but I want to make sure before I potentially mix incompatible oils. Cheers

  12. Posted · Edited by mk4savage

    Following on. Can anybody recommend the correct fluid for this gearbox please ? 

    The dipstick top is red coloured as opposed to black but all the ATF fluid I keep coming across seems to be for Borg Warner boxes. 

     

    This is the info out of the Granada Haynes manual 

    All the oil I looked at seems to match that earlier spec. 

     

    Cheers all

     

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  14. Posted · Edited by mk4savage

    I refitted mine after carefully removing the rivets from the original ball joint when I replaced the lower ball joints a couple of years ago. 

     

    As Craig said they are originally to retain the rubber boot over the ball joint but the replacement ones are held on with a spring clip so not needed on non genuine replacement parts. 

     

    They do nothing but act as a washer for the new bolts but I like to save original parts if I can. 

     

    Link to my ball joint thread

     

    Lower ball joint replacement

  16. Posted

    2 minutes ago, sheffieldcortinacentre said:

    V6 in south Africa straight six in Australia.

    Ah. That's where I'm getting confused. The one I remember was Indeed Australian. 

  18. Posted · Edited by mk4savage

    On 4/21/2025 at 6:40 PM, sheffieldcortinacentre said:

    It might just need nipping up due to gasket drying out/shrinkage.

    They warp around bolt holes if overtightened if the haven't not the little spreader plates under the bolts.

    I know what you mean. The rocker covers look ok to be honest. They don't look out of shape near the bolt holes. No spreader plates on mine but I think later engines have them. I seem to remember them on my MK2 Granada which was an 85, B reg. 

  20. Posted · Edited by mk4savage

    On 4/20/2025 at 7:15 AM, John Mack said:

     

    Maybe not leaking, just sweating power ?!

    :laugh:

    I just re watched the video on my pc. It actually sounds like that in reality. Very hard to tell on a phone which it was recorded on. 

     

    It's certainly sweating something. I really must take a look at it. Could be the crank seal, Sump, Head gaskets. Anything. It leaks a bit from the rocker covers. New gaskets in recent years too. I also changed the rear crank seal about 10 years ago but that seemed to carry on leaking as before. Cheap seal no doubt..

  22. Posted · Edited by mk4savage

    11 hours ago, Pete-H said:

    What a great looking Mk4

     

    If you change the auto fluid and filters for new that should sort the snatching problem.

     

    Pete

    Thank you for that Pete. I will get that done.

     

    I put a new filter in there back in 2006 and new fluid. I wouldn't say I'd done that many miles, probably about 7,000 in that time but at least it isn't the original filter and fluid. 

     

    Edit: On 1/7/06 mileage was 56,958 and as of today is showing 62,977. Total of 6,019 miles in almost 19 years.

     

    The fluid probably isn't the quality that Ford would have used as it was bought from a Motor Factors.

     

    I remember the original gearbox from the car had started to do this "Snatching" a year or so after I'd bought it and started covering some miles in it. I did quite some mileage in it when I first got it in 1998. Oh how I wish I'd still got the original gearbox for it :sad:

     

    I do have another auto box for it from an early 2.3 MK5. It was working with no faults. Only reason it was removed from the car was the owner converted it to manual with a type 9. Also got one of those in the shed...best place for it. 

     

     

  23. Posted · Edited by mk4savage

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    Apologies for the mess and obstructions on the back seat. I always keep a cover on the rear seat and usually have the dog carrier on the seat for our little terrier. Must keep the cloth as safe as possible  :biggrin: 

     

    I always drive with covers on the front seats too.

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  24. Posted

    Trying to upload a couple of photos but not having much luck from a mobile device. 

     

    Car went ok but I'm finding the auto gearbox is snatching when changing down from 2nd to 1st. I spoke a while back about changing the oil in it but I haven't done so yet. 

     

    Anybody had a similar experience and found new oil solved it ? Gearbox history is unknown as I got it from a scrap yard in around 2005. It's a later box from around 85 from a Granada. 

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