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  2. Posted

    On 5/5/2023 at 10:25 AM, sierra3dr said:

    Could be a carb issue,too much air is drawing,or not enough fuel being proportionately delivered. Is is the DGAV carb?

     
    my memory has got so bad I can’t even remember the name of the carb. It’s the original type that always gave trouble. Mines an early mk5 1.6 pinto,Oo I remember that lol, the poor old girl is just sitting outside being neglected now :(

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    7 hours ago, Deano66 said:

     

    I need time more than anything,more space would be good,will need money later,when i will need to start buying parts again.

     

    I’m trying to buy panels for the bug as the rust n the van is lower 4inches so not worth buying whole panels

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    1 hour ago, Deano66 said:

    Looks like you've got your hands full John,good luck with them mate,I haven't touched mine for ages,but should be back on it very soon.

    Plenty of space and time but lack of money lol. Roll on the nicer weather.

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  8. Posted · Edited by bugsntinas

    On 1/1/2023 at 8:13 AM, GhiaMk4/5 said:

    I've owned Cortinas for 45 years, it will only go up in value if you keep on top of it.


    I know what ya mean but like a lot of people to man6 projects and not enough cash.

    I bought an old iveco camper to do up but used the savings to buy a Ford cargo.

    then used the savings for that and bought a beetle to do up so t8me to stop buying:)

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    Well after having the car up for sale over here for over a month and only about 6 enquiries ( not serious ) it looks like I’m keeping the old girl. She’s surplus to requirements and can’t really afford to insure her but she’s here to stay for now.

  13. Posted

    3 hours ago, Steve Walton said:

     

    Hi,

         The cam cover gasket dhould look like the one in the picture. It does have what looks like a corner missing. It joins up when you fit it into the cover. Be careful the gasket will only fit one way due to the locating tabs been different on both sides.

    Good luck.

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    Cheers for that Steve I really hadn’t a clue :). Will have to wait for some decent weather now.

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    18 hours ago, sheffieldcortinacentre said:

     

    Could be expensive to post to you.  but you can have it if I've got one.

    Will check tomorrow.


    as with my other post the ol’girl started after doing a test that John Mack suggested so not needed now but thanks Craig for the offer.

  17. Posted

    Thanks John. I had a quick look on YouTube and it made sense.

    NOT THE SAGA CONTINUES

    i did what John suggested and got a spark so good coil. Put all the leads on and got my son o turn the key out of curiousity and with no choke she fired up instantly.

    NOW  after 20/30 seconds she started smoking on the exhaust manifold and noticed wet coming out the engine so assumed head gasket. Couldn’t see if she over heated as didn’t want to wreck things so took a quick vid.

    NOW as I watched the vid to load I thought “hang on that’s the rocker it’s coming from” so hopefully the vid will load and you guru’s an confirm it for me. Hoping the thermostat sorted the overheating but don’t know yet 

  18. Posted

    Anyone got a cheap second hand  working coil for sale for a 1979 1.6 mk5.

    as cheap as possible as only need to get it started to see if it overheats not looking for one to last years.

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    On 10/21/2022 at 9:23 AM, J2S said:

    Take the cap off and see if points are sparking  nice and blue and bright get someone to crank over .

    I bought a box of condensers and points from eBay dog poo lastest not very long

    Make sure you have good earth to 

     


    just checked in the dark and there’s no spark at all at the points so that’s the condensor isn’t it?

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