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    I see, still 9 months is a pee take, axle tubes can be straightened or replaced, halfshafts can be replaced "IF" needed?, either way a "classics specialist" should know people who can sort this within 9 months, parts are harder to come by nowdays yes i get that, when i had a workshop and "did" cortinas i had a network of banger racers who TBH were the only people who had old cars laying about but still,  there's axles on ebay? a lot of garages specialise, specialise in waffle to get the car in  :headscratch:  had some experiance of that recently myself, a classic car specialist in wales who had to give up cos they couldn't figure out my wifes Mk1 mondeos rear brakes :shocking: so i feel your pain, especialy if you cant do the work yourself :thumbsup:

     

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    On 1/29/2024 at 5:05 PM, norton said:

    well it wasnt raining anyway...

    only cos you didn't wash them !

    you know as well as i do, wash them and 5 mins later either rain or bird crap will be all over them :angry: tis the very reason i never wash my car :unsure: well that and i'm lazy but mainly the rain/poo issue :thumbsup:

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    Never really been much of a fan of hammerite TBH, i prefer a good vactan (rust convertor) then boat enamel paint which is what hammerite is anyway, it's just buying a non branded version is cheaper, TA paints is where the stuff i use comes from, £55 for 5L it's pretty popular on narrow boats, mind you i get the dregs of the tins for free so maybe i'm biased  :angel_not: i still use hammerits i just don't buy it :laugh:

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    On 6/20/2023 at 8:16 AM, TimB said:

    It is hard to trust the quality of any aftermarket or pattern parts these days. Cheap crap Chinese made parts are sold from UK based sellers masquerading as genuine suppliers taking on UK names and addresses. 

    I won't knowingly buy Chinese or far eastern made goods any more. 

    I guess many of you have heard the saying - 'after the pleasure of cheap goods comes the disappointment of shoddy workmanship'.

     

    ironicly it was Conficius who said that  :biggrin:

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  9. Posted · Edited by bortaf

    On 5/31/2023 at 9:44 AM, norton said:

    +1 My Mum liked you too when you ate her biscuits.

    A woman of impecable taist and great eyesight !

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Oh and a rather fantastic range of biccys on hand to help fuel the poor working man her son was making  work way too hard :rofl:

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    23 hours ago, norton said:

    the old memory is bad but I think you dropped it there.

    A unique car as it was re-registered in Ireland before it left Reading. Should be impossible, but it was taxed with new number plates before it left Reading. I would have driven it home only the mk3 wheels I had for it didnt fit. :-)  Rode home on another recovery.

    dropped it off, picked it up, all the same thing just in reverse , ish :blink:

    TBH my main memory of that was your mum pointing out a red Kite fkying in the sky, she had better eyesight than me !

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    On 5/18/2023 at 8:56 PM, sheffieldcortinacentre said:

    Seems to be ok but does absorb water  so don't leave any in over winter.

    Had some with water in only say palm size but caused alotta head scratching until drained.

    I just had to rebuild a Pre XF carb on a boat for the 3rd time cos the owner keeps forgetting to run it out of fuel before laying it up for the winter :thumbdown: TBH it's .ged internaly, 3 winters and the water has corroded the hell out of the insides, mind you there's a lot more water around a boat than a car (hopefully!)

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    On 5/29/2023 at 8:13 PM, Neil. said:

    Good to see you are still around Rob, the place is not the same without you

    Nice of you say chap :cheers: but i did very little, i just made it seem like a lot, you lot behind the scenes paying bills and updating the site allways were and still are the stars of the show :winner_first_h4h: thanks for still being here :thumbsup:

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    On 5/29/2023 at 8:35 PM, btboy said:

    Hi Rob

     

    Hope you’re well. Miss your stories and never ending how to tips! 

    Don't worry, i'm still full of it :biggrin: although the stories are fewer and the tips will be even fewer as age has mudded the waters some what.

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    8 hours ago, Onslow78 said:

     

    Thank you so much for dropping in and replying to my mail. I'm sorry if all of this has some bad memories for you, it must be difficult signing back in after so long. I hope I can do the old girl and you proud, its been a slog to get where it is now but its getting exciting as the Yat is less than 2 weeks away.

    Not at all mate, i did concider ignoring it (sorry) but i realised i missed these old farts on here :clown:

    Thank you for reaching out, i'm over the moon to see the moose is still about :cheers:

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    Ah cheers guys :cheers: touched to see you still remember me !

    Cheers Craig i feel better, pretty much lost everything over the course of a year or so and it really took the wind out of my sails, TBH i only do 2 forums now and they aint a touch on BSC, good as they are (well the transit forum is good) it's not the same comradery i had on here :tears:

     

    Aaron me too mate, single and living back at Mums, now a full time carer :thumbsup:

     

    Corky , good to hear from you mate, you back in the green 3.0S ?

     

    Hans, no worries mate, really no worries, glad your still going stronge and buying cortinas, when ever you get over mate, i have all your parcles waiting but no rush, as i said in my last Email, no rush when your ready i will be as well :thumbsup:

     

    Mk4savage that would be so cool but i'm way out of the loop, forgot more than i remember ! TBH the place was better off without me for a while and not sure i could ever reach the levels i was at, not even touched a cortina in 9 years but i'd like to hang about and see what you lot waffle about, never really gave it a 2nd thought till a few days ago but i missed you guys :blush: i miss having a direction in life, i have the ambulance build but i don't know it like i knew cortinas, ni-on evey job is a learing curve.

     

     

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    Hallo peeps how you all doing, been quite a while (understatement)

    Just thought i'd pop up a thread saying hi as i popped in to check out the moose :car:

    I dissapeared for personal reasons and not at all cos you all smell :bleh:

    TBH i'd put all the cortina stuff to the back of my mind but sunday i drove past the YAT and today i got an email about the moose so i took a brave pill and signed back in

    i may hang about for a bit, you know, eat the moderators hidden stash of biccys if they still keep them in the same place ect :thumbsup:

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    every part to do with the speedo is sold out appart from 1 worm gear but there are 3 to choose from, you dont want to buy the wronge one and not have it fit your drive gear, better off getting a matched pair off an old box if you can find one.

    I think it's usually the 4 start worm gears that dont fit most of the drives, they are usually in commercial boxes, there's a 4/5 and 6 start worm gears then 5 or 6 drive gears to choose from :wacko:

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    you "may" need to match the speedo drive and worm gear, depending on what is in the box, to use the drive gear from the 4 speed box you may also need to use the worm gear as well (worm gear is in the box, drive gear is the one that comes out and the cable sits in) as i say it depends, some combinations fit together some dont so it's usually best to fit as a pair.

  23. Posted

    is it a true baby atlas or just a narrow atas? a lot of narrow atlass get called babys when they are not , how wide is the axle ? (flange face to flange face), baby atlases came on european built escorts only AFAIK hense rare.

     

    Baby ... 48.5" wide
    Narrow (Mk1 3 litre Capri) 50" wide
    Standard (Mk2 & 3 Capri) 52" long wide

    you have to have the half shaft that goes to your axle or they are too long, you cant use a 52 capri shaft in a baby without altering it.

     

    fostek are the ones to talk to they can shorten longer (wider) shafts to fit the shorter (narrower) tubes if you cant find the correct half shaft for your axle

    http://s199563986.websitehome.co.uk/cat/atlashsindex.html

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