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Bend the tube over. There all same length to my knowledge.

Ah, now here in the UK if you sell online in one year more than 30 items or a total of more than£1500 you've got to pay tax the same rate as your wages. So if you sell 30 things at £1 each the 31 is classed as earnings. I'm sure post COVID the world has gone mad. Good luck & if I can help with anything else get in touch.

No problem always glad to help if I can. Welcome to get in touch. You'd be aswell getting the Haynes manual for ohc MK3 & MK1 Granada for eng & they'll cover most of what you need to know. I've probably some knocking about.

Hmm , what about places like Australia/new Zealand or china? Or can you get two part epoxy type things like araldite or chemical metal. There's quite a few of these type things used by model makers too. Plenty of things here under £10 sterling ( no idea on shipping price but it's very small) but would they allow something from a non business/private source .

Pretty simple loosen the big locknut on the track rod first ( no more than 1/2 turn) then undo the nut holding the track rod end to the stub axle, either use a ball joint splitter, pickle fork or hit the side of the upright to shock the track rod end out. Spin the track rod end of the track rod. Undo the clips ,tie wraps or whatever is holding the gaiters on, slit/cut them off. To fit new ones squirt a bit of lube on the nut & case of steering rack. Slide gaiter on stretch over nut the secure in place. Screw new trod end on upto nut, put pin back into upright, fit/tighten nut, then lastly retigthen lock nut, repeat for opposite side. It's same as UK models.

V6 in south Africa straight six in Australia.

The cologne eng works the same as the other fords of that time, that's very good for a pinto of any age/condition, the staining around the filter is again pretty normal probably what's dripped from the rocker cover. I be pleased with an engine that clean & leak free.

Return is 6mm

The kadett one works differently to the pinto one in the way it routes the gases, I'll see if I can find a diagram but I'm not very good with computers.

Yep they use the same system ( not sure on description) but it sucks air in through the cap & fumes are expelled into the inlet manifold & reburnt. Any thing coming out of filler cap is from excess crankcase pressure either from worn piston rings allowing compression past into the sump which comes up the oil drains from the cylinder head to block & pushes oil fumes back out of the oil cap. Or can also be caused by a blocked oil pipe & or pcv valve. The cannister doesn't really get block . You can clean these with solvent( petrol,thinners,carb/brake cleaner etc). Wetness near the oil filter is probably from a loose filter or failing filter seal, or leaking rocker cover gasket. Pics would help.

It might have been messing the adjustment up.

Ford use the same ones post MK1 escort/Capri ( they where imperial thread) through at least to circa 2000 probably still same now.

Wouldn't have thought so. Its bolted in along the bottom edge, curl your fingers around the edge. A pair in each corner were the eyeball vents are, then 3 or 4 along top just above glovebox, clocks, heater controls. 10 mm nuts be careful as metal can be very sharp on dash frame. This sorta thing can be a nightmare to find & drive you crazy.

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.

Clean eng then run hopefully leak will be more obvious, are the rocker covers flat, as overtightening can cause distortion.same for sump. Does it have the oil cooler between block & filter, is it snug/ sealing ok.