Build Diary - 15th July 2005
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Drivers side front panel cut and bent over top and bottom. |
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Followed by the main side panel. These are now ready to be taken off and painted. |
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Woo-hoo! its all car like at last! Put the front suspension back on and fitted the wheels... |
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Starting to look like a car now. |
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Decided the engine is the next thing to install. However it needs stripping down and checking over. First thing to go is the standard flywheel which quite literally weighs a tonne! |
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Soon to be replaced by this nice lightened version. These flywheels can fit in any position on the crank, however on the back of the flywheel is a cut out for the TDC sensor so it needs to be fitted in the correct position. I marked one of the bolt holes with maker pen, and left the corresponding bolt in the crank so I'd remember which way it went back on! |
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Got a bit carried away and forgot to take any pics, so here's one after I put the head back on with a new gasket. |
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The mondeo engine has lots of ancillary parts that you no longer need, i.e PAS pump, AC Compressor etc. These and the Water pump are all driven by a long serpentine belt. All this gets junked and you are left with an alternator and water pump both driven by a much smaller belt, however the pump now rotates the wrong way. To overcome this problem you need to fit one from an Escort or Fiesta 1.6 or 1.8 Zetec. These are exactly the same pump but the impellor is designed to rotate the other way round. I will change the timing belt & tensioners when I get my new pump. |
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The std Mondeo sump is way too big for this car and is going to be replaced with a cast ERA sump from Tiger. The oil pickup pipe will be too long for the new sump so it has to be sent to Tiger to be shortened. |
