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by Joe O'dMoors
Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:19 am
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

Floors are back to 100% again. Welded, prepped, primed and painted. It's shiny in this pic, but went with satin black with the final coats. https://i.imgur.com/XgikLtUh.jpg I spoke with a rally car builder to see what the best fitting to use for the electrical cables that pass though the rear firewa...
by Joe O'dMoors
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:42 am
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

The header and down pipe pieces are done, in ceramic coating... Looking great. This sets the bar pretty high for the rest of the engine bay :lol: :lol: https://i.imgur.com/qtO3YMph.jpg Doing some odd pieces to fill in the blank spots of time. The bottom side of this hood is really drinking up the pa...
by Joe O'dMoors
Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:02 am
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

For sure worth it, regardless. Getting a welder has saved me so much money in repairs on my fleet. I too had a talent for blowing holes into thin metal :lol: :lol: :lol: But had a really thin Japanese car fender in the shop, and practiced on that thing for many hours before I felt comfortable doing ...
by Joe O'dMoors
Fri Dec 10, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

I absolutely love it!!!
Plenty of power for anything I could ever want to do. And isn't so big that I need a dedicated power circuit for it.
I'd buy another one in a heartbeat if mine was lost.
by Joe O'dMoors
Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: North American Marque/Model Registries
Topic: North American Mk III Cortina Registry
Replies: 18
Views: 30176

Re: North American Mk III Cortina Registry

Such a rare car....I've personally never seen a picture of one until now! :shock: :shock: :shock:
by Joe O'dMoors
Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:40 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

And speaking of updates! The trunk ended up being a pandoras box, but got it sorted out after a bit of extra work. Had to do a little welding back there, but rust is gone and un-used holes welded shut. Much better... Everytime I added a coat of paint, it looked better and better...I had to force mys...
by Joe O'dMoors
Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:31 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

Thank you very much!!!
There's a good amount of work still to do, so stay tuned!!
by Joe O'dMoors
Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:16 am
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

I never had the chance to paint the underside of the hood, so it got a good degreasing and prep for matching white epoxy. The piece is fiberglass, so it's very light, and is of decent quality for a car that's not perfect. https://i.imgur.com/NZs3u0nh.jpg And I'm glad that I'm stripping the engine ba...
by Joe O'dMoors
Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

I was able to pre-clean the headers, so that it will be less work/time at the coaters. The black coating that's still partially there, was very hard to remove. https://i.imgur.com/BLBRT6Kh.jpg And since more bits were out of the engine bay, I gave them a much needed clean. It's never going to be a c...
by Joe O'dMoors
Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:15 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

All of the old fuel line has been removed from the car! https://i.imgur.com/uc8YKNxh.jpg While I'm refreshing the engine bay, now is a perfect time to give the exhaust headers a do-over. They were originally powdercoated when new, but all of the hard use/gravel has chipped away the finish. They are ...
by Joe O'dMoors
Sun Nov 28, 2021 1:31 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

The fuel line was totally removed from most of the car, but the access to the feed line, where it enters the engine bay was limited. I've always thought the engine bay needed a refresh, and this was a good time to pull it out for a reaseal, and to respray the bay. There's also no heat insulation on ...
by Joe O'dMoors
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:04 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

Working my way forward, with the fuel line out of the way and with the fixed fire fighting system out of the car, it was a great time to make sure everything was happy in this spot and do a repaint. Not surprisingly, it wasn't! Luckily, nothing but a bunch of surface rust. All the rust was found by ...
by Joe O'dMoors
Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:54 pm
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

Yes Sir! I'll be running the new line inside the car again. I plan to use this car, as intended on a fair amount of gravel/dirt courses so the protected lines will benefit for sure. The goal is to run stainless braided PTFE hose the entire way. There's regulation limitations on what one can use for ...
by Joe O'dMoors
Thu Nov 25, 2021 8:56 am
Forum: Readers Rides
Topic: '76 Escort RS continual project.
Replies: 68
Views: 31259

Re: '76 Escort RS continual project.

As I was pulling the old fuel line from inside the car, I was relieved to see the majority of the line run, was copper pipe, with a clear pvc outer chafe guard. https://i.imgur.com/WPC02dlh.jpg The trunk is getting further sorted out. Decades of repairs and fuel spills back there all to be cleaned u...
by Joe O'dMoors
Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:06 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Mk1 not running well
Replies: 9
Views: 5826

Re: Mk1 not running well

Yes, as JAN mentions, it's likely a carb mount problem. (but it sounds like there were multiple issues going on at the same time) which makes it very frustrating to diagnose. How are the plugs looking ,when you pull them out? What temp (plug) are you running? If the carb is popping/sneezing, it's hi...