Measuring parts

Before replacing any parts, I’ve measured the parts to assess what I needed…

Ford’s tolerances: 47,64 to 47,66mm

That’s 5,17mm of cam lift (should be 6,13…)!

Disassembly

Disassembly and inspection:

Block still in place

Very nice con rod bearing’s… NOT!

The 3rd con rod bearing “spinned” inside the housing (lower in the pic)

Thankfully there was no need resurface the housing!

‘81 block in a ‘89 car…

1978 part inside my engine!

Very polished cylinder liner with some scoring

Old std piston and gudgeon pin

Camshaft in bad condition

Note that the clean metal was the only part of the cam in contact with the follower!

This is why the cam was worn like that. 1mm less in the center of followers.

‘90 EFI head

Oil cooler in wrong position

Had no idea that the oil cooler had a no-return valve built-in…

A bit rusty flywheel

Water pump in an unbelievable state, note the rust blister’s on the vane’s surface!

Clutch (still good…)

Gearbox after cleaning a bit

THAT’S a lot of part’s!

What happened?

Well, at some point, the car’s engine started to make strange knocking sound… Very worrying!

So I decided put away the car, buy another and collect money to fix the ford.

Bought a Seat Marbella 903cc (nice little car, economical, easy to park…) to satisfy my needs in terms of transportation. http://marbella.no.sapo.pt

A year has passed since I’ve been collecting money and knowledge to put the car running again with a bit more horsepower!