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October 2016
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October 1st, 2016
Spend: £1500.00
What's the best way to speed up the Mighty Crossflow?
You replace it with a Zetec 
I bought this last month from another WSCC member after he took me out in his car with this engine in it. Complete with ECU, manifold and as much ancillaries as he could spare. 180BHP on the Northampton Motorsport rollers.
October 2nd, 2016
Spend: £0.00
Cleaned up the garage and moved stuff about so the engine can be stored for a while whilst I take my own engine out. Borrowed an engine crane from Lewis and placed the new engine on a trolley for easy manoeuvring.
October 3rd, 2016
Spend: £0.00
As the car is off the road for a good couple of months, I am also going to take the live axle out so it can have the bearings replaced as it is leaking on the nearside. Also taking the opportunity to replace all the rear bushes and the rear suspension. The fuel tank needs to come out for that, so made a start with emptying it and removing the fuel tank straps.
October 6th, 2016
Spend: £0.00
Took the fuel tank out and removed the rear lights. The rear lights need to go back to the manufacturer as they have condensation inside.
October 8th, 2016
Spend: £0.00
Time to crack on 
Removed the radiator, all the coolant hoses, spilling a lot of coolant on my drive in the process. Also drained the engine of oil and removed the tunnel top and seats. Disconnected the engine from everything and left it only on the engine mounts.
The pile of parts is steadily increasing
October 9th, 2016
Spend: £0.00
Well, that was easy!
October 15th, 2016
Sold: £500.00
Who knew old oily Crossflows are worth a pretty penny? Did some small jobs on the car whilst waiting for Andy from Sheffield to collect my old engine. He's going to drop it in a Mark 1 Escort... The Circle of Life!
October 16th, 2016
Spend: £0.00
After I struggled last week to disconnect the prop-shaft from the diff in the tunnel, I discovered that it is much easier to remove the gearbox first, then slide the axle and diff assembly backwards so it would all be accessible from the boot.
Did not realise that the gearbox would dump all its oil when you lift it out though, so spend half the afternoon cleaning up the drive with degreaser. Doh!
Took the angle grinder to the diff flange bolts but it remained firmly connected to the prop-shaft. Time to call it a day.
October 22nd, 2016
Sold: £20.00
Finally. Now the cleaning can commence.
Also sold my old 15" alloy wheels.
October 23rd, 2016
Spend: £0.00
Cleaned up the engine bay until I ran out of cleaning products. Also removed the dash/scuttle by cutting a slot underneath the column. This was something I wanted to do for a long time, as I can now remove it all in one go, for easy access to the electrics.
October 24th, 2016
Spend: £0.00
Dropped the axle and gearbox off at Martin Harvey for bushes, bearings and seals.
October 25th, 2016
Spend: £20.00
As I am relocating the filler neck to the boot, I picked up some carbon boot side panels and carbon fuel cap cover from Mark Russel.
October 29th, 2016
Spend: £0.00
Trial fitted the new engine to see if it would actually fit or not. Turns out the answer is maybe... The alternator is awfully close to the chassis, but as I do not have the engine mounts yet, final confirmation will be once I've got the gearbox back in and the mounts measured up.
October 30th, 2016
Spend: £29.10
Continued with cleaning. Felt I needed a little victory so fitted the carbon filler cap replacement
and the new Hella high level brake light I bought to replace my half working Ebay Chinese special.
Had hoped to remove the rollbar so I could easily get the wire inside it, but seems like the original builder likes his adhesive fixings, as it is glued on with some stuff that I could not yet undo. Will continue with that next week as I need to slide my boot lid sides over the diagonal.
Last month: £ 2312.52
This month: £ 1069.10
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Total: £ 3381.62
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