Just a quick thread

[MK3MAD]

I thought i might put a quick thread up of my new work horse as my old one is dying but not the engine the body work and the clutch, i got given a 1995 ford escort 40 van with a 1.3 single piont engine, to be fair its really manky But is MOT'd till sometime in november so it'll do (with a few modifications), heres some pics of the van inquestion....

Luckily i picked up a escort mk5 si for £40 quid so desided to strip it...

PLANS WITH THE VAN...
Fit the 1.6 16c engine with 1.3 gearbox.
fit electric windows,
fit central locking,
fit the si interior

 

[MK3MAD]

Engine that will be going into the van...

Me and my brother started stripping the van.

engine out the van

The 1.3 engine...

Old interior out...

 

[MK3MAD]

!600 fitted with the 1.3 box and a 1.8 GTi clutch to mate them together,

New cambelt fitted and PAS pump removed, i re-rooted the auxilary belt to work without PAS (1463mm belt),

And engien going in...

 

[fleck]

should be a nice work van...

 

[MK3MAD]

Thanks fleck, should go pretty well im hoping

 

[MK3MAD]

Well got the engine all fitted in on its mounts, Luckily the ztec down pipe bolted straight to the van exhaust system,

Now all back on its wheels..

Got the dash back in with the new centre console in, now all the elctric windows are all wired in.

I had a little bit of trouble with the tank wiring as i had to cut the wires to get the loom out of bothe vehicles, trouble was they were all brown wires, i soon sorted that and then realised i had the fuel pipes on the wrong way round on the engine, as soon as i swapped them over it fired straight up,

Some pics of the front end on, i personally like the look of the silver bonnet with the mirrors

 

[savage16v]

Cool little van mate

My mate is doing one with a RS2000 lump in it
I do like the old fords

 

[MK3MAD]

Cheers mate, that will be a later install in this van as i now were there is one at a cheap price for the whole car,

i got it all finished off tonight with all the rear wiring done to the rear,

 

[rc]

Looks good mate, when i started reading my first comment was gonna be **** me recon thats painfully slow with a push-rod in it lol, good work though

 

[vauxhall_astra]

lookin good mate, that front bumper looks good on the van i think

 

[MK3MAD]

Looks good mate, when i started reading my first comment was gonna be **** me recon thats painfully slow with a push-rod in it lol, good work though

Lol, i would'nt even entertain the push rod engine, they're slow, they are a oil burner and to top it of they dont sound nice at all,

lookin good mate, that front bumper looks good on the van i think

Thanks mate, i've got the silver bumper on, silver bonnet, silver wing mirrors and putting the silver door handles on, so we'll see what it looks like when its done, im keeping all the white stuff just incase i want to change it again

 

[MK3MAD]

Well i got the van out today as its going on the road tomorrow, so thought id give it a bit of a clean, some pics before i washed it....

And after a wash...

And this is the van ill be saying goddbye too, bloody good van, shame really

Just some random pics...

This one is when i was fitting the central locking and electric windows....

Next up ill be giving it a full cut back on the paint work as it aint been looked after at all as far as cleaning is concerned,

 

[MK3MAD]

Well i had to Fit a Cav GSi extenal fuel pump yesterday....

as the single piont just was cutting it, its made a hell of a difference, i want to give my mate a race with his fiesta zetec s but no joy yet, i race a astra CDTi yesterday and walked it, might even fit a low boost turbo on it yet, i got all the interior all back in now with all the extra's working,

Oh and on a bad note ill have to drop the fuel tank as its ****ing out fuel GGrrrr

 

[wayne1]

your new work hourse , how about sticking a rs cozzy engine in it , i know a lad who,s might be braking a mk3 escort with a cozzy engine in

 

[MK3MAD]

That would be something wayne and the price tag is an even bigger thing lol

 

[Lefthooker]

spray the front bumper

 

[MK3MAD]

Might spray the bumper or sparay the whole bottom half of the van silver to match the front bumper?

 

[fleck]

silver bottom ftw... with a dark blue and light blue thinass pinstripe in between the silver and white.... proper old skool ford colours... looking good mate!

 

[MK3MAD]

Thanks Fleck, now that wouldn't be a bad idea

 

[astranaut]

smiley grille vans ftw!! I ragged the tits off my 1.8 diesel but it was ace to sit and chil in the back when it was carpeted and painted. Fair do's on the engine change, bet it goes well with nothin in!