Claude's BP SWAP..... :)

[Festiva_Fred]

Looking good :thumbright:

[Claude]

Thanks for the words of encouragement! i only wish i had more than an hour or two a week to work on things.

[LoneManWolf]

Thanks for the words of encouragement! i only wish i had more than an hour or two a week to work on things.

lol i'm on the other end of the spectrum
all the time in the world, no money or knowledge of how to do anything lol

[muscle_Car1]

Interesting drain plug. Any info on it?

[eurotiva]

Keep up the good work. It'll be done soon. Did you already grind the oil pan?

[Claude]

Yea I grinded it already, still have to mod the heater box and finish up on the rebuild,
The drain plug I got from rockauto, just look under 95 escort gt, it torques in like a regular drain plug, but it has a passage that opens when you push this little retainer and twist it to allow oil to flow out without the use of any wrench. makes changing the oil a lot easier IMHO

[Claude]

deadener installed, swoopies smoothies and more

got some more done on the car over the weekend, gutted it and installed elemental designs sound deadening material throughout. Also got power mirrors installed


































escort visors

[gestiva]

coming together nicely! btw, how much was the deadener for the whole car?

[fastivaca]

Nice mirrors

[Claude]

thanks guys, the deadener came out to be like 60 buks i think for how much ii got, it was two 30 sq ft rolls and it pretty much got most of the car, here s a link to what i got..
http://www.amazon.com/Elemental-Desi...ref=pd_cp_MI_2

Thanks....mirrors turned out nicely after some elbow grease

[Claude]

btw- the deadener i got was 45 thickness it also comes in the 80 which is more expensive but i guess is a little more legit...im happy with what ive got, no more buzzin n sound improved a lot. i would like to grab some more of it tho maybe one more roll just to get all the small spots that i couldn get b for.

[Claude]

Update Finally

Got the head bolted back on the block, also lifters and cams all installed with new seals throughout,all new gaskets, new head gasket etc etc...hers some pics

head gasket

head bolted




new camshaft seals

small crank pulley so i wont need to mod the frame

comparison

new idlers and water pump all sealed up...starting to lloook like an engine again


so now all thats left is the timing belt, and covers few final touches and then the real fun begins!

[Claude]

Also, replaced that gasket on the oil cooler

[Claude]

new things.

just decided to take some pics of the car today with some of the stuff ive added n such, now it just needs the bp.

grille mod

[gestiva]

Looking good! did you paint the numbers on the cluster?
I love the look of the head light covers, but with mine, its so hard to see at night.