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Peter_L

Love them or not, it was an age that many of us lived through

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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7216 Location: Edinburgh

The Cortina certainly shook up Britain's car industry. I well remember my first drive in a MkI GT Cortina after much experience of BMC and Rootes products. Excellent performance and road holding, a good driving position with excellent gear change and to cap it all it had great carrying capacity.

OK, seemed a little tinny but in most respects it beat its competitors hands down.

Peter
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clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

I had a mk1 in the early 70s JUS 11D. . I got it for £50 because the flywheel ring gear was knackered. Seemingly they were bad for that. Good car, I liked it. Then I bought another mk1 BSL 249D. good cars. Cool

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Peter_L · Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject:

Re Larry's comments on Ford starter rings. My father had a 1200 Anglia on which the ring failed. We cut it off, put a new ring in the kitchen oven and then dropped it onto the flywheel. It was something we repeated several times for different folk.

It was in the 70's when Ford had a strike that caused a shortage of spares.

A guy with a 1500 Mk 1 Cortina had a cam shaft fail, and couldn't get one anywhere, but he did locate a new 1500 engine, so we changed the engine in return for being given the old one. When cam shafts came available, we fitted a new shaft, and fitted it Dad's 1200 Anglia and added an SU carb.

My parents were keen caravanners and the 1500 Anglia was a great tow car.

47Jag · Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:28 pm Post subject:

As I recall the ring gear problem isn't the ring gear as such, but it's due to the thin steel plate between the engine and gearbox that the starter locates in. I can't remember how, but the hole elongates (maybe the starter loosens and wears) and the starter rides on top of the teeth instead of meshing. So if a ring gear needs replacing the adapter plate should also be checked with the starter to see how much it moves (it shouldn't).

Art

Peter_L · Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:41 pm Post subject:

47Jag · Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:09 pm Post subject:

Peter.

There is a 'register' on the starter that should be a tight-ish fit. I'm remembering back to 1963 where we saw the problem at the Ford dealership I worked at.

Art

poodge · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 687

Over the years I had 4 mk1's,a mk2,2 mk3's,and a mk4.
I reckon the best of the lot was my 64 1500,a 4-door.