1984 Ford Granada BOA powered

I have briefly, although I dont think a bit of off roading in my friends field that we were camping in really counts 
Although my ex did give the car a bit more of a blitz around said field later in the night with her 2 friends onboard, Blur Song 2 blasting out of the stereo amongst the screams and watching the car flick between headlights and tail lights 

my mates granny beside me. allegedly had a rebuilt motor before he acquired it and my god it was bomb proof , it literally ran like a sewing machine however much thrashing it took!

although at least you can pull the thermostat and check it in a pot of boiling water.

I bloody hope not, but that is a possibility 

Well, I ought to update a bit i guess, didnt realise I'd been away for soo long 

Alternator was taken back and tested out ok on the test bench, so begrudgingly took it back and refitted in the vain hope it may be something else.
Managed to make a proper bracket for the lower alternator mount, to replace the slotted arm that was on there. And getting the belt tensioned appears to have cured the charging issue!

The cooling fan kicking in all the time whilst driving was due to the thermostat not opening enough, as the fan would run and the top hose would be warm to the touch, but not above 80°. 
The thermostat should start to open at 88° apparently, so a Gates one was ordered and fitted.

There was also a significant coolant loss after going to Goodwood back in May as well, that turned out not to be the headgasket, but the O rings on the thermostat housing between the cylinder heads. So whilst the thermostat was being replaced, the offending O rings were replaced, the housing was attacked and cleaned up internally with the die grinder and reassembled. 

Touch Wood, all appears to be ok on the cooling side now, and the fan kicks in and does its business as it needs to and much less frequently too 

I will get around to uploading some pictures at some point, in the mean time hopefully is a YouTube link from 19th August at Brands Hatch 


youtu.be/E-dzVK88azY

Right o! 
Shall give the image uploader a try with this post today 

Managed to source the battery drain issue, that was some silly sod wiring up the injection relay to be always energised instead of ignition fed. Thankfully that was easily sorted by swapping the wires to relay in the add-on fuse/relay box to how they should've been and all good! That was just the thick red and the smaller blue wire in the top left of the picture



Also bought something off of ebay that I definitely don't need, but was too good a bargain to miss out on for a later on project

These buttons are your friend

 


I really must get round to getting rid of the other one to save any confusion. Feel free to shout if you get stuck or have any issues.

Right then chaps, radio silence for me doesn't mean I've been doing nowt. 
But struggling to sign in to this forum on any other device than my phone has been the main reason for lack of updates 
Last weekend i drained the diff oil, and found there was many sparkly, shiny metal bits in the oil 



And with a magnet under the drain tray to see if it was magnetic stuff coming out