Heater plumbed in, radiator halfway there.

The New heater element was fitted a while ago, now it is plumbed in to the Cologne ready for water.
The heater valve is fitted under the alternator and is also used to change the hose diameter from 19mm out of the thermostat housing to 15mm used in the rest of the circuit.

Heater fan needs to be wired into circuit.

Radiator fitted - top hose is the standard Granada item shortened a little.

Bottom hose is from a standard Capri.
The thermostat housing outlet points forward and the radiator inlet (outlet?) is also pointing forwards inline.
The Capri hose is reversed and the last bend is cut and rotated 90 degrees. It seems to work.

Except I have a big leak out of the thermostat area.
It all has to come off again.



And the brake pipe needs to be secured.









Radiator alternator and thermostat all removed, extra clip added to brake pipe.
Seems the leak was most likely just a not tight enough hose clip. but the thermostat needed fitting correctly anyway. Thermostat first then rubber ring.

positive to negative earth conversion

The engine and gearbox is bolted in its final place.


To attempt to start it I needed to convert to negative earth for the starter motor and alternator.
Just turning the battery 180 degrees was almost all that was required. (and changing the battery connnectors).
This page about positive to negative conversion gives more details and ideas on how to connect an alternator  via the regulator box.



When The wiring is finished I will connect the Alternator output direct to the starter motor positive feed which is direct from the battery. I moved the main starter feed at the old solenoid so the original output was now combined with the battery feed. The solenoid output then is only a small wire to feed the V6 starter solenoid.



The Huco sucking fuel pump was fitted in the engine bay and connected to 12v.

The Capri wiring loom loosely placed in situ and the engine was test started.
It was pleasantly loud with no exhaust and proved the circuits are all correct.

The clutch pedal was tried and seems to not be working. The lever moves about 10mm. Will need to adjust and test again.

Later I realised the clock wasn't working and the extra electric fan was spinning the wrong way.
The clock had been modified by a previous owner so the wires were swapped and its all ok now.
The fan will have the wires swapped also later.

Next plan... fit radiator and fill with water.. check clutch

Merry Christmas

Post Christmas update - Capri wiring loom now modified and connected through the bulkhead. The Duraspark unit is in the Passenger foot-well along with a new 4 way fuse unit. This fuse unit currently supplies 12v to the ignition and the tacho. Later it may supply power to any other new ancillaries...like a Radio or the heater fan.
Clutch checked further - still can't release.

Engine and Gearbox in final position

The engine mounts were welded in place.
In fact I welded the left one, fitted the engine again and then tacked the right one in place to be sure before removing the engine and finishing the weld.

I decided to use the Jose gearbox mount rather than the auto box mount.

I used a Sierra type 9 small vibration mount and modified the Jose mounting to fit.
The Jose mounting was in the right place - just needed a different set of holes.

The modified gear lever is set a bit further forward now.
But as I cant select 1st or 2nd gear I may have to take it all out again!



Also replaced and re routed the front brake pipes.



And installed the Clutch master cylinder and clevis in the final position.