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October 17, 2026, 01:52:51 AM

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[tyga]

Thanks dougie77, I have actually already seen all those videos of swampy. That guy is a absolute bloody wizard. Absolutely amazing the job he did on that cortina. I only hope I can do half as a decent job he did. Totally impressed.

I don't have any progress to report at the moment on my cortina, as it took forever to recover after the operation, and since then I've had heaps of other projects to do on the house. Home maintenance is endless.

Anyway, I'm finally now in a better position to start back on the cortina, so hopefully in the next few weeks I might be able to get some much needed work done.

Also, managed to get a cortina tailshaft, and an instrument panel, so only things I need now are a precossflow header, front swaybar and mounts, the bracket that goes on the top of the motor for the throttle cable and kickdown cable, and at some stage, an LSD.

cheers.

[tyga]

So about 2 and half, to 3 months, to fully recover from a carpal tunnel operation, just in case you're thinking of having it done. 

Anyway, I've been working on the TD Corty again. Back in to it finally. I managed to clean up and respray quite a few components, mostly engine bay stuff. I'll post a few pics later. I've also been working on getting the engine bay and front end ready for primer, as I want to put the engine and gear box back in and make sure they work ok, as I haven't ever actually tested them.

I also managed to convert the left hand side linkage of the t-bar shifter over to a right hand side shifter. Took a but of tinkering, as I was keen on not destroying it. I managed to make it fully recoverable as a left hand shifter, for the possiblity of putting a C4 in at some time in the future. The right hand linkage is for the borg warner 35 and 40 and the left hand is for the C4.

Just in case someone is wondering how this might be achieved, I'll include some pics.



This is the modified bracket in reverse of the original.



This is a comparison of the original with the modified, which I made from 1.2mm mild steel.

I then drilled a hole on the opposite side of the t-bar so that I can turn the t around the other way, so that it is thumb activated. All worked out very well, except that I need a new cable, which is $45 on ebay. 



As you can see, there is a hole on either side. This means I can reverse the t-bar for either right or left as I need it. Quite a simple mod really, I'm surpised I haven't seen it on the internet already.



I also, pulled out the selector panel and turned it upside down, so that I can have it facing the right way when reversed. You'll notice that the panel is wider at the top than it is at the bottom. When reverse it is the other way around. It really doesn't matter at all to me either way, so it's all good.  In fact, I reccon it looks better this way.

[tyga]

Oh, and I also managed to source a precrossflow extractor, the throttle bracket and linkage, and the whole clutch, brake and accelerator pedal assembly for manual if I ever choose to use it. Sweet as. 

[BigNorm]

looks good.

my bw40 has the shifter on the left.

[tyga]

That's weird, why didn't they just make them all left hand standard, then we wouldn't have all this shifter on the wrong side trouble ffs.

Do you think there is any appreciable difference between the 35 and the 40? As I have both.

[BigNorm]

externally they're almost identical. the bw40 is a much stronger box. its got more heavier clutches and a stronger reverse setup. it also has a more efficient breather setup which was a drama with the early bw35's in that they would spew hot oil out the dipstick tube straight onto the exhaust causing engine bay fires.

the 40 only came out in the xf that i know of

[winton]

Aren't the 40's longer then the 35's? = different length tailshafts.

[tyga]

I'll check tomorrow when I pick up the 40 and see if there is any size difference between the 40 and the 35.

I think I'll definitely be putting the 40 in the Corty seeing as it's a stronger more reliable unit. Thanks. 

[winton]

I just went out side and compared a bw40 with a c4 (I don't have a 35), I know the bw35 and c4 are the same length and after measuring the 40 against the c4 they are pretty much the same length also , so guess I am wrong. But it looks like the cross member mount is in a different positions.

[BigNorm]

yeah i was gonna say i thik they're the same length cos i used a std cortina tailshaft. the c4 rear mounts are in a further forward to a bw and i *think* when doing a 4 to 6 conversion using a c4 u dont have to reweld the rear mountings and it will all bolt straight in. i've never used a c4 behind a 6 thats wasnt already there but ppl keep telling me that i'm an idiot for shifting the mounts and doing it the hard way.

[winton]

I thought they were different lengths because I did a swap in a xr,  had a 35 in it and a I put in a 40,  I had to use the xf tailshaft. Can't remember exactly why, it was about 9, 10 yeas ago now. Though the original tailshaft wouldn't fit because it was too long, must of been another reason I used the xf tailshaft.

Did you end up getting your wagon registered with the 6 in it? 

[BigNorm]

i'll update my thread on it

[tyga]

Started fabricating some new air vents and so forth. Only got the left hand side done today. Still some work to do. Might get it welded in tomorrow. These air vents are probably the most complex part of the car that needs to be repaired, which is why I'm doing them first and getting them out of the way, so I can move on to finishing the engine bay and then the sills.









And don't worry, I will be cleaning up all the surface rust before I weld all this together.

Also, started welding in a couple of patches in the engine bay.





And removed the battery tray.





That's it for now.

[tyga]

Ok spent a few hours today fabricating the right hand side. The right hand side was a little harder than the left.







I will weld it all together after I've thoroughly cleaned up all of the surface rust.

[tyga]

Had a go at repairing the dash pad. Cut out all the burnt foam and replaced it spray foam.

Couldn't get the hole pad in one shot without moving too far away. I'll need to get this really smoothed out and remove any bumps or divots before I put on the vinyl.





And made another patch ready to be welded in.