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MK2 ESCORT - AUTO/WIDER GEARBOX TUNNEL INSTALL - 

Mk2 Mitch
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Welcome back all,
I've recently came to the conclusion that I need a bigger gearbox tunnel to future proof my Mk2 Escort & make it easier to remove the gearbox in situ. In this video I tackle the daunting task of cutting out the original tunnel and replace it with an auto/wider tunnel. As you will see from the video this was not the easiest panel to line up and took a bit of trimming before I had the new tunnel fitting perfectly. Once it was in position the plug welds and stitch welds that I produced were some of my best to date!
It was exiting to also test fit my short shifter which subscriber Lee kindly gifted to me. I mention at the end of the video that I've got a week off work to make some big progress on the escort and some of you will probably be able to guess what I'm doing...!
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15 дек 2022

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Комментарии : 78   
@jimmyk9523
@jimmyk9523 Год назад
Remove or cover your windows when grinding, or they'll be full of metal sparks.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you for the comment pal! When I purchased the car the previous owner had been welding with all the windows in and therefore they are scrap to me. I will be purchasing all new glass very soon 👍🏻
@robjmorse
@robjmorse Год назад
Thanks again For another great video, it makes sense to future-proof the car then you have it all stripped down, Keep warm, and do not overdo it.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you pal 👍🏻
@adeh503
@adeh503 Год назад
Good work man that's a mammoth task, when I saw the size of that hole when you finished cutting it out I thought forking hell no going back now
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Haha I had the same thoughts...🤣
@darrenrevill8664
@darrenrevill8664 Год назад
Great progress. Closer and closer.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you Darren! 👍🏻
@wayneturbish1525
@wayneturbish1525 Год назад
Well done,good job!
@oliknight270
@oliknight270 Год назад
Cracking work bud, really enjoying the escort series!
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you Oli, plenty more to come! 👌🏻
@welshmaniacs16
@welshmaniacs16 Год назад
13:01 3mm thick plates would be stronger but they will still bend upwards. you could do with gusseting or boxing off the plates to the tunnel. much stronger and your future proofing your car so you wont have to do any repairs. great job on the tunnel 👍🏻
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you for the comment, I'm currently working on a solution for the gearbox mount 👌🏻
@strugglyboys
@strugglyboys Год назад
Lovely stuff. Big job, seems to have gone very smoothly indeed, well done mate!! Big up to dad for always lending a helping hand🫡👍. P.s. shorts in this weather... loonatic!!😆😆
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Cheers guys, Dad always loves helping and nearly always has a solution! 😎 Shorts all year round here 🤣
@mroldschool609
@mroldschool609 Год назад
Great work m8, pretty sure you have to re weld the old gearbox mounts back in
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you pal, I will be looking into this! 👌🏻
@Classic-Shack
@Classic-Shack Год назад
Cracking job and another great video.👍👍
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you pal! 👍🏻
@Bucharestguidedtours
@Bucharestguidedtours Год назад
Great vid and great progress on the MK2. Best wishes .
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you for watching 😎
@allanmcintosh8455
@allanmcintosh8455 Год назад
Cracking video mate your welding is coming on a treat the more you do it the better it gets 👌 forget the negative comments as you say it's your car do what you want to It always the scope to change gearbox types if you every want later on in life the hard work is done now keep up the good content 👍
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you for the positive comment mate, I'm glad the tunnel is all welded in and I'll never have to worry about widening it in the future! 😎
@andyday1981
@andyday1981 Год назад
Good work on the tunnel Mitch. I got most of my panels off James at Avolution, got my Gaz suspension, Rix hubs and a load of other bits off him too. Great to deal with.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you pal, funny enough I've just been enquiring with him about a pair of gas coilovers! 😎
@richardjones7036
@richardjones7036 Год назад
Just finished work perfect timing 🙏
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Glad the timing was spot on 😎
@davidgreen7841
@davidgreen7841 Год назад
Brilliant job on the tunnel Mitch and done properly by plugging and stitch welding both sides. Auto tunnels are the way forward.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you pal! 👍🏻
@eoghanomahony8481
@eoghanomahony8481 Год назад
Great work Mitch..have you tried using the gearbox mounts from the old tunnel and weld them back in place?..that would save you having to extend the rf mount
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
I haven't thought of that, I'll give it a go. Thank you! 👍🏻
@trainingday391
@trainingday391 Год назад
An absolutely facinating series this, Mitch. Great videos. I keep noticing the Stock Car stuff on the wall. Haringey? I guessing your dad was/is a fan. My parents took me (9 yo) and my brother (7 yo) to the BRISCA F1 Stock Car World Final there in 1973! Dave Chisholm 252 won, much our disgust us being from up north, from the front and Stu Smith 391 (my fave) came from the back to take second. Was your dad there?
@anotherdayinparadise7443
@anotherdayinparadise7443 Год назад
Hi Mitch,s dad here , 73 made me (6yo) Haringey was our local track being less than 5 miles away (N2 London) We had a guy up the road from our house who did Banger Racing and when ever he put the Banger on his trailer I would go home and tell my Dad and we would go and watch him. Totally got me hooked on cars from that young age, Unfortunately for Mitchell I took him regularly to Arena Essex 😂 but like so many tracks it’s closed 😢 Just loved the smells ,sounds and that rush as every driver trying to get across the finish line 1st. Can’t remember being 6 but like all others memories are Golden .
@stephengreatbatch1269
@stephengreatbatch1269 Год назад
Mate I put a group 4 in mine and was shocked by how much I had to cut out them extenuation you put on the gearbox bracket box them in for strength and would look much nicer but great job 👍
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
I'm looking for another solution for the gearbox mount at the moment mate, just need to draw something up! 👍🏻
@carlomahony3016
@carlomahony3016 Год назад
Great work love the vids keep them coming
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you pal, glad you enjoyed the video! 😁
@neill4133
@neill4133 Год назад
Great work Mitch 👏 Can you remove the gearbox mounts off of the old tunnel and weld them to the auto one so the RF mount bolts up to it so you don't need the long plates?
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Hi Neil that's a great idea, I will be looking into this! 👍🏻
@meXicossie
@meXicossie Год назад
Just saw this vid & came on to tell him that but decided to check to see if anyone advised him of this 1st
@dave320s
@dave320s Год назад
Awesome mate 👍
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you for watching! 😁
@GPH2474
@GPH2474 Год назад
I honestly see that mount solution before you said it. Great work, looking forward to the first roar....
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you mate, It's getting closer by the day 😎
@_Brad_D
@_Brad_D Год назад
Good work - that gearbox mount needs to be more substantial than a couple of pieces of flat plate. Maybe weld a piece of 'top hat' section onto the underside of the new tunnel to accept the RF bracket, or extend the RF bracket with some heavy u channel. Flat plate will be too springy and your gearstick will move around under the torque of the motor
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you for the suggestion, I'm currently working on a solution for the gearbox mount! 👍🏻
@tennesseehewitt8737
@tennesseehewitt8737 Год назад
It has gearbox rip mount for box to bolt too..weld to tunnel and floor
@Jut123
@Jut123 Год назад
Type mk2 escort auto tunnel mounts in to ebay mate you can buy the proper mounts to bolt the gearbox mount to, it then tucks the gearbox mount right up into the tunnel
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Brilliant! I will look into this mate 👌🏻
@shadowzion1384
@shadowzion1384 Год назад
Another great video Mitch the escort looking so ready for the road hope to see it at the Isle of Wight takeover next year :)
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
It's getting there mate! Should be time to put it all together in the new year 😎
@NickHudson2
@NickHudson2 Год назад
Awesome job of that tunnel Mitch well done mate and decent video too! Looking forward to seeing the weeks progress now I reckon there’s going to be paint involved as your dads mk1 has moved 👍
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you Nick! You might've guessed correctly 😎
@nickwhitney1534
@nickwhitney1534 Год назад
Nice work👍
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you nick!
@peugeotobsessed7772
@peugeotobsessed7772 Год назад
Great stuff
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you! 😎
@alantaylor2694
@alantaylor2694 Год назад
Ohhh, 'Automatic'!...God I'm such an idiot. Although I have indeed built my own car, I don't really know about cars...I know mine intimately. I was a computer nerd who had a crazy idea. Great vid once again, Keep em' comin'.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you pal, glad you enjoyed the video! 👍🏻
@sidsxr3irestoration
@sidsxr3irestoration Год назад
Great work Mitch 👍 lovely panel work and welding 👏👏 take it escort going for a roll soon?..
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you mate, May is the deadline!
@iannorton4463
@iannorton4463 Год назад
Shit hot 🔥 mate 👌..your doing bloody great. I'm well chuffed for you. Also, I reckon you have moved the fiesta because your gonna do some spraying paint 🎨 😉
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you Ian! You could be right...👀
@nushooz6731
@nushooz6731 Год назад
It's going well mate if you had to guess when do you think you'll be ready for the road..
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
May is the deadline 🤞🏻
@countmurcielago9802
@countmurcielago9802 Год назад
It’s standard practice a big tunnel it’s just one of them jobs has to be done you can even make a bigger diff tunnel to to allow for suspension travel I would make some nice box sections for your gearbox mount Also when you get it in the road them gear stick vibrate like hell so don’t worry
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you for the suggestion, I'm currently trying to brainstorm a solution to mounting the gearbox mount! 👍🏻
@countmurcielago9802
@countmurcielago9802 Год назад
@@Mk2Mitch you need Ford rally preparation manual there on eBay every answer in that book you need 👍
@jamiegrant1979
@jamiegrant1979 Год назад
looks good i have this to come. does heater box fit with that tunnel?
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
I’m unsure yet! Haven’t test fitted the heater 🫣
@paulriggers1558
@paulriggers1558 Год назад
yup, that is a wide tunnel, + a nice bit of welding is there enough room for the clutch pedal ? , looks a bit tight, hopefully i am wrong 12:30, there will be quite a twisting load on those mounting plates, thicker plates will transfer the stress the floor. do you not fancy boxing in those plates onto the new tunnel [with bolts welded in, acting as studs], then that new cross-member will simply bolt right onto your new bodywork. keep up the good work young man
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
I think there is another room for the clutch pedal... 😬 Thank you for the suggestion I'm currently working on a solution to mounting the gearbox 👍🏻
@chriswilson2236
@chriswilson2236 Год назад
Did you learn nothing on the mot course. Don’t cover it up till it’s tested 😂.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
This won't be tested...😎
@cross13000
@cross13000 Год назад
Great vid well done.
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video 😎
@drucowan643
@drucowan643 Год назад
Great video as per mitch great work well worth doing you sound well happy with it well done..look foward to next video i know where your at with it from fb hopefully this week went well for you…that thing should be with you by now hope it of use to you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🥶🔩😅 5:44
@Mk2Mitch
@Mk2Mitch Год назад
Very happy with the outcome Dru! I like to give teasers on Facebook 😎 Yes all arrived thank you very much 👍🏻
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