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[Ryang556]

Parts finally arrived soo...

New thermostat
New thermostat housing gasket and bolts
Re-assembled hoses/pipes
Test Drive :)

Still running hot so will give her a good drive tomorrow and see how hot she gets.

Checked for any cold spots in the pipes?

She seems ok now. But needs a good run out I think. Might change the rad in the winter when I do my flip front

Yeah could be a good idea, rad flush would be a bad idea either

[o0OWILKSO0o]

I did the whole attached hose pipe and flush but didn't use any products. Wondering about the water pump. Don't know how big a job it is.

[minimuk]

got MUK ready for MOT tmz, greased all nipples topped all up adjust brakes checke lights checked rad and oil CO2 emmision ....should go through no probs.....will see

And yes he passed MOT again.....another year pleasure....

[666junky]

Drove her.. going over a bump i smacked my coxyx against the bar going across the bottom of the chair (standard seats)
Now hating her.

[twink]

Left it well alone, so at least I haven't made it any worse!

[Skortchio]

Drove her.. going over a bump i smacked my coxyx against the bar going across the bottom of the chair (standard seats)
Now hating her.

What a pain in the arse!

I fitted a braided oil line in place of the leaking olive connection thing plus a new pressure sender. Then got slightly concerned it now takes a few seconds for the oil pressure light to go out, so hooked up my new oil pressure gauge and found what I suspect is a healthy 32psi at idle.
Still not sure why the light doesn't go out right away though...

Then I started painting somethings.

[GTIAlex06]

Gave it a wash and detail

[Jaswalker24]

secured the battery cable back into the guttering and tightened all the screws on the door handles :)

[milkybar.kid]

washed her

[Equinox_Monty]

Removed wheel arch spats to assess degree of rust. Pleasantly surprised.
A good wash to see what other bodywork stuff needs doing and thats it!

[animale]

Replaced my fuel line and fuel filter. Fiddle job.

And removed sportspack arches from rear of the car. Found out I have hi-Los on the rear, bonus but found a big chunk of rust on rear valance and valance cover. OUCH

[minimuk]

used 1 can Dinitrol on MUK tday, cavety's, inner sill's, A post's, front bulkhead ends, scuttle ends, rear valance ends, bottum door's... one can gone.......rust prevention in place for a bit again....

[o0OWILKSO0o]

Actually did some work on her today, fixed the leaking bottom hose, cutt away unused loom ends and blanked off cables with heatshrink, fixed cable and connectors on electric fan. However in doing all of this i found that when the engine was swapped (mpi to carb + dizzy) the radiator no longer fitted where it was suposed to and was CABLE TIED on! So I had to cutt out part of the front end to get it to sit properly and now need proper mounting brackets.

[leroy26]

waxoyled the flitch/sill joining area and the welded joints of the rear subframe

[Mrpeanut]

Torqued down the new head, tweaked the tappets, then trashed the nuts off it. Happy days!