Ive given the radiator brackets and battery clamp a coat of hamerite so they look nice.
This weekend proper work started and its got a new head gasket, radiator and thermostat (Beware eurocarparts thermostats and their wrong seal -small one in pic! They will leak like a sieve and you have to do it again).
Ive decided to swap to OAT coolant as it matches my other cars. All went well and everything runs up, heater gets hot and the fan kick in when they should.
Belts and water pump are very new and didnt need replacing.
Stuff to do before MOT seems to be:
- replace blowing exhaust section (ive not looked to see whereit is yet).
- adjust/ fix handbrake. (not rovers strong point at the best of times
)- Fix fog lights (button doesnt light up so im guessing its a fuse)
Nice non-esensential stuff to do:
- Good clean and a polish
- give the roof a greasing and make sure its all loose ready for the summer.
- Tidy the bodywork to keep the rust at bay
- find a nice front bumper and bonnet in the right colour (both are ratty and are probably cheaper to replace with nice ones than try to fix.
- refub wheels as ones a slightly different colour
- Collect the spare doors from Ashley and drop a crate of beer round to him for being such a great bloke.
