12-05-2014, 04:45 PM
Well the car is almost back together 
Spent another few hours on it today and again rain (and hail and lightning) has stopped play.
So got the ph1 rad on and a fan mounted to it with cable ties (easy job) got the rad hoses on and moved on.
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Didnt have alot of strip/sheet lying around but did find these brackets and "measured up ", drilled and bolted them to the car. Somehow they were right first time.
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Got the cooler mounted to them and then bolted with a single bolt at the top then piped them all up. Really annoyed that the U bend I had to replace (drivers side of cooler) was a short leg one as it means that the run across the top needs a tiny joiner to make it long enough to reach the other U bend, its just another place to leak from and looks shit.
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The rest of it piped up without any issue.
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Anyway want to start topping it with water, got about a liter in and realised I was getting a wet foot. ARSE! Anyway it was the ph1 main rad connector at the bottom. I hate those f*ckers. Anyway had a look and the o ring wasn't seated properly, seated it properly, poured another liter in and got another liter on my foot. Not impressed by this point. Third time lucky, took it apart, seated it properly put a cable tie round it and guess what.... Yep, another liter of water on my foot. Took it apart, wasn't going to be doing that again so dried it all off and covered it all in silicone that is currently drying (hopefully). Leak through that motherfucker!
On a side note I fitted a new fuel grenade with a short length of hose so I can start her from a bottle of pure diesel. She is ready to start as soon as she decides to hold her coolant. Think I'm gonna take the front bumper back off and screw the stupid splitter to her just for lolz
Spent another few hours on it today and again rain (and hail and lightning) has stopped play.
So got the ph1 rad on and a fan mounted to it with cable ties (easy job) got the rad hoses on and moved on.
[attachment=16167]
Didnt have alot of strip/sheet lying around but did find these brackets and "measured up ", drilled and bolted them to the car. Somehow they were right first time.
[attachment=16168]
Got the cooler mounted to them and then bolted with a single bolt at the top then piped them all up. Really annoyed that the U bend I had to replace (drivers side of cooler) was a short leg one as it means that the run across the top needs a tiny joiner to make it long enough to reach the other U bend, its just another place to leak from and looks shit.
[attachment=16169]
The rest of it piped up without any issue.
[attachment=16170]
Anyway want to start topping it with water, got about a liter in and realised I was getting a wet foot. ARSE! Anyway it was the ph1 main rad connector at the bottom. I hate those f*ckers. Anyway had a look and the o ring wasn't seated properly, seated it properly, poured another liter in and got another liter on my foot. Not impressed by this point. Third time lucky, took it apart, seated it properly put a cable tie round it and guess what.... Yep, another liter of water on my foot. Took it apart, wasn't going to be doing that again so dried it all off and covered it all in silicone that is currently drying (hopefully). Leak through that motherfucker!
On a side note I fitted a new fuel grenade with a short length of hose so I can start her from a bottle of pure diesel. She is ready to start as soon as she decides to hold her coolant. Think I'm gonna take the front bumper back off and screw the stupid splitter to her just for lolz
