Dr_Jekyll & Mr_Hyde Estate Project

[dr_jekyll]

Seems were cooking on gas now.
Mr horton very kindly sorted out some new arps for me whuch have now arrived. Double checked them built up against a new stock bolt and alls lovley.. simply simply lovley!

So after the studs i didnt expect to find an engine a week later on facebook with the type of low mileage (107k) i was looking for. Usually abit sceptical of buying things like that off fb but when i read it was carl chambers selling it felt a little more relaxed. So off i went to get it after scrapping out every penny jar.
Picked it up in my mates pretty stock stage 1 moonstone estate which to no surprise decked the arse.
So upon arriving found that the engine had a regular service history with genuine parts and had recently had the aux setup all rebuilt... spot on! Car had been owned by carl originally then sold to a local fella who used to run it between the two villages and thats it. Was guttered when i saw the doner car it was stolen from tho... astor grey anyway loaded it up and got it home.

So in the end i managed to get a complete engine with all auxiliries, loom, box, ecu (362 same as mine again!), bsi, key chip and turbo on known 107k for £250. Pretty chuffed tbh!

As a quicky does anyone know the reason behind the thermostat housing being metal on this one? Ive seen them but never owned one and have always presumed it was an earlier hdi engine. Works out nicley as i want it modified to run the rad pipe shorter and more direct and can polish it all after.

On that note tho im now skint. Spent the last i dare on the car before christmas and now really do need to get buying presents!! Might unbolt tge odd piece here and there to start cleaning it all down for painting but dont want to go to indepth atm in the cold

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