SRowells Black Rallye

[Eeyore]

More work today... what started out as being a simple job of bleeding up the system turned into a bit more of a mission. Bled up the rad but couldnt for the life of me get the thermostat bleed screw back in and then is sheared. I removed the housing and had a spare so swapped over all the sensors and fitted that. Found a random bolt which fitted so managed to bleed up the system. The old thermostat housing was very corroded. Judging by the fact everything is so orange and the water comes out orange immediately i reckon this hasnt had any coolant i.e. only water in it for quite some time.






All bled up and running up to temperature the super glued fitting seems to be holding however my search for a nissens rad was completed very quickly as bash had a spare nissens which has all the right fittings. Early type lower pipe, oil cooler water inlet and the reservoir on the side. Still to work out payment but itll be some kind of swap for the yellow wheels that came on the car. I cleaned everything i could get to in the engine bay but the lower gearbox area is still very orange.




Next I thought under the scuttle panels was pretty filthy so decided to have a clean up under there. The drivers side was completely blocked up with what seems to be pine needles. The loom grommet was also fitted a bit funny which meant it wasnt sealing properly. Alarm mounted on the passenger side has some loose wires but as said before im not going to tackle removing that yet. 





Also found a patch where all the paint had peeled off with bare metal behind. Gave it a quick prime and spray with some satin black. Better than doing nothing!



All sprayed and cleaned up.



By this time it was getting dark and cold. I fitted the lower centre console and packed up for the night. A fair bit of work to be done and hopefully i can refit the scuttle panel and wiper arms tomorrow after cleaning them this evening. Tom has the new rad and we will fit that next week as i doubt superglue will get me to london and back!