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1/2 a cup of persil in the cooling system for a day or two works wonders for breaking down the oil. Well done chap.

Bit late to the party here, but i'm glad to see someone got as stressed with the damn radiator as i did!

As i don't care much for the car its in i got that irrate Stihl saw came out and i cut the front end off

New wing mirrors and indicators turned up today

planetc wrote:1/2 a cup of persil in the cooling system for a day or two works wonders for breaking down the oil. Well done chap.

You have got to be taking the ****! Lmao

Nice progress again dave how far are from putting her into action now?

jimmy wrote:

planetc wrote:1/2 a cup of persil in the cooling system for a day or two works wonders for breaking down the oil. Well done chap.

You have got to be taking the ****! Lmao

Nice progress again dave how far are from putting her into action now?

Nope, totally serious this time.

jimmy wrote:Nice progress again dave how far are from putting her into action now?

Actually ready to roll Jimmy, but want to do a few odd jobs before taking her for a proper run - want to get swap dodgy peeling alloys for a set of steels I have and hose off 3 months of garage dirt, then off I go! If I can, that'll be this weekend

planetc wrote:

jimmy wrote:

planetc wrote:1/2 a cup of persil in the cooling system for a day or two works wonders for breaking down the oil. Well done chap.

You have got to be taking the ****! Lmao

Nice progress again dave how far are from putting her into action now?

Nope, totally serious this time.

forte biodegreaser every time. brilliant stuff.

On my second flush with Forte - really good stuff! ta Humbucker for the tip.

lowrider dave wrote:On my second flush with Forte - really good stuff! ta Humbucker for the tip.

smart looking motor and engine bay

washing powder is just as good as planetc says.

when my old head went porous i ran washing powder in mine constanty for about a year. never had any goo build up

lowrider dave wrote:On my second flush with Forte - really good stuff! ta Humbucker for the tip.

the forte stuff smells of oranges too which is great cos whenever you put the heater on for the weeks that follow a succession of flushes your car interior is wonderfully fragranced

Very impressed Dave

Thanks Envoy


Small update, almost finished spraying the steelies.
The £10 GSI grille turned up yesterday, another one for the 'when I get a respray' pile.
Have been ghey and bought a new reg for the car...nothing clever as I'm not a fan of 'personalised' reg plates.

i did the same, but primarily cos my reg featured the letters BNP. caused some awkward stares and conversations. it had to go!

humbucker wrote:i did the same, but primarily cos my reg featured the letters BNP. caused some awkward stares and conversations. it had to go!

I went for M900 CAV, mainly as it had cav in the reg and my cars an M. Nicely tying in is that the Saab 900 used the Mk3 floorpan...so it all links in. Sort of.

Gave her a wash at the weekend.
Next plans are to get rust sorted and respray.

lowrider dave wrote:Gave her a wash at the weekend.
Next plans are to get rust sorted and respray.

Think I can just about make out a little patch of rust coming through on the bonnet....

Kevwaggy wrote:Think I can just about make out a little patch of rust coming through on the bonnet....

Where?!

Dave did I miss something? What's with the rusty bonnet? Or is that just there as a 'placeholder' while you sort your actual bonnet out?

The cav was bought originally to do a banger rally to Romania in. The theme was RatRod and I got as far as getting red steels and rusting the bonnet whilst dealing with the oil cooler when I trapped a nerve in my back.

This put me out of action for a few months and set the timetable for getting the car ready well back. Although well enough to now return to work working half-days as a 'fazed' return to work, I was under advice from Doctor and physio not to do the rally as recovery from the trapped nerve is around 8 months and I could just make the matter worse and even risk a slipped disc. So I relented.

I have now turned to my long term plan of restoring the cav. This week I went to a local vehicle restorer to go over what needed doing, etc. I want new sills, wings, arches, a respray, etc. At the moment this will commence in November as it's a small dedicated outfit would don't do rush/bodge jobs.

The rusty bonnet will stay until I get a new one when resto commences. Hope this brings you up to speed and explains things!

Oh yeah, I think my heater motor (blower) is bust, I replaced the resistor and tried it and it made a hideous noise and no blow - Gaz says the motors caput and I agree with him. Now I have to get a replacement...£60 online

Took her to work today and noted the expansion tank cap rubber looked odd when I checked the water level. When I got home the 'low water' light came on so I popped the bonnet and was greeted by a flood of brown water...new cap required then.

Interesting this was the first day our with the new reg. M900 CAV, as I headed down my road to home I saw a dark blue cav reg A20 CAV going the other way and we waved! Never seen that cav before, so it either comes to the nearby estates to work or just passing through!

In a weird way I reckon it looks sweet are you purposely going for the rat look?

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