DavidM
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| posted on 3/7/05 at 10:56 PM |
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One weekend, two milestones!
Following on from getting my electrics up and running yesterday, got the engine started today.
Second turn of the key,, ran for about ten minutes then blew a large amount of the water out of the header tank cap. Water boiling in head, radiator
too cold for fan to come on. Took out thermostat, topped up water through stat housing, bypassed fan stat so fan ran all the time and restarted. Seems
to be ok now, standard 1300 Xflow with K&N and Lolocost exhaust runs great, sounds fantastic and smells like all cars should.
David
Proportion is Everything
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Hornet
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| posted on 4/7/05 at 06:59 AM |
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N1.. Great feeling init. 
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MikeR
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| posted on 4/7/05 at 07:23 AM |
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almost had a similar experience.........
nearly finished scrapping the escort after (cough) years and discovered why i've had ground clearance issues ...... blooming wheels i got from
the scrappy are 145/70's not 155/80's !!!!!
v.happy and v.sad at the same time ..... poor escort 
bits for sale later today.
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flange nut
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| posted on 4/7/05 at 12:11 PM |
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Well done. I wanted to pop over and see your car this weekend. Pity I missed the big start up.
Geoff
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DavidM
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| posted on 4/7/05 at 05:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by flange nut
Well done. I wanted to pop over and see your car this weekend. Pity I missed the big start up.
Geoff
I'll start it up for you anytime Geoff.
Proportion is Everything
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