[stephen low]

G'day All

A further visit by the sparky today has put my wiring at about 95% complete. This means my battery charges during running and almost all things electrical work.

Also learnt that the sparky had set up my thermo to only operate off my manual thermostat. Now that this is set for a decent temperature operation my system isn't overheating or overpressurising as I first experienced!! So all is good.

Even took the opportunity to drive down our very short court to the local servo opposite to pump up the tyres. Luckily no stray wallopers appeared but still managed to attract a couple of young Ford bucks checking out the bonnetless beast as I gassed the tyres!! Front alignment all to hell but WT.... it was a great great short drive!!!!!!!!!

Cameron

The overflow bottle needs to have the right set up. It will accept excess fluid from the coolant system into the overflow bottle, and will allow this to spill to the outside world if overfull but will suck back any fluid into the main cooling system as it cools.

I used an overflow bottle from a 90's Hyundai I think. The right set up only works in one direction so don't go putting it in backwards! That will just make a mess of your garage.

Cheers