During the week the aluminium header tank and cap arrived so yesterday I had a word with Neville regarding where, pipe runs etc and we ended up with it central on the scuttle, raised slightly on 1" aluminium section to keep the air above the highest point of the water in the engine. It was all a rather long drawn out process trying to get pipe runs to fit and what I've ended up with is a little strained on one bend but once filled we started the engine (first time in 3 months or so) and let the water flow until hot, topping up as it settled. Once full, with the fan running to show it was hot, we shut it down and left it to cool for an hour. Then we repeated the exercise and have left it overnight. I'm going over later so will have a look to make sure all is well. I had found some key components by shopping about, a D Tweeks inlet pipe with branch suitable to go on the end of the plenum and have a feed from the idle control valve, demist fans, a "budget" horn, some new silicone hose to replace tatty bits, a couple of electric bits and so on which will arrive next week. Also pleased to discover that for SVA the handbrake switch can be wired to the brake test light and save a switch on the dash. At the end of the day I was rather dumb when trying to complete the rear lights, trying to fit bayonets back to front and so on and ended quite frustrated with myself but compared to some of the negotiations at work just now it don't half take your mind into other realms!
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