This might get a bit random now because that's very much how progress is at the moment. Start one bit then get held up because I find i'm missing some tiny vital part, do something else, get bored, start something else etc etc. No way to do it really but if it was too organised it would be like work and therefore no fun. So brace for various stuff.
Heater control. This had been laying around for ages and I had forgotten to paint it when I did the rest of the engine ages ago.
View attachment 274458View attachment 274459I got the adapter screwed into place. But then thought I was going to have to take off the thermostat cover as I couldn't get the heater control to screw in without catching. Got round it somehow but then found if I screwed the heater control right down to the bottom then the inlet/outlet/nozzle/spout thing was pointing to the front of the engine and not rearwards like it should do. So I put some loctite on the threads and screwed it down as far as I could while still getting it pointing in the right direction. Now it's gone off it all seems solid and sealed. Really not sure if that's an acceptable way of doing it or if i'm going to end up with a lot of red hot water peeing all over the place when I turn the heater on. We'll see.
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