I pulled the pipes + clamp out to take the pic, that's why it's not sitting right. Do the flanges on the pipes sit on top of the inlet surface? Or do they go further in? Someone has been and butchered the threads in it too. Made 10x harder by the fact that I don't have a magnetic screwdriver...

What's the secret to getting this clamp and screw back on the heater matrix? I've been at it for hours, it's kicking my arse Is there a certain way the clamp is supposed to sit on the matrix?

Got the buggers out. They don't look in bad condition, got me wondering if it's a leak with the pipes or the matrix itself. Anyways, what size o rings have people been using as a replacement? I've got some that are the same diameter but a little thicker. Old ones in above pic.

Anyone know what diameter duct this is? May as well replace it while I'm here

Wish I saw this before I started tearing the dash apart! Is it as simple as piping the internal (behind firewall )pipes to eachother and the external (engine loop) pipes to eachother? Made a start today, got some bits off but got stuck because I don't have any eTorx sockets. Got some coming...

It's definitely coolant, the puddle is a bright pink. Guess I'll be off the road for a while!

Do you have any links to a full guide for this method?

Any recommended threads/guides? Found a dash removal guide on paulp38a.com, looks like a lot of fun 😑

Is that more or less work than replacing both the cylinder head gaskets....because that took me a month

Ah...that might do it

Had a look this afternoon, the drips are coming from somewhere in-between the front wing:

I pressurised it using a tester up to ~15 psi, and didn't see any coolant coming from the top of the expansion tank, so I don't think it's leaking from the overflow I was going to have another look this morning, but the weather has decided that I'll be spending the day indoors. No point looking...

Evening, Noticed my 4.6 has been losing some coolant recently. Pressurised the cooling system, and I can see drips dropping from the bottom of the wheel arch, just before the front driver (UK) wheel. Pics/video: Is there a common place where this leak could be coming from? Can't see anything...

I had this issue, it was solved quite quickly with a blowtorch and hacking away at the housing around the nut until I could just about fit a wrench on it to keep it still

Thanks for checking that out. I'll order a replacement one. Car still starts and drives, so I suppose it's not anything critical. I've not noticed anything stop working though.

I've just been out to take a picture of the fuse box diagram: RL10, bottom centre, is the one I'm missing. Anyone got a Thor they can double check?

I probably didn't get all the old oil out, I'll give it a run and check the levels again Fusebox lid shows a picture of an engine with an electrical bolt through it. Don't have a picture unfortunately! Imagine an EML with a lightning bolt. Next up.

Ignition key doesn't fit the glove box either, so hoping the door and glove box are for the same original key. Changed the oil today, was blacker than the night. 5L of fresh 20w-50 gone in. The old filter put up quite a fight. The garage mentioned some of my relays were looking a bit burnt out...

I've just seen the price of the Mk3/Green receivers, so much for such a small device! So I've got a key which only fits the ignition barrel, and a door lock with no key. What's the sensible way forward? Replace the door lock cylinder with a simple one for emergency use?

Update: They pushed the car out of the garage and it started to behave normally again. Keyfob works and engine starts. Perhaps an issue with RF interference. It's now sitting pretty on my drive 😊 I'll have to check if I have the updated RF receiver fitted, and buy one if not.