Ferryman wrote:

To keep the cooler radiator in one piece you could try to heat the nuts for a short while, aluminium expands very quickly when heated with a torch (kitchen chef's torch).
If no avail your plan can always be plan B.

Given the OP's previous two fires, not sure I'd advise heating bits of car up with a chef's torch lol.

Well, this DSE project is dragging on now as works been busy and I've not been able to find the inclination to get cold in the workshop. Anyway, I need to get this project finished as I've agreed to take on a new project... a 2002 4.6 Vogue SE. As soon as this is finished I can get the Vogue SE home and get it sorted.

I've not even seen pictures of the car yet but from the description I've been given it doesn't need a lot of fettling and 5k miles ago it had a brand new RPI V8 engine fitted to it.

David.

You can race Orangebean! :)

Given the "one step forward, two steps back" progress of my Vogue SE project, it won't be much of a race.
Mind you, I am now the world authority on the bits that make the SE an SE. Took me an hour to just clean aged melted chocolate out of the centre dash speaker the other day.

Well, time for another update!

The DSE now has the new gearbox fitted, I just need to put everything back together around the box and swap the radiator. I'm in the middle of renovating the new house at the moment as we were meant to move on 2nd May... It looks like that's been massively pushed back already so tinkering time has been at a premium.

I have however done the deal on the 2002 Oslo Blue Vogue SE so once the DSE is on the road and MOT'd she will be looking for a new home!

David.