Further to the work I got done to the car last week, well this weekend I replaced the coolant bottle and flushed the system in the old Ford. A relatively straight forward job but getting some of the radiator hoses off was a bit fiddly.

I put the car up on the ramps to make it easier and I was quite glad that I bought them. The old coolant bottle was perished and it was the original factory fitted unit,so it’s been on the car for over twenty years.

I took the car for a test drive and discovered that there was a small leak from the thermostat housing, I got a new gasket for it and replaced that today. I haven’t done a test drive yet but hopefully the new gasket has fixed the leak. I also replaced the wipers as they had seen better days too.

All that’s left now is to get on the road on Saturday to Sydney for my road trip.

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