ok not long for gaydon, so I decided to fit the little extras I had sitting,
I bought some mk3 head light protectors, they came from the Netherlands!
the ones I bought from ebay ended up been damaged, so nice replacement ones were bought.
bit of a worry about fitting them, in case you crack them!
next up is the interesting part!
remember a few months ago, I bought my rover temp thing, well today I decided to finish the installation off.
the dash part I already installed months ago,
well I fitted the rest of the system into the car,
put the end on the wire ready
fed the main probe through to the front of the car,
finished off the wiring side of the job,
the little box and the fuse box,
put the metro connector on so it plugs in where my finger is,
switched the car on and did a test,
works!
the little probe in place
Then sorted out another problem, I had a massive air lock in the system, so got the car up to temp and went to a carpark, and took the cap off, and gave the engine some right old stick, which forced what ever air was in out!
That's why you will see the cap off the coolant in some of the photos.
Next up is a good wash, inside out and polish and we are ready for gaydon!
The car will be featured on the metro time line, we will are the 1990 car! So the 1st mk3 metro on the timeline!
Gaydon is holding the Austin metros 35th and Rover metros 25th birthday, so they maybe about a 100 metros there! including the prototype and the last ever one made! ( depending on the weather for the last one)
Will be another mile stone for me!
I bought some mk3 head light protectors, they came from the Netherlands!
the ones I bought from ebay ended up been damaged, so nice replacement ones were bought.
bit of a worry about fitting them, in case you crack them!
next up is the interesting part!
remember a few months ago, I bought my rover temp thing, well today I decided to finish the installation off.
the dash part I already installed months ago,
well I fitted the rest of the system into the car,
put the end on the wire ready
fed the main probe through to the front of the car,
finished off the wiring side of the job,
the little box and the fuse box,
put the metro connector on so it plugs in where my finger is,
switched the car on and did a test,
works!
the little probe in place
Then sorted out another problem, I had a massive air lock in the system, so got the car up to temp and went to a carpark, and took the cap off, and gave the engine some right old stick, which forced what ever air was in out!
That's why you will see the cap off the coolant in some of the photos.
Next up is a good wash, inside out and polish and we are ready for gaydon!
The car will be featured on the metro time line, we will are the 1990 car! So the 1st mk3 metro on the timeline!
Gaydon is holding the Austin metros 35th and Rover metros 25th birthday, so they maybe about a 100 metros there! including the prototype and the last ever one made! ( depending on the weather for the last one)
Will be another mile stone for me!