Following a truck on the A46 this week and it had a blowout - the tyre carcass hit me and smashed the grille, cracked the number plate, and the broken grille stabbed through the radiator, so I had to limp to work and get the car recovered.







Amazingly there seems to be no other damage.

After sourcing a new radiator I decided to do some other stuff while I was changing it over.

Fan shroud & motor





Intermittent sticky starter which has annoyed me since I got it



Replaced with a Transit Connect one, what a difference! Awesome starter compared to the lethargic CVH unit



Exhaust manifold



I used Stove paint, wanted something a bit more textured really, but it will do



New distributor cap



Replacement expansion tank decal and painted the cap





Refreshed the air inlet





Also a new oil cap and a few other bits cleaned up, and of course the new rad.



So this is the engine bay a few weeks ago



And this is now



Not perfect but an improvement!