Used to be Blue's Valiant

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Sat Jul 13, 19 4:58 pm

Very nice

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Aug 16, 19 11:53 pm

Nearly there...

ScottyDave · Post by **ScottyDave** » Sat Aug 17, 19 6:52 am

Nice

probably missed it in the thread but what size was the block originally?

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Aug 17, 19 8:00 am

360 Dave.

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Mon Aug 19, 19 6:51 am

very nice work

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Aug 31, 19 5:17 pm

Ever since I put the crossflow Radiator in the car I've had an issue with keeping the water in it at a constant level, It always seemed to need topping up. I finally got around to properly investigating it last week, a pressure test showed a small leak on the bottom hose which I nipped up, that made no difference. Thinking a bit more about it I decided it should probably have an expansion tank, a mate turned up with one he'd saved from a John Deere buggy he had scrapped. I piped it up and filled it to the second mark and filled the rad right up to the cap. When the engine is hot it half fills the tank and when it cools down it gets sucked back into the rad and the level returns to the second mark. This seems to have done the trick and the mechanical temp gauge seems much more sensitive now which is nice....

mygasser · Post by **mygasser** » Sat Aug 31, 19 10:48 pm

good idea with the expansion tank/bottle blue. if you wanted to 'hide' it a bit in the past i've masked a 1/2" strip top to bottom and painted them black. they don't look so modern then but the strip lets you see the level still.

neil.

Dom66 · Post by **Dom66** » Sun Sep 01, 19 11:33 am

Good idea, I need to do this. Just have to find a suitable bottle....

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sun Sep 01, 19 4:11 pm

There are plenty of aluminium ones on eBay if that floats your boat...

Super Sloth · Post by **Super Sloth** » Mon Sep 02, 19 12:14 pm

Have a look at the MGB expansion tanks. They are brass under the black paint and a nice oval shape that can be polished up to a mirror finish. I had one chromed a few years back too.

Dom66 · Post by **Dom66** » Mon Sep 02, 19 2:16 pm

Hmm, some of those aluminium ones aren't as expensive as I thought they might be. Were the MG ones used on Midgets as well ? I have a friend with a shed load of Midget spares....

Super Sloth · Post by **Super Sloth** » Mon Sep 02, 19 5:01 pm

Depends on the midget!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Tue Sep 03, 19 4:40 pm

So there it is in all its 70s gloriousness, about time I got my finger out and got it in...

ScottyDave · Post by **ScottyDave** » Tue Sep 03, 19 7:16 pm

That sure looks impressive

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Tue Sep 03, 19 9:16 pm

Proper old school cool !!!
Well done Blue. Outstanding work $\:D/$

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