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And indeed now in its new home! Nice to meet you and thanks for showing us around your collection.

Yep. Now in my collection behind my house. Pulled it effortlessly. According to the Nanocom the coolant temperature varied between 85 and 91C unladen and pretty much solid at 90C fully laden no matter what the terrain or speed.

Have to admit we put heritage 20/50 in that 4.0 litre we fixed and it ran really well on it.

Started the scrapper. Bit odd. Reconnected battery and everything worked again! Tried to start and everything went dark again. Tried a jump lead from battery negative to engine and even battery positive to starter positive but no change. Disconnected battery negative, waited 3 minutes and then...

Doesn't matter if semi-synthetic or fully synthetic. Shell always used to have the best oils. Their additives seemed to be very good. Whether this is still the case I am unsure. Some people like @Henry_b recommend an oil high in ZDDP or something like that. Sounds plausible. I do oil changes...

Something like that. I found the smell lasted weeks.

There is a potentiometer in the pump top. I'm trying to remember what it looked like but I recall you can clean it. I think it might have some sort of ribbon cable that solders on one side in order to get it out and clean underneath it but I really wouldn't bother unless it is last resort. Blast...

I wouldn't touch that pump too much. Tap it to idle at 750 rpm and leave it. If there is no throttle response then someone may have had the top off and not engaged the pin into the collar.

You can unplug the lift sensor and it will run on default values using the crank sensor.

Getting them out isn't an issue. Getting them to sit right when you put them back can be. Easy with the dash out but not always so easy to get them locked in place otherwise. I cannot remember what product I used off Amazon but you started the car with the recycle on max fan, pulled the cap and...

Think I just spotted a business opportunity.

Takes a while for the aircon to get down to temperature. Hotter it is the longer it takes.

I doubt that reading is real. Certainly not likely with the cap off so atmospheric pressure.

The question is how do you tell? They taste different, obviously.

Normally they use the windy gun on max-torque and just hammer it up.

Is it called Christine?

Yes, I don't think going above 95C is sensible.

Oil filter wrench, the band or strap type, can help remove and refit.

My sensor is bolted to the head so probably a few degrees cooler than the head itself and maybe a few degrees below the coolant as well. Usually it runs between 85 and 95C on my sensor. Thermostat opens at 82, I think. The air con fans come in too late on the later models for my liking. Already...

Indeed. How's the hair-shirt? Still itching?