Whist I have been off, I have been beavering away (sort of) in the garage getting the cooling system up and running.
Got all the pipes in and connected.
Filled it up with the wet stuff.
Had a water leak at the rad switch for the cooling fan.
Took me a while to find the PTFE tape, refitted switch an refilled.
Started engine but it coughed and spluttered a lot. Checked the fuel in the 1 gallon can in the back. Had half a cup of petrol left in it.
Went to garage and refilled the can and re-connected it (put take off and return into top) and restarted it.
Found that I need to reposition the feed from the header tank to the engine so that it feeds into a bottom hose instead of the bypass circuit.
Also found that I need a new pressure cap as the one that was on the header tank (out of breakers yard) does not seal (pressure valve stuck open).
However I did run the engine for about 20 minutes and on the whole everything seems good apart from the timing needs setting up and the mixture also.
However I am now a bit deaf as its very noisy with no exhaust in an enclosed garage, but I do seem to have survived trying gas myself with the exhaust fumes.
Edit bit.
Must get the exhaust done & must get the fuel tank done.
[Edited on 19/3/08 by jollygreengiant]