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(Message started by: Highlander on Jun 13^th, 2008, 7:39pm)

Title: Burst water hose
Post by Highlander on Jun 13^th, 2008, 7:39pm

Sprung a leak on the hose that runs from the bottom of the radiator to the thermostat, must have sprayed straight onto the N/S cat making lots of steam!
did a very good impression of the Red Arrows display team on the M8 for a few hundred yards :)

New hose fitted and up and running again, wasnt as bad as i first feared :)

Title: Re: Burst water hose
Post by scorpio_man on Jun 13^th, 2008, 7:48pm

i take it you had a spare!!! ;D

Title: Re: Burst water hose
Post by Highlander on Jun 13^th, 2008, 8:22pm

Its called recycling ;) i'm environmentally friendly ;)

Title: Re: Burst water hose
Post by scorpio_man on Jun 13^th, 2008, 8:25pm

first time i've heard a scorpio called eco friendly!!! }{

Title: Re: Burst water hose
Post by Highlander on Jun 14^th, 2008, 2:07pm

One guy who stopped to help me was quite impressed by the range of spares I carried in the boot, he said it was like a Dakar Ralley support vehicle ;)

Title: Re: Burst water hose
Post by gozz on Jun 14^th, 2008, 8:59pm

Highlander.
It MUST have been north of the border,nobody stops to help in these parts,they are all intent in getting into the back of my hearse soonest !
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Burst water hose
Post by Snoopy on Jun 16^th, 2008, 7:48am

Pity you weren't at Harewood some else needed a spare hose .! ;) ( top Heater)

Fortunately one of the unleashed gang ( Wumps) had his garage with him as per usual and problem fixed for a get him home solution. ::) ::)

Title: Re: Burst water hose
Post by Geoff_W on Jun 16^th, 2008, 11:13pm

Thinking about this, even though it did not quite work out, time to add a hoseweld bandage and some copper pipe and jubilee clips to the the first aid kit.

I guess the alternative is to bite the bullet and change some hoses and keep the good ones as spare, luckily the 12valve has got a fair amount of space to work in.

Just checking Stuart, but do you have a complete spare set for a 12valve in the depot?