She lives...... and is not embarrasing herself by leaving a puddle underneath anymore... old coolant piped had rusted from the inside out - complete mess - one of the brackets had disolved as well....
Could not get OE pipes as NLA - and the custom ones were not going to be done in time and were going to be too much cost wise - so a breaker came to the rescue.. 'As new' from a late plate 25.
new clutch is a an absolutely dream - got a nice light feel in the action and very progressive.... back to OE feel i would probably guess.... no more permanent handbrake starts and huge drive-line shudder as it engages....
i should have taken some picks of the old unit - it was a mess....
Aircon pipes are also NLA or the one i need isn't and the guy needed 3 weeks lead time to create some new ones, can't sort AC without a running engine, and with no coolant pipes no running engine... so just ran out of time...
going to be able to give the car a good workout with a 1000+ mile trip lined up shortly....
have to say even after a 7 hour work day then a 7 hour stint of travel - the last 2 hours in the ZS were an absolute joy..... if you want to appreciate your ZS for a while - leave it parked up for 2 months and drive something else - even modern and getting abck in it will bring a smile to your face (and back
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want to go and drive the car but slight 'scared' of it being friday the 13th
