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So vibration update, as someone told me on here, it could be the engine mounts, well I went through my eBay history, I bought uprated mounts, I've since changed to softer ones, from France of all places, had cut away pictures of the thread seperate with rubber in-between, I suspect the uprated thread goes all the way through, anyway , it's like a different car, vibration gone. Also done some bodywork, rust on the seam at the back is a bad trap, cut out welded new section in, skim of fibreglass , then filled , lucky me had some paint left from respray years ago now

I think I may need to do the tappets!

Right, update and not a happy one. I bought a new radiator cap, for anybody in the North West there's a little shop in Old Swan, just outside of Liverpool called 'MOTORNEEDS' specialising in parts for older cars. He's a nice guy, regardless of some of the negative feedback on Google maps. After I paid for my new rad cap he said, I've got a book for you, and produces a Ford Cortina mk3 Owners Handbook. OK, it's for a pre facelift but it was free so no complaints here. Back to my dilemma. 20260328_171612.mp4 So, 1/ Where did the water go? 2/ My finger is OK, it was only washing the dishes hot. 3/ Now I have silt and bubbles WTF is wrong now??? The rad had a new core fitted around about the time it went into the lockup for hibernation, back in September 2014 after its' last MOT pass! Hoses fitted with the rad.The bottom one crunches when I squeeze it!....If I had any hair left, I'd be pulling it out now, oh and I can't flush it out 'cos it's about 2 miles away from my house and my hosepipe won't reach! Oh, I missed it overflowing with the cap on as well. 20260328_171926.mp4

They didn't have viscous fans in 1975. I have a video or two IF and when they finish transfering by clockwork bluetooth!