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It was a good fit although I think I've made a mistake leaving the ac lines open, but then they were leaking anyway so I'm sure they'd have had moisture in them.
That pulley was a right bugger to do but now ready for a trip to see if the aircon holds pressure and works, oh and the mot has run out😫
New idler fitted along with a new used alternator, new rad, condenser and drier. I'm not sure how but I managed to but I dragged it out for a whole day while losing bolts in the engine bay, drinking coffee, eating and listening to Man Utd collapse to Tottenham.
@Yorkshire Pudding damn it! New header tank that's what I'm missing!
Doesnt the heater need to be blowing hot to open up the matrix? I'm loath to flush crap through my shiny new rad, thinking about it now I should have left the old one on to do the flushing and running up to temperature first🤔
New radiator, condenser and dryer. The alternator was draining the battery, that is a new one in the photo but is the wrong as the terminals are in the way of the ac hoses. Oh and the idler pulley is knackered so that's getting done too.
I'm hoping the weather improves tomorrow so I can change my alternator and flush my coolant before fitting a new radiator and condenser. I've read @bloke mention in the past about running a dissolved dishwasher tablet through it while the system gets up to temperature to give it all good clean...
In the same boat here @jameswrx I'm running cat, unresonated, ktec recessed backbox. It's too boomy for long journeys and as much as I've tried I cant find a spare resonated centre section so either buying a whole ktec with resonator or getting one welded in are my next options.
Can any of you knowledgeable chaps tell me the part number of the auxiliary lower idler pulley for a 172, mine is noisy but my belt and tensioner was only done last year. No idea why this wasnt changed but while I have the alternator out I might as well do it.
If anyone has a good used one...