Stag Timing Chain Install

[@stevesalvage1089]

Well , we had these in the garages for maintenance, quess what no problems, the first mark ones relied on the radiator cap to be 100 percent leak proof and sucked water back to the rad from the bottle , in practice in didn't work and lost water , from cold to hot it expands buy half a pint , quickly in early 72 they hard plumed the overflow pipe to the bottom of the bottle no longer relying on the rad cap , better still is to put a TR7 Header tank wich looks factory above were the bottle was that way it is gravity fed , other problems in the day was tap water in the engine and just lack of maintenance thanks for sharing, interesting

[@dustystuffgarage]

I'm running tap water at the moment, with what's left of the green coolant, funny enough I have noted a slight spike in the temp when upto normal running conditions, this weekend I'm doing a back flush on the cooling system, then using the red coolant that has a higher concentrate of ethylene glycol, I'll also make up the mix with distilled water, thats after fitting the new water pump cover 12 vane, which means pulling off the inlet, I've also got a slight air leak on the inlet also, so I can get both those jobs done at once. Cheers

[@rhettcorbett3346]

The time was right to change it bud. So what's next on the list mate ?

[@dustystuffgarage]

Probably fuel pump upgrade, and remove the after market fuel pressure adjuster from the engine bay! It's all about that oem look. Cheers @rhettcorbett3346