Running out of Stuff to do

Went to Home Depot (again) and bought a collection of washers and metric nuts and bolts so I could fit the radiator (it won't be in the way when I fit the engine and transmission). All went in smoothly enough after I "adjusted" the brackets with a Birmingham screwdriver.

Top radiator mount

Strangely enough, the grommets for the bonnet fixing are also used for the top radiator bracket. 

All went together fairly easily, with the studs to mount the fan (which is of an industrial size and could suck a water melon through a hosepipe, I am sure) already on the radiator, which is a nicely constructed aluminum affair. The manual said there was a separate fan mounting bracket. There isn't, so that part of the manual can be ignored.

Lower radiator mount and temperature switch

The bottom is fitted with two small rubber bobbins, which don't seem that sturdy. We will see how it holds up once it is full of coolant. It is a relatively small radiator, so hopefully it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Connected the wiring for the fan and the fan switch, which was straightforward due to all the labelling I had done earlier

Fan mount

Also fitted the propshaft, which was fairly straightforward- this was surprising as most forum posters say it is a beast to do. Top tip if the handbrake isn't working to lock the rear wheels, push a stout screwdriver through the middle of the UJ to hold it in place while you torque up the bolts (thanks to Mike Brewer for that one). My new wobble bar was invaluable to get past the grease nipple for one of the four bolts. 

You try working "wobble bar" and "nipple" into the same sentence - hey, I just did it again.

Tunnel panels

Also fitted the transmission tunnel top panels (temporarily). They will have to come off when I fit the engine and to feed the rest of the wires through,
but I decided to fit them with self-tapping screws for easy removal (to get at the handbrake and gearbox) anyway. You can see how dusty it gets here, that's after just a couple of days.

Heat shield

Heat shield fitted (missing a few capscrews - will go to Ace Hardware tomorrow to give the folk at Home Depot a break).