Well,... I bought a new battery for Renee, and then realised that the old battery had threaded bolt connections and the new battery had lead posts. So i looked around for some new terminals with bolted connections so I did not have to remove the existing loop connectors which look nice and are original. I got the terminals off the net for 99p each (Halfords £3.99 each) So I connected the new battery on Renee, and lo and behold, the starter worked, so its working, and the engine turned over so not seized. I checked before and there was a slight oily presence on the plug, but clean and not coked. So appears to have run well when last used. The lights worked, and the period radio works!!! Yippee!
I was told by someone on here that I need to flush out things before running the engine, and then after its warm, flush some more. So I took off the big hoses either side of the water pump and flushed through the rad and then through the other pipe which I realise just flushed through the pump impeller. So which pipe's do i flush the engine through? Please can someone take a pic and arrow which pipes I disconnect and then I can have a go at that. Water that came out was a bit pinky, but no bits. And I think that may have been a French red antifreeze.
Once I have flushed, will have to do the petrol trick to start the engine. Don't want to use the contents of the tank!!. I will have to remove that and clean it out. Is there a way of checking if the sender unit works so I can replace it if required while the tank is out?
All advice very gratefully received.
I was told by someone on here that I need to flush out things before running the engine, and then after its warm, flush some more. So I took off the big hoses either side of the water pump and flushed through the rad and then through the other pipe which I realise just flushed through the pump impeller. So which pipe's do i flush the engine through? Please can someone take a pic and arrow which pipes I disconnect and then I can have a go at that. Water that came out was a bit pinky, but no bits. And I think that may have been a French red antifreeze.
Once I have flushed, will have to do the petrol trick to start the engine. Don't want to use the contents of the tank!!. I will have to remove that and clean it out. Is there a way of checking if the sender unit works so I can replace it if required while the tank is out?
All advice very gratefully received.