Another own goal saved

Well after yesterday's missing nut and washer what did I discover when I went to fit the new pipe to the E-type ?

1. A huge groove in the old pipe just cutting through the pipe

2. The new pipe was far too long (as was the one I took off)

3. It's a BLOODY BASTARD to fit

4. The car won't start if you have knocked a wire off the distributor (spotted quickly t mu credit)

All done now though - including undoing the Dynator - and after testing up to temperature and heat sinking plus looking tonight there were no drips.

Oh and the own goal ? I'd threaded the fan belt incorrectly on the tensioner when I fitted the Dynator - this caused it to tension out (onto the pipe) and not in. Here it is correctly positioned and sitting well away from the old pipe still showing the groove.

Not bad though. I fitted that belt in November 2016, so it took almost three and a half years and 2500 miles to eat through the pipe.