Oh that Leak !

Thought I'd top up the Talbot water first thing - it took two pints. So quite a bit down. I also popped some in the expansion bottle as that looked empty too. Lifting the bonnet I also spotted some wetness where it had been before. I wondered if that had a hole ?

However it was coming down so I traced it back to the fitting for the large water pipe which seems to be held in place with a huge castellated nut. 

I was not sure I had a tool for that so I went off to think and do other jobs. Later returning to it and I tried a couple of thick spanners on their edge - one moved it ok but it was hard to stop it slipping out. I then thought I could get a nut in the slot and use that - so I made a tool.

A bit crude but it did the trick. I seem to have a lot of thread to take up though so did a couple of turns until it stopped weeping. I'm not sure how 'tight' it should be. I heated the car up and then took it for a test drive. The temperature stayed lower (85/90) this time and there was no drip on checking it again. 

To make sure I put two red dots on the fittings - so we'll see if they move. 

There is still lots of thread left there though.

In the afternoon I took the Imp out - she needed a pint of oil first though. Harkstead for jobs of course.

Then as it was so sunny I came back around the lanes and on the rest of the usual circuit but backwards. Interestingly I think the road that way round is less bumpy.

ION: It looks like Trump's bullying has stared the peace process in the Ukraine with a slight cease fire - we'll see.