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I did exactly that, trimmed around the top screw and the knob removed

Thank you. I’ll give it a go. Hope the knob pulls off cleanly; if not, they’re cheap enough to replace.

Awkward to fit with the heater in the car but worth it I think Firstly, I appreciate this thread is more than seven months old, but I’m a slow reader 😀 So I now have a decal from sticky fingers and trying to work out the best way to fit it with the heater in situ. The third fascia screw (at the top...

Engaging

Thanks for the advice. I haven’t had chance to check the compression, but it’s looking like it might have been a faulty cap. The rad had been professionally refurbished and definitely wasn’t leaking before the cloud of steam (no water dripped on my driveway). The engine was also fully refurbished le...

I’ve always thought that the A series engine rarely, if ever, overheats. However, I’ve just acquired a fully restored Minor with a fully refurbished 1098 engine and refurbished rad and water pump. I’d just got home from its first trip (approx 16 miles), turned off the ignition and a great cloud of s...