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nice work- death of a DJ

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this would appear to be the result of a do it yerselfer replacing the radiator and not knowing how to fill the system properly. there was not more than 4 or 5 litres of coolant in the whole thing...........





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oh dear
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Expect the heads are toast to then....
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it'll buff out ...
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kevtherev wrote:it'll buff out ...

JB weld..........
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toomanytoys wrote::roll:

Expect the heads are toast to then....

heads look ok, do ya need some?
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David, I am surprised you are still buggering about this sort of sHYTE rather than moving on to bigger and better things in life...



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are you mending it?? makes my old one look mint, hey si??
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Fritz wrote:David, I am surprised you are still buggering about this sort of sHYTE rather than moving on to bigger and better things in life...



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Doesn't look anything whatseover to do with with coolant problem...

Simple thrown rod, not uncommon on Djs at all... https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Pe ... wing_a_rod
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oorwullie wrote:
toomanytoys wrote::roll:

Expect the heads are toast to then....

heads look ok, do ya need some?

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Eta-Beta wrote:are you mending it?? makes my old one look mint, hey si??

MY one..... sure does...
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HarryMann wrote:Doesn't look anything whatseover to do with with coolant problem...

Simple thrown rod, not uncommon on Djs at all... https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Pe ... wing_a_rod

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And there's me hoping someone had shot Tony Blackburn
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T'Onion wrote:
HarryMann wrote:Doesn't look anything whatseover to do with with coolant problem...

Simple thrown rod, not uncommon on Djs at all... https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Pe ... wing_a_rod

I knew I'd seen pictures like them before

that will be the enthusiastically driven syncro one with no oil cooler and bod warning disabled/ignored, should be running again in the spring ?
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