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Reg, are you serious, you know that is a Ford Mondeo in short skirt, so get the coolant hose clips changed for jubilee clips, the Ford ones can not be tightened and if the radiator one comes off, you lose valuable cooling fluid and fry the engine, I speak from a recovery driver's point of view, Get yourself some clips from Halfords and I'll do it for you at Brentwood toy fair.

Ghosty.

this one is the 2.5 awd shares parts / platform with the mondeo but an audi is a skoda an aston is a jag/ford a saab is a vauxhall and a bentley gt is a vw pheoton (is that spelt right) in short due to multi national conglomorates do we ever get what we thought
i would love an xj but have neither the wallet or space to have one and i don't like the s type
thanks for the tip on the hoses i will look into changing the clips asap

Here is an original Ford fitment coolant hose attachment...
This is OK until it has to be removed and the little spring clip snaps due to rust.

These are the replacement clips from Ford (not unique to Ford cars), and good when new...
...but can not not be tightened around the hose like a good old fashioned 'Jubilee Clip', they rely on a pre-determined tension and will become weak over time, allowing the hose when under pressure to leak it's contents.

GHOSTHUNTER.

fixer wrote:but an audi is a skoda

Who told you that? Being an out and out Audi fan this cannot be true

Rod

all made by vw

The 5th generation long wheel base Passat was rebadged as a Skoda Superb for Europe during 2001. There was some cross-platform sharing between Audi and VW, but I don't think there is an actual car from AUDI that became a SKODA, but there is every chance someone knows better and can come here and let us know.

GHOSTHUNTER.

Here is my pride and joy. A 1978 Dodge Aspen. It took us about 5 years to have it fully restored and a good chunk of money. That included taking the motor out and painting everything under the hood including the motor.





A picture of it in process of becoming beautiful again.

The slant 6, "tower of power"! I once had a volare, drove it to the junk yard after the body rotted around it, those motors run forever

Great to see another rare car kept on the road. I like the way the Alternator (generator), is kept in balance by use of a roll of electrical tape placed on top...

Ghosty.

It's only a jaguar when there's a cat mascot on the bonnet