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Took a punt on a half hood on Ebay just before I went away for a weeks hols. Spoke to the seller, and from his description, the roll bar etc was the same on how written off car as my bar, so there was a decent chance of it fitting OK, he was offering collection only, and down in Kent, so I managed to persuade him to wrap it up and I'd send a courier in. Sale agreed, and I arranged courier, paid and went on holiday. Got back Friday afternoon, and unwrapped the hood, for a guy who wasn't keen on posting things, the wrap job was amazing. Inside was a nice soft bit for sevens half hood, all neatly stored in their heavy duty bag, and also a full nylon indoor car cover thrown in. Tried it on the car quickly, and apart form needing a couple more clips sorting to help with the tension, I'm very pleased.

Thought I'd check over the cooling side of the car, as the gauge was always showing it as running hot, even without any physical symptoms. And I've never heard the electric fan running. Ordered a few bits, new thermostat, new fan switch, and a gasket or 2 Got round to looking today. Quick taste of the water, left little lasting impression on my taste buds so probably not much antifreeze present. Off with the thermostat housing, and the usual bodge reveals itself, no thermostat. Fitted my new one and new gasket. On with the ignition and bridged the fan connectors, fan runs fine. So change out the fan switch on the thermostat housing too. Drained the coolant and refilled with the correct type and percentage of anti freeze and begin to heat cycle top up and bleed. check the temp gauge, showing hot. Retrieve my infrared temp gun ( misspent youth, Ok misspent midlife of playing with RC cars ) Thermo housing showing around 84c, gauge showing 130+c Let it warm a but further and leccy fan kicks in, and all seems well. So I'm going with dodgy sender or gauge. I'll order a cheap 52mm gauge and sender, and see how that gets on. But if anyone has a spare SW gauge and sender that works and matches this one, I'd be interested to hear.