Both of our Fs are very early, 1995 Fs, and came from the factory with ethylene glycol, aka Prestone.
A friend with a 2003 TF switched to ethylene glycol from OAT last summer, no issues to date.
Given that the very early Fs came from the factory with ethylene glycol as coolant, and there was no change to the metallurgy of the coolant system components throughout the the life of the F/TF, there is no reason that ethylene glycol cannot be used in cars that originally had OAT in the coolant system, as long as the coolant system is thoroughly flushed.
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The rose joints in MS' kit are not unique to him, they are available from other sources. There was a name and part number on the rose joint and I was able to find them on the interweb.
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We have Mike Satur's bell crank kits on both of our F's, replaced the originals 10+ years ago. His kit is a definite improvement over the original bell crank, not only due to the rose joints but the shifting precision improved significantly.
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Yes, please do post the article if you can.
The project was very well written up at the time by Practical Classics Magazine - if there is interest, I'll try and put it on this forum. Also, no cutting/welding was involved, just holes and bolts.
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MEK000020 for Mk2 Fs and all TFs, which have MEMS3 ECUs. The other thing to note is that the threaded hole size in the oil filter adapter changed when the oil filter adapter changed at engine 18K4FJ31 646501 or 18K4FJ32 646201 according to the info on Dieter's website.
But as Cobber says, knowing the oil temperature is the next best thing to useless information.
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Contact Paul Jakabi Goldsmith, [email protected], or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009353902908
Paul makes an excellent reproduction of the binnacle from fiberglass. I've installed his reproduction binnacle on both of our Fs.
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