Thanks a lot Grant, you've been a great help!

The downpipes are a mess though, takes some very special mechanic skills to crease a downpipe on both sides while trying to put it back... Both were blowing, welded up the driver's side, and managed to locate a downpipe for the passenger side, a very kind friend of mine gave it to me. Now making the downpipe gasket rings, can't get that stuff down here, and I'm not waiting weeks for ebay, so I've decided to make them, with dad's help, looks good so far, but time will tell when she fires up.

 

Sorry guys, this was a post that went funny from the XJS forum, owing to this CRAZY new software we are lumbered with.

 

So it is not only me!!

Carl