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We will have to ask an owner to take some pics as apparently it uses the 350 one but I can’t see how that would work with the U.K. steering box which is what caused this whole issue in the first place.

First I have heard about the Mach 1 having a different cooler? Any info on this?

I got my fittings and cooler from Merlin. There is also a good company that trade via eBay called torques that do all hose and fittings. All good quality stuff. Go for Teflon hose rather then rubber as it will last longer 👍 just make sure you useTeflon compatible fittings.

To be honest I was a bit disappointed that the wiring was clearly for US cars despite being a “Euro” kit. The kit also didn’t mention brighter or dimmer settings so I will have to do a bit more research. The t lock clips were purely used due to me being in a rush and I do intend on soldering in...

I did obviously reseal the wiring after that last photo. Tri-bars also do sequential indicators. No fogging of the lenses at all as they are fully sealed. No outward sign the lights have been opened even with the bonnet open as the boards are inserted from the underside. I was always...

Some of you may have noticed with my other posts I like nods to the classics. I really missed the grill mounted driving lights from my s197so decided to go about making my own. I am not the first to do this so don’t want to steal the credit for the original idea. I also fitted tri-bars at the...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402368122344 👍

I got the new cooler delete lower rad hose 👍. Much better but a little loose on the OE clips so will get some nice stainless ones. OE pipe nicely accessible once the air box is removed (very easy) and the under tray comparison fitted

All runs 100% fine. Sequential indicators are nice. I have decided to leave my OE DRL’s and indicators connected for maximum safety but you could easily disconnect those if you wanted. My OE DRL’s are however LED so the colour matches nicely. No 12v feed until one of the lights is on (although...

In the end I just used a multi meter to check each wire and turned the various lights on to work out which was which. Basically the four lights (side light, drl, indicator and fog) all have two wires each. You need to take feeds from the positives for the side light, indicator and drl and...

It may be the case you don’t need one… but the oil will definitely run hotter without it. As you say it may not make much difference and may still be within spec… but as companies like Ford pinch pennies everywhere and went to the trouble of changing loads of stuff to make the car U.K./Euro...

A lot of this is generalisation not aimed at this video but I think this demonstrates to some degree how modified cars are never as fast as you hope they will be. Don’t get me wrong I have spent all my time owning cars modifying them and have spent £10000’s. You get your dyno result and then...

Yeah mesh would probably be a good idea as now the cooler is going to take the stone hits. It is however far sturdier then the aircon. It gets up to temp just as quickly as before as far as I can tell. As the take off is thermostatic it effectively has no cooler on a cold start 👍

Observations after doing this are that it is doable yourself, but a lot less hassle to let one of the established places do it did for you. I have ordered a lower rad hose that will delete the plastic section with the u pipe on it. I just think it’s a bit untidy. Also as is common with oil...

Now lurking behind the lower grill. It took just under a litre of oil to bring back up to level.

I didn’t get any pictures of the bumper bar/beam fitted back to the car with the cooler attached, but you can imagine what it looked like based on the pics above. I made up the Teflon AN10 hoses and routed them across the top of the cooler, around the side of the aircon rad (there is a flexible...

I mounted the new cooler to the bumper bar/beam. The setrab bracket kit is dampened by rubber pads to try to minimise vibrations. Here the fittings are mounted to the cooler. These fittings are expensive at about £30 each and you need four of them but they are well worth it as they are...

The cooler removed

I did not drain the coolant for this job, so when I pulled the two coolant lines I had to quickly plug them with my fingers. I pushed on a silicone u bend as quickly as possible as you will loose a lot of coolant if you let it flow. Here you can see the samco pipe is fitted in the place of the...

With everting else undone I removed the bolts holding the cooler to the oil manifold. A few are a little hard to get to but the 1/4 socket set was just right. My car has only just had an oil/filter change so I did not drain my oil to do this. You only loose a small amount by undoing the...