Well I tried every possible means to loosen off those nuts and they wouldn,t budge.Trouble was limited access and only tool available was a 19mm Flarred spanner which,whilst it would sit on the nut ,every time I applied pressuer either way it started slipping and I had visions of either the nut completly rounding or worse,snapping.
Have managed to remove cooler and plate.Found it easier to resit new plate liberally coated in grey sealant with thermostat housing removed as it gave a flatter run to get the plate under the shorter of the 2 pipes which I didn,t want to bend out too far.All back in place including new thermostat/transfer pipe.Will be leaving the banjo bolts out until I have removed coolant transfer pipe as want to replace the o/s exhaust manifold gasket whilst the "decks are stripped".
Cuppa then back out to remove coolant pipe/exhaust downpipe /manifold /and get that all renewed.Hopefully all will be back by tea time then can leave it over night ,and fingers crossed for a quiter engine and no more coolant leaks.
Oh I do hope those oil pipes are ok
