I just thought I'd pop an update in this one. My apologies for not getting any of the photos up as yet, I'm back to the grind now and time is short...anyhoo...the motor is running sweet after the rebuild, I've managed just over 500kms and she's settling in nicely. I will drop the oil and filter this weekend and put some good oil in her. Only one issue since getting the ol girl back on the road and I should have thought of it when doing the rebuild.(hindsight is a beautiful thing!)

For anyone who has a radiator with plastic tanks, if you cook your motor, get a new radiator as well! The plastic goes very brittle and gives way, I found out the hard way! I was just Lucky that I wasn't too far from home when the stub for the top radiator hose busted clean off and spilled my coolant all over the road! I managed to get her home without cooking the motor again (phew) and got a new Copper/Brass radiator from Natrad the next day. $440 for a 2 row, was thinking about putting an alloy one in, but I've heard conflicting reports so I went with what I knew.

Anyway, I just thought I'd pop that bit of info on here just in case anyone has a similar problem and forgets to pressure test the radiator or what not.