do you mean you blanked off the entire outlet that the thermostat sits in? if so how does the coolant return to the rad, please see the drawing pete posted. This shows that outlet as the only pipe carrying hot coolant to the rad.

Yes, we blanked off the header completely and swapped the branch on the header for the one from a Meteor 3. This is the part that takes coolant from the banks into the header. On the Mk 3 it has an extra pipe oulet in the centre facing backward. If you look at the other end in the Centurion layout, there is a hex head bung screwed in, imagine that as a pipe outlet. This allows coolant out of the banks into the header tank. I’m saying all this from memory, I’ll check tonight and post a scan of the Comet layout tomorrow if needed.

Adrian

Not trying to answer for Pete, he knows far more about it than I, but when we put a 4B in a Comet, we simply removed the thermostat housing and blanked off the header. In Cromwell and Comet, the thermostat is in the header tank and it all worked fine.

Will you marry me? 🙂

…or at least post a few pictures.

Sorry, spoken for! 😀

As for pics, will have to e mail you some, I have no web hosting.

Adrian

Yes, you have to be a real anorak to actually tell the difference once they are painted black. 🙂
Many Meteor IIIs and earlier had surplus Merlin blocks fitted.

Pete

Very true. We put a new Meteor 4B in a Comet tank for a German museum. Several parts had to be swapped over to suit, the Comet having a Meteor I or III. One of the 4B banks was a Buick casting, presumably originally fitted to a Packard built engine.

Hey 1 group – the tank is a Cromwell (or a Centaur, same tank but re-engined). On a beach near Wells in Norfolk there’s a couple of similarly buried Vickers Mk VI light tanks

Actually, it’s a Comet. It still used the Meteor though. The lump in the back is the gearbox. The tanks in the beach at titchwell in Norfolk are Covenanters. This is assuming there aren’t more nearby!

Adrian

Yak, are you Maurice’s friend who requires a tailwheel checkout?

I fly a 1980 7GCBC from Horham and have been into Hardwick a few times. I love it! Though I’m not into aeros, it is capable of all the basic manoeuvres though it has heavy ailerons. The newer versions have spades. Cruises at 95 to 100 knots, happy with 350 meters. With 37 deg. of flap it can land in a very short distance. With 150 hp, it will get off quickly and climb at 800 fpm+ at max weight. Flown solo from the front, visibility over the nose is excellent, in the air and on the ground.
Adrian Barrell