Thanks Andy
I am aware that I will have to wait a while longer for the heater to receive its heat, given my planned MO for using the car, garaged, not out much in cold and wet,... I was happy enough with the wait (of course I will regret it when in a rush some cold wet morning when I have to wait 10 mins for the demister).
My main issue is really getting the central tunnel finished and closed, I found that the vacuum hose to the brake servo is un-grommeted through the panelling, so given that it has to come out, just to fit a 30p grommet, I was trying to sort the other tunnel issues out at the same time. in the long run I will put a remote thermostat in the front, so really I just doing some of the ground work for that.
Am I right in thinking that (generally) once the t/stat is open it will tend to stay open, unless it is super-cold outside?
Do/did you simply just remove the t/stat mechanism from the housing on the engine to 'disable' it?
Regards
Keith