Spending money

Two weeks after purchasing the vehicle, I took it into a Gearbox and Diff specialist, the problem with the shift turning out to be split linkage cables. These were ordered, and while the car was in there I had all the gearbox, diff and transfer case lubricants changed. Also, bought a TWM Performance short shift kit and had this installed along with the linkage cables. Everything installed, the shift feels perfect again. Nice and tight, however because the shift is much shorter it requires noticeably more effort to change gears.
Another thing to happen at around the same time, was after driving the car, I heard a hissing sound from the engine bay, which was coolant spraying from one of the radiator hoses. After it cooled down, I saw why - when the AFM had been moved (for the custom intake pipe and K&N air filter) an old bracket had been left on and was rubbing


So I removed the bracket and replaced the hose, also the other hose that comes from the top of the radiator had the blow off valve rubbing up against it, and felt very weak in that place, so I replaced that hose too. To save the damage happening again I went for a smaller (and much better anyway) BOV, a Turbosmart Vee Port


Mounted it using some hosing, to angle it for more space.