Well a bit further forward today. Couldn't get the engine mount off to try and recover the crows foot socket that went walkabout ( will search to see how to get this off ) could maybe update the guide for us accident prone people by suggesting putting a rag in the top of the mount
. Anyway, ended up pushing the front pipe out of the way to get at the oil cooler plate which went okay. Talked nicely to SWMBO to see if she had any old towels she was throwing out to use to soak up as much of the mayo in the oil cooler recess to try and reduce the ammount to flush out. Got the area all cleaned up an installed the oil cooler with the grey sealant as per the guide. Put the two oiler cooler pipes on and tightened the one I'd managed to release down by the oil filter. Put new washers on where they connect to the oil cooler and started to torque them up to 30nm as per the guide. Bugger!! the front hollow bolt sheared before getting to the torque setting. Oh well, more new parts to order.
Gave up on that and fitted the new thermostat and transfer pipe, very easy, used some silicon grease on the seals and it went in dead easy. Decided that I'd had enough of spannering for the day so decided to do a bit of cleaning. Cleaned the top radiator hose using road film remover and hot water - squeaky clean now, slowly getting down the amount of mayo kicking around. Then had a good clean up of the cam covers ready to fit tomorrow (weather permitting). Think until I get the new bolt for the oil cooler pipe I shall concentrate on clearing as much of the crap out of the system as possible - radiator, coolant tank.
If anybody could give me any tips on removing the passenger side engine mount I'd be really grateful - spent 1 1/2 hours trying to get at the top left hand bolt where it connects to the engine block - I need to recover the crows foot socket 
