New Plan: just keep going
You remember that plan from a few posts ago? It went something like: "1. Tidy it up inside, 2. Send it off for turbo, 3. blah, blah, blah".
Yeah, forget that, let's just get it driving. The new plan becomes: "do as little as possible to get it off the lift and moving under its own power" which I like a lot because we can do it ourselves and we get to make some noise.
Exhaust manifold doesn't fit so we get choppy and weldy, new ez30 radiator is bought and installed (you won't be able to shut the bonnet, but meh, we'll get more choppy later), coolant is in and the whole thing is warmed up and idles great!
Pay no attention to the warning message and check engine light, it's all fine.