A better evening.

Came home from work today and made some progress - makes up for the previous post I suppose.

Firstly I used a blow-torch some MoleGrips and a screwdriver to remove the broken parts of the thermostat housing and then tried unsuccessfully to remove the temperature sender. I'll get it eventually!

I also removed both brake calipers and the good news is that they appear to be perfectly serviceable as are the discs and pads.

Finally Cat and I rebuilt the brake master cylinder. That's nearly a complete set of working hydraulics now.

Sorry for the lack of photos - I'll take some tomorrow.