Speacial thanks to "Uncle Slimey" of 2CV Peking Paris fame (2007) who kicked things off buying the "Shedtune Olympic Torch"
Passing the torch on |
Two tipsy middle aged grumpy petrol heads |
The fact that he has one of the best stocked wine cellars in the South West had nothing to do with why we agreed to deliver the torch in person ! He also lives round the corner from Tipton Garage where all my sheds get MOTd , tweaked and laughed at prior to C.T endurance events..looking forward to that weekend!
E bay have a free insertion weekend (don't be smutty)...so watch out for more tat,I was hoping to auction off some signed pictures of Billie Piper as I think they might sell well with 40+ year old grumpy shed dwellers but I have had no response from the Billie management team ,which might result in me flogging blatantly faked signed pictures of her instead
On the car prep front I reckon used all my luck up on the 10CR after finding two loose bolts rubbing against the flywheel,they should have been helping to hold the back plate on!
Loose bolt |
Crap photo but the drill bit is pointing to a lucky crack! |
Plus, on closer inspection the £29.99 second hand never used clutch kit I had fitted -it was found in the boot of a car about to be scrapped-the friction plate showed two hair line cracks from the spring to the inner edge ..oops not sure if they were there when I put it in or damage from the 2,000 mile grueling thrash,anyway lesson learnt new bits put in now,along with thread locked bolts holding the back plate on and a nice new rear crank oil seal, I'm just waiting on a 70p gasket which cost £3 to post to turn up then the second hand O/D gearbox can be mated to its cleaned up bell housing and installed- hoping to get that done next week -other commitments allowing -then will move rearwards and sort the diff and drive shafts out
New bits in all ready for gear box |