so she went in today, and to be honest i was half expecting a fail, but i thought more on the electrics, which were mucking about with the lights at the back, instead:
1) both CV gaiters are split - what a surprise! i'd forgotten that the red did that every year too....still, easy and quite cheap to fix
2) rear offside brake efficiency on both foot and hand brake very low - buggeration and damned it to hell and back, i though that was well and truly sorted last year, looks like a new cable, which i have, and maybe at worst a new caliper....which i have
3) secondary fuel filter has a small leak - godammit, i put a new one on last year, will have to have a close look into that....do have a spare
4) rust, at the rear just ahead of the arches - the dreaded uno killer, on BOTH ****ING SIDES:bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang: no this i can't do, even with help from chas so means a trudge down to an old boy garage i used a while back to get her sorted, again, hopefully relatively cheap to get done.
besides that, a couple of little pointers from the tester, appears the fuel hose from the tank to the primary filter/pump is collapsing, and could do with a replacement.
it's not all doom and gloom though, he said he used to own a tub, a long time ago, and had never seen one with such bright headlights! he liked the relay set up a lot, cheer alex
i'm off to sulk now
1) both CV gaiters are split - what a surprise! i'd forgotten that the red did that every year too....still, easy and quite cheap to fix
2) rear offside brake efficiency on both foot and hand brake very low - buggeration and damned it to hell and back, i though that was well and truly sorted last year, looks like a new cable, which i have, and maybe at worst a new caliper....which i have
3) secondary fuel filter has a small leak - godammit, i put a new one on last year, will have to have a close look into that....do have a spare
4) rust, at the rear just ahead of the arches - the dreaded uno killer, on BOTH ****ING SIDES:bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang: no this i can't do, even with help from chas
so means a trudge down to an old boy garage i used a while back to get her sorted, again, hopefully relatively cheap to get done.besides that, a couple of little pointers from the tester, appears the fuel hose from the tank to the primary filter/pump is collapsing, and could do with a replacement.
it's not all doom and gloom though, he said he used to own a tub, a long time ago, and had never seen one with such bright headlights! he liked the relay set up a lot, cheer alex
i'm off to sulk now
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