So, MOT time for the Red PI.............. ummmmmm, oh yeah........ got 2 Red PI's now!! (I mean the nice one, not Eric the McTriumph!!)
Sailed through, advisory on one rear wheel bearing which has some play in it.............. time to do both driveshafts then I think!
Nice piccie of both of them on the drive. (note, one is clean and polished, one is not!)
So today tinkered with Eric. Popped over to see Craig and blagged a servo from him and changed the servo........... wahay! We have brakes that work now! Abley assisted by my nephew Adam (working weekends at Sam's hotel as a waiter and spends moost Friday nights/Saturday mornings with us now) and Bradley................. in this shot Adam is taking off the air filter housing (he's gotta learn spannering sometime!) and Bradley, nicely displaying his "Car tinkerer's Arse" just finishing connecting up the servo.
Next the column bush. There is a large grommet type bush that holds the column steady as it passes through the bulkhead. When this is worn, the column moves around............ remains of the old one next to the new polybush one and you can clearly see why the steering column was wobbling about!!
After that I straightened up the steering wheel (3 splines out......... I HATE not having a straight wheel!) and then sorted the stereo out so that it feeds from an ignitioned live rather than direct off the battery.
Tomorrow, off into Birmingham to help and old longstanding 2000 Register member, Malcolm Hadley. His MKI is playing up and he can't get it to start............... he's getting frustrated with it so I offered to go across and have a look. It'll be something simple (I hope!)...........
Sailed through, advisory on one rear wheel bearing which has some play in it.............. time to do both driveshafts then I think!
Nice piccie of both of them on the drive. (note, one is clean and polished, one is not!)
So today tinkered with Eric. Popped over to see Craig and blagged a servo from him and changed the servo........... wahay! We have brakes that work now! Abley assisted by my nephew Adam (working weekends at Sam's hotel as a waiter and spends moost Friday nights/Saturday mornings with us now) and Bradley................. in this shot Adam is taking off the air filter housing (he's gotta learn spannering sometime!) and Bradley, nicely displaying his "Car tinkerer's Arse" just finishing connecting up the servo.
Next the column bush. There is a large grommet type bush that holds the column steady as it passes through the bulkhead. When this is worn, the column moves around............ remains of the old one next to the new polybush one and you can clearly see why the steering column was wobbling about!!
After that I straightened up the steering wheel (3 splines out......... I HATE not having a straight wheel!) and then sorted the stereo out so that it feeds from an ignitioned live rather than direct off the battery.Then Sam announced that she was going to use the Moggy to take Adam to work........... I nearly fell off my perch.......... she was actually going to DRIVE it!!!!!............... so out it came from the garage and off she went......... nice trial run for the new rear shocks.
Handles much better now, but the exhaust is clonking on the new rear crossmember, needs some slight adjustment but apart from that, its great!
Tomorrow, off into Birmingham to help and old longstanding 2000 Register member, Malcolm Hadley. His MKI is playing up and he can't get it to start............... he's getting frustrated with it so I offered to go across and have a look. It'll be something simple (I hope!)...........
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