Category: T2
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and they’re off ! running to the sun
after a rush to get people to the station i’m off in the bus, heading south, although i’m going to a gallery preview in dartmouth i’m still in with the general flow of traffic heading to run to the sun in newquay. i trundle through the outskirts of bristol heading for the M5 with the…
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opening presents!
just got a nice big parcel of TMI interior panels, ordered from Karmann Konnection in march. finally arrived today, new door panels, kick panels and long side panel for the inside of the bus. nice and shiny, no rips, no scuffs and no foot prints! that’ll last about a day ! Tim_BBB from the bristol…
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i’m racing at big bang!
the scrutineer passed my bus, (only just) i qualified (initially 3rd then finally 8th) , tried out the new camera mount and shot lots of video, and ! i ran my first race, needless to say i got knocked out in the first round but it wasn’t the sphincter clenching humiliation i thought it would…
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fix what ya brung !
we wake, bright and early, too early! pack up, and roll up to the pod gates, i collect the tickets and vehicle pass. IT SAYS ‘RACER’ on it! that must be me !!!! we cruise through the site and pick a place in the pits. coffee then spanners out, boiler suit and gloves on and…
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squirrels and curtain rails
the new t shirts are ready, with luck i might sell more than i give away at big bang… more rain, so i got down to serious race preparation on the samba. i spent most of the day fitting some silentgliss curtain rail. although it’s aluminium i know it still adds weight but i reckon…
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hungover wiring
monster hangover. i spend a vague morning sipping coffee and staring at wiring diagrams for the bus. for some reason it MAKES SENSE ! this is very disturbing. i have difficulty focusing on objects but the wiring diagram makes sense ? i track it all back and test and check and twiddle. the immobiliser has…
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back home on a low loader, again…
back from the alps, sunburned and exhausted, all very good. didn’t kill any of the other munters on the package holiday. get in the bus, starts first time, runs lovely. off onto the m23 heading home, then it dies. completely. it won’t fire, won’t turn over, gauges are going mad. big time electrical problems….. AA…