Akciddento. Doing the things that we want to
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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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…of course it leaks!
morning comes, we’re travelling to santa pod tonight and i’m not ready… i go get fuel pipe and finish the installation and tidy bits up… the breather system now vents in four places to a catchcan the size of a barn! it this leaks then there’s no hope for me ! i fire it up,…
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and i wait and i wait
i wait all day for the courier to arrive with the new fule pump from wolfsberg performance. the clock ticks on. i start doing useless things like polishing the inside of the bumper to try and distract me and calm my nerves. i’m getting worried that the bus won’t even get me to santa pod…
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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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sunshine !
sunshine, dropped the engine in double quick time, looking at the clock o made a mental note to have the oil cooler seals changed and the engine back in by 11am. HA! stripped back the tinware & fan housing and checked over the oil cooler, it looks ok, after a quick conversation with Andy at…
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more rain…
rain. grey, all day. i schlepp round town and pick up new oil cooler seals and some other bits and bobs. i visit Screen One screenprinters and get the order for new design T shirts sorted out and deliver the artwork. i drop into the local motorcycle dealers and get a new helmet for racing…
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sunday
its sunday.
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reassembly, again….
finally i get all the bits together, do an oil change and finish putting the engine back together. it looks great. runs lovely – though i think the timing’s a little too advanced. I’ll get the strobe gun on it as soon as possible.i go for a quick zip up the m32. predictably there’s oil…
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engine still out…
did the reassembly and some other bits n bobs, checked out the starter/solenoid and found more parts to replace…. knocked out a few dents and cleaned more stuff. fitted the berg shifter.
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‘i went to the shops and i bought…’
. puppy from typethreedetectives called over in the morning, on his way to pick up a car. coffee and an excellent breakfast set me up to tool around town on the akciddento parts chaser and do some shopping. picked up some gaskets & bits from german & swedish and arthur at the dub depot supplied…
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