rufty-tufty`s owner is on the naughty step! he forgot when the mot expired (17th) thought it was day`s later, whoops! so panda 1 is in a lock-up till saturday`s mot test doing some repairs,exhaust manifold stud striped,fan not working,rear screen wash stopped working! oh bother! still, good job christine is on the road (panda 2),
2 new studs fitted to exhaust manifold, heated up the area around the stud,then heated up the stud to red, and then let it cool,heated up today, then gripped stud in vise, and turned the studs out, yey! now, fan problem!
fitted manifold and down pipe,two of the earth leads had come off the n/s inner wing porcipine, had to re crimp a spade on,clean the tab, put both back on, and the radiator fan kicked in when hot,and the rear screen wash works!....mot test on saturday (high noon!) .....failed on......hole in d/side inner cil, and a loose seat! erm, broken seat frame,repairs being done on monday,
mike at the garage,A+K motors rang at 5.30 tonight, cill done,seat changed, now has mot for a year! 1000s panda back on the road!
panda 2 to go back in secret lock-up 3,
went to pick rufty up from the garage this afternoon, noticed: engine running ruff,gauges not moving (working) put some petrol in,. not moving,then the indicators not working as well,
took it back to the garage,found fuse had blown for the indicators, mike put another fuse in, blew when started up, so he put a bigger fuse (20A)
big no-no! took it home,guages gone again, I now knew what had happened, the welder who mike had pass the panda too, didn`t undo the carpet on the drivers side to see if any cable running down that side which there was, and, the stupid, careless, b**t**d had burnt the cables hence the short out/blown fuse, so now back at the garage! as for the welder (alledgerly), I am looking to go round and talk to him !!
collected rufty, but caliper sticking on! so drove it to lock-up 3, only a mile away! have now cleaned the piston,works! also put a new wheel bearing on the driver`s side aswell as new discs and pads! stops better now and pedal is higher! yey! patched up the bottom of the passenger door for now to look tidy,another panda back on the road! sergio could be next!