After 8 or so years of being sat idle..
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..she finally rolled back out of the garage earlier this afternoon.
Reconnect a charged battery, drop in a gallon of fresh petrol, check oil & water, inflate the tyres, a couple of tentative prods of the starter and then go for it - she fired up after less than 10 seconds and ran as though she'd never been laid up.
Checked the lights, gave her a long overdue quick wash and managed to find an MOT station that was still open at 5pm.
Certainly wasn't expecting a pass, but willing to sacrifice £35 to know what would require fixing.
An hour later - two cable ties to secure the flexi-pipes in the engine bay, a headlight angle adjust and the re-seat of a stroppy fog light bulb and she passed, with very complimentary comments from the tester.
Scenic route taken on the way home, and very enjoyable it was too.
Happy days indeed..
Reconnect a charged battery, drop in a gallon of fresh petrol, check oil & water, inflate the tyres, a couple of tentative prods of the starter and then go for it - she fired up after less than 10 seconds and ran as though she'd never been laid up.
Checked the lights, gave her a long overdue quick wash and managed to find an MOT station that was still open at 5pm.
Certainly wasn't expecting a pass, but willing to sacrifice £35 to know what would require fixing.
An hour later - two cable ties to secure the flexi-pipes in the engine bay, a headlight angle adjust and the re-seat of a stroppy fog light bulb and she passed, with very complimentary comments from the tester.
Scenic route taken on the way home, and very enjoyable it was too.
Happy days indeed..
Edited by SS2. on Saturday 11th June 21:06
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