How was your first run out of 2012...?
How was your first run out of 2012...?
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Doc Toad

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490 posts

174 months

Sunday 19th February 2012
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Been working away quite a bit since January, finally got the car out this morning for the first run of the year. What a blast, bloomin freezing though!

So after 8 weeks, the good news;

Only 1 small spot of oil on garage floor
Started first time
Everything worked (at first!)

The bad news;

Rubber seal on roof section dropped out (passenger side) when I took the roof off
Passenger window slow to raise (looks like the glass has canted forward slightly in the door)
Speedo stopped working on way back home
Hunting around a bit at idle - dropped to <500rpm at one point when hot - sure I saw the oil pressure light flicker!

The worst bit; remembering I hadn't done any of the jobs I was supposed to do to it since putting it away in November!

Hey ho - pretty sure all the post winter niggles can be solved (wish the PH search engine was better though)
Off to Camskill this week for new boots.


dnb

3,330 posts

266 months

Tuesday 21st February 2012
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All worked fine until I got to the MOT station. We then spent the entire test time getting the damned thing to start, including setting fire to the garages jump start box.

I then drove home without MOT.

Not a good start frown