Garage update

Have to apologies now; this is going to be another blog post with no relevant pictures.

But it does have proper update on Dougie’s first trip to the garage. Not going to lie, I was worried. I was especially worried when Dougie disappeared from the driveway on Tuesday and nothing was heard from the mechanic for a week! My dad telling me he might have been stolen at the weekend didn’t help. Git.

But I can now present the list of things that have been fixed!!

• Full re-wire of the front wiring loom. So the dodgy light/radio connection mystery was solved. At some point things appeared to have got a little heated up front (think ‘oh dear, but it was only a little fire). Given the horror stories I had read on Club80-90, I can now say that there is a much lower chance of Dougie doing an impression of a bonfire. This rewire has made the light independent of the radio, re-lit the speedo and rumour has it now the heating even works….

• Oil leak in engine fixed. Ok this is a second hand description but I will do my best, cam belt oil seal had been leaking. This is now fixed and the cam bet replaced. One less thing to worry about!

• Rust situation. It’s not good but the van isn't going to fall to bits anytime soon. The underneath is sound and the body work isn't bad enough to need replacing (yet). So there will soon be a rust repairing session occurring. The idea is to treat the current patches of body work to slow the rust over the winter then think about something more permanent in the spring/summer. Sliding door is still functional and will get some wirewool TLC and grease.

• Steering column. This was loose. Very loose. But not anymore!

So now he has a clean bill of health for the winter J

Next steps are concentrating on the interior. I have already heard rumours of a cold winter and snow in Scotland. Time to get insulating I think!

In the mean time here is a photo of my science themed fancy dress. I am GFP (green fluorescence protein) producing jellyfish Aequorea Victoria. Yup geeky and my namesake.