what have you done to your bay today ?.

dropped n/s driveshaft , cleaned ,inspected (was fit) greased up and refitted, tried and failed to fit (again) heater cable , serious spannerache re this piddling job , may fall back on secure "em open , and now , drop starter , want to check those brushes

 

undid cover . opend door to get waterproofs out . fastened cover back and went in house . )

 

Tried to stop it leaking

 

Put on seatbelt in the back of the bus. All the original mounting points were in great condition.

Result. Can now put kids in the back.

 

Drove it, swore at it, stood by it in in the rain, left it to the wife to bring home O

 

looked at it, spotted some rust, swore and went back in

 

lifted the cover to see how much rain had got through as the hail storm last week put 10 holes over the cover and also smashed both air vents to peices on the roof moved some stuff about sat in it for 5 then cover back on as its started to pee it down again

 

Drove back from Devon, parked back in garage away from all that nasty rain

 

Washed the van and hoovered out the cab, packed ready to go - see you all for breakfast.

 

Packed mine for the probably rainy seaside tomorrow. Can't wait.

 

Made sure the cover was on securely

 

Having it towed to the mechanics

 

just going out to fit the coil and a battery earth lead

 

I've succumbed to the lure that an accuspark distributor might be best for my bus after my love for points and condenser hit an all time low last weekend with another failure of those little shiny bits

 

took longer than i expected to get that done, checked a few lights too. off to bed now yyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwnnnn

 

Drove my bus to my mate's place down the road who's a pro mechanic and reckons he might be able to fix the steering problem which remains a mystery. Personally, I'm not feeling very confident at this stage. 'It's fixed and now drives like a proper Bay'. That's all I want to hear. Right now, I feel that the only way I'll ever hear those words is if, sometime soon, I drive 140 miles to see Zed.

 

Chin up fella, you'll get it sorted and soon I am sure!

I have just done more wire brushing (Mr B at work and its such lovely weather I can't get on and sandblast as not got anywhere out of weather thats practical, so wire brushing it was), still its another step closer!

Considering I only went out to sort the seat and seatbelt out in the beetle, and ended up sidetracking when in garage , a five minute job turned into a few hours