Leomas
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I despair, I really do despair
So, top hose burst heading up the M3. Not fun but just a case of waiting to get it stretchered home, replace the hose and carry on, yes?.........Ha, so that stupid stupid micro pipe above the main pipe on the rad gets knocked and snaps. No problem I just put on a new fitting...Yeah so it is a part of the rad and not a separate fitting so I would need a new Rad!!!!!
Like hell, I am an engineer (well that's how I started anyway) I can sort this...there is enough to get a slimline jubilee clip in, sorted...Battery is flat, no time left to get that sorted and head back up so steal the wife's car again....
Last weekend I get battery charged, check fluids, full check round what I can trust myself to do....
Back home this Friday and as I backed into the space it stalled.....starter spinning but no voom...try the sequence to re-prime fuel but halfway through the batterry runs out of oomph again. Battery out Saturday morning and put on charge then try again Sunday morning....lots of whirring, no voom, battery goes flat.
Once, just once I would like to be able to do some work on it and not have something else break.
So, what is the betting this time, Alternator, Fuel Pump, Battery, all of the above?
So, top hose burst heading up the M3. Not fun but just a case of waiting to get it stretchered home, replace the hose and carry on, yes?.........Ha, so that stupid stupid micro pipe above the main pipe on the rad gets knocked and snaps. No problem I just put on a new fitting...Yeah so it is a part of the rad and not a separate fitting so I would need a new Rad!!!!!
Like hell, I am an engineer (well that's how I started anyway) I can sort this...there is enough to get a slimline jubilee clip in, sorted...Battery is flat, no time left to get that sorted and head back up so steal the wife's car again....
Last weekend I get battery charged, check fluids, full check round what I can trust myself to do....
Back home this Friday and as I backed into the space it stalled.....starter spinning but no voom...try the sequence to re-prime fuel but halfway through the batterry runs out of oomph again. Battery out Saturday morning and put on charge then try again Sunday morning....lots of whirring, no voom, battery goes flat.
Once, just once I would like to be able to do some work on it and not have something else break.
So, what is the betting this time, Alternator, Fuel Pump, Battery, all of the above?
