October half term I returned to the Hebrides for another spell working on the Charger, picking up Amy my youngest from Hull (opposite side of the country
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Arrived on the Saturday night after a little bit of a choppy crossing, with the weather in Ullapool I had expected the crossing to be cancelled
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Sunday didn't do a lot during the day just a dog walk and a little chill to recover before fitting a couple of pieces of trim.
Sunday evening after being fed by our mum we started tininkering do small bits n pieces, eventually getting to the point of fitting the driveshaft....on nipping up one of 1/4 bolts sheared in the axle
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That was a big problem as there aren't many options when it comes to sourcing parts or tools on the island.
Monday came and after sorting the transmission lines to the radiator and rubber mounting the exhaust myself and Amy went for into town for a bit of lunch and to see if I could find a Tap or Easyout.
Went to the local motorfactors, yay they had a 1/4 tap, boo it was part of a £60 set, oh well nowt else for it but pay the money.
Back home and got the bolt drilled out and luckily I had a spare, bolted the driveshaft on. Now to sort the brakes.
Tuesday started with bench bleeding the new Master, fitted it and started gravity bleeding the system, N/s front
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Sod it... took Amy to the pub for lunch.
Back to to the garage via the motor factors to collect another pair of new bleed nipples, O/s now seals
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Rears, still nowt. Getting fluid down to the distribution block but not out
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Wednesday dawned and after sorting a couple of other bits we popped to the ferry terminal to try and rebook for a Friday crossing...no joy fully booked.
Pressure now on to finish the Charger...
Wednesday afternoon disappeared quickly and at 4:50pm it moved under its own steam for the first time.
https://youtu.be/vu_HMT_-3iM
I took it to our mums for tea
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With still lots to do, the night was the same as the afternoon. As there was now no time to fit the heater box all the openings in the firewall and fresh air intakes had to be blanked.
Once done the Charger was loaded with everything that was coming back parts, fixings, tools etc and driven to a petrol station for another test drive, 11 mile round trip.
she's now done 15miles in 20yrs. This last drive highlights a major issue there's something seriously wrong underneath, lots of bangs and crashes. Back to my brothers and its driven up onto blocks to see whats going on.
It's the over axle pipes, no clearance with the full load
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Its midnight and I have to be up at 5am to make the ferry, do we we remove and start modifying?
Nope we take the over axle sections off and fit turndowns problems solved
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Thursday morning and myself, Amy and the Charger are at the ferry
Its a better crossing this time,
getting of had a bit of a challenge as the car infront was unaccompanied
https://youtu.be/k8C8AAKbzic
She's on the mainland only 670mls to go, and I wonder if I'm doing the right thing... will we make our hotel outside Edinburgh or will we be waiting for a recovery truck?
To be continued...