Now, what's cooler than being cool ? Ice cold !

Well bugger me...

Trip in the SAAB to the Manningtree dump before lunch - to be met with a long queue.

Then after lunch I decided to do a trial fitting of the steering column. It had been on the freezer for four days by then so was very cold. I had to ware gloves to handle it.

And bugger me - it slotted in fine ! I then found that it was not quite aligned so I took it out and did it again and phew - yes it fits. However ...

I realised that the slightly oversize new outer column was too big and the holes did not align.

I could cut it down but I suspected it was still a mismatch - so I decided to re-use the old bent one. So I took it all off again and refitted it in quick time - only to find the bolt would not fit ! So out it came again and re-aligned by 1 single spline and hey presto - it's in.

So next job is putting all those fiddly little electrical fittings back on.

Then finally SAAB out again for petrol, re-cycling and flowers.