Something More Importrant

Some fool had lost the keys. To everything. The house, sheds but more importantly the Garages. So that was really something more important than anything else at that moment in time.

I spent 2 hours searching inside and out for my keys - some bloody idiot had left them on the wood pile in the car port. That panic over it was car time.

I'd been warming the Talbot (30 mins) and then used the new starting process. Prime the carb, then choke and with a few pumps of the throttle it started first go. Then it stopped (lack of fuel) but started fine again with a bit of 'gas' as the Americans might say. A bit lumpy on tick over but that settled.

Looked good too in the sun. I'd spotted a missing screw too on the door that rattles so added one. I hope that makes a difference.

I also checked with John Polson and he confirmed the big nut needs a tweak if the brakes are pulling - one click with a socket but do it when hot. Looks like a 25mm socket although a 27mm one freed it off so I slackened it off one click. We'll see how we get on.

I then took the Ferrari out - I thought the fuel pump was making a lot of noise when I started it up - but I did not smell anything.

It was only a 1/4 run though as I thought the road was still closed past Stutton - but it turned out it wasn't. Dho.

PM I thought I'd pop into town shopping so what to take ? As the black clouds seemed to be mustering as I went under the bridge I was regretting my choice a little. It was also a bit hard to drive through town as we hit almost every Red Light ! Oh and the squeaky brakes seem to be getting worse - but here we are.

Yes - the inappropriate car was the Imp. It seems more noisy to me and a bit rough - after the long run a couple of weeks ago - but seemed to settle down on the way back after we got back up to speed along the river.

Next Please. To do a few jobs I'd moved the E-type out of the garage - to get more wood in the rafters - so it seemed a shame not to give it a proper run too.

Again a great run. It seems to have settled down a bit better too with more use.

Finally chasing Coltec was unsuccessful - I guess next week at the earliest now.