Legal at Least

It was a surprisingly cold start for June - but I was back at the Alpine just after 9:00. Loosing the will to do much more though. 

Starting with the steering I realised the wire in the middle was supposed to be the contact point after all so I replaced it with a bolt I could adjust.

Try as I might I could not get it aligned and realised that the cut out to centre the boss was in the wrong position so I did have to take the steering wheel off to reverse it after all. However it looks like new glue on the wheel boss - and it moves a bit in the fitting. I decided not to try to get it off at this point in case I rip it apart.

As luck would have it as I was examining it the logo fell out of the centre of the wheel so I could just flip that. It also gave me access to the screw so I can position that as the contact for the horn.

Three hours later and lots of adjustment I had a workable solution. Just. But if I tighten up the grub screws they makes contact and the horn goes off. Very odd. I left it alone as it was working and went to lunch and came back to find ...

It was not working. After trying again and again it just did not work - especially as the horn relay seemed to stop working too. So I rigged up a separate button and that seemed to work for now.

I tested the indicators and oh - the LHS repeater has stopped again. Oh well - it was looking quite sad by then.

So I decided to put everything back together and call it a day. Most things are 'done' and the carpets etc. are 99% dry. Hopefully we'll have a few hot days with sunshine next week to leave the car to bask in. All I have to do next is:

Vacuum the inside and clean everything, refit the interior after making up new under mats, reset the door and polish out the scratches. Well that will take the rest of the week then. 

PM I got a lift in the MK7 to Manningtree to pick up the missing pills and potter.

It started to look quite threatening and then once home it tipped it down again.