Spring is almost here

Well the Tuscan has been used most weeks through the winter. I left the lights on one time as there is no warning buzzer, which flattened the battery. The RAC came and jump started it, but a few weeks later the battery died, so a new one was purchased. You have to take the front wheel off to change the battery and the car is very low, so it had to be pushed onto about 3cm of wood, so that I could get the trolley jack under.

I have also had a puncture in a rear tyre and due to the very low profile tyres and the hydratrak differential, I didn't notice, the car simply seemd to make more noise. This meant I ruined the old tyre and had to have a new one fitted, costing £185.

I had a slight misfire when accelerating hard and so fitted new Spark Plugs and Magnecor leads, which cured the problem straight away. Due to having to remove the big bonnet and the fact they are under a cover, which has to be unsealed and resealed it takes a lot of time and so the total cost was £170.

We are booked into another track day at Marham airfield in April, with the Piston Head guys, so this will hopefully be another good experience. There are some really mental cars going, so it should be a good laugh.

I think my rear discs have got a little thin as I can detect vibration through the pedal, so that will be the next job, before Marham.

I have also had an annoying problem with the heater ECU connector not making a good contact for the Heater Blower Fan and subsequently not much heat to demist the windscreen. The Fan draws a lot of current and had eroded the connector pin on the ECU. I carefully built up the pin using solder and made up a little brass tube about 2mm long to fit over the pin so the connector sat tightly on it and now everything is fine.

The Chimeara has been off the road since November. I would like to do quite a lot of work to the chasis and suspension but this will have to wait until the summer.