New Stereo and Clutch Issues

I was getting increasingly poor radio reception, with interference from the heater fan motor, wiper motor and electric radiator fan, and decided that while it was almost certainly a fault with the antenna or cable, an upgrade to DAB would make my commute to work more bearable. I checked the stereo end of the antenna […]

December 2012 – upcoming jobs

The clutch pedal went soft and was only just useable by the time I got home today, so I’ll be going over its hydraulics tomorrow to find the leak.  A quick check didn’t show anything, but I doubt it’s the master cylinder or its connections as the cylinder is new and there are no signs […]

109 Post Axle Fitting

Today I finished bleeding the brakes, adding the Discovery reservoir cap and level sensor to the existing brake failure warning circuit, and took the 109 for an inspection at my local MoT station for a thorough check of all the work.  The result was good with a very contented verdict.  The brake test, carried out […]

Celebrating the 60th Jubilee

Just a few photos of how we’re celebrating with the Rovers – needless to say that as an ex-Serviceman, I’m a keen monarchist, and as the daughter of another RAF officer, Helena is too.  I’m just using mine for work as I’m working both days of this weekend, but Helena has been out with the […]

Website update

A couple of people have reported some problems with multiple emails or notifications for the blog updates, so Helena has been looking through the system to try to find the fault (she’s a web designer and I’m no good at these things, so she sorts all of the blog’s technical issues out for me).  While […]