Month: May 2004
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off to newquay, again
well it’s friday and it’s raining, it must be time to drive to newquay! yes, it run to the sun time again…. …if you’re in doubt as to how much i love going to newquay then just read last years diary entry newquay ! all the worst things about a town, BUT by the beach!…
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wedgiddento…
well, i rolled down to trhe jet wash bright and early this morning to give hubb’s beige wedge t25 a wash before sending it for MOT and it scrubbs up rather nice. sadly the MOT guy rang and it failed…. needs RHD headlamp lenses and it also failed on having cut springs at the rear……
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what’s a scooterblogger ?
this is a scooterblogger!
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t25 wishbone rebuild
after a fun day yesterday pulling the passenger side wishbone off the front of hubbs’ wedge van we’ve got to pick the wishbone up from the garage round the corner. the new bushings in the wishbone are in and set but they need a little spot of weld to stop them rotating in the wishbone.…
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attack!
after too much tea (and some other distrations we got started on replacing the bushings on the wishbone on the front of hubbs’ t25… with a bit of hepl from a haynes manual and an excellent guide from the brickyard website we were off. we got the wishbone marked up and out in no time…
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the beige wedge is back
after a winter away mister hubbs is apparently en route to akciddento acres the the ‘other’ bus in team akciddento. 2.1 litres of fuel injected wasserboxer beige wedge fury! here’s the beauty, sandwiched between ollies bay and the samba… if only i can convince hubbs that he needs to race! every time we talk buses…
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Porsche Cooling Fan Conversion – pt.2
Read part one here Here I build up the engine with the Custom Speed Parts Fan conversion kit. Additionally, I fit the CSP bell crank throttle linkage kit. The fan conversion kit has all the parts necessary; GRP Fan Shroud Reconditioned Porsche fan and alternator Replacement alternator/oil filler pedestal Alternator/fan securing straps Nuts, Bolts, washers and other misc hardware…
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more big bang
we all woke to a dry but overcast day.. the track dryers were out hoovering the moisture off the track and all looked promising… all morning to run qualifying and all afternoon to race… off to the startline and into the staging area…..then BANG, it hit me like a steam train… back behind the wheel,…
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big bang 2004
it’s saturday morning at big bang 2004 at santa pod, round 2 of the vwdrc. we arrived and set up pits on friday afternoon after a monster drive, with 5 of us in the split and packed to the roof windows with tools, spares, pit stuff, food and all the stock and stuff for the…