just realised how much the picture of kevo building the stairs at raceshack looks like this kevo, waterskiing on stilts… check back to yesterday and tell me it’s not true !

well! here they are, scott at BAE in bristol called to let me know he’d got the leads from bosch… how much hassle has this been ? ah well, they’re in the bus, new plugs, plug leads and new coilpack… BIG GRIN ON MY FACE! bus runs smooth, maybe a little rich still but no…

well, here’s the coilpack i got in the post from DTA. it’s actually a valeo coil rather than a sagem one though the mountings are the same as are the pluglead sockets and the loom socket….. here they are side by side, old and new prior to fitment… i swapped the coilpack, changed the plugs…

after an afternoon spent running around bristol yesterday sourcing parts i returned to home base with a couble of sets of new spark plugs, an oil change gasket kit (another one) some more oil and the promise that BAE electrical would get back to me about sourcing new bosch plug leads.. (the hassle getting these…

well, here it is! entry number two hundred in the weblog, i’ve been writing (sporadically at times i must admit) this weblog for just over a year now, so i guess thats and entry every two days or so… it’s been fun, though there have been times when it seemed like a chore, gaps in…

a productive morning processing image files and uploading all new shirt images to the ak shop and also adding the rather swank ak pitcrew shirts then onto the spannering on the beige wedge of captain hubbs… the headlights he needed are in (care of andy F in norwich) the welding than needed doing is done…

we’re off for the weekend toi deva dubs and rods showq at chester race course…. i’ve been running around all morning, finished stuff on the website for emma, emmmacaton.com with loads of her new jewellery and sculpture on it, including the incredibly disturbing roedeer foetus sculptures….. trucked down to the printers to checkout the colours…

looking at the cooker last night i realised that i might be better off taking the ignition off the hob top and putting it into my bus… all i would need was a bit more plumbing, a small child or trained monkey pressing the buttons down very very fast and a very long extension cable….…

went to the pub with hubbs and on the way back this was still parked down the road, completely stock dark blue vauxhall cavalier, with stock steel wheels and plastic wheel trims, has big orange flames stuck on the side (full of wrinkles) and this huge wing on the back ?????????? what’s that all about…