The registration test has been a long wait but at last the test in Gothenberg on Wednesday is the best I could get. Today I've spent going over the car checking nuts and bolts and found all the half shaft bolts loose so the check was worth doing. The copper paste seems to have warn off so the car squeeks quite badly. I tried spraying the joints with silican so I'll see how that goes. I also bit the bullet and polished the bonnet. It had been badly scuffed with the straps holding the bonnet down when on the trailer and I thought about just leaving it until it was painted. I tried on a small area with wire wool and metal polish and the result was great.
This is one side wire wooled along the grain, well at least the metals natural finish. I put on some polish and the used the wire wool all over to gently to remove the scratches. Another coat of polish on a cloth and then polished like hell to get a good shine - it was worth it though, the finish is great and I may even leave the black silver finish of the car but I have to do the sides and boot too so that may change my mind.
This is one side of the bonnet done. It's hard work as the metal goes black and it takes a lot of clothes to get it to a even shine.
Up on blocks checking for anything loose! I also moved the dashboard mirror and got rid of the mirror stuck to the glass as it was useless, vibrated badly and also kept falling off!
Neil and I intend to leave Stockholm on Tuesday at 7pm and drive the 500km to the test centre in Gothenberg for the 10.00am test Wednesday. We'll be taking tools, spare nuts and bolts, water, fuel, brake fluid, sleeping bags, skiing goggles, hats and a great deal of hope - "hope is a good thing maybe the best of things. and no good thing ever dies" (Andy Dufresne)
Lets hope the car doesn't!
How did the test go...? Bit worrying about the halfshaft bolts - what was the problem? The star head ones nearest the diff?
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