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Monday, 12 December 2011

Finally succumbed to the winter!

Well it finally happened. It's not that it's too cold, more like it's a bit wet and slippery. This video was taken on Sunday 11th while there was at least some light. The weather hasn't been this mild in years which is great. Another positive point is the fact that the days start getting longer in another 10 days!

There should be snow everywhere at this time of year! There also seems to be a distinct lack of a passenger too - where are all the vikings?


There was a loud scraping sound coming from the rear passenger side and when I investigated it turned out to be the end of the handbrake cable scraping on the inside of the wheel! I'm  not totally sure what has happened but as a temporary thinking outside the box fix I put a wheel spacer on either side of the car. This brought the wheel away from the offending cable - problems solved! 
Doesn't look very nice with all the rust. I'll definitely do something about this over the winter.
The offending cable ending. I knew this wasn't right when I put it in but there hasn't been a problem until now.
The inside rim shows a little sign of wear.

I'll be going to see Peter at GKD at the weekend to sort a few things out as well as pick up my nice new soft top! May even meet up with James who is having his IVA Registration test tomorrow - good luck!

2 comments:

  1. I would put a bolt through those handbrake cables just to act as a pin - you can then open the hook bit up slightly so that the pin rests against the hook which leaves much less cable sticking out - also it's probably a little more secure that way.

    Very determined getting out in the cold weather... I think my car is in the garage until next year now.

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  2. Thanks Dave I'll modify it once I get things back together again in the spring.

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