Today we met up for a bit of tinkering. With a quick trip to Halfords we picked up a set of Champion Double Copper plugs and a lot of ideas. We also managed to take an amble round a scrap yard and find a Panda that looked like it should live in a scrap yard, or as if it had just been driven half way round the world.
We managed to rattle through some of the standard servicing checks before moving on to the plugs.
Our first minor engine upgrade went without a hitch, next we'll swap the distributor cap and HT leads and thats pretty much covered the ignition.
Ross pointed out that we might want to replace the cylinder head gasket. He seemed to think that engine oil coating the lower half of the block below the gasket was a bad sign. Other ideas to think about are air filters, ICE, rally lights and battery.
We'd also like to say a big thank-you to Alex for his sponsorship, and for a few potential contacts towards Russia. Welcome back Alex, top man.
Finally, Happy Birthday Rich. He was 29 on Wednesday. That's nearly thirty!!! Shouldn't you stop messing round with cars and adventures by that age. Anyway, I managed to get him a 95 piece tool set for the car, in a totally non-selfish gesture.
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