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First Legal Drive – Filling Up To The “Top Gear” Theme
Created on 2007-02-21 17:48:49
Well it was time to make that first legal leap onto the roads and I was finally able to drive the car down to get some petrol – just 2 miles down the road. The car seemed to run fine with the new fuel pump although despite just a short drive I pull out of my subdivision and there’s a local cop right opposite me. Nothing happened. I made it down to the gas station and noted that the ride was a little bumpy. My guess is that the tires must have some flat spots.
As I start filling up the gar for the first time (haven’t been able to drive there before today) the “Top Gear” theme tune started to play over the speakers – how funny is that! Prophetic maybe? The drive back was uneventful although I passed yet another cop on the way back. So only a short first legal drive but, it was very rewarding never the less.
As I start filling up the gar for the first time (haven’t been able to drive there before today) the “Top Gear” theme tune started to play over the speakers – how funny is that! Prophetic maybe? The drive back was uneventful although I passed yet another cop on the way back. So only a short first legal drive but, it was very rewarding never the less.
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After the First Drive
After the First Drive
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| Brake Light Fixes By Adjusting Brake Pedal Spacers & Positioning | 2007-02-19 | Well although I had got through the state safety inspection I knew that the position of the brake pedal was not right on the bolt through the pedal box. There was some left to righ... | ||
| New SU Fuel Pump – Electronic | 2007-02-19 | 1 | Well although I have new points and condenser for my old pump, which has also started working without needing a tap again now, I decided I get a new SU electronic fuel pump as some... | |
| Got Plates? Yes I Do Now | 2007-02-18 | 1 | Tara went to the license office today (Feb 12) and had no problem picking up some plates. Just got whatever they had as the personal plates will come later. Still debating over th... | |
| Passes MO Safety Inspection – Simply Great | 2007-02-11 | Another good day,Saturday, but it’s still really cold! I had to wrestle with the brake light switch as it seems I have a little bit of movement on the brake pedal from side to si... | ||
| Woo Hoo – Brakes At Last & Thoroughly Checked | 2007-02-10 | 1 | Well finally we have brakes back and what a learning process it was! We removed all the wheels and started with a thorough inspection of the rear brakes. It’s all new to me and r... | |
| Yet More Brakes – Getting Like Deja Vue (Unfortunately) | 2007-01-27 | Well since it was 53F on Friday and predicted to be 20F on Sunday I started work on Friday night putting the brake master back into place. It went back in somewhat easier than it ... | ||
| Rebuilding The Brake Master | 2007-01-22 | Well it was the Monday night group therapy session tonight and I took along the removed brake master cylinder. Encourage to pull it apart, that's exactly what we did and quite an ... | ||
| Showing The 77 Some Love - Defroster | 2007-01-21 | Well it snowed overnight and this year's Triumph Club Polar Bear run is coming up shortly. Last year I fixed the car to have heat but the defroster switch would only turn to the In... | ||
| Brake Bleeding …… Bloody Cold ………. Bleeding Brakes! | 2007-01-20 | 1 | Well last weekend I didn’t write it up but I tried again to bleed the brakes. I tried to bleed the master by itself using plastic hoses on the ends of the hard lines that go into... | |
| Brake Bleeding ...... Bleeding Brakes! | 2007-01-07 | 1 | Finally I have started doing some work again and started to look at the brakes and addressing new flexible hoses. I had never done this before so I did some reading first and learn... |
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