Theres life in the old dog yet

any updates yet lee:p[?]

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I hope you are not still waiting
well & truly a commer nut now
how did you like driving a commer
cool init:D
so jealous enjoy sun scheduled
for next week [8D]

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Hope you get the cance to drive the rest of the way home ;)

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phew this boy is giving me heart atacks today i can tell ya. anyway heres a bit of an update. the guy fixed the hose and lee went on his way again, he aid the van was driving fine again and decided to stop at a service station i think about another ten miles or so down the road ,just to check everthing was still ok, thats when i got another phone call from him, this time he couldnt get the van to re start after he had switched the engine off to check the van over, i was panicing, he was panicing, we were both trying to think what it could be,and why the van wouldnt re start, and wondering if it was going to be a case of ringing the aa back up again,when all of a sudden lee said to me, hang on a minute let me try this,within a split second i heard the old beast fire up again into life.it turns out he had pulled out the engine stop switch, and then forgot to push it back in again after the engine had stopped, so there was no way it was going to re start whilst it was in the stop position.haha. phew, i cant take anymore of all this nervous happenings, i think i need to go and lay down for a bit.haha:D:panyway last i heard he was on his way again.

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yes yes yes yes yes yes yes , yes hes made it home at last,yippee, phew , i can sleep well tonight.haha;):p

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great news[8D] dont expect that will be the last time he forgets to push the engine stop switch in before he trys to start the beast:p:D

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quote:
Originally posted by woolfy

hi john i have sent you a few pics via email.cheers.;):p

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Nice pics[8D] They will have to wait until tomorrow, just going out.

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some pictures to follow in a minute, but first a summary of the 105 mile trip home.
first 26 miles - realise I need arms like Garth for the steering, then the temp gauge suddenly shot up to red
so thats my baptism into commer ownership - breakdown man called
on inspection the bottom hose off the radiator goes to some sort of aluminium thermostat doo dah - which then goes into the engine block - attached by jubilees
the very nice repair man took off the alternator and found the jubilee clip had rotted and was only held in place with dirt. It seems our fiddling with the alternator directly above it during the fan belt change had jogged it free - draining all the water....
so the nimble fingers of mr breakdown man fixed it and he topped us up with water
about 5 miles further along the a14 the same breakdown man was waiting on an overbridge - watching to make sure we got on our way ok - he put his ambers on and gave us a honk as we passed under him.

a couple of navigational errors later i pulled over to take a bo**ocking from charlotte who was following in the support car!

oh no - the Dog wouldnt start, half a can of easy start, lots of head scratching, and then a quick call to Woolfie to call him seven shades of ****e for giving me a duff engine.... just as I was beginning the conversation and building up to my well planned tirade I notiched that I still had the engine stop knob pulled up.

Knob in and the engine started straight away - red faced I wished woolfy well and continued on my journey.

for the remaining 70 miles the Dog performed admirably - bearing in mind it had been on blocks in woolfys workshop for over 2 years!

luckily I nicked a pair of woolfies ear plugs though - cos at present it sounds like a heavily laden lancaster 10 miles from Berlin - some may call that "sporty"

I averaged 38-40 mph on the run back - purely to due to the sound of 4 rolls royce merlin engines / 1 perkins 2.5 diesel (take your pick)

I could go faster but found that over 45mph the temperature gauge started to get close to the red - didnt want to risk it first time out. At 40 it dropped to just over half way so I stuck at that.

I found gear selection to be interesting - finding neutral was harder than finding a ladies special spot! but i suppose I will get use to that / will get it fettled

anyway - im home now, first beer opened - Charlotte is in the Gin bottle so all is well with the world

thanks for all your work Woolfie - now its time for me & charlotte to put our mark on it - fit out the decor and get that engine tweaked

pictures to follow.....




The Dog is on its way....
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just got to remember lee the perkins is only a little 1760cc power plant:) so is not going to break any land speed records:I glad you made it home without needing the breakdown truck though;)

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just about to leave Woolfies:#

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Enjoying the first breakdown

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finally home...

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The Dog is on its way....
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looks very nice lee[8D] looks different altogether out of woolfys workshop[^] you would be better off getting some bigger mirror heads though like some 9"x6", dont you think[?]

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