Well I almost had a productive day sanding down the roof, digging out the old factory sealant and gleaning the roof gutters until the police showed up spouting a load more ******* claims. And yet again suggesting as I'm not currently working (not signing on either) I should both 'get a job' and stop 'being seen' working on the cars, down the garage in the garden etc. So what does that mean? (reading between the lines) Just because some *******s don't like something and that I'm 'not working' I should be totally housebound and do ******* all. Yeah, you know what you can do with that one....
Also I was starting to get a bit pissed off with all the questions on why I was doing work to it, sort of suggesting that if it needed so much doing then wouldn't it be best to scrap it. well you know what you can do with that one as well... Unless its somehow illegal to carry out maintenance and repair work to your own vehicle from time to time.
Plus I'll take a mental note of the tyres/windows etc. (harassment?) just being put down to 'kids' and not worth them bothering with....
Anyways back to the roof. all I have to do now if wet sand it, mask off and give it a temporary coat of silver.
And because I totally forgot at the time, a few pics of the condition of the doorstep I removed a few days ago.
The other slight issue I have, is despite starting it up and making sure it was ok (or running at least) the other day, the mayfiar has decided to throw a strop. It started up lovely this morning on the jump pack (flat battery) sounded good, was able to move it out of the garage and across the shared drives etc, even if the brakes a re a little non-existent. Left it parked until mid afternoon, went to jump start it (after just putting the last of my jerry can in the tank) and nothing. Just turns over and slowly dies as the jump pack drains. So had to push the bloody thing, witch Is what I was trying to ovoid doing in the fist place.
So in-between filling the odd dent and priming the roof, I was charging up the jump pack and trying to get some sort of life out of the Mayfair. I gave up/it got too late after the 4th or 5th attempt. I've pulled apart the carb and that's ok, swapped the plugs (witch were wet) and checked over the ignition system. Although as it's electronic I can only inspect and test so much. My feeling is, as when it's turning over its just cranking, it could well be a spark issue (or lack of) issue. But I have no spares of the ignition modules and don't really want to go borrowing parts of the 25 to test.
Edited by 1984mini25, 14 July 2016 - 11:40 PM.
