We headed up north fr a few days in G`s new van which she kitted out with insulation and stretch carpet and we headed for Aberdeen and a morning cycle along from Newhaven...
Hundreds of dead seabirds were sadly lying along the tide line from a recent resurgence of Avian Flu....
We explored the WW2 Coastal defences but wit the strong westerly headwind did not ride the whole 10 miles of coast...
We film of the days ride;
More soon...
Been months since I was last running the Jeep!, must have been last November when we returned from A day run to Berwickshire and limped home with a slipping clutch, it had been slipping for over a year esp if full of 4 folk or up big hills in 3rd gear but finally it cried enough though it still got us home!
I bought a clutch kit from Dallas Autos before Xmas but it was February before friend Callum had time to come help drop the gearbox and fit the clutch with an alinement tool, the holes in the clutch back plate mount holes needed drilled out larger - usual fitting replacement parts so often is not a straight forward job and things need a file or bend or something, THE clutch was soon installed and then we rain into another problem,
The gearbox with transfer box was so heavy being cast steel unlike more modern Alloy boxes we could not lift it up lying on our sides underneath!, it weighed a ton!, well not a ton but was heavy and unlike under a ramp when you can your upper core strength to lift something up we just could not lift it ourselves, so a winch system was made up and after adding wood joists as supports under the garage cross bar to not potentially damage the concrete walls we hoisted the box up and wiggled it into place,
Edd and Al help do this on a wet Sunday and next visit from Callum finished off helping connect everything up and the Jeep was fired up in the first time in months!
