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February 19, 2006
A Day Under The Car
With a need to have the car ready and fighting fit for Dubfreeze in a couple of weeks (I'm taking the stand and merchandise!), it was time to set to and give her a good servicing and clean.
First off was sorting the exhaust leak which has been bugging me since well before Christmas. And, it turns out, there's now lots of little holes elsewhere in the pipes. No sooner had I sorted the clamp which was the root cause of the "farting", all manor of other leaks have appeared. Bugger 
So, onto servicing, and giving the sparks and throttle a good clean. Now, the carb cleaner I have has a little nozzle attachment for squirting into tiny places. And, with this attached, I stripped down the air box so I could get to the inlet manifold and squirt in some of the cleaner. Imagine, then, my distraught frustration when said nozzle flew off and down into the inlet 
Whether it'll do anything or not, I don't know. I can't take the engine apart to remove it, well, not easily. And, being plastic, it should just melt away. But, Murphy and his Law, I'm sure, will say otherwise
Thankfully, cleaning the car was much easier. Although it does show I've not cleaned the alloys or underside for a while. Rust and the winter grime taking a lot of working to get off. But a shiny car now stands outside the house. Until I drive to work in the morning, of course 
Posted by alan at February 19, 2006 06:53 PM
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