Winter service

I had a day down the workshop today hoping to quickly service the van and then make a start on the baja.

Suffice to say I’d never get onto the baja as Iris had some bits that needed attending to. On the way to the unit I noticed the clutch pedal seemed lower than usual, and found this delight when going over the service items:

This is the gearbox end of the cable and the cable is only 6 months old! I’ve fitted my spare cable and all adjusted up now.

I noticed that pretty much all of the cv joint boots are starting to crack, again only 6 months of use! I gave them a squeeze and they’ll be ok for a little while but no doubt will need replacing before the MOT in March. These are the supposed good quality lobro boots.

Then while adjusting the rear brakes with the wheels off the ground one of the boots completely dettached itself from its mounting ring:

So it was off with the driveshaft to fit one of the original boots that I’d kept:

This will hopefully be the last time the van comes down the workshop over winter. We’re running Iris over the winter and the track to the unit can get pretty bad over the colder months. It was pretty sloshy today but the van seemed happy enough.

The driver’s door lock also decided to completely disintegrate in co-op carpark so I’ve spent this evening rekeying a spare barrel I had in the garage.

Hopefully I’ll have some more exciting updates soon as I’ve just about finished the main cabinet now.