We finally got the split sorted late last week with it's MOT - hoohah! Slightly late but we've been busy bunnies what with Nic's Op 'n' all that caper...
Had a pretty early start this morning as after the MOT, I thought I would take the van out for a little run. So I cruised it up the road a little. By the time I got back - no lights, no indicators and no wipers. That was an easy fix with a couple of new fuses. Unfortunately, the need for a new starter motor was a bit more pressing!
I set off this morning at 07:00 heading towards Smethwick to take it to Kingfisher Kutoms. It ran like a beaut and cruised nicely at 65. Although most of the 1.5 hours was spent queuing!
The new starter went in and still no joy. Just a click, no motor spinning. At this point the mechanic was getting a little bit pissed with it. To cut a 1.5 hour story short - turns out the wire feeding the starter was going via an alarm system and the alarm was only allowing 6 volts through to it (rather than the expected 12). Once that was by-passed, the engine once gain boomed into life - phew!
The journey home was sweet, loads of traffic again, but happy cruising and couple of smiles, waves and peeps from other happy motorists :)
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