Sunday, 29 June 2008

Time for a service!

With August fast approaching, we thought we should crack on with the car. Having over 130K on the clock and no sign of ever having a timing belt replacement, we erred on the side of caution and decided to change it. It turned out to be a good decision, as we found one of the camshaft sprockets was loose and we wouldn't have got very far if it had come off!


However, the lower pulley was a stubborn bugger and wouldn't budge (the sprockets were turning on the camshafts rather than it move - whoever designed the camshafts on this thing wants a slap) so we had to abandon it for the day. After changing some fluids and filters we moved on to stage 1 of the interior.

Now, very wealthy people (including Sultans such as ourselves) can afford the finer things in life, including animal hides. This includes those from the incredibly rare "London Urban Tiger", which we decided would compliment our interior nicely, if we could find one. Luckily, we “know” people and as you can see, this endangered species is now that bit closer to extinction.


We need entertainment on the journey, so out came the hacksaw and out came the centre console. After lots of cutting, filing and grinding we ended up with a stereo, a CB radio (to keep Snowman informed of Smoky’s location) and the secret weapon; a PA system that can make animal noises (more about this soon)!


Hopefully we’ll sort the timing belt next week.