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tomorrow, having got my rebuilt engine in and running finally.

Just to say - Many thanks to Andy Simpson and Andy McClements for turning up Sunday to give me a hand, lots of sage diesel advice at other times from ASimpson, SBaxter and others... who may wish to remain nameless :wink:

The old duck is running, goes like stink, but everything's not quite perfect yet... Time!

but hope to have a cracking weekend, the routes and waypoints look fantastic, KevH has obviously put an enormous amout of work into planning this event, and whatever the weather expect the sights, sounds and smells to impinge on my rather frayed senses... in a positive and calming way :)

See you all at the Sellafiled visitor centre, Sat morning..
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And I'll "si thi" saturday afternoon, if you don't break it!

last call for bringing bits from the garage, 'bout 10 saturday!
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Hope you all have a cracking weekend; sorry to have missed it. Looking forward to seeing the pics and hearing all about it on our return from our Hols.
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See ya Sunday Night Clive and Jenny......What time you off ?
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have a safe trip guys and we'll see you soon.... oh and i hate to be the bearer of bad news but the weather is going to be shiiiiite, bring wellies waterproofs and god knows what else!!!
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Well my van is all up and running with the new gearbox !FINALY! :lol:
Not very impresed with the way the warrantee was onoured though. :cry:
And the fact that i had to strip down the difflock and rebuild before refitting wich is luky i spotted before i put the box in. :x
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Jenny's saying 9am, I'm saying 10, have a few 'issues' still, and leaving for what might be better part of 1,000 miles after complete engine rebuild, need some instruments at least, having only 20 miles to bed it in and set it all up so far...

Jenny WILL agree to disagree :lol:

But WILL see you later, 4~ 5pm?
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Clive, that's great news ! I'm already at Aidans, hooking up with Matt Flint early-mid afternoon. Aidan sends his regards. Planning to camp in Wasdale. See you tomorrow morning.

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Russel at Syncro-Nutz wrote:Well my van is all up and running with the new gearbox !FINALY! :lol:
Not very impresed with the way the warrantee was onoured though. :cry:
And the fact that i had to strip down the difflock and rebuild before refitting wich is luky i spotted before i put the box in. :x

I don't know what it is with gearbox builders, they seem to be under the impression that your not willing to look inside and will tell you all sorts of lies as to what they have done, and you have to trust them, there used to be loads around here, only a handfull left now and the really local ones I won't touch! had my leg lifted a couple of times.

Im sure some of them have a quick nosey, repair the fault and sell them on as a fully recon gearbox and charge you accordingly, then when they go wrong they can afford to put a few bearing in that you have been charged for but didn't fit last time.
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Exactly why Aidan is doing boxes... :wink:
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The most annoing part is that i supplyed new 3rd and 4th gears new syncro rings new syncro hubs some of the seals myself in order to have it done wright in the first place.It cost me a fortune just to be let down.
Thank ...... it didnt packup in the middle of nowere in Morroco.
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I was with Aidan whn he collected the ring and pinion... did they take it off him?
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