She had some spanner attention today. The belts that run the fan, water pump and Alternator were as slack as a wizards sleeve and the charge/alt" light had been glowing since the A 34 on the home trip.
Guess our tree cutting drive drained her reserves... half hour on tick over with the volt light on full glow.
I think that some modern belts will help as the ones on her are skinnier than a super model and sit so deep in the pulleys... time for a new set of Gates fat belts to keep it all moving.
It was the first time for soooooo long that I have worked on something so "real"...a socket and a bar was all that was needed.... no shrouds to remove, no stupid wires to remove, just sit on the chassis rail, tension with one hand and nip up the nut with the other hand.
I also noticed that all the wiring connections on the elec' system are as dry as a dry thing so plan is to clean em all up when I put the battery back on board tomorrow. Oh.. and the main earth for the engine is sat in the most amazing place... where it gets soaked whenever it rains... hence the furry mount.
Tomorrow morning will see all the contacts cleaned and checked and then she will be left to slumber while we party at Zarse Towers. Sunday will see her parked up on the grass outside The Rising Sun, Its Mini Steam engine day. They all chuff up to my local pub from the Sammy Miller Mororbike Museum on their little steam engines.
We will be viewing from the roof terrace with legs on and all... To stop her swaying! weather permitting
