172 C.U.P. (Complete and Utter Poo)

[Polynesian]

This hasn’t been a great winter/spring for the Cup. And it’s MOT day tomorrow…

I finally got the gearbox mount refitted, and then realised that for an MOT, any seatbelts need to be secure and the airbag light off etc etc. never mind the rust. Whacked some 3.3 ohm resistors in the airbag connections and both the airbag and the SERV light went out. Great. Lost the bolts for the seatbelts over the last 9 months or so, not ideal. Managed to get the front passenger belt secure- I have bucket seats but standard belts. At the rear I was worried that flappy belts would be a fail- I undid them at the base to get the interior panels off to check for, and find, rust.

They’re now bolted in, the rear bench is out and a nice carpet in there. I’ll remove the rear belts fully when I have time.

Put the alternator shield into the new grille, took out all the s**t (new wings, suspension, driveshafts, etc etc) to make it at least a bit smart. Washed off all the pollen.

Please MOT gods, be kind tomorrow.

 

[Polynesian]

I forgot to mention the insane flooding. I think I have it finally dried out but it was a long process. Don’t want to ever do that again. It looked like it was down to my centre drain- not blocked but the insert was lifted up and I guess preventing water draining. Litres of it in the car…