Eilean Donan Castle

Went for a drive over to Eilean Donan Castle with Petra, my friend from Germany. Weather a little drab, but in all it was a lovely day offering some great imagery between the odd shower, it was a pleasure to drive there and the time flew by with an excellent performance from Rolfie.

Eilean Donan Cast

Air Con Fixed

Got the air con fixed, job well done and everything seems to be running nicely.

Will be out and about in the next couple weeks, before minor repairs and the MOT.

Once late Autumn is out the way I'll be looking at Winter housing until next season.

Air Conditioning Pump

As promised my new pump arrived early this morning.

Great service from the Auto Air Con Parts team...!

Hopefully the garage will fit me in within the next couple of weeks to fit the part.

Air Conditioning Pump

June

After collecting her from the under seal job I thought I should fill the petrol up ready for a run out. As I pulled away from the pumps and screeching noise followed by a bang happened.

Discovering no power steering I guessed the belt snapped, it sure had so was taken back to the garage by low loader.

Later that afternoon, the phone call confirmed the snapped belt and also the Air Con Pump had seized, so I've just paid out for another, slightly cheaper than Fords wanted for a incomplete refurb unit at £500+, I got one complete for under £300.

Under Sealed

Mid June

I had the car under sealed using Dinitrol, the kit was nearly £100 but has done the job nicely according to the mechanic who sprayed her up.

Touring Holiday

My new mechanic did a fantastic job putting the oil cooler on, this enabled me to use her for the holiday in East Anglia.

In total we travelled 2,130 miles with no hassle at all. Running with the air conditioning running most days she was a pleasure to drive, performance wise for a 2.3 I think we did very well.

This last week has seen her complete a further 500 miles around the Highland region with two trips over to Lossiemouth and one to Inverness.

Oil Cooler Repair

Well the new garage I'm now using have performed an outstanding job in repairing my car through the weekend. Impressed by their commitment to doing the job asked and saddened by the fact my previous garage had given me so much bull shit.

Not only had they bodged the repair and informing me everything would be okay, the issue with the tyre that they said was a leaky valve turned out to be a huge nail embedded in the tyre and the tyre was perished too..!

So now I can use her for our holiday, must give her a wash and brush up prior to leaving though.