Tues.26.05.09. Clutching the latest shopping list the route to James Paddock had changed due to recent road developments around Queensferry but nevertheless I still managed to locate the offices, if nothing else by sheer good luck. The varied list of super synthetic brake fluid, pistons for the callipers along with the fitting kit, replacement cowling shrouds and the inevitable nuts and bolts came to a grand total of £83.42. an exorbitant amount for seemingly insignificant materials, all of which I had, incidentally, already purchased two years ago. But the discomfort of pissing even more money away re-buying earlier stock was lifted after a visit to ‘eccentric Max’. He produced the ‘Doli’ springs which at first sight ‘perhaps may’ solve the endless saga of the front springs. He suggested that he should fit them, which he duly did. He had, over the years, crafted a spring tensioning contraption that was gripped in a vice. Using the power of each turn to compress the spring the assembly with the Spax shocker was effortlessly completed.
Once in place the necessary nuts could be tightened comfortably securing the unit impeccably. An exchange of the original springs, which Max suggested may be at least 400lbs!!! then took place, together with one ten pound note. Decisively, we have at last ‘won one’. Max was more than pleased because he can now replace his battered trailer springs, but more importantly I may just have a gallon of ‘Stella’ and open a tin of Chunks to celebrate this momentous breakthrough.
There doesn’t now seem to be anymore setbacks. All of the problems on the ‘snaglist’ have been addressed. Given the news from today Chris has begun to smile again, he has another box of stock to assemble then fit, thankfully solving the final minor irritating difficulties. Only the inspection at the DVLA could rain on our parade.
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