… all day and so I missed the glorious weather. <\/p>\n
142.2 amp-hours in the home-made 12-volt immersion heater that I use as a dump load for the surplus electrical energy that I create, meaning that the water temperature rose from 44\u00b0C to off the scale (over 70\u00b0C) during the day. <\/p>\n
And it was still over 70\u00b0C when I came back at 22:00. That must have been hot.<\/p>\n
But today I was at Liz and Terry’s finishing off Liz’s car. <\/p>\n
And we reassembled it and much to everyone’s surprise, it fired up straight away and ran (so Liz says) better than it has run for a while. <\/p>\n
We took it for a test-drive and it seemed to be fine, although the brakes are a little “hit and miss”, so we ordered new brakes all round and we’ll fit those when they arrive.<\/p>\n
We also changed the dampers on the back as they were rather soft and there was a pair hanging around. <\/p>\n
And here’s a surprise!<\/p>\n
Too much slack in the 19mm socket, and yet an 18mm was too small. This led to a rummage around in the old toolbox and a 3\/4″ AF socket was produced – and that fitted perfectly. <\/p>\n
Imperial bolts on a 2000 FIAT – who would ever have thought that!<\/p>\n
Anyway, Liz reckons that the ride has stiffened up considerably and that is good news too. As a reward, she cooked a good dinner and made some vegan chocolate brownies for me.<\/p>\n
The car had better run alright after all of this.<\/p>\n
