Got to guys house and he said follow him to the van and it was in a field in middle of nowhere with flat battery, now i forgot jump leads and spare battery. Car i went down in had round terminals and van had square but guy who we bought it off gave us a jump start. Then realised had to go 5 miles to local village to tax it, so left 15 yr old grandson guarding running van whilst me and mate went to post office which was closed for half day by just 5 mins
So decided was too long to leave lad and went back for him before we went to high wycombe to get tax, well that was the plan. As usual plan went to sh*t, we forget how ro get back to field in middle of nowhere
After an hour we eventually found himn and set of for tax, expecting aggro at post office as was mot exempt and had no proof. No issue they just issued the tax as it said recovery vehicle on log book Woman was more interested in fact that i put different name on log book to my company name and she tried to say i was not insured cos of this so i had to explain log book is keepers info not owners and my company owned it so was insured. Anyway, we then headed back to van, this was an easier task as i set vans home field to home in sat nav.
Got back, went to start her and battery still flat
Luckily farger giles arrived and went off i n his tractor to get some jump leads.Once started we drove our car on back and headed off for home, however ...
... as battery was dodgy decided to fuel up with engine running.
This changed to sad when we realised fuel cap used ignition key so i gets a large screwdriver to force cap off. I succeded but the cap fell apart and the centre went in tank This meant that it took for ever to fuel up as was blocking filler pipe Then we heads off and travelled at a steady 70 all the way home and she performed really well. Steering is really light so i reckon she has had a new box. Rattles a bit, not engine but like a loose tinny rattle that i cannot figure out yet.
Anyway here she is:
Chassis is as rotten as a pear and skirs are too. Tools boxes look handy but need a bit of work as does most of her but all in all i am happy ish and cannot wait to get to work on her.
) Still for just over £500 i reckon there is plenty of money available in her to get her right.
