IVA Pass!

Bit of work done over the weekend and evenings leading up to the retest (Thursday 14th November).

Extra ali panel added under the wiper motor, then covered up with carpet.

The bottom edge of the dash had some carpet added under the vinyl to make it a larger radius and also nice and squishy. Bonnet lock key inserts supplied by S&J motors at very short notice. New speedo was installed, I programmed it with the calibration numbe 8662 pulses per mile (tyre rolling circumference (18inch rear wheel with 285/35s on) x diff ratio x number of bolts on the prop that the sensor looks at). Bit of a guess but we checked it against satnav and a couple of phones with gps apps and it seemed pretty accurate.

Sadly Naomi couldn't get the day off work so my copilot was our friend Snowy. On the way we had one minor issue, the battery charge warning light came on so we stopped and investigated. It was just a connector on the alternator that had come loose. Got some pliers on to make it a tighter fit and popped it back on, back on the road in 10 mins.

We got there a tad late due to the alternator but the test proceeded without incident. CO emissions were an amazing 0.9% after much fiddling with the idle mixture. Speedo was fine, everything else was acceptable.

Pass!

The way home was more interesting, the fuel feed somehow popped off the carb and sprayed fuel all over the place but we mopped it up with some towels, hose back on the carb and back on the road, home in time for tea.