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Old 15th January 2016, 04:11 PM
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Today after lunch with the sun shining I decided to work on the car. I've been slowly building up parts needed to fit a towbar to the D3. So, outside, on probably the coldest day of the year. That's how clever I am. And how full of stuff our garage is...



After approximately 2000000 turns of the worm gears either side of the boot:



I realised my torx set didn't include an M10...



After a wild Goose chase I ended up at Machine Mart in Warrington. The manager was very helpful and £12 later I had:



Before it got even wetter and colder:



And how I've left it till tomorrow:



Must say after 7 or nearly 8 years and 120,000 miles the car is like new in the places you don't tend to see. Good job, cos after all this effort I think I'm going to keep it for a long time, as long as I don't reverse it into my house and write it off while the reverse sensors are off.
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Excellent afternoon's work John and good reference photos
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Excellent afternoon's work John and good reference photos
Cheers Matt. Other than the worm gear scenario, these cars are quite nice to work on, aren't they.
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Did you drive to Machine Mart without the rear bumper?
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Did you drive to Machine Mart without the rear bumper?
Yup Needs must Matt!
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:rofl: top man!
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Boxed it off today, pretty much. Started this morning in -2°C, but thankfully dry









Just have a few wires to connect now. Had to stop as my hands were numb and it was starting to snow/then MORE rain. The Westfalia kit is a great bit of engineering. And having read about someone using a cordless drill to wind the worm gear to release/tighten the bumper I used mine on the slowest and lowest torque setting. Brilliant idea. All went back together well. Very nice to work on the D3s.
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Good one John.
Wigan Machine Mart is just across the field from ours. If you need them again and are stuck for transport give me a shout. I'm not always available but if poss would be able to help if needed.
Had the afternoon in Southport and came home to a whiteout. Great fun first thing today spinning on ice, and now snow on top of it. I have just managed to light up the little yellow car symbol, the one with two squiggly lines under it.
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