X-Pack
The clutch issue with the X-pack turned out to be a poorly adjusted clutch. I got underneath the car and fiddled with the clutch adjustment to see if that was what was causing it, and took it out for a spin confirming the clutch was working fine. We need to get a bracket or two to hold together the two parts of the gear linkage on the x-pack before the gearbox is working again. I was able to hold it together with some wire just to test it out on the road.
Skoda
Looks like the Skoda’s going to go to the great scrapyard in the sky. We removed the wings from it (barely had to use tools, just pulled them) and the rust on the inner wings and A-posts is pretty terminal looking. Niall’s stripped the car to a point where there’s not much left on it, and may be able to source a rapid in much better condition from the fella that sold him the estelle as a consolation because the estelle is so bad, which is nice.
Scirocco
The scirocco went in for its MOT with seven fails this week, so the weekend is going to be spent repairing that and then we’ll put it back through. A couple of brake pipe issues, bulb issues, and one of the rear shocks is gone. My friend is going to buy it from me once it goes through the MOT, but it’s had a couple of fueling issues recently too! So we’ll need to sort that out.
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