Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

X8GGY wrote: The blog of today's latest failed trip is now up -  jimnybuggy.com/2021/09/26/nooooooo-not-again/

The head gasket seems to have gone again... it will be passed back to the garage who did the head gasket work to investigate and remedy...


 

So sorry to hear that Dave, hope the workshop takes responsibility for their workmanship

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That's irritating to say the least. It's got to be some kind of record that for distance covered from time of fitting to failure.

A quick update on the buggy…

James (Priestley) contacted me on Saturday morning for some metric fine nuts for one of his latest builds, and asked what he owed me… so I said “some advice!”…

Si I described the issues with the head on the buggy and he immediately asked, “we’re the head bolts reused or replaced…”

Long story short, the garage are redoing the head…

MANY THANKS to James ince again!…

Frustrating but also encouraging, if the bolts were stretched and that caused the issue, at least you can be sure that it is repairable....  

Can you make the 10th ?

sniper

I’m Brett’s gate-bitch!

 
 

My run of bad luck continues... the Boogie buggy has been recovered four times already, and on Wednesday - with the buggy in the garage having it's head re-done, I decided to get out in the NGV and take the dogs for a nice walk by a local reservoir...

Coming back, first the battery light came on, and then the temperature started rising... I pulled over and discovered the water pump pulley had sheared and gone all floppy, that had taken the belt off, which had stopped the alternator charging, so I rang my mate's recovery firm...

Me : "Hi Toby, it's Dave"
Toby : "Hello mate, what do you want? Your buggy is in the garage next door"
Me : "Would you believe I'm in my road car?"
Toby : "Where are you mate?"
Me : "Outside the Shell station in Denbigh"
Toby : "One of the trucks will be with you in twenty minutes Dave"

You couldn't make it up?

So both my vehicles are off the road awaiting repairs...

I'd buy a bicycle, but the wheels would probably fall off knowing my current luck?! :lol:

So excuse me if I'm quiet on the board for a bit, I'll be back soon though!