BenB
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 09:48 PM |
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Borrocks
Some days things go well, some days things go badly.....
I'm trying to get all my stuff together for a track day at the weekend (including finishing my wet weather gear, sort out the tracking and make
side side screens).
So with 4 hours spare today I managed to:
1) cut the last panel on my soft-top too small
2) leave my inclinometer on so when I needed to use it the wierd size battery (ie difficult to find) had gone flat
3) go to B+Q to get ripped off for some nylock and manage to buy 10 when I needed 16
So tommorow 2-3pm and 9-12 Saturday morning I've got to
1) find somewhere that flogs odd size watch batteries, adjust the camber and the toe-in (front and rear)
2) cut out a new panel, double hem it, attach it to the soft-top and make six adjustable straps, and hand-sew the loose edges.
3) get some more nylocks and attach the side-screens
4) re-wire the ciggy lighter socket with something that will take the 15A my ceramic accesory heater pulls (its currenly only good for 6A)....
and just to make things even more fun I've got to be in Ely (in the Locost) by 6pm Saturday to go out for dinner....
.... and at some points tommorow pretend to be interested in people who actually have a cold but think it's man flu 
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omega0684
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 10:47 PM |
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great day then?
mind you weather is not looking tooooooo bad over the wekend
met office linky
[Edited on 11/9/08 by omega0684]
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Fozzie
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| posted on 11/9/08 at 11:04 PM |
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Easy.... ......Delegate!
Tell your very ill 'man-flu' patients that Occupational Therapy is the 'new treatment for serious man-flu', and delegate your
Borrocksed jobs to them..... 
Sorted!
Fozzie 
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 12:13 AM |
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You are doing a track day man!! What on earth do you need a soft top for?? You should be making an aeroscreen so you can go 15mph faster down the
straights - not buggering around with "weather gear"!!!
Sort yourself out man, remove the screen, and be a proper BEC driver!!!
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Humbug
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 05:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
Easy.... ......Delegate!
Tell your very ill 'man-flu' patients that Occupational Therapy is the 'new treatment for serious man-flu', and delegate your
Borrocksed jobs to them.....
Sorted!
Fozzie
Nice one Fozzie
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SeaBass
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 06:34 AM |
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Maplin Electronics are good for strange little batteries. They may even have the Cigarette lighter and nylocs too...
JC
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BenB
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 07:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SeaBass
Maplin Electronics are good for strange little batteries. They may even have the Cigarette lighter and nylocs too...
JC
Tis true, I was wondering about a mercy dash to Maplins at lunchtime (who needs food??? )....
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BenB
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 07:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
You are doing a track day man!! What on earth do you need a soft top for?? You should be making an aeroscreen so you can go 15mph faster down the
straights - not buggering around with "weather gear"!!!
Sort yourself out man, remove the screen, and be a proper BEC driver!!!
It's true but to be fair the soft-top and side-screens are for the drive there. After putting the screen on (yes, I know- take it off!!!)
there's some funky swirly wind action going on that sucks road spray when it rains onto the rear surface of the screen.... Not a nice experience
as it means I can't see where I'm going.... The soft-top and sidescreens where the answer (hopefully). Now I've just got to hope it
doesn't rain too heavily otherwise I'll be crawling back from Ely via the A-roads.... If it rains for the track day I'll get wet,
that's no problem!!
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BenB
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 07:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
Easy.... ......Delegate!
Tell your very ill 'man-flu' patients that Occupational Therapy is the 'new treatment for serious man-flu', and delegate your
Borrocksed jobs to them.....
Sorted!
Fozzie
Good plan, I can imagine the conversation.....
"now what you really want to do isn't to take decongestants but rather take a nice trip to Edgware. Oooh, and whilst you're they
there's this shop called Maplins......."
And just to add to the fun it appears the area around my garage has a serious rat problem. I counted 15 yesterday!! And one of them was flipping
mahusive. I was about 6 foot away from it and it was about the length of a grey squirrel but fatter!!!! I don't normally mind mice and rats but
when there are that many....... put me off my pizza....
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 07:26 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenBIt's true but to be fair the soft-top and side-screens are for the drive there. After putting the screen
on (yes, I know- take it off!!!) there's some funky swirly wind action going on that sucks road spray when it rains onto the rear surface of the
screen.... Not a nice experience as it means I can't see where I'm going.... The soft-top and sidescreens where the answer (hopefully).
Now I've just got to hope it doesn't rain too heavily otherwise I'll be crawling back from Ely via the A-roads.... If it rains for
the track day I'll get wet, that's no problem!!
tut tut ................... windscreen................ creature comforts............................. you'll be fitting one of those
lardy car engines next!!!!
Cheers
Paul (running very fast and hiding )
[Edited on 12/9/08 by Paul TigerB6]
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BenB
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 07:52 AM |
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To be fair the windscreen is the only creature comfort I've gone for (I get all claustrophobic in a crash helmet!!). The others are a safety
feature. Last time I drove in the rain there was that much spray spinning round onto the back of the windscreen my road turned from single lane into
dual carriagway (70mph) and I didn't realise!!! There was me going 40-50mph (so I could try and follow the lane markings!!!) and first thing I
realised a 4*4 with fogs on full chat came screaming up my trumpet.....
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Fozzie
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 08:31 AM |
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LOL
I was thinking more of the borrocksed panels, ie the sewing bit... ...that's proper Occupational Therapy......
Big rats..... yuk...are you sure that it wasn't a squirrel that had lost its tail? ... 
Seriously...you need to address that problem Ben.....some have been known to develop a taste for wiring......
Good luck with your mission....... I'm sure you will sort it.
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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BenB
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 10:36 AM |
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Oh no, it was definately a rat. Two were chasing each other and ran past me, they got about a foot away so I had a good look, I was worried they were
heading for my trouser leg!!!
Apparantly the pest control people have been called.
Plan B involves a torch, an air gun, a few cans of beer and a folding camping chair...
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whitestu
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| posted on 12/9/08 at 02:04 PM |
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Plan B gets my vote!
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