Ramblings

I went up to the yard yesterday afternoon at the same time K went to the airport. The goal for the visit was fairly simple – run the calibration and setup of the autohelm system so I could be absolutely sure that it all worked, before the yard does the sound insulation installation and puts…

Saturday The list of works for Saturday was essentially “make progress to not being in the way of the engine re-installation”. We visited Screwfix on the way to get some hole saws – a 51mm and 92mm. Didn’t use them today, but I’ve confirm that they’re the right size for the work, and thus don’t…

Saturday The initial plan for Saturday was After reaching Howth and collecting the equipment, we looked at the weather (wet), and the new weather forecast (wet all day) and turned for Ballymun (and Ikea) instead of onwards to Malahide. Drove into the parking lot of Ikea and drove right back out – apparently there was…

Saturday Another weekend, and another car rented and a one hour drive to Malahide. Went via the toll tunnel this time, learning from my mistake from the lift-out. The task list for this weekend included The yard had been unable to schedule the removal of the diesel tanks, so I opted to get as much…

Friday I took yesterday off, so that I could get more than just a weekend to tackle the works that needed doing. The yard had confirmed earlier in the week that the engine had been removed, so one loaded (remembered the latter this time) car and we were off to Malahide for breakfast. We passed…

Blue Opal was scheduled to lift today at 10 am, so K and I came up the night before with bedding, replacement lithium battery (for the house bank), and a few other odds and ends. The drive up through Dublin was a right pain in the ass, with road works and long queues (due to…