Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Dirty work


As in REALLY dirty! :) My dear little VW Polo, have been in my fathers garage, the last few days, with both front wheels looking a lot like Bambi on ice. Both wheels laying on the ground to each side - and everything in between them totally dismantled....

All of this because the car choose to give up 5th gear. Plus a strange sound from the clutch, when idling.

So a new gearbox was found and the car dismantled. And after doing that, you just do everything backwards, right? Noooope ... we have had the gearbox put on and off 3 times today, because it refused to get in place inside the clutch again.

But the 4th try was finally a success and we were able to assemble everything again :)

So at the same time, we changed the short the short sports springs with some normal boring grandma-springs . But we only had time for the front end of the car... so right now the car looks pretty funny, with a high front and a very very low back. So it really looks like we have shopped like crazy and are carrying a lot of goods in the back ;)


Just look at it!! It looks so funny... and right now all the cars passing by me, all blink their headlights to say hello... nice people, right?!!! ;) (Because it's NOT because I am blinding everybody with my own headlights... no no! ;)  )

But tomorrow we will fix the back end of the car ... New springs, so the car will be in balance again. And a new exhaust that does NOT look like a jet engine, like the one on it right now ;) Kind of funny that I change the car from a small tough car, wich looks kind of mean ... to a "grandma-model".... But deffinately much more comfy!!

And after that, I only need to something about the heater... because right now we have a tropical condition, inside the car. A valve does not shut, so choosing cold air settings, only sends ind HOT air..... sigh !!

So this friday, will be the first day with a finished car :) But then it should be in a great condition, that will last some years from now.

No matter what, I really feel lucky, to have a father with a workshop, who loves to help me out with the car :) Thanks a lot dad!!





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