Into the hands of the Motor-Canics: 01/08/15

And so our next blog post takes us deeper into Summer, as we leave July behind and enter August. As mentioned in previous posts, 2599's exhaust had been making strange noises during our excursion to Alton with a distinct 'clattering' sound to be heard, quite unconventional for a Gardner-engined RE. We also had a mystery light keep illuminating on the dashboard which was giving us cause for concern, so with this in mind we booked her in for a service with our good friend Dom Guy at Motor-Canics in Bilborough, the bus making the journey there less than 24hrs after arriving back from Hampshire.

(C) Dom Guy/Motor-Canics

After just over a week spent awaiting its turn in the queue, 2599 was soon over a pit being inspected. Dom soon found the source of the mystery dashboard light to be a water leak where the aged hose and clips had cracked, these being duly replaced. The blowing exhaust issue was also looked into, with the manifolds and a few other items removed and cleaned before being reattached (turns out the manifold that had been repaired and reinstated back in 2014 had rattled loose, causing the blowing). A missing stud on the block was also replaced, and with a few new bolts and the gaskets reattached she soon roared back into life. Dom also then treated the bus to a service, checking and changing the fluids (like most old ladies, 2599 was getting a little dry in places, so levels were duly topped up), and soon enough she was good to go once again!

On behalf of the group, thanks must go to Dom and Motor-Canics for a first class job, and I make no apologies for leaving a cheeky little plug for them here: www.motorcanics.co.uk

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(C) Dom Guy/Motor-Canics

(C) Dom Guy/Motor-Canics

(C) Dom Guy/Motor-Canics

(C) Dom Guy/Motor-Canics

(C) Dom Guy/Motor-Canics

(C) Dom Guy/Motor-Canics