Skoda Rally Blog

Last time out, the damage list was driveshaft (already replaced with a standard one), power steering pump (and possibly the rack) and the missing fuel cap of woe.

This week I’ve been at work and had a fair bit on this weekend as well, but I’ve managed to make some progress.  The first bit of which was nice and easy to fit.  Before:

Lovely on-event bodge.

My lovely bodge with gaffa tape.  However, thanks to a very helpful Matt from Think Automotive I now have a nice new cap:

Shiny, and no ATL badging!

The big upside of this is that it cost far less than I thought – £65 in total.  Not cheap for a fuel cap, but a lot less than I originally thought!  Next up, the power steering.  I ordered a new pump, which needed a bit of modification as the inlet was at a different angle.  It took a bit of doing to get the inlet out of the new pump, but the old one was easy enough.  With a bit of work, it looked like this:

Won't look like this for long...

I filled it up with the right fluid, and thankfully it seems that the rack hasn’t been damaged – it seems fine from lock to lock, and now the car is back as it was.  However, I want to avoid another broken shaft so I’m now looking into getting some stronger shafts made, so hopefully by next weekend I should have some definite news on this.  Work will be starting on the Skoda soon though, as it is next up, in September, with any luck.