Skoda Rally Blog

Clearly I’ve been working today, but after work I cracked on with a few hours’ work – got the sumpguard off, changed the oil, changed the gearbox oil, changed the water (with new antifreeze), plus fitted a new temperature switch for the fan – ?13, but better safe than sorry.

Had a few things to fix, number one was the fact that the heater blower didn’t work at all. Which caused all sorts of issues, and could have meant a total dash removal. Fortunately it was as simple as plugging it back in, under the bonnet! Nice.

The rattle that was present (when the throttle was put on or taken off) turned out to be a bolt that had worked loose in the gearbox mounting, so that was easily fixed.

Next up, some little things, including making sure the service crew were still coming and the van is still available – both are OK, which is good news indeed. Then to make up nav lamp #2, a nifty LED-based one with red that’s always on with the lights, and white that’s switchable. This is half done now, ‘cos I’ve lost the pigging red LEDs!

On the upside, I have managed to get a nice new steering wheel and hub, rather than the standard one, so it’ll look a bit more like a rally car inside and actually steer a lot better, and perhaps most importantly, the logbook has arrived! It actually arrived yesterday, which means the MSA turned it round same day, so a big thanks to them – I had a receipt which I could have used at scrutineering, but I’d much rather have a proper logbook.

Oh, and I woke up at 5am. Which sucks.