Skoda Rally Blog

Changing handbrake cables is usually a pig of a job, ‘cos it involves removing both sets of rear shoes to do it. Handily, this wasn’t the case with the Felicia – it’s possible to unhook the cable by moving the lever inside the hub forwards, and there’s enough spare (due to having separate cables) to get the new ones in. It was looking like a good evening….

… and then I changed the wheel bearings. Left side one – piece of cake again, a near-perfect job. Looked and worked perfectly. And then I did the right-hand side one, and for no apparent reason it binds when adjusted up. I’ve checked everything I can think of (and this was quite a lot) and it won’t adjust up properly. I think it must be a defective bearing, so I’ve ordered another one and will have to wait until Monday for that.

On the upside, I’ve bought a spray gun and ordered all the paint to do the car inside, engine bay and the bumpers as well. Hopefully next Sunday it might look a bit more like a rally car and less like some abandoned project. Tomorrow I’ll finish off the welding and start prepping the interior for paint.

Oh, and the pistons still haven’t turned up.

And Chris Bennett still owes me a gearbox, diff and ?800.