Skoda Rally Blog

Well, thanks to the wonder of eBay, I’ve sold the Favorit. It’s just trotted off on a trailer, along with a whole load of spares (I had no idea I had 30 wheels!), and I feel a bit sad! Had a lot of good times in the Fav, and certainly I’m glad I bought it, but now that leaves me with a practical problem. The Felicia. Or more to the point, the Tempest. It’s next Saturday, which means that I need to get the car MOTd and up and running in just over a week. I’ve made a good start on it today, sorting out most of the wiring issues (the cutout now actually cuts out the whole car, rather than just part of the wiring), and removing the seats and fixing the handbrake lever. But removing the front offside suspension showed a couple of things.

Firstly, there was no way that this car had been through a legit MOT. Both driveshaft gaiters were split, and had been for some time. And the disc was totalled. This is not good, and I have the MOT booked for Thursday. Fortunately I’d bought a whole load of bits recently, and that included new driveshaft boots, which should fit the driveshaft – certainly the outer is looking OK now, but I need to pull part of the inner out of the gearbox to see if that will fit – if not, I’m in the doo doo. But I need to buy new discs, and this could be a problem. Also, the flexible hoses for the front brakes are too long and have been looped and cable tied. Shoddy. So, I have my work cut out if I’m to get the car up to scratch before the event.

And I have to fix the trailer too! Looks like it’ll be a long week for me!