A very leisurely start this morning, as all we had to do was fit the newly refurbished cylinder head and hope that this would cure the rough running issues that the car has been suffering from. Dave had taken my original cylinder head back to Derby with him when the car was converted to injection and had had it rebuilt and refurbished by Bates engineering. It was now all finished and nice and shiny and ready to go back on the car.
To our disappointment, the refurbished head didn't make a lot of difference and we still had the same issues. In fact, we went out for a test drive and even managed to break down! It appeared that the electronic ignition distributor shorted out and died. Luckily, I had my spare one in the boot, so this was fitted and we managed to get back to Dave's. Once back at Dave's, we also fitted new spark plugs and HT leads just to eliminate them from the equation, but to be honest, it made little difference.
Feeling quite deflated, we called it a day and headed off out for a carvery. Again, the traffic was busy in all areas due to about 90,000 people still trying to get into Donnington Park! The live bands were starting today and Metallica were headlining tonight, so they would have been a huge attraction. In fact, when we left Dave's local pub that night around half ten, we could hear the music coming from the festival and Dave lives eight miles away from Donnington Park! The wind was obviously carrying the sound, but wow! Eight miles away! That's loud!
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