Well here's a run down on todays recovery :
Left the house just after 11:00am to get to Dunstable in plenty of time before the 12:00pm recovery booking.
Just joining the M1 when saidrecovery man rings me to tell me he's on his way and has just left Flitwick.
I arrive at the Trans Am and have just enough time to unlock it and push it forwards before he arrives.
So far so good !
Now it starts to horribly wrong, he is driving a huge van with the longest trailer I've ever seen
Oh I say I thought you coming with a flat bed ?
Was going to but that went out to an accident on the M1
So after about 10 minutes he has the trailing roughly in postion, out he gets with a jump starter pack ?
Err I did tell you it's a non runner ?
Well we'll see he say's , well even if it does start , it hasn't got any water in the radiator and the prop shaft has been removed !
OK how are we going to get it onto the trailer - feking good question
He opens up the back of the van and pulls out a winch, after about half an hour buggering about she's on the trailer :
But not without losing most of the transmission fluid out of the prop shaft housing
But at least it was good clean red fluid
So off we go :
Joining the M1 :
Once we get back to my gaff he say's that there is no way of getting the huge trailer anywhere near the drive
Oh we'll roll it down the hill he say's , should be interesting without any brakes
So we now spend nearly two hours chocking and re-chocking the wheels until it's near the drive.
The driver, myself and Management then try to push it up the drive, jeez it must weigh about 3 tons !
After 45 minutes we manage to get it half onto the drive and give up !
The driver makes his excuses and leaves with the £40 he quoted, wasn't go to pay any more
Plan "A" was to leave it until tonight and get some help ?
Soon abandoned that plan because of my friendly neighbours don't like me having more than one car !
So onto plan "B" , take the Camaro winch out of the garage and jam it between the garage and under stairs cupboard doors ( good bodge )
Winch car backwards and forwards into place
However even with all four wheels chocked she still slides forwards without a handbrake or gear lock
So I jack her up whilst still on the winch and re-fit the prop shaft :
Whilst also noticing that the exhaust system looks brand new , well never really used
I finally get her in place and locked in gear so she isn't going anywhere, yes she's a tight fit as the sponge proves :
She overhangs a couple of inches at the point , but I think it's OK !
So what to do now ?
Put the winch back into the garage and put all the tools away, then looking at the sorry state of her time for a quick polish ( still no polishing Smilie )
Two reasons for this , firstly becuase she will look less like a junker to the neighbours and secondly becuase she will get a little protection from the weather.
And here's she is :
Wasn't bad for the money !
Still loads to do but I'm done for today , I think I've broken my back trying to push the b!tch