As usual with SKCC tours there were some “issues”, the
menfolk met successfully at Lakeside, topped up the tanks & said hello, but
one of our number had a problem, a digital dash with a mind of it’s own, he
decided to err on the side of caution & take it home to fix, promising to
catch us up later.
So we pulled out onto the M25 with me leading. There were
four lanes & an Audi RS4? (all look alike to me) in lane 3 doing 65, I
moved into lane four floored it, & felt something odd under my foot, I lifted
my foot off the throttle, throttle stayed down – not good. I turned the engine
off & back on (no Idea why), then off again & pulled across into the
hard shoulder Radioing my compatriots to carry on.
A mile covered, two cars down. I opened the bonnet &
found the throttle return spring snapped – fortunately at one end, so a little
work with pliers saw it elongated & re-fitted. I tidied up, got back in the
car & set off in pursuit.
But all was not well,
the throttle seemed OK when driving but “notchy” at idle & the engine would
vary idling speed at random. I caught up with the others & opened the
bonnet again when we stopped for breakfast, the return spring was just catching
a bolt head as it moved – easy fix.
After that we met up with our token female as arranged &
made the lunch stop at lunch time.
The sky got darker & darker as we luncheoned & as we
set off there were spots of rain in the air. It would probably come to nothing.
What it in fact came to was a hail storm just as we reached the outskirts of
town.
There were a couple of other downpours en-route, but as we
passed over the Humber Bridge I lost sight of the cars behind me, arriving at
the hotel a good ½ hour ahead of them.
So after a pint in the hotel & another couple over tea, I'm now very ready for my bed.
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