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Tuesday 31 May 2011

Keeping our fingers crossed

Our 4WD tow car is in the garage, and has been there for a week now.  It went in for a Warrant of Fitness, plus a service.  But, as often happens with cars, something else was wrong.  Seems that the left front wheel bearings collapsed and damaged the axle housing, and had to be replaced.  However the collapsing bearing meant the wheel was rocking around and the brake disk had eaten into the brake pad which required those to be replaced as well  But, when replacing things like bearings and brake pads it is good policy I believe to have both sides of the same age, so the other side should be changed too.  Getting the parts took time, and they finally arrived late yesterday.  Come back today, we were told, and it should be all ready and waiting for you.  And there our car was, parked up outside the garage, looking like it was just waiting to come back home with us.  But nothing about cars is ever simple, or easy, is it?  After the mechanic had replaced the bearings, brake pads and damaged parts, given it the necessary service, checked it all for the new WOF, he took it for a road test.  But then he  noticed that the fan belt was trailing under the car on the ground!  Oh no, more expense.  So tomorrow fan and steering pump belts will be replaced, and the car should be as good as new.  Just as well that this latest problem didn’t happen when we were towing the caravan in the middle of nowhere.  John, our mechanic came in on his day off to work on the car, and we really appreciate that.  Hopefully, with all these new parts, the car will be in tip top condition once again.  Then we should finally be all set to travel away in the weekend on our upcoming caravan rally.  We will keep our fingers crossed!  
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