OK, try again....

The last post was 'On the way back', and that was in 2014.  So, now it's on the way back!

The car has again seen little use for a few years, as kids and a job very close to home (with speed bumps in the parking lot) meant it really didn't see the light of day.  But this weekend it got a run, finally.

But not without some work - started it up with a new battery, and it spat flames and stalled a lot.  Quick call to Frank and a basic diagnosis was made - bad fuel.  Petrol sitting in a tank goes off apparently, so a quick trip to the local auto store and $100 of jerry cans and pumps later, all the old fuel was out and 5 litres of Shell's finest was in.

But, of course, the lines were still fouled and the injectors still clogged, so after getting it going again, I proceeded to endear myself to the neighbours by doing laps of the block with a car that sounded like a machine gun*.  Constant backfiring, missing cylinders and everything, and I had to keep the revs up to stop if from stalling out.  However, a few laps later and it all cleared itself, so went for a drive up the coast.

A beautiful day, others out in their weekend  cars or bikes, lots of people waving at me.  Ah, it's back ;-)

Oh, and I now have a job in out past the airport, so a nice 45 minute drive against traffic each way through a tunnel. So it may make an appearance at work this week....

* Mind you, I live about 2km from an army live firing range, so everyone around here should be used to this sort of sound.