A Day Out at Donnington Park
Oooo, look at you!
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Bentley Arnage Project - Water, Water Everywhere
I took Betty out to see how well she was running with nice new coils and plugs - the answer to that is very well indeed. She's as smooth as a cashmere cod piece and it could be me but she seems to pick up better than ever it ever has in my possession. I gave her some beans and she responded beautifully, she does very well for an old lady of her weight and girth.
Bentley Arnage Project - misfire
Covers off Coil pack 3 removed, it took me about 20 minutes to get this far.
A Bit of Bass for Betty the Bentley
I will admit it isn't very Bentley like but it will be living in the boot where it will be out of sight. The other unit needs to go in, each one will be driven from a separate channel on the amp and will be bridged to 2 ohms. It's probably overkill but it should sound excellent and that's what matters.
A day out at Blyton Park With Josh Watts and a Ginetta GTP8
God knows how many litres of race tuned v8 loveliness. Ginetta are the guys when it comes to race bred tech, they have been in iot a long time and their experience is second to none.
Bentley Arnage Project - Boot (trunk) Lights
I decided to give Betty the Bentley a good clean the other day, part of that process involved opening the boot lid so I cold clean round the normally unseen bits. It was at that point I noticed there are two lights in there that I hadn't really noticed before. Both were unlit so I thought I should have a look at why that might be - I just like things to work even if I am highly unlikely to need them. I guess if I got a puncture it would be useful to have a light so I can see the tools and spare if it is dark outside. Anyway it was a damn fine excuse to go back in to fix mode and have a prod about.
A Day out at Boston Classic Car Show
Half a million quids worth of cargo loaded and ready to go, the man himself on the right.
Adding Bluetooth to Betty the Bentley
Alpine KCE237b Bluetooth interface, note there are 2 different connectors, this is the one for my CDE111R
Vauxhall Insignia TPMS Problem / fix
I started my car up the other day and the TPMS warning light stayed on, going in to the menu showed that the front left tyre was showing 8 psi. I checked the pressure with a gauge and it was at 32 - which is bang on. The problem persisted over several starts / stops of the engine so I took it to my local tyre place.
Bentley Arnage Project - Front Drop Links
That's properly knackered, that is. Both ends were remarkably floppy.
Bentley Arnage Project - GPS Digital Speedo
Finished job, flap open. I really must buy the trim piece that tells me what gear I am in.
Bentley Arnage Project - Weird Electrical Problem Fixed
I thought this one was worth a quick few lines as it had me perplexed for a while and is perhaps a useful lesson that sometimes things that seem difficult are quite simply explained and fixed.