Monday, 1 November 2010

Leaving Zagora...Easier said than done...

Their first call of duty for the day was to go for a Photoshoot (like the Celebs they are) at a local garage that helped one of the other cars (a Chrysler) drain out the diesel that was accidentally put into their tanks.


As Mark & Sue went to pull away they heard a 'clunk' and lost all drive from the Delage. Mark being undetterred by this noticed a garge very close by and I assume, push the car over to the garage. The place was run by locals and also had a garage pit, enabling Mark to get under the car and try to work out what was wrong.
He then took out the car floor:
Mark seems happier than ever working on the car (notice the floor missing)
He then also took off the dynamo hooked up to the prop-shaft and then removed the prop-shaft. He then took the gearbox off to find that the clutch plates rivets had sheared off. Mark has managed to get a replacement for the rivets, as the garage was well equipped:
A well organised garage that even Mark would be proud of.
The car is fine now and they did get on their way, courtesy of Mark's knowledge and the accommodating local garage.

1 comment:

  1. No overland trip is complete without episodes such as this.( As long as there's a pit and toolkit over the road!)

    All good wishes,
    Robin.

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