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Having had my trip to Brooklands on Saturday, I spent most of Sunday and yesterday (Bank Holiday Monday) pampering  the 131 to make sure it's ready for its marathon drive in just 9 days time for the 3ma.  I estimate my total driving for the 3ma to be 1600 miles  :o (2600 km  :o :o).

I fitted the new set of headlamps which I collected on Saturday at Brooklands (thanks Mick (http://131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=36), they look great now!)  and I spent some time trying to adjust the twin 45 DCOEs as the idling hasn't been as smooth as it could be (and the fuel economy doesn't seem good either!  ::) ). I also fitted a new set of spark plugs and it's much better now although not perfect. I think I have a slight air leak on one of the carburettors and even though I have a spare set of inlet gaskets I don't want to remove the carburettor for further investigation this close to the 3ma. But I'll take the spare gaskets with me just in case things get worse.

I also decided to drive to the office in the 131 today to see how it handles London traffic in 23 degree weather and it behaved admirably.  :D In fact it's not often that I arrive at work with a smile on my face!  ;D And if you need proof, here's the 131 in our office's not very welcoming car park.

Good to know they are already being used Theo  ;D

On my way back from Brooklands last Saturday, I slipped the home-made CD of the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest into my 131's Kenwood CD player and after a couple of songs I was just getting into the spirit of it and singing along  ;D when the CD player stopped and threw out the CD  :-\ And that was the end of the CD player  :'( it refused to play any CD after that  :-[

So last night I decided to change the Radio CD unit in the 131 as the Kenwood unit never sounded too good and the buttons and writing were so small I couldn't read them without reading glasses on and I can't see to drive while wearing reading glasses! (all you young people out there reading this and thinking "what's he on about?" just wait and you will find out in a few years time!).

I have a few spare units most of which are radio cassette units but who listens to cassettes these days! So I decided to fit the Blaupunkt Alicante unit that I had lying around. It looks a bit too "modern" in the 131 and the blue and red lighting are definately not as nice as the plain green lighting I had with the Kenwood. But it works and quite well too (although I haven't tried playing the Eurovision Song Contest CD yet  ;D) plus it has the added bonus of RDS, PTY etc that come with modern units. It doesn't sound as well as I remember it when it was fitted to my daughter's Peugeot 106 and in fact the sound is on par with the Kenwood unit so I suspect the speakers are not that great. I have a few spare speaker sets lying around so might be changing those tonight. But at least I now have a working CD player and therefore my choice of sounds for the 3ma...  :D

the bigger issue here is
your a eurovision fan ;D ;D ;)
just kidden my wife makes me look at it aswell
gerry

love your 131 Theo

Thanks!  :D

So that's your excuse  ??? I don't make excuses  ;D

My wife only EVER looks at it   ;D ;D
what a dissapointment  ;D ;D
and the eurovision of course  ;D ;D