There's Always One Thing!!

Things were going far too smoothly for the team on Sunday. After a couple of minor tweeks, Scotty attempted to back the car out of the workshop, only to search furiously for reverse gear to no avail. The quick diagnosis had the reverse switch screwed in too far, and with time passing, we decided to take the car to the track anyway, and solve it later.
Baskerville racetrack was hot and slippery, and a warm up run of 5 laps was done to get everything up to temperature, and Zara settled in her seat. The car was a handful, with some very 2nd hand tyres, wheels pointed where-ever, and about 120kg more weight than last time here (co-driver, spare tyre, tools and full tank). After a couple of big angles, the crew set about making some changes to the rebound settings on the Drummond 50mm struts. Another 5 laps and things were better. Same again, and some pressure changes, and we were getting a better car. Another quick run, and we decided that was the best we could get without a full wheel alignment.
So back to the workshop, and I scarpered home to pack, and regain some brownie points with the family. Unfortunately for the guys, they were in for a long night!!
After careful checking, it appeared that the original prognosis was wrong, and the gearbox had to come back out. Once out, Scotty found an issue with the housing that had not shown up as it went together. A number of hours of cursing the gods, and much nashing of teeth, and the realisation that the housing had to be changed sunk in!
In a classic case of making good out of bad, Adam, one of our tireless crew had a gearbox drama with his own roadcar on Friday, and was already sulking from the iminent cost of a rebuild. His casing is the one we needed, so a decision was made to pull his out and swap all the internals for the rallycar. (This may be something he will regret later, but he has taken one for the team! Cheers)
Plans for our travel to Burnie changed a little with this news, and my Cruiser was seconded to Scott for tow duty on Wednesday, leaving Zara and I to travel north for recce in her Mazda 3.
The rest of the boys will travel up with the service gear in the mighty Transit on Friday.
Now to Recce!