Sods law again

Yesterday I put a replacement engine into my old cx500 that has been off
road for a year or so waiting for the transplant. Fired it up before
tightening down all the nuts and bolts just to make sure it was OK. It
fired up quite quickly and sounded good - no nasty rattles or clonks. let
it run for a bit - no water leaking, no oil drips. Feeling really happy that
the replacement engine was a good one it was back into the workshop to
torque everything up and complete final fettling such as radiator shrouds
etc.

Got it nicely sorted and started it. I let it run for a bit to warm
up..........hang on a minute, where is that oil coming from? Leaking rear
casing gasket, that's where. I reckon some numpty has re-used the old
gasket and damaged it in the process. If it was just an occasional drip I
would have left it but this was a steady flow and couldn't be ignored. So
its engine out again again for a new gasket and while I'm at it I'll do the
cam chain and mechanical seal. The REALLY annoying thing is that it showed
no sign the first time I started it, it had to wait until I had spent
another hour on the final stages before showing. I guess the oil hadn't
quite warmed up and thinned enough for it to show - sod's law!

Then I found that David Silver had sent the wrong master cylinder repair
kit - bugger! Then I found out our main drain is almost completely
blocked - so that's a call to Dynorod on Monday with the consequent expense
and hassle - buggery bollocking ****!

 

The last time I called bloody Dyno, they couldn't come out for three days.
Utter pants. I ended up getting Thames Water's lot out, who were cheaper and
good. Drain Doctor aren't bad either. I've now bought drain rods - do you
know what's blocking it?

Ali

 

Do start me on Sainsburys!

 

Shit, at a guess.
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
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Folding@Home Team UKRM
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Ask Dennis Nilsen if you want to know what the discerning chef throws
into the waste disposal unit.

 

"Fancy coming round for a meal?"

I wonder who's living in his flat now, and if they know the history of
it.
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
Every post contains Nutri-Ceramide-R and Pre-Biotics
for your reading pleasure.
Folding@Home Team UKRM
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There are other possibilities:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/15/ncorn15.xml