| March
21st - Putting Faith to Bed
With the coronavirus lock down only likely to become more severe and the 2020 MV events falling like dominos, we popped over to say good night to "Faith" for some time. I normally go every 6 weeks to 2 months to run the engine, exercise the clutch and brakes and turn the wheels if not being driven.
The likelyhood is, Faith may not be out at all this year.
The battery has been out for the winter, but with the lock down and the possibility of not being able to visit, I went over and jacked up the truck to get the weight off the wheels to avoid tyre flat spots.
The truck is now perched on some axle stands, an inch or so above the
container floor. Quite hard work to operate the jack at the back, where you have to be lying down to get the jack far enough under to reach the
axles. The fuel tank then doesn't give much room to operate the jack. At least there's enough roof clearance in the container, even if the sides are a tight fit!
The brakes were exercised and the handbrake released. The clutch was
also operated and the clutch pedal was left in the disengaged position.
So the mileometer seems very unlikely to clock up much, if any mileage this year.
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