Gas Pipe Repairs:
In the end, I didn't get a chance to work on my car while waiting for the gas men to do their thing.
There were two main reasons for this, the first was how close the gas works were to the car itself.
Trying to "spark" my starter motor into life with a battery & jump leads would be an explosion hazard!
You can just about see the man standing in the hole in this photo.
The second was the fact they needed to dig up our new
permeable driveway to reach a gas pipe join.
I had to make sure the different sizes of stone & gravel making up the different layers were kept separate.
We will now have to wait until the Gas board's driveway specialist is available to "make good" the mess.
After spending a few hours in the cold, I then had to return to a house with no gas & therefore no heating.
Which in turn made me spare a thought for the hole diggers themselves who had to work outside all day.
Hopefully I'll get to play with my engine at the weekend.
( After I've put the Christmas tree up with my daughters.
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Cheers, Paul.
DonnySoutherner - Thanks for the tip Simon, I'll try that first and see what happens.
