Gosh, those 29 days have gone quick!!! Just got round to buying the Alternator off ebay, will be here Tuesday morning so I’ll phone the mobile mechanic tomorrow and get it sorted.
I had to remove the air cleaner assembly to check the part number on the Alternator to make sure the correct replacement was ordered. It looks a simple proposition the remove the Alternator from the photo but, there is very little gap between the cooling fan and the drivebelt tensioner which has to be slackened to remove the belt and, i’m to long in the tooth for all that faff.
The mechanic is coming tomorrow to fit this, once done, I’ll take the Beamer for a blast, get the cobwebs out pre MOT.
Modern cars are terrifying things these days under the bonnet, doesn’t seem to be a square inch of wasted space, unlike under the bonnet of my first car a Ford 105e van, happy days back then… 
My first car was a 1954 Ford anglia 100e reg 842 CMU bought second hand for £125 in 1962 and learnt to drive on a BSM (british school of motoring) similar car.
That’s the problem, access, to make this job easier, you can remove the viscous fan, but, to do so requires a specially shaped 32mm wrench, time to back off and let the Mechanic get on with it.
RS, I cane to driving when Escort MK1’s were the driving schools choice.
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Can’t fault you Spitty… 
Got a right bolt out of the blue yesterday, what arrived, a new V5 stating petrol, common sense finally prevailed, well done DVLA.
I’ve just heard the mechanic say “for gods sake” to himself, this could get expensive 
Ok, it took the mechanic two hours and he said it was one of the worse for access he has had to deal with. Here it is back in situ.
When the guy asked me to start the car, another fault became apparent, I had no clutch, the mechanic said because of the car standing for a while, the clutch plate was seized onto the flywheel so after some fettling he released it, happy days, the straight six was purring, well, when taken for the last MOT four years ago, the car had been inactive for the previous couple of years then and it failed on Brake imbalance (now new all round) and windscreen washers inoperative, this is still the case so, the motor is functioning so, I will investigate over the weekend, then its MOT time and some Spring fun.
Just checked, a new washer pump is £16 so, rather than fart about, this is the most likely problem and only takes two minutes to fit so that is the way forward.
Got my crash hat stuck on my head today 
couldn’t find the release clip, bit like a kid with a saucepan stuck on it’s head 
Got fed up with computer tripping up when trying to download my Gopro videos so, I have just drilled a hole in my phone carrier on the handlebars in line with my spare Iphone camera so I can set it to video mode, then I my possibly bore some folks with a bit of live footage.
Bore Da
Just been out for a test, the hole for the camera needs to be extended lower, not sure the anti rattle process is as good as the Gopro, hole is top left of the phone carrier.
Gopro’d it aswell to compare
Well, the ghost of the stolen van is back again, as you know I am after having the BMW summer car road legal again for March and am due to go for MOT at the end of the week. As such, Footman James are my classic insurance company of choice so I did an online quote from them, I restricted the mileage to just 1000 miles, but because of the van claim I guess, the quote came back for £440.00, that means the 10 mile round trip to Asda and back to put some fuel in would cost £20.00 in insurance costs, this is the insurance companies all shitting in the same pot, to claw back any money paid out in claims, on top of folks normal premiums £440.00 for 1000 miles, they are having a Giraffe.
Decided not to take the Stealth Bombers on the public road again so I don’t have to get involved with fitting pedals that are impossible to use anyway, and are just a weak attempt to make the machine look legal. I Have just purchased two left hand pedal cranks (the side without the sprocket) because the Bomber frame come with a standard bike pedal shaft.
This shaft will be fixed so it cant rotate and the pedal shafts will be fitted pointing in the same direction, fitted with foot pegs instead of pedals, effectively giving you a motorcycle setup which is more comfortable than stationary legs on a normal bicycle crankset. Here are the Foot Pegs
Do you get the idea now, the two shafts pointing in the same direction, just got to work out now how to stop the peddle shaft trying to rotate.
And paint the shafts black of course, we don’t want to stand out like a sore thumb.
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The Pedal Cranks have been drilled and painted, and steel strip ordered to fix solid the cranks shaft need to rotate, photo’s to follow. 
Pedal cranks now in black, and bolted to shaft, kickstand ordered so the wooden support can go. Washer bottle pump arrived for the BMW so may get MOT this week.
