It’s the final countdown!
Last post of the day, promised! (In fact, probably last post for a while!)
My what a day…
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ELISA, WHO WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC TODAY!
Did you know that MB dealerships are closed in the afternoon in Spain for a siesta? They only reopen at 17:00 (until 19:00)…
Anyhow… eventually got the bearing off, and called the dealer who had the parts in stock! Whoop!
Another team in the rally was kind enough to drive me to the MB dealer… problem is, the dealer I called was in another part of spain! Luckily even though the dealer in algeciras didn’t have the parts there was a ball bearing factory a hundred meters down the road! (and the dealer was kind enough to point me in the right direction, and tell me that cojones means something other than bearings…). The guy at the bearing place wasn’t sure if the part was right as the numbers on our old bearings were worn off. He had a choice of two with a discrepancy of 0.03mm,
December 28th, 2010 at 10:24 pm