Still need to fettle the wiper mechanism a little, but I've got the washer bottle installed. It's not got a great lot of capacity, but I have a plan for that in time. The washer jets were a bit of a pain, though. I planned on using the 'original' jets (they're not original per-se, but they were in the

Well, it appears I survived the opening of the new year, just about. I've made a start on deleting some of the natural ventilation in the roof, around the cupola hole. Turns out the cupola is only spot-welded in place, so it's not proving too difficult to work my way around with a grinder and a sharp chisel, with only a little hammer work needed afterwards. Don't hit the pink squishy bits. Took advantage of some semi-decent weather, a little bit of sun making

Not much progress made, recently. I've been wrapped up in a body-building project at work that has been sapping my energy. (Also, it's getting cold this time of year!) I do have a week off coming up, and though I'm not making any promises about progress, I'd like to get some stuff done.

That's ... certainly something to discover when I get there. Looks to have been wind-blown, because -- as I discovered the hard way -- there was a mini sand-dune on every ridge of the roller shutter, which then poured into the unit as each slat rolled over the top.

Just in a bit of a slump, this past week, but I'm sure it'll pass. Extremely active boss is going on holiday Sunday, so hopefully work should chill out a bit. (Not that it's been particularly bad, but I've been on my feet a lot and oh boy am I feeling it.) ((...that reminds me, I need to book some time off, too, before I get to the end of the year with a bunch of unused holiday days.)) I've ordered some bits n pieces to make new tank-straps; that's all

Turns out, XML::RSS::SimpleGen doesn't support putting dates on the items in the feed. A minor annoyance. Maybe someday I'll do something about that. (But probably not.) ... Also, apparently Klompen's post creation doesn't work if the author tag doesn't have an email following it. I may also do something about that, too.

Aforementioned material arrived, and it's almost all correct! Apparently, though, I decided to order a piece of 1/2" tube to make the port on the air-box for the air compressor's inlet, when I should've ordered 1". Guess I've just got myself a new lightweight racing peashooter. An air-filter has been ordered, along with a filter housing lid, so I

Well, so much for the long weekend, and getting stuff done. Friday: Came down with the sickness. Saturday: I was dead. Sunday: [ugh] Monday: I rose again, cursing profusely. Still feeling pretty rough, but managed to get the intake a few steps