You tart ass karma sutra queen

Well with the airbags sorted the ONLY remaining job left is the rear O/S ABS sensor, which PP2000 picked upon some months back when I had a friend do the diagnostics on it.

I write this blog after spending 2 hours on ONE pissing screw on the car. The ABS sensor retaining bolt, it's a 5mm hex screw. I have tried both sets of Allen keys that I have, I have also tried a 5mm screw driver bit with both my rachet driver and the slim line screw driver: bugger all working.

I must stress that the screw is in a bit of a ''cosy'' place shall we say. Access meant my thick set ratchet screw driver couldn't get in there, the slimline could just about reach the screw, sitting on the axle itself. I have snapped off the end of my long nose pliers in such desperation.

Directly in front of said 5mm hex screw is a C shape piece of metal which holds the cable in place. I removed the cable from it's holder and still, access is greatly restricted.
I followed said 'holder' back and it goes into something looks like a rubber spring, pump thing - I think it is something I best stay away from by any means but if desperate I will have to look at removing it to improve access to the 5mm screw I need to remove.

Cosy.........

You can see here that although the caliper has been moved out the way, the bolt I need is along the same level as the axle itself, and if that doesn't make matters worse, the handbrake cable is nearby and also the bracket holding the abs cable.

The Culprit, including close up of the cable holder.

2 sets of Allen keys: both as useless as each other.

All that I have managed to today, is slightly move it, so that the angle of the screw is now at such an angle that things outside protrude and get in the way of turning the darn thing, removed the cable from 3 clips leading up towards the plug.
I have just ordered some hex sockets (3/8 drive) so that I can hopefully get in there and have a better go, gives me more traction one would hope. Will be at least Tuesday before they get here, so work - again is temporarily suspended.

Miss Pug, you tart ass karma sutra queen.

Other things to do:
* Insure her next week hopefully
* Do a simple test on the exhaust to see if she's blowing (had a quick look at the exhaust back box today while under the car, it pains me to say this but even I will be surprised if it's not blowing, that said although it has definitely ''seen better days'' it appears in one piece, but there maybe a UHITR (unidentified hole in the rust)
* Finish ABS sensor
* BOOK AN MOT (very excited at this, she will be on the road to make her journey over towards the test station in Swindon, Wiltshire - if you happen to see us, WAVE!)

Have been thinking, to make a custom sticker with the blog link on it. Some kind of sexy woman sticker with tools in her hand and the address maybe?
I know I have a few followers who read the blog and most find it an interesting read... I am turning into a sticker junkie for sure. I think they are sexy, would love a HUGE lion on the bonnet, similar to THIS............. (PREPARE YOUR EYES FOR BEAUTY)

Perhaps I wouldn't have a lion sticker as BIG as this, but certainly it would dominate my bonnet.

On another side note: NONE of this work on my car is easy. I am extremely limited to what time I can spend out on the car before I can no longer feel my fingers and if that happens when I am under the chassis then I can really struggle to get back out. Exposed to cold I seize up, I may not even be 30 yet but I have the body of an old woman. My joints are painful and even today I woke up in so much pain that I contemplated for a mini second NOT even attempting any work today but then I remembered what a fighter I am, what family I come from, we don't give up and let an illness beat us. I put on my over alls, I put my cap on and I set about it. It is 5.30pm and I have been inside the house now longer than I spent outside, (2 hours outside, 2.5 inside) and I am only just regaining my feeling, sensation and warming up. I have had the heating on FULL, the french doors closed to warm up the lounge to excessive levels and I have had 2 coffees too.

I must thank you John, for the phone calls while outside on the car, Pity about the bastard lawn mowers, wheelie bins and all sorts we had to contend with.. John is my partner in crime, he is a mobile mechanic in the North who also knows which side his bread is buttered, owning a few Peugeot's himself. Constantly explaining things in laymen terms for myself to understand. I hope that this blog is somewhere in the middle of that, so that my followers don't get too confused with the technical jargon I am having to come to terms with.
On the plus side, if you asked me 2 years ago what was a 3/8 drive compared to a 1/2 drive I wouldn't of been able to tell you. I am slowly but surely making progress and although I have a long way to go  in the way of understanding what the crank shaft pulleys are, I am slowly learning what's what with the car and while I hold my hands up and admit ''what the hell were Peugeot thinking when they laid out this design for the ABS sensor'' I love my Pug and I am dedicated to Peugeot. Wouldn't even buy something other than Peugeot. Some think I am sad, some think I am deluded. I don't honestly give a flying fuck because I have my own reasons for being passionate about Peugeot. I think I am as passionate for Peugeot as my Grampy was about his Fergusson TE20 tractor.

Anyway, until my hex sockets arrive, over and out, work has been suspended until further notice. I say this, but I could be doing something more constructive, like getting the right attachments for the hose and pressure washer, he he.


Enjoy this mornings picture of me.