Lagonda Rapiers

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It is just before 3.30 pm and I have given up for the day. I am told that today's forecast was for 43 Degrees C. and it must be all of that in my little shed/garage/workshop. It was just starting to get too hot to have my head down under the dash board with the top off the gear box. This was necessary  so I could make a start on fine tuning the bands for each individual gear. This requires the motor to be started as each small adjustment is done. I do not want to know how hot it was getting where I was working but for once I decided that it could wait for a day or two. It is forecast to reach 39 Degrees C tomorrow then have a cool change for two or three days.
 
Some of you may be aware that I was having some problems in arranging Insurance in the UK on the Rapier, necessary if  we were going to take it away to Europe again this year.
Finally after some intense lobbying I have persuaded Hagerty's to give me cover for Accident Damage, Fire and Theft but not for Breakdown or Recovery. This should be sufficient, after all If it breaks down, I can fix it, or at least 99% of the time. At the worst I may have to have it towed to somewhere I can either work on it or arrange for it to be shipped home.   Either way this would be a "first". I do not even want to think about it. What this does mean is, that I will need to have the car ready to ship before the end of March at the latest.

That was a couple of days ago. Now I am back in the Garage with the gearbox out of the Rapier again and already 2/3s stripped down. I just cannot get the adjustment on the bans "right" so I am going righr back to square one. Peter Meyer the Preselector gearbox Guru is being extremely helpful or as helpful as he  can be with him in Germany and me in Australia.
I am going right back to square one with the "box" totally dismantled. The biggest problem is that there are multiple possible "starting points" in successfully setting it all up.