The Beast is Ready! Well Nearly....

Today was indeed a significant day for our Daimler.

I was up early to fit two new wheels and tyres to the front and also replace the radio aerial. All parts were given to us by Jagbreakers in Manchester and have been in storage since I went to visit them some time ago. One of the teams from last year advised us that having decent tyres was a must as they'd had several blow-outs. It also turned out that on closer inspection our spare had a huge chunk of metal sticking out of it so we now have good tyres all round and a good spare.

Today was also the day that I'd set aside to go to the scrappy and get all of the bits that we were still lacking:

Rear window switch
Boot Lock
Hose set
Various trim items
Fuses

Matt came with me to Mildenhall where there are several scrappers and after we'd gutted parts out of two red XJ-40s a full set of parts was acquired.

This afternoon was spent fitting everything to The Beast and by about 6pm we'd fixed the central locking, boot lock, electric windows and radio. Well, so we'd thought!

It worked for about 20 miles before the interior illumination fuse went, taking the radio with it. Damn! So that's one for tomorrow then. Work out why that keeps happening and if all else fails re-wire the radio on its own fuse so we can still have some music if the interior lighting craps out.

It's annoying me though - why the hell does that fuse keep going...? I may have an answer for you tomorrow.

Simon