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Sometimes, not too often, I have a relapse and hop on a shorter tour. Since we are moving our studio at the moment I store some of my equipment at home. So, this was the first time the Mothership had the honour to take my gear down to the bus. An extraordinarily experience.

This car and my old 109 are the only cars I've owned where the back seat doesn't have to be folded. But, the narrow door and the hight of the 109 would have required a helping hand. To load the Disco is, now by experience, a one man job.


The cabinet in the big black case is a really heavy piece, but with the air suspension lowered it was possible to tilt it to get the wheels on the bumper and then shovel it in. Now the technique is there, but the plastic bumper got a crack at my first attempt.


I felt that the Disco is a big car. But it is dwarfed by the new tour bus.
















An extra floor made a huge difference in travelling comfort. The second floor has 16 beds, a closet and a couple of seat rows up front. The first floor has seats, toilet, kitchen and a storage for backline and smaller equipment in the back. PA and lighs travel in a trailer.

Lenny (the boss) serves coffe to Jessie (dancer) and Gabbe (hammondorganequillibrist)
















Daniel is checking sound (or what you maight call the noice we're shooting at him)
















Sorry for this digression, I'll try to stick to Land Rovers in the future...

Leaks

The repair I did on the coolant hose vent this winter gave in. A strap held the bolt in place until I got a new hose, so the problem wasn't imminent. I upgraded to later spec which has a more durable vent.

She still lost coolant though so I started to worry. I have experienced an overheated 3,5 a couple of years ago and wasn't that eager to unbolt the tops and send them away to a machine shop. £££. Fautfinding, I found no coolant in the oil or the exhaust, but a sweet smell somewhere in the front region. It showed to be a leaky gasket underneath the throttle housing. To find a replacement gasket was no easy task. Firstly I didn't know the name of the part, secondly every dealer I spoke to wanted to sell me the full throttle housing. £££. Why? All I needed was a small gasket. After two weeks of searching I had almost decided to make my own gasket, the problem was that this piece is under preassure and the gasket a metal reinforced one. A friend told me about a dealer in Stockholm, and from that company I was able to buy a kit with only the pre heater and the gaskets needed.

So, off went the throttle housing, and on the new parts. Done before supper and no oil under the nails.

Back in business

This little bugger was the cause of our problems. It's a timing device mounted on the flywheel housing to read the revs of the flywheel and tell the electronic ignition when to send fuel and spark. Unfortunately it worked (seems strange to say) when the mechanic plugged the diagnostic equipment in. This is why the troubleshooting took such long time. It was at their third attempt to read the computer information that they discovered the fault.

On our way home the Mothership immediately was put back in business. Most people need a trailer to bring home fencing material. We use our luxury saloon.

Play Therapy

I have tried everything I could think of. So, we had to send the Mothership to the doctor.

This traumatic event had to be followed up with som play therapy with our daughter.

I think I'll need some therapy too after have driven the rental car, audi A4, for a couple of days. It feels like driving an ice-cream box.