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 I arrived home today after a very interesting and enjoyable week in Northern Ireland. I drove to Fleetwood with my friend Gavin in what is now Surprising Skoda's MK1 Favorit and went by ferry to visit N.I.'s premier Skoda nut!   Unfortunately the drive up north was hardly event free, and included putting out flames under the bonnet of the Favorit on the hard shoulder of the M6 at about 10pm in the pouring rain! :oThe regulator in the alternater became faulty,leading to the battery being severly overcharged! I decided to disconnect the alternater and drive on for a while to try and save the fried battery from exploding, but a few miles down the road a short while after reconnecting the alternater, the suppressor on it caught fire. I had to be a bit quick with a spanner disconnecting the battery Anyway,to cut a long story short, thanks to the AA and my sister-in-law living in Preston the car was recovered and we had a bed for the night! ;D  With a new battery and regulator fitted we made it to N.I. and we enjoyed the rest of the week playing with S.S.'s impressively large collection of Skodas and munching his mum's delicious home cooked meals! My old Favorit now belongs to S.S. and I hope he enjoys it. The car used to belong to my mum about 6 years ago. When I sold it for her it was almost immaculate...unfortunately my mum was the last person to clean it! It's been looked after mechanically though, so I reckon now the charging fault's been sorted it'll be OK.  I'll be posting some pics later.
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Nov 26, 2006 14:28:39 GMT
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Surprisingskoda put out a distress call on RR when you broke down but there were no RR'ers nearby to come to your aid. Glad you made it there in one piece! |
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Nov 26, 2006 14:39:57 GMT
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Glad to hear you made it back in 1 piece pal!
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Nov 26, 2006 16:23:48 GMT
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Over charging alternators can be an absolute nitemare! I remember getting driven back from swansea in my friends beach buggy, it was mid january so freezing and we had about 50 miles left to go. Both of us started to feel a bit sick, sore throte, watering eyes, that kind of thing. I just put it down to the sub zero temps and having nothing but a windscreen. It wasnt untill we arrived back at his house that we noticed the rear seat smoking slightly, hmmm, a little strange mabe? Proceeded to pull up the rear seat squab to uncover the battery boiling merrily away! For the last 50 or so miles the alternator had been chuffing out 24 volts, causing the battery to spew out some sort of acidious gas! Was almost as good as the time is caught fire with so much smoke that you couldent see out! Or the time he lost his G/F's entire A level art project out the back of it on the A3! Happy you got back in one piece, sounds like a very sucessful trip. J |
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Last Edit: Nov 26, 2006 16:25:05 GMT by Blown_Imp
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Nov 26, 2006 17:22:55 GMT
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Could have been worse.... found this Skud outside my neighbours last weekend, merrily blazing away   |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Nov 26, 2006 21:16:59 GMT
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Nov 26, 2006 22:43:22 GMT
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very interesting mods on the estelle lol
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Nov 26, 2006 22:55:19 GMT
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very interesting mods on the estelle lol It's factory standard. All the others are heavily modified! |
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I arrived home today after a very interesting and enjoyable week in Northern Ireland. I drove to Fleetwood with my friend Gavin in what is now Surprising Skoda's MK1 Favorit and went by ferry to visit N.I.'s premier Skoda nut! 
Unfortunately the drive up north was hardly event free, and included putting out flames under the bonnet of the Favorit on the hard shoulder of the M6 at about 10pm in the pouring rain! :oThe regulator in the alternater became faulty,leading to the battery being severly overcharged! I decided to disconnect the alternater and drive on for a while to try and save the fried battery from exploding, but a few miles down the road a short while after reconnecting the alternater, the suppressor on it caught fire. I had to be a bit quick with a spanner disconnecting the battery Anyway,to cut a long story short, thanks to the AA and my sister-in-law living in Preston the car was recovered and we had a bed for the night! ;D
With a new battery and regulator fitted we made it to N.I. and we enjoyed the rest of the week playing with S.S.'s impressively large collection of Skodas and munching his mum's delicious home cooked meals! My old Favorit now belongs to S.S. and I hope he enjoys it. The car used to belong to my mum about 6 years ago. When I sold it for her it was almost immaculate...unfortunately my mum was the last person to clean it! It's been looked after mechanically though, so I reckon now the charging fault's been sorted it'll be OK. 
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