a fairground life

All the equipment is in the yard at the same time, I can hardly believe it. I've been taking full advantage of this (and the sunshine) the last 3 days doing all those wee jobs that never make it to the top of the list. I drained the tank on the EC10 and the diesel looked fine, the water and dirt that came out of the bottom was very minimal, not even 1/2 a pint so what's the verdict on the diesel bug?Hey I though bio diesel was meant to be cleaner thru the engine so how come it is more corrosive??? I got the cab tilt working again, it only needed topping up. On a different note the miami was running crab after me replacing that bush & spring. When I measured the axles centre to centre there was a 16mm difference between off & near side."r" and I tried always to re align the axle by loosening the spring's U bolts and pulling with a strap, but no go. In fact somehow we made it worse to 25mm difference. At that the only solution I could see was to cut the torsion bar on one side, then pull the axle into alignment, mark the torsion bar again and cut the remainder out. So 9" grinder later we had removed 20mm  then I welded it all up again. It looks good on the tape but I'll only really know when we are out on the road. My Kia's diff is making a whining noise again, I had a look under and I'm sure its lack of oil in the distribution box, but I can't see anywhere to replenish it, mind you it was lucky I looked because two shaft bolts were so slack I could turn them with my fingers!!! Just made the last payment too and I really needed this year off to try and get the overdraft down. Hope I can solve this cheaply. 

As for Blakey, he's been painting painting and painting his wee machine chassis. A nice colour of Hammerite Black which is in fact GREY???? Anyhow it looks pretty good.