The weekend the snow hit the north of england i had planned to pick up my new gearbox!!
pic from the advert

the box was advertised for spares as there were problems with the gears but unsure as he had never bothered to strip!! Also included in the sale were a full set of nearly new internals for the box, removed from a motorsport application which had a sequential input

finished work sat at 12pm to find the car frozen....it was a sight,thank ford for heated screen!!



undeterred i shot home to grab the misses and bags.....lol and filled up ready for the 190mile round trip across the pennines......as the snow started falling!!


.......... i wasnt even 10miles up the M62 and i was down to 30mph drifting left to right!! ....Due to rear suspension mods my back axle feels like iceskates anything above 40mph when on slushy roads!!! Brilliant in the dry but scary on ice or snow!! I must have looked a real sight as most cars that passed me gave a wide berth (almost 2 lanes if possible )
The worst were the trucks... they gave me no room!! ive never seen my girlfriend grab the SH*#TBAG handle at 30mph!!

the 1hr 40min journey ended up nearly 4 hrs and i was knackered!! Pic of the snow and pub....


finally stopped snowing around10pm

the roads were a little better the next day and collected the gearbox and made it home safe

monday back in work checked my tyres, good job i did.... 6 months old!!!



i eat rear tyres quicker than BMW's LOL

so 2 new tyres!! £120 but yoko's this time

gearbox is being rebuilt by a friend in fords!!



and my new kevlar clutch...



hope u all like and more updates soon, i just have sooo much to do and so little time....lol