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Old 3 Feb 2017, 10:39 (Ref:3708988)   #18
Colin McKay
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Colin McKay should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridColin McKay should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Week 3 in NZ, now on South Island. 5.1 wobbles in Kaikoura yesterday and a white knuckle middle of the night drive to get there... 2 hours to do 80km and only saw 2 other cars. Lots of earthquake damage still apparent. I Saw a bad truck crash as well which was a bit of a downer, driver won't have walked away from that one. Installed at Ruapuna under the Christchurch airport approach, hopefully they stop flying through the night otherwise no chance of kip. Worse than Donny! Dismal qualifying, no clutch (slave cylinder leaking) and starter not engaging so Mrs M getting good workout. Some people would pay a gym lots of money for that! My stock of 4 seal kits only produced 1 seal (previously robbed) and that leaks too so off in search of new cylinder tomorrow (MG Midget?) or might try to hone existing one as original seal looked ok. Starter is more of a problem, probably the flywheel at fault. Like Taupo, track is very twisty and has the weirdest left hander at the end of the start straight, sort of wanders off indecisively but flat in top then quickly tightens into a 2nd gear jobby. Rest of it pretty straightforward. Need to shave 4secs for a respectable (FEFJ) time, should be do-able.
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