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The car had its first outing at Powderham Castle on 13 July
Whilst at Powderham, I bought another set of LED festoon bulbs (see 2017 update); the polarity-insensitive ones that I had fitted in 2017 run very hot - presumably
because the circuitry required to make them polarity-insensitive wastes half the current as heat - causing some to flicker after a few minutes' running. The new
ones are polarity-sensitive, but run cool and take less current.
The new bulbs are not as bright as those they replace: they have half the number of LEDs. They are nonetheless brighter than the original incandescent bulbs. I am minded to leave the 12-LED bulbs in the boot and underbonnet lamps where extra light is particularly useful.
The new bulbs are available from Classic Car LEDs Ltd of Cheltenham.
For completeness, here is a link to the article on fitting LED festoon bulbs.
In August, the screen washer pump failed, so the car went back to Specialist Cars South West (SCSW) for a replacement. It seems that there are two pumps: one for the screen wash and second, high-pressure pump for the headlamp wash. The latter is unaffected. Both pumps are located within the washer bottle, so replacement is a non-trivial task. While at SCSW, they will also fit a new set of brake discs, which are causing some judder at speed and surge at low speeds. This seems to be a recurring issue with these cars, so aspiring owners would do well to budget for replacment discs every five years or so ... or perhaps I have just been unlucky.
1 September 2019