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Luckily, where the car stopped (and the
bloke lol) was right outside a friends house (Barbara n
Charlie) who also owned a vermillion Dolomite, who happened
to have a spare windscreen in their house ! how unbeleivably
luck is that ! so i giv 'em a fiver n put it in the boot
;-)
What about the bloke I hear you all say
?! well, apparently the bloke was that pissed that he didnt
know anything about it ! The good side is that if he weren't
then apparently he would have been dead !, The police were
in the hospital saying to him "you have been involved in a
very serious car accident" to which the bloke replied "have
I ?" lol, But after having all the bits of glass from my
windscreen removed from his skull he apparently discharged
himself and I had to pay all the emergency fees.
the overdrive gearboxes were a nightmare
for me with this car, and I went through a fair few, but the
final straw was when I fitted it's third ! Through a friend
I heard about a white Dolomite that was just sitting outside
someones house, and they enquired, and the bloke wanted rid
of it, it was obvious it had sat there for some time and
that the engine was dead, infact, Tom (NOIM) towing it at 70
back down the A45 was probably the fastest it had been for
some time ! lmfao,
Anyway, a few days later, I took the
gearbox out of the white one and dragged it round the entry
where mine was sat on axle stands, I had already removed the
gearbox out of mine ready, it was mid summer and was
sweltering, and i had spent a few afternoons struggling to
get the gearbox spline into the engine, tried everything, I
had fitted a new clutch also and thought it may have been
alignment problems so I had that back off a few times too !
It was obvious to me that I needed a hand with it this time,
and luckily with this car the complete gearbox tunnel is
removable, so I thought....... if I try n get it on from
underneath and I have a freind trying to push the top in
from inside the car then it will be a winner :-)
The only person I could get hold of was a
mate called Andy (ibanez) but I just wanted the gearbox in,
he came up and I told him that I just wanted him to push the
gearbox bell housing at the top with his feet, no probs, so
there I was, under the car pushing and wobbling this gearbox
while Andy was doing the same with his feet and it just
weren't having none of it, and I said...."ok 1 last go" and
we tried again, and as I looked to the left I could see the
whole car coming forward with the axle stands tipping
forward at the same time ! The car had subsequently come off
the axle stands crushing me underneath it,
I obviously couldnt move as my head was
pinned to the ground by the crossmember, I could just hear
whistling but was obvious I was still alive ! lol, Andy says
"oh, errrrrm shall I call an ambulance ?" to which i mumbled
"jack the fucking car up !" lol he bounced around in the car
to get out, jacked the car up and I felt the pressure go
immediately, and I got myself from under the car, he was
saying "ouch my bloody finger" I said "whats wrong with your
finger ?" to which he replied "well I was pushing the
gearbox with my feet like you said, but the handbrake was in
my nuts, so I let it off" so it was obvious why the car had
come off the f'kin axle stands ! twat ! the shape of my head
was unreal, but soon went back to normal, n after me ribs
mended all i have is a scar on me face to remind me of the
incident lol to which I can now laugh about.
Hence, at this point, the car just had to
go ! But YES I got the gearbox in ;-) thanks to Vince and
Frank, (i told Vince what had happened when i phoned him n
he was like 'yeah yeah' hehe but when they knocked me front
door n i answered....... one look at me n they were like
"WHAT THE F'K HAPPENED TO YOU !!!!??) hehe, but can you
beleive that the soddin gearbox went straight in, on the
splines, perfect, no effort, typical ! :-/
 < Andy
lol
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