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Three days in a row! 🌤️

A good spanner and fluid check as others have said before and after. Servicing is done annually on mine and I do a couple of Donington track evenings and a couple of Curborough sprint format days with 3000+ road miles. I do gearbox and diff oil every other year too.

Just in case of any doubt, this includes both checking visually that everything is in place with no damage/wear, bent wishbones/rose joints etc. But also critically what you'll often hear called a spanner check. Physically checking with a spanner and wrench, that all nuts and bolts are still appropriately tight. Even perfectly standard Westfields just don't have all the bushes and NVH fixtures and fittings of a modern car, plus, relative to their weight, tyres and suspension are often stiffer, so even on the road, let alone the track, all the parts and fastenings tend to be subject to much more vibration than a modern car. Throw in heat either from pounding round a track all day heating tyres, brakes and engine/transmission up, which then heats up everything around it, or even just hot summer weather. And nuts and bolts can and will work loose occasionally. Hence the spanner checks! (This is also something worth doing periodically even just on road going Westfields. Depending how much it's used, once or twice a year, check nothings about to fall off!!)

Went for dinner at the cafe tonight. Still a bit chilly in shorts and t shirt 😂

Just had a great day at Palmersport...worn out!

@McFrancis It's a spoke tension guage.

Took my own and a friends Westfields wheels to have tyres swapped over, ready for our Alpine tour next month. Loaded up to come back, eight wheels, eight old but very usable tyres.

Yorkshire Breakfast meeting this Sunday, 21st May at the Darrington Hotel, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BL. Meet up there at 10am for breakfast, then have a run over to the NY500 at Pickering taking in the scenic route.

Like that ever happens 🤔🤣

Also blow out / brush clean radiator and oil cooler if fitted to get the flies and rubbish out, definitely check hub nuts are tight or have not rotated, check fuel hoses for cracks plus get your car on axle stands and have a good look from underneath.. also look for any signs of cracks to chasis or at weld joints...

I must admit I do that regardless, so forgot to mention it 😁

Hey y'all, Boy have I got some scores for you, lots of them so sit back, get a beer and read on. Blyton (R09) - Sat Results Blyton (R10) - Sun Results Tiggs

I would tend to agree with Chris. In addition I generally change the engine oil once a year based on 4-5 trackdays PA, anymore than that and I'd change the oil twice per year. I also check/top-up the transmission and diff oils every 3months.

No service as such, but I generally check the brakes/pads, fluids, tyres (for wear/damage) and give the suspension a good “once over”. Probably put air back in the tyres if it’s getting road use instead of track abuse too.

As the sun has been shining today I thought i’d take the opportunity between teams meetings to put a couple of coats of paint on the suspension arm. I briefly considered powdercoating but didn’t want to be accused of going OTT with the build 😀 so a rattle can finish will have to do.

Have a great day @Chester 🍺

Many Happy Returns, have a great Birthday!

Don't you go and curse it🤣

Next week... and the forecast is looking favourable 👍

I'm writing to my MP...

Get off my lawn, you young whippersnapper.

Special year birthday? Did you get a bus pass or summat?

Thanks, appreciated and advice noted. Cheers Dan

@DanDB just hidden your post, not a great idea to put your full address on a public forum. Best to send a PM @NickBW Dan wants it 😁 Hope that’s OK with you both 👍

Tidied up my tool board (read put them back...).

A shot from Blyton Park on Sunday. Taken after the huge downpour right at the end of the day, and after everyone else had shot off home.