…but have nothing to show for it. On Thursday and Friday of last week Matt and I tried to bleed all of the air out of Big Car’s fuel system (in the rain). On Big Car’s fuel lift pump, there is a little hand pump lever especially for this job. Needless to say, the blisters on our hands will attest that we did a lot of hand pumping over those two days. Just when we thought we knew what we were doing on the first day, we snapped the bleed valve off the fuel injector pump. The cool looking diesel fountain that resulting offered no consolation and we set to work removing the fuel injector pump. Fifty quid later, the Bosch specialists on Empress Road had this fixed for us and we put it back on Big Car. After lots and lots of hand pumping with little movement of fuel, the thought that Big Car’s diesel tank maybe empty dawned upon us. A quick check of the fuel gauge confirmed this and we felt very stupid, worn out, blistered, wet and poorer – that’s when we gave up for the day. We’ll have another go at this sometime soon – hopefully the experience gained from these two days will make things run a little smoother next time.