This was one of those weekends where all my garage work got done, but everything went wrong.

Got the 1972 XJ6 running again. The rebuilt choke works well! Had to tweak the carbs to actually open properly, and gouged a finger.

Then I found out that I have no brakes. Need to bleed them after rebuilding the master cylinder, so I rolled out a little and was trying to roll back in and on to ramps, stopping with parking brake. Husband thought this was a good idea, I went along with it, how hard can it be.

Bang. Straight into a pile of cardboard and junk, stopped with parking brake and by running into a spare wheel for my daily. There’s a huge dent in the under tray, but no serious damage. Add that to the body work I need next winter.

Rear brakes are bled. So much air, so much disgusting fluid. Had to use a jack and stands to get enough space under the car, which is difficult when you have inboard-mounted brakes. It’s a long messy process. So much easier with ramps.

And I burned my finger changing oil on my daily. Grabbed the hot filter, forgot that it can be hot enough to burn. I think that’s enough wrenching for one weekend.