The lack of any bubbles now indicates the system is totally sealed and there aren't any air leaks anywhere. I have lost the use of the redirect valve but it was virtually useless to have anyway.
While in Melbourne on our family Christmas stay at a house in Portsea, I lost a filling. It is noticeable but certainly not annoying. However a trip to the dentist after school holidays are over is planned.
They say things happen in threes, and that is just what happened yesterday.
While driving back to home in the 'old' car from a shopping trip and a load up of supplies from a Costco store around 40k's south of us, a stone from another vehicle flew up and hit the windscreen around 1cm from the very top.
A few minutes later a 15cm (6") crack appeared in the car's windscreen. By the time we arrived back home the crack was a couple of centimetres longer! This morning the crack is probably out to 24cms or around 9". This is the car we were offered $200 as a trade in a couple of years ago!
At home I "Googled" windscreen repairers and sought out 3 quotes. The amounts quoted varied by up to $100. One company (O'Brien's) immediately dropped their price by around $40 when I told them I had cheaper quotes elsewhere. Even then it was still $65 more than the quote I have now accepted.
So now the windscreen will be the most valuable part of the old car when it is replaced tomorrow morning (Friday).
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