Motoring related fettling for me. New battery in the planet-slayer - which involves waiting for things to discharge so the explosive battery disconnect (seriously!) doesn't cause an unintended event, and to allow the ECU to be safely disconnected and removed - which also involves bolts needing a 5 point TS30 security bit. Despite a massive area under the bonnet, the engine variant in mine didn't have room for the ECU unless it encroached on the battery tray, and the battery is half under the windscreen anyway, so it needs the ECU removing so it can be slid forward, then lifted up.
Then, of course, once all back together you've got to tell the car it's got a new battery so that it can reset its charging profile which needs the specialist diagnostic tool (which luckily I have). Not really surprising the battery died; I suspect it is several years old, and the alternator died last year which resulted in the battery being flat for a few days. Doing the alternator took me seven hours (garages quote five hours) as it's a major strip down - I miss cars where you could just get in there and not only see the bits you need to get at, but be able to swap them without taking everything else out.
Then did some work on the dirt bike; the exhaust hanger failed on Salisbury plain last weekend. It's only a bit of bent metal strap that had fatigued at a bend, so I bought a heavier duty one and shaped to fit. Also took the opportunity to remove the exhaust fully and give it a general clean up - Harpic X10 to get rid of the worst, then polish up with Peek metal polish. It's stainless, but looked pretty awful when I bought it. A satisfying hour sat on the garage floor in my rather fetching yellow marigolds.
