Month: March 2021

First call in Kettering this morning and great to see Lorraine and Marcus again.

Their TF 135 had failed the MOT on a couple of issues. So front and rear ball joints replaced on the offside. Minor service also carried out while we were there.

We then headed north to Nottingham to meet David. He had put a post on Facebook last month asking for help with his TF 135, as he couldn’t find a garage in his area that were wanting to do the work. It was lovely to meet David and get him sorted. So both lower front suspension arms were replaced, with all bolts behaving! He was so pleased to have the car back to rights again for his wife.

A good day and home in daylight. 🌞

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After a bit of diary logistics and getting everyone seen in some semblance of order we headed to Lincolnshire this morning…

Dunholme, was our first call, for CVT oil and strainer replacement on Brian’s very tidy Stepspeed.

We then went over to Fotherby, to see Brendan, for cambelt service on his also very tidy TF 135. Alternator belt was a bit tired so this was replaced. Coolant temperature sensor replaced as Brendan found it had been taking a long time to give a reading.

Slight coolant loss also, and after investigation, it was found to be a nibbled through hose from a mouse that had previously been lurking in there some time ago.

Thanks to Brian and Brendan for letting us come to see you sooner than planned, you’ve made a few other people very happy!

Great to see you both today and have time to have a chat. Not to mention the very welcome tea and biscuits, plus your garages to work in to keep us out of the all day drizzle.

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That was a later finish than expected, on our home now on the M62….

We went back over to Yeadon, this morning, and lovely to see Lorna again, for the cambelt service, on her fab looking TF 135. Full service done too. She asked if we spotted anything else while we were there to let her know. The underfloor coolant pipes had certainly done their time, so these were replaced with stainless. Car up and running nicely again.

We then went over to Huddersfield,
where it was great to see Chris again, for replacement of all spheres on his lovely looking MGF Trophy.

Strangely, one of the replacement spheres had the wrong sized cone fitted, this was only apparent when refilling the system with hydralastic fluid, we then set about taking all the spheres out and checking the heights against the old set of spheres. Only to find that the first we took off was the only one at fault. However, did find partially blocked pipe to one of the rear spheres, managed to clear it enough to be useable.

Once Chris has obtained a new pipe we will go back to replace this. Plus we ran out of time to check over the tic-over issue he has been experiencing on his TF 160. The car seems to tic-over ok while stationary, but when driving always tries to stall.

Great to have a good catch-up with you Chris, we appreciated the many welcome cuppas 🤗 Plus mouse evicted from air box!

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Good to be back home in daylight after a successful week in the south…

An enjoyable morning in Brentwood today, meeting Neil, for work on his fab 1998 Rover Coupe that he has owned for the past 11 years.

Minor service carried out and investigation of a minor weep. Inlet manifold gasket replaced and the heater matrix hose had coolant seeping out under load, not evident on initial pressure test, turned out to be snapped jubilee clip, so new one fitted. New gear gator fitted as his was a bit on the raggy side. A very well cared for car and all in good order.

Yesterday was a bit different to what was planned, went over to Clare, near Sudbury, as we had been asked to investigate a few issues and undertake any necessary work on an MGF mpi 120, turned out he didn’t want any work doing as selling the car. Oh well, we got an unexpected day off and a drive through some lovely places!

Back in the workshop tomorrow to crack on there.

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On our way back to our digs on the M27, after a productive day, in Chichester, for work on Rod’s fab TF 135.

This car had previously been abandoned in a car park for about 4 years. Rod eventually took ownership and wanted everything putting to rights to make it a sound car, and therefore he asked us to carry out the following:

– Head gasket replacement
– Cambelt service including water pump and tensioner
– Full clutch kit
– Slave cylinder
– Clutch steel pipe section
– Alternator belt

Great to meet Rod and to have everything done and up and running, another really great car saved.

We had allowed two days to do it in,
as we all know that there can be awkward bolts etc, especially, as mentioned, it had been abandoned for a while. But, having got everything done today we get a day off tomorrow!

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