Month: March 2021

Great to get ‘Meg’ back up and running again in Peterborough today for Simon, his TF 135.

Last time we were there we noticed that there were a few things pointing towards head gasket failure. Cambelt service was also overdue so both sorted today. The inner timing belt case had been exposed to heat damage so we replaced this, plus alternator belt replaced and a hose that had split.

Interesting that the previous head gasket had been replaced with a combination of the Mk II elastomer gasket and the saver-shim from an MLS gasket and put together with silicone sealant. 🤔

Once back together, the new gasket was obviously quite a lot thinner than the old two put together, so the engine ran quite rich and lumpy for a while. After learning its new fueling it settled down nicely.

Good old Meg, hopefully she will get her annual run up to Glasgow this year with friends! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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It was a Green Day today…

Filey was the destination for our first call, and great to see Alan again, for full cambelt service on his fab looking TF 135. Few gnarly bolts replaced plus a new alternator belt as his had seen better days.

We then went over to Appleton Roebuck, to finally get around to fitting the Lotus clutch slave cylinder support bracket to Allister’s, also fab looking, TF 135.

Thanks for the cuppas and Kit Kat’s and cookies today to keep us energised, very welcome!

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A day spent mainly traveling around Lincolnshire, shame it was so foggy and misty…

First call was in Spilsby to see Denis to fit a soft ride kit on his very tidy Stepspeed. Having been booked in since September and the parts ordered then, we checked each box and yes 2 fronts and 2 rears, only to discover when opening up the bubble wrap there was only 1 rear and 3 fronts! Note to self – open up all the wrapping despite the stickers saying they were correct. Luckily we weren’t far from Rimmer Bros so after a phone call to them we arranged collection of the correct bit.

We thought it would be an idea to go to our second call of the day on the way, in Sleaford, only to discover that the car was there, but the owner wasn’t. Never mind it, this was also booked in back in October.

So, back to Spilsby and the last corner fitted. Great to see Denis and also David again who popped over to say hello. A nice distanced catch-up!

Good to hear from Denis later on this evening to say that after the test drive it was a marked improvement in comfort.

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