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Slightly distracted this evening, bit of a late finish and a long day…

But not distracting from the work we have just finished on one of the lovely John Prewer’s fab fleet.

The work was completed this evening on the conversion of his TF 135 to a 160.

Head and wiring loom and ECU replaced. Together with a change of the cambelts and the timing covers.

It’s always interesting doing these conversions and so good to hear the car start on the first turn of the key. Big thanks to John’s mum for a very welcome cup of tea!

The day started off in York and lovely to see Ruben again and his MGF Project, absolute credit to Ruben, as mentioned in a previous post, for everything he has done to this car that had been abandoned for 12 years. So the inevitable happened a month or so ago and Ruben asked if we could come over and sort it for him. The original gasket was an elastomer one with plastic dowels. The car looks amazing since we last saw it, recent spray job and the interior is beautiful. So good that Ruben can enjoy it again, his 21st birthday present from his family is one of the Jakobi tonneaus and he can’t wait to get it fitted.

We called in to Sowerby again, in between calls to replace the wheel bearing on Rachel’s MGF, the top ball joint was also shot so replaced this. Central locking mechs fitted, but still having issues with the alarm going off randomly, this was traced to be a problem with the boot wiring. Central lock mechs still not great so will source some more, which are proving hard to get hold of mk 1 mechs. Adjustments made to the new roof seals. Always difficult when on a 20 year old car with the inevitable perishing of rubber. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

Early start

Beautiful sunny morning with an early start ahead of a busy day at the workshop.Our first visitor was David who had got in touch back in April, as a result of one our business cards being slotted under the wipers of his MGF 143 VVC, courtesy of Susan Farley, when stopping off in Rothbury on a day out.

David stayed over locally last night and we returned him back to his digs so he could spend the day in York.Cambelt service carried out, alternator belt replaced, radiator replaced (his was the original that was a tad on the crumbly side), new grills fitted to the front, oil change, the slam panel etc needed a bit of fettling and new shiny kit fitted, few other niggles sorted out too. Good to see the smile on David’s face when we picked him back up and he saw the changes. Big thanks to Susan from us and David.



Great to meet Phil finally, who came over for a health check on his new acquisition, a TF 135 in Royal Blue. Date booked in next year ahead of the MOT. Hope you both enjoyed your run out to Dalby Forest, we know you’re waiting for the hard top comments! Great to meet you and have a chat, look forward to seeing you again next year!

Ray had got in touch a couple of days ago as he had noticed a slight loss in coolant, so he popped over, from Hull, for us to investigate what was occurring. Finally it was sourced to be the heater control valve that had sprung a leak. One is now on order and date to be arranged to fit. Really nice to have a chat and a catch-up.Finishing touches done to Zara, ahead of her return home. Bit tired now, but a really enjoyable day. Admin time now and Gas Monkey to watch followed by an episode of the Grand Tour.

Have a great weekend everyone.

MG TF car collection

A run down to Windsor today to collect Ian’s lovely ‘Zara’, his TF 135 for a few things at the workshop over the next few days.
With a call in on the way in Ratby to check out a small coolant loss on Mike’s MGF.

Traced to be a hose, well hopefully for Mike that’s all it is, he will keep an eye on it and let us know.

Zara all tucked up for the night with her stable mates!

Busy day on the roads, saw quite a few classics out and about, which was great to see, whilst driving through some crazy weather!

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