Month: March 2022

Keith dropped off his TF 160 (in HFN) to us as arranged, when we last saw him back in September, for assessment of the issues he had been experiencing with noisy VVC mechs.

The car had reached its 100k+ milestone and due to Keith’s attention to detail the car looks in such great condition he wanted to get the insides in as good a condition to keep her on the road to enjoy for some time to come.

Cylinder head removed this morning, which showed that it had definitely done it’s time. There was evidence of a degree of heat damage, as the oil had started to congeal and thicken throughout the head, this was most likely down to the oil pump not running at full capacity, so a new oil pump was duly fitted.

Whilst the head was off, it was easier to preempt the oil cooler issues that 160’s tend to have and fit it with a bypass.

Refurbished 160 cylinder head replaced, with all ancillaries cleaned up and refitted. Cambelts replaced along with water pump, tensioner and alternator belt.

Car back up and running nicely this afternoon and sounding a lot quieter!

Managed to get her out for a couple of photos despite the dismal weather, now all tucked up ready for collection and to be reunited with Keith at the weekend. Hopefully the weather will be a bit better by then for a topless drive home. 💚 – https://ift.tt/9FLX4np

Hundleby just outside of Spilsby today for work on Denis’s very nice looking and well cared for Steptronic.

Having done work previously such as the CVT oil and strainer service and fitting of a soft ride kit it was now time for the cambelt service.

Cambelt, water pump, tensioner, plugs, all filters and oil changed. New lambda sensor fitted as the existing lambda sensor was putting the orange light on on the dash and showing multiple error on code reading. Denis had also been experiencing a sticking accelerator when initially setting off, and thought the cable may need replacing, but we found it to be the accelerator pedal itself that the bushes had become worn on, so we fitted a replacement pedal and it now feels a lot easier. We went armed with new discs and pads, but found that the ones on it were like new so we saved him a bit of unnecessary expenditure there. Denis did feel that the braking wasn’t quite as responsive as his other cars, but this is due to the standard kit that was originally fitted to this model of 240 mm discs all round. We’ve advised that maybe next time he could move up to the kit that Will Naylor produces, which doesn’t require a bigger wheel upgrade.

We then popped over road to see David’s equally always fab looking TF 135. David had asked if we could swap out a couple of sensors for him when we were there as he’d noticed he also had Lambda sensor issues and a cam sensor issue on his code reader.

Lambda sensor replaced and the cam sensor was also replaced. All error codes cleared.

Great to see them both again briefly between walking and shopping trips, together with some favourable weather and a good couple of cuppas.

Busy day at the workshop yesterday, with the welding done on Jim and Karen’s TF and it’s mashed in sill, all ready for collection at the weekend.

Kevin’s Trophy needed a bit more work on the spheres as the car was looking as if it was permanently taking off! The car had previously been fitted with replacement spheres, which we found to be standard ones rather than Trophy ones when we measured them. Now that’s sorted the car looks a lot more balanced. MOT done and all ready for collection at the weekend. – https://ift.tt/jrwWXIJ