Year: 2022

A day out of the workshop today with a run down to Bromsgrove, where it was great to see Keith again for work on his two fab cars.

Head gasket replacement carried out on his MGF 1.8 in Volcano Pearlescent (EAC). Keith had also noticed an intermittent problem with a misfire/loss of power. We found this to be down to a piece that had broken off the distributor cap, and a worn out rotar arm. Would you believe we used our last one of these items two days ago, (having been sat on the shelf for ages), typical. A call to the local euro car parts who luckily had one of each on the shelf. Car back up and running lovely again.

In the time we last saw the car, Keith had treated it to a Mike Satur 4-2-1 manifold and Daytona back box with the oval tips, looks and sounds very nice.

His TF 135 was suffering from a sticky throttle, so we went armed with a replacement pedal, which was duly fitted and all found to be good again.

What an enjoyable day with great company. Big thanks to Keith and his wife for their hospitality, many cuppas, food and the biggest chocolate eclair ever! Not to mention lovely fusses with Pippy and Buster. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

Next up for the workshop was this lovely Abingdon that was in need of some attention, Paul had got in touch a few months ago to ask if we could pop over and assess what would be required to get her back to rights again, having been stood for quite some time gathering leaves in the driveway and looking a bit sad.

So we picked her up on Friday from Barmby in the Marsh, bit of a struggle getting her on the trailer as the clutch as to be expected wasn’t in the best way, once at the workshop set about the list of things to do.

Head gasket replacement, cambelt, water pump, tensioner, spark plugs, all filters, alternator belt, slave cylinder, hydragas pump up, new battery, front to rear brake lines, nearside brake line, minor bit of welding, new HT leads and distributor cap, full underfloor treatment carried out and then finally the MOT this afternoon. Gave her a bit of a wash and a brush up and de-leafed!

The next stage for this car is for a full respray, which is booked in over at Cleckheaton in the next couple of weeks. Can’t wait to see the final result. What a fantastic resurrection of a beautiful little car that will be enjoying many more days of fun and a real pleasure doing this for Paul and Tracy.

Sunday was a busy one as Simon came over to see us with his TF 135 that was still giving intermittent misfire issues. Having previously replaced the Lambda sensor, this didn’t sort it, but on further investigation it was found to be a corroded HT lead, and the coil packs weren’t up spec, so these were all replaced and happily for Simon problem solved. Nice to see him for a quick chat.

Stephen came over to drop off his TF 160. Each time we’ve been over to Chesterfield for the past few years he’s always been working, so it was good to see him again. Underfloor treatment carried out and minor service done over the last two days.

The TF 135 we had in from Carlisle was collected and taken back to be reunited with the owner.

Busy and very cold, but enjoyable few days at the workshop, looking forward to seeing the owners coming over for their cars in the next couple of days. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

Work all complete on this MGF VVC that we collected from Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, at the weekend and an enjoyable one to do.

The car had been stood since October 2018, when we last worked on it, due to Richard’s commitments with setting up their fab tea rooms and B&B. Having owned the car from new he wanted it back on the road again to enjoy once more.

Full cambelt service carried out, underfloor treatment, hydragas fill, new gearbox oil, brake fluid flush, old fuel replaced, new exhaust back box fitted, 2 new front tyres fitted, cleaned up front discs and fitted new pads and finally MOT done.

We look forward to returning the car to Richard and enjoying more cake and tea at the ‘Harbour Tea Room’, which is definitely worth a visit. Lovely little place Burry Port, with a fantastic beach.

Day off from the workshop today to do the joyful task of the tax returns. 📚 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

This fab looking TF 160 was sold today, good to see it heading off to be well looked after and enjoyed by Peter, and having a new life over in Wigan.

Great to meet Peter, and see his brother David again, whose MGF 1.8 mpi we’ve been looking after now for a number of years. Here’s to them enjoying many days out together. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

📌 FOR SALE

👉 MGF headlights – £100 a pair

👉 Mk II seats – coffee & cream – £100 a pair

Collection only from Holme on Spalding Moor.

👉 Other parts available from this MGF in CDX. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI