Day: 17 May 2023

The first call of the day was in Wilberfoss where it was really lovely as always to see Derek and Margaret for our annual visit for work on their 80th Anniversary TF 135 (in paint code MBB).

Cambelt service time this year, so cambelt, water pump, tensioner and alternator belt all replaced. Following a couple of advisories on the recent MOT offside top ball joint replaced and both front arms packed with grease.

Really good to have a chat and a catch-up with them. Plus big thanks for the kind donation of a set of 11 spokes that will definitely come in for one of our doer uppers.

I didn’t get a pic again of the exterior, just of the interior, too busy talking!

The next call was over to Bramham, where it was great to see Les again and his MGF, modified from a 120 to a 135 (in paint code CDX).

The front shockers had come up as an advisory on his last MOT so these were swapped out with new ones Les had bought. We were supposed to fit them on our last visit, but the weather was so horrendous and the day ran out of daylight so it didn’t get done.

We needed to return anyway, as the issue, that he had been experiencing since taking ownership of the car needed resolving. Les had a couple of people look at it over the past couple of years, but the problem still persisted, frustratingly for him.

So after running our diagnostics and one-by-one tracing all potential causes for problems with error codes P0130 and P0170 that he had been experiencing, which was causing mis-fires while driving.

So we started off first with the forward lambda sensor replacement and then ran it again, that cleared the P0170 code. However, another code emerged for the heater circuit on the secondary lambda sensor, so it was decided to replace the secondary one also. Unfortunately, the threads wouldn’t take the new sensor, as often happens, so the decision was left to Les on whether he wanted the new and better CAT fitting, which he decided to go for. Also, we noticed that it had some cheap and not so cheerful coil packs, so these were replaced for new. The running then all finally seemed to settle down. We also noticed that the forward lambda sensor wiring had also been modified, however the quality of repair seems to be good, so decided to leave as it was, unless any further problems occur then this will be looked into.

Hopefully, once and for all, this issue is now resolved for him and he can enjoy smooth runs out and enjoy his fab MG.

Thanks to Les for the many cuppas and the box of cakes and not least for ordering the sun this time! ☀️ – https://ift.tt/MipAhxJ