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Our first visit of the day was to Woodford Halse, not far from Daventry where it was great to meet Pete for work on his newly acquired ‘02 TF 135 in paint code JRJ.
Not long after taking ownership the proverbial occurred. So today we replaced the head gasket etc, initially we were just going to get him up and running again, but then found out that the cambelt service was well overdue, so we did this for him too. The alternator belt was old and cracked and the coolant cap was faulty, so these were duly replaced too.
One of the coolant hoses, the heater inlet/outlet had been a little bit bodged, so this was also replaced with a decent secondhand one, that we had with us, fortunately.
The dreaded k-seal had been added somewhere along the line in the past which has made a bit of a mess, so everything all cleaned up and put back together resulting in a decent sounding engine.
An enjoyable morning spent chatting while we worked, with a constant supply of welcome tea and a bit of sun thrown in too.
Pete will be having a trip up to the workshop in Holme on Spalding Moor at some point for some other things to be done.
From there we headed over to Stockton near Southam where it was lovely to see Mick again and his ‘97 MGF 143 in paint code COF.
Last time we were in the area he asked if we could diagnose the non-starting issue, which was found to be down to the fuel pump having packed up. So today we returned to replace it with a secondhand one. Car back up and running again, which brought a smile to Mick’s face. He’ll get the car MOTd and taxed now and get her back on the road.
On our way home now back up the M1 on a beautiful sunny evening. – https://ift.tt/vrSw9te
