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A productive week with a mix of workshop and on the road…
Neil came over from Conisbrough on Monday morning to leave his ‘03 TF 135 (in paint code LQW) with us for investigation of a coolant loss. So we got cracking with that to carry out all of our usual checks. The internal heater pipes were found to be pretty rusty, so we advised Neil that it would be best practice to replace these as they were never going to get any better. The head gasket had gone, on removing the head, found that an MLS gasket had been previously fitted, but the saver-shim had been left off for some strange reason. The cambelt service was also due so this was carried out too.
Tuesday morning found us in Silverstone, for the first call of the day, where it was good to meet Iain for head gasket replacement and cambelt service on his ‘02 TF 135 (paint code LQW). On removing the head found that the dreaded k-seal had been added prior to his ownership, which had blocked the coolant channels! Pleased to say is now all sorted for Iain. We were fortunate, too, that he had space in the garage to work in as it was a tad on the soggy side.
From there we headed over to Swanbourne, near Milton Keynes where it was lovely to meet Sue and her ‘03 TF 135 (paint code HFN). Sue had developed a problem with the clutch and as we suspected it was the slave-cylinder that had gone, we went armed with flexi-hose, clutch lines and a master, but, fortunately for Sue, that’s all it was. The clutch release-arm was nicely free too so she’s all back up and running again with her pride and joy.
A stop over in some really nice digs just outside of Milton Keynes and we headed off to Turves to see Matt’s ‘04 TF 115 (paint code JFV) again for the annual service in the morning. He’d mentioned that the windows were being really slow, so these were sorted out for him.
For the second call we should have been heading over to see Mandy near Leicester, what was for initially a minor service and a check over and a couple of other bits, but things had changed a bit, as she had reported that the head gasket had, in fact, gone since booking. This would have been fine, but unfortunately due to change of address last minute on the first call and given the lack of daylight at this time of year it wouldn’t have been feasible, so no bother arrangements made to go over to see Mandy when we’re back in the area on our next trip, so we’ve added in an extra day next Sunday to get her MG all sorted.
This morning, found us over in Barnsley to sort a problem on Anthony’s ‘02 TF 160. The bottom alternator bolt that goes into the block had had the threads stripped at some point. So a bit of time spent duly drilling this out, retapping and heli-coiling it, then a new bolt and spacer fitted and now all sorted for him. Thanks to Anthony for the cuppas.
From there we went back over to the workshop to fit the new set of stainless steel internal-heater pipes on Neil’s TF, all the interior of the car put back together again and pleased to say is now ready for collection, which rounded off a busy week nicely.
We should have been heading over to Cadwell Park for our annual thrash round the track, but we’ve not had the time to get one of the cars prepped unfortunately, a shame, but we’re a bit shattered anyway. At least we can still go and spectate the Stage B rally on Sunday, which is always a fab day. Have a great weekend everyone. – https://ift.tt/2P3cu8L
