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Day 3 of 10 (11) – South West – Warmley…
We left our fab digs in Kington Langley and headed over to Warmley for work on Steve’s two MGs.
First up was his 2004 TF 160 (paint code LEF) for head gasket replacement and cambelt service. On removing the head we found that some of the valves were bent. Steve had mentioned previously that he had experienced a problem with the car and thought something was amiss. But, it’s not as bad as we were expecting, no piston damage, no liner damage, no head damage. Steve did have scrapping the car at the back of his mind. Fortunately, not the case and a contingency put in place, valves duly ordered to be delivered to Steve’s, and we will add in another day and return at the end of this trip, so he’s not having to wait yonks for us to come back!
Next up his 1999 MGF 1.8 mpi (paint code HFF) that he’d owned for the past nine years, with 150k miles on the clock. Cambelt service carried out on it, along with new alternator belt and all good to go again.
Great to meet Steve and chat with him while we worked, and thanks to him for many cuppas, offers of lunch and his wife’s delicious freshly homemade shortbread. It was fab too to meet their gorgeous woofer Bertie, what a friendly chap. We look forward to returning next week and getting his other car back to rights.
I’m writing this from our next lot of digs, in Swansea, a bit of a contrast to the last ones, right on the edge of the A483, complete with fun-fair on the other side of the road! But making the most of the decent weather I had a good to hike up the adjacent hill this evening to visit the green man in the woods! Praying said fun-fair shuts down at a decent hour. 🥴 – https://ift.tt/k5RJhns
