Day: 19 July 2024

Friday again and we’re heading north and back home now, following a busy few days in the south…

Tuesday morning found us in Corby for a hydragas pump up on Rob’s 2001 MGF. Good to see him again and have a quick catch-up before heading on to our digs for the night in Bromley.

A nice short commute on Wednesday morning over to Beckenham for work on John’s other two cars.

Full cambelt service carried out and replacement of the underfloor pipes for stainless ones on his N reg, very low mileage, 120 mpi (paint code COF).

Next up was his other MGF (in paint code COF) 1.8 mpi, registered 1997. Full cambelt service also carried out on this one. Both cars great to work on, no awkward bolts or things in wrong places. Hydragas pump ups done on both cars too, so John’s all good to go on all three of his cars now and can enjoy getting them out and about.

After another stay over in Bromley, on Wednesday night, we had an even shorter commute on Thursday morning, just a few miles down the hill to Michael’s house for work on his V ref MGF VVC (in paint code HFF) that he’s owned now for the past 20 years. The cambelt service was a little overdue so we undertook this for him. Michael has been doing the routine servicing on the car over the years himself. So the car is all now up to date for him to enjoy, with peace of mind. It was lovely to meet him and have a good chat while we worked.

We bid farewell and made our way over to Colchester. We did have a call planned on the way, but that didn’t transpire for whatever reason, it was only a call in and listen to a car that was ‘sounding like a bag of spanners’.

We made the most of having a couple of hours spare and decided to take in some culture, with a visit to Colchester castle before checking into our digs for the night.

A bright and early start this morning, for another short commute back into Colchester, where it was lovely to see Claire again. We didn’t see her when we serviced the car last time at her parent’s house so it was good to have a catch-up with her.

Claire had noticed an awful noise coming from the engine bay fan, which was on continuously. The reason for it being on all the time was due to a faulty sensor, however the fan itself had become corroded over time. So we had taken a replacement one down with us and fitted that for her, along with a replacement engine bay air temperature sensor that she’d sourced.

Car given a check over for anything else amiss, nearside front track rod end and ball joint had done their time, so we replaced these and packed the front top arms full of grease. Couple of little niggles discussed for Claire to tackle and a couple of things noted that she would like doing on our next visit.

Thanks to everyone for their hospitality and to the sun for finally making an appearance! ☀️ – https://ift.tt/8xdXDpH