We’re getting there with the cars in at the workshop, always a lot to do…
Jon had a productive couple of days getting the welding done on Tony’s fab MGF 1.8 mpi ‘Bessie’. The nearside front sill was virtually non-existent, the rain channel had gone, the supporting brackets had gone and the inner wing had sections missing from the bottom.
Engine bay temperature sensor was faulty, so this was replaced, new alternator belt and hydragas lift done.
All done and Tony and Caroline came down from Staindrop to collect her yesterday. (Sorry I couldn’t be there to see you both and make you a cuppa, but glad to hear you got home safe and had a good drive back).
Today we continued with the work on the TF 135 we have in from Filey that had sustained 2 snapped valves, which wont have been helped by the oil pump packing up, unfortunately the valve heads had damaged the cylinder head beyond repair.
Cylinder head replaced, along with new cambelt, water pump, tensioner and an oil pump. Fired up and running nicely again. Bit of a clean up done underneath, as was looking a bit flaky from living by the coast. Hoovered out inside and tidied up as it’s just something that we like to do.
We will get the car MOT’d in the next couple of days and then we deliver back to the owner.
Work continues on the MGF 143, with the next job of replacing the internal heater pipes and a replacement front windscreen, as this one will also need putting through an MOT. – https://ift.tt/rOz6jVH
