Driving back home now down a very busy M6 after a very cold day spent working in Dalton-in-Furness.
It was great to meet Adrian and his Mk II MGF 1.8 mpi (in LQW), that he had bought a few months ago, and very shortly afterwards the proverbial happened. Having owned MGs in the past and also an owner of an MGB he’s fully aware of the potential issues.
Head gasket replaced, the one on it was a Mk I elastomer one and had been replaced once before. Took quite some time draining off a load of oil with the severe cold, and which resembled cake mix. It is a very good looking car underneath the thick covering of ice.
Adrian had taken the spheres off his previous car so asked if we could fit them to this one. We were late arriving this morning due to a couple of delays on the way up, but everything all sorted for him before it got dark.
Yesterday morning found us in Sowerby, near Thirsk for head gasket replacement on Will’s TF 135 (in PBT). Will had done a load of work on the car, absolute kudos to him, but unfortunately the head gasket hadn’t taken, and he’d got a bit fed up with it. Happily now everything is sorted the car will be going back to Uni with him after Christmas.
From there we went on to Guisborough where we were saw our first snow of the season. It was lovely to see Kevin again and his fab Trophy that was looking a bit on the low side, so we pumped her up. The drivers window had become very slow, so we took a replacement one with us to fit. Good to have a catch-up with Kevin and Amanda before heading back home.
It’s going to be a bit of a long haul home now according to the SatNav, though gives me time for me to get caught up on the admin and feed Jon chocolate! Have a great weekend everyone, hope it’s not too chilly! ⛄️ – https://ift.tt/P98AzWH
