Up bright and early this morning to set off to Worcester, despite the early start hit very heavy Monday morning traffic all the way, eventually arrived just before 10, where Mark was waiting for us with the covers off his TF 135 (in paint code HFN) and a warm welcome. He’d owned the car for 6 years, having owned MGBs in the past.
Cambelt, water pump, tensioner and alternator belt all replaced for him, he was aware that it was overdue and was wary of taking it out too far, but now he’s all set for some fun over the summer months.
Great to meet him and have a chat and a cuppa. Hopefully we’ll bump into him again at an event or show somewhere this year.
From Mark’s we headed along to Walford, near Ross-on-Wye where it was lovely to see Philip again and his TF 115 (in paint code JRJ).
We were due to visit him for the annual service anyway, but he’d got in touch saying that the car was losing coolant and had white smoke. When we checked today, as suspected, the head gasket had gone, having been fitted previously with an elastomer Mk II gasket.
Head gasket duly replaced with one of our MLS gaskets and all parts cleaned up of the gunk, and car back up and running smoothly once more.
An enjoyable afternoon chatting to Philip while we worked with some very welcome sunshine thrown in too.
We bid our farewells and headed further south to our digs for the night in Coleford. Such a beautiful evening I made the most of it and headed into the Forest of Dean for a walk. While heading down the hill back to the digs spotted a very nice looking TF Anniversary in Anthracite out having some top down fun, perfect evening for it. ☀️ – https://ift.tt/jxISz53
