Day 5 …. Winterbourne.
After departing from our fab digs in St Mellons we headed over to Winterbourne, near Bristol.
John had got in touch regarding his MGF Freestyle (in paint code MNX) that he’d owned for a couple of years. He’d done quite a bit of work on the car himself and had the head gasket done locally, so everything was all done on the car and running smoothly, apart from when he took the car for its MOT, they noticed that the SRS light wasn’t working. After investigating all possibilities himself and then getting an auto-electrician in, who told him it was the control unit, which he replaced, but still had the same fault. Then following our advice via messaging John tested all the continuity on all of the wires and still couldn’t find the fault, so he asked if we could come over and take a look when next in the area.
On code reading today, it was narrowed down to a fault with the airbag, or that part of the wiring loom. So a replacement rotary coupler (squib) was fitted and pleased to have a positive result in that the light is now off. Great to meet John and have a chat.
It was a less busy day than initially planned, and a weirdly leisurely start to the day. Our first call that was booked in was cancelled just before this trip, and despite our efforts we couldn’t really find an alternative booking of a similar size to replace it in the area, especially as we didn’t know how long the work on John’s MGF would take. Plus we’re a bit pooped anyway.
We’re now in our last digs of this tour, in a place called Hambrook. I took myself off for a decent walk, over to Stoke Park Estate this afternoon, what a beautiful place, well worth a visit.
Not too far a commute in the morning. Let’s hope this fantastic weather stays for a while longer ☀️ – https://ift.tt/lW9TqDZ
