Back to it, after a fantastic long weekend away at Pateley Bridge for the Harrogate MG Club show and fun with friends, Tuesday morning found Jon back at the workshop for a few things. Then we were back on the road for the rest of this week.
Wednesday found us in Lincoln, with the first call of the day at John’s, for a full cambelt service on his TF 135 (one of the post LE 500 run cars). We resorted to our Plan C as one of the engine mount bolts sheared off, fortunately we always carry a spare mount in the event of this happening to save on a return journey. Replacement mount fitted and all good to go again. Nice to see John and thanks to Lynn for the bag of snacks.
We then headed a couple of miles along the road where it was good to meet William, and have a chat while we worked, undertaking full cambelt service on his ‘01 TF 135 in paint code LEF.
From there we headed another few miles along the road to Michael’s, where it was good to meet him too, for minor service and brake fluid change on his 2011 TF 135, another post LE 500 run car in paint code 291. The car had a very nice stable mate, a Morgan Plus Four that Michael and his wife will be touring Europe in this summer. Forgot to get a pic unfortunately, though we did get to have a sit in it, what a beautiful car, I can imagine they will have an amazing trip. We also had some friendly feathered neighbours while we worked.
Thursday found us over in Barnsley for work on an ‘01 MGF Freestyle in paint code CMU, that had been parked up for a couple of years. Initially booked in for brakes all round, we found that they were all like new. One of the rear calipers needing freeing off. The alternator was shot, so we replaced this. The suspension pumped up to the correct height. We then found that the cambelt service was due so we carried this out, plus we gave the car a check over prior to it going in for the MOT. Lovely to meet Charles and Denise. Charles is looking forward to getting the car back on the road and taking his granddaughter out for a spin!
Today, Friday, found us on our first call of the day in Stockton-on-Tees, where it was good to meet David for work on his MGF 120 mpi in paint code CAQ.
Head gasket replacement and cambelt service carried out for him and the car is all sorted for him. The gasket had gone in cylinder number 3 that had been nicely steam cleaned.
Then from there we headed over to Loftus, where it was lovely to see Karl, as always, for cambelt service on his ‘04
TF 135 in paint code MBB. Where did the last 4 years go?! Good to have a chat with him before we headed home.
So good to have a welcome change in the weather, let’s hope it stays like this for a while. Have a great weekend everyone wherever you may be. ☀️ – https://ift.tt/rlWowpg
