What a windy week, glad it was spent in the workshop!
Ted and Debra had left their ‘04 TF 135 ‘Spark’ in Firefrost with us, when they drove over from West Yorkshire at the weekend, of which they had taken ownership of last year.
Head gasket replacement and cambelt service carried out along with all filters and plugs. When it came to running the car up to temperature we discovered that the heaters weren’t working properly. On inspection found that the cable to the back of the heater was faulty, it had snapped off on the control dial side, so we set about the fiddly, time consuming, but ultimately essential job of replacing it. Car ran up to temperature and all good to go.
We collected Adam’s ‘04 TF 160 from
Leconfield on Sunday, a car that we’d last seen a few years ago when owned by his parents. It was in need of a bit of TLC as hadn’t turned a wheel for some time, and Adam wanted to get it back on the road again.
Full cambelt service carried out, ball joints replaced, wheel bearing replaced, exhaust flexi section and Lambda sensor replaced, full underfloor treatment carried out, pre MoT check done and then finally the MoT and she is all good to go. I did give her a bit of wash and scrub inside and out as was looking a bit forlorn, but she’s now got a smile back on her face ready to enjoy some time back on the road in Adam’s ownership. We look forward to seeing him tomorrow morning when he comes over to pick her up.
The other car we collected on Sunday was Steve’s ‘02 TF 160 in Trophy blue, that we’ve looked after for a number of years now. On a run out he had thought that one of the gear cables had snapped.
On inspection we found that one of the central pivot points had sheared on the slick-shift. So new part duly ordered from Mr Satur, which arrived today, despite Mike sending it first class, our postal service isn’t the best at the moment, so we’ll get that fitted on Sunday.
Whilst with us the cambelt service was due, so full service completed, along with alternator belt. Steve had mentioned that there was a leak into the boot, we found that one of the gaskets on the back light surround hadn’t been seated correctly, so we sealed both sides up. Once the slick-shift is sorted she will be good to go again and ready for some trips abroad this year with Steve and Concetta, we look forward to seeing him again when he comes over to collect.
We’ll be back at the workshop in the morning for collection and drop-off, one out and three in. Busy week on the admin too, I am trying to keep up with it, might be a late night tonight.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, let’s hope it’s a little less windy than it has been! – https://ift.tt/6KtgmPJ
