Minor service day yesterday, plus a couple of other bits. The first call was in Norton, where it was great to meet Paul and his MGF (in paint code HFF) that he’s bringing out of its winter hibernation, ready for the summer. Hydragas pumped up too, plus we took along a new battery as the one on the car had completely given up its last bit of charge.
Next call was over to Barnsley for the annual service on Lilian’s ‘02 TF 135, on firing it up found there was a misfire, which we narrowed down to be the coil packs, which were showing heat burns to the plastic, so a wise precaution to replace with new. The alternator belt was emitting a rather unpleasant screech! So this was duly replaced along with a new splash guard. Lovely to see Lilian again and have a quick catch-up before we headed on our way over to the next and last call of the day.
This was in Rossington, where it was great to see Jane and Lee again and their year 2000 MGF 143 VVC (in paint code CAQ).
On firing the car up following the service it had a slight and occasional misfire, the HT leads had crumbled and were showing signs of wear, so we replaced these with new, and the car now running nice and smooth. They have plans to take the car over to Italy again this summer, which sounds such a fab trip.
Today we went over to Drighlington, where it was great to meet Tony finally and his TF 135 (paint code LEF).
Head gasket replacement and cambelt service carried out, along with alternator belt and new expansion tank cap, as the one on the car was next to useless. Took quite some time to drain off sludge that was in the sump. The coolant bottle had seen better days too, so Tony had asked us to supply a replacement one ahead of our visit.
Really pleased to have this car back up and running for Tony to enjoy again, good to have a chat with him throughout the day, and who also makes a cracking brew!
Have a great weekend everyone wherever you may be. – https://ift.tt/sgn2Ojz
