Day 1 of 10 – South West – Down Hatherley & Hilmarton
Monday morning and up early to head to our first call this morning, which took us to Down Hatherley in Gloucester.
A very slow journey down the M1 and M42, seemed to take forever. But, as always, we were met with a cheerful wave and smile from Jon when we arrived. This time his 2003 TF 135 was due its cambelt service, so a full service carried out for him. Along with replacement of the slave cylinder, as the seals had blown on it, due to the clutch-release-arm being a tad on the stiff side, new clutch fluid bled through, the old stuff being very dirty, release-arm eased off and clutch now working as it should.
His MGF was sitting quite low so the hydragas pumped up on that.
Lovely, as always, to see Jon and his Dad and have a chat with them before heading off to the next call.
This was in Hilmarton near Calne, for the minor service on Geoff’s 1995 MGF 1.8 mpi.
It was great to see Geoff again and his MGF, who we had first met, at our workshop, in September last year when he drove up to have the clutch replaced, while he visited some relatives in the area. Really lovely to meet his wife, Val, this time, who made us so welcome, with a tray of tea, Welsh cakes and banana cake to take away with us! So kind, I think it will definitely keep us sustained throughout this trip. So lovely to meet their very cute puss Kizzi too, who doesn’t mind if she has a little feature on our blog.
We now find ourselves in some beautifully appointed digs, for the next two nights, just outside of Chippenham.
Weather good, few spots of rain at Jon’s, but the sun made an appearance for the most part, after a very dismal and wet start this morning when we set off. – https://ift.tt/0VMJNU3
