Brrr chilly start this morning -5.5 🧊
But we were pleased to see the sun out and it had warmed up a bit when we arrived at Bramley near Rotherham, where it was really lovely to meet Steven, who had fairly recently bought himself a 2004 TF 160 (in paint code JFM). He’d fancied owning one, having previously owned two MGFs in the past, so spent a bit of time searching for the right one.
He’s done a load of work to the car, with a new Daytona with the quad tail finishers, a set of roll-hoops, he had a tonneau cover made to match the interior and many other things to get it up to the spec he wants. It’s certainly another cracking example, he’s got himself a good one.
The car had been regularly serviced and cared for by the previous owner, but he couldn’t see any record of the head gasket ever having been replaced. On our inspection today we found there was the tell-tale tab sticking out between the cylinder-head and the block, so it has been done in the past and fitted with an MLS. The car wasn’t showing any symptoms and was running like a dream so it was decided to leave as it is, Steven was more than happy with the ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ opinion. We gave the car a good look over as he’d asked, plus we ran our diagnostics, on which nothing untoward came up.
Date arranged for the spring next year to carry out a brake upgrade and the minor service.
From there we headed over to Conisbrough to check out what was happening with the clutch on Mark’s 2003 TF 1.6. As we suspected the slave-cylinder had blown, so this was replaced and the grotty old black clutch-fluid bled through with fresh. Mark took it for a quick spin and was pleased to have his clutch fully working again.
Great to see Mark as always and have a quick chat, thanks to him for Jon’s huge bacon butty and for the offer of some rather dubious vegan bacon for me, I politely declined his kind offer, Mark wasn’t at all surprised or offended! 😆
Bit of a shorter day than expected, which was nice, plus a cheaper one for Steven, who’s put a really nice post on our page, following our visit. I was lucky to take advantage of a beautiful sunset walk home.
Not sure what the forecast is tomorrow, but at least we know we have a very big shed to work in. – https://ift.tt/SixEpA9
