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Fab to see Clare today in Northwich for work on her lovely ‘Cilla’.

Head gasket and cambelt service done on her Stepspeed in Celestial Blue. A very minor head gasket leak, only causing over heating after about 20 miles. All sorted and up and running nicely again.

Great to catch-up with you Clare, thanks for the cuppas! Hopefully we will get the campers out together soon!

Back to the workshop now to restock ready for a few days work in London and surrounding area.

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A round trip to Norfolk today…

We returned the steppy we had in for drive plate replacement to Jon in Trimingham.

After fitting the new drive plate supplied by Jon from Brown & Gammons, we fired up the car and noticed the noises described before were still evident. After a while they quietened off. After test driving they virtually disappeared. We warned Jon that there was other issues going on, that weren’t drive plate related. It turns out that gearbox itself wasn’t in the best of health. The gearbox dif has collapsed locking it to unequal drive on both wheels. The next step for us and unfortunately for Jon is to replace with a new gear box.

As we were local we also went over to see Hugh in Swanton Abbott, whose MGF 143 VVC had overheated, so we replaced the thermostat, then after all tests car up and running nicely again.

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Leeds this morning for head gasket and cambelt service…

Georgia had rang us a few weeks ago saying her Stepspeed, also her daily car was in need of some tlc, plus she had no service history whatsoever when she bought the car. Few other things sorted to get it back to rights. Date to be arranged to return for the CVT oil change as the oil is on back order at the moment from Rimmers.

Thanks for the cuppa Georgia, see you again soon!

Swap over from The Beast to the Trusty Steed, restock and reorder just about everything this afternoon!

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Lands End to John O’Groats!

Back home after a successful and enjoyable week working in Devon and Cornwall.

Thought we would make the journey to Lands End once we’d finished at Nicks yesterday. It’s some years ago we were working a little bit further north than John O’Groats at Dunnet Point, great photo opportunities.

So we’ve done the full length of the country now and everywhere in between! 😃 🛠

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After many months of waiting we finally got to see Nick in Upton Cross, near Plymouth today for work on his MGF.

Head gasket and cambelt service carried out.

When we removed the head we found that the timing was out by 4 teeth in the crank pulley. If it’s out by 5 teeth in the crank pulley you start to bend valves, so Nick had a very lucky escape.

Unfortunately, at some point in the cars life k-seal has been added. Absolutely awful stuff and all the way through the system. Prior to carrying out any work Nick had told us of a leak from under the car, after investigation it was found to be coming from the underfloor pipes. So these were also replaced. When running the car up to temperature, it was still not behaving as it should so we replaced the thermostat and all found to be good. Few other things sorted to get the car almost ready for its MOT.

Really great to meet Nick, and have a chat.

Thanks for all the cuppas!! Will post a sticker when I finally get them ordered again!

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What an amazing location for work this morning at Haytor…

Really good day and lovely to meet Roger, whose beautiful MGF in Nightfire had suffered from head gasket failure. Head gasket and cambelt service carried out. The car hadnt run for some time, so we went armed with a new battery as his was dead. Discovered he had no clutch too, so the slave cylinder was replaced. The car also has a matching Heritage hard top. Great to get the car back up to rights again and for Roger to enjoy these amazing roads. Great weather and a cracking brew!

Got finished in good time so I had a climb up to the rock and got over my fear of heights and climbed to the top, jelly legs coming down! Whilst Jon had a snooze in the camper.

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We went over to Brixham this morning for work on an MGF 143 VVC for what was originally booked in for head gasket and cambelt service. The owner decided he only wanted the head gasket replacement as the car is going up for sale. Few other bits done to get the car to rights.

As we had an earlier finish than expected we went back over to Bradford-on-Tone to do the head gasket and cambelt service on Mark’s TF135. So thoughtful of him he had left us a flask of tea! For good measure we replaced the thermostat too.

Just as we were finishing Mark returned from work, so we enjoyed a good chat and a cuppa. Great to see you again, really enjoyed your company.

On our way back to the campsite we called in to the local supermarket for our provisions and spotted a chap under the bonnet of his ZR having a head scratching moment, as he couldn’t locate the solenoid wire, so Jon popped over and got him sorted! It’s what we do!

Just as a footnote from our website…

“Our normal practise is to take one booking per day in order to give you and your car our full attention. However we do appreciate travel costs can be costly and so can take group bookings, spread over the several days with overnight stays, in order for the travel and mileage costs to be shared amongst several owners.”

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