Back up in the north east today, with our first call over to Cramlington, where it was lovely to meet Arthur and Liz for work on Liz’s very nice, low mileage TF 135 in JFV that they bought from Blackpool a couple of years ago.
They enjoy going along to shows together with Liz in the TF, and Arthur in his Lotus Elan, that he’s owned for many years, so they were really happy to have it back up and running again after the head gasket had failed back in March.
The cambelt hadn’t been changed since 2017, so today we replaced the head gasket, and carried out the cambelt service.
Once the engine was fired up, it was found that the right-hand side exhaust control valve was stuck in the closed position. This was disconnected, then forcibly opened. Albeit we managed to get it open, we didn’t think it would manage to open and close on its own, therefore it was left in the open position. This will prevent restricted airflow, as all the gases would have gone through just one exhaust tail pipe.
From there we headed up to North Broomhill where it was great to see Kevin again for minor service on his MGF Trophy, which is painted in Trophy yellow, but with an added metaflake when Kevin had it resprayed. New front reflector fitted too. A good chat with Kevin and fusses with his gorgeous dog Monte.
Baking hot day (not complaining) with lovely company. Now on the A1 heading home with not much further to go. We’re back up there tomorrow with a few ‘squeeze ins’. Should have been prepping for the South Wales and Cornwall trip next week, but we can do that on Sunday. 😀 – https://ift.tt/015ZxDl
