A busy, but productive and enjoyable day in the north east today…
Our first call was to High Felling, where it was lovely to see Rachael and Tony again for work on their TF 160 (in paint code CBT) ‘Katy’.
Cambelts, water pump, tensioner and alternator belt all replaced. The drivers side window had started to become a a bit slow and clunky to go back up. So a new motor was fitted and all the runners greased up, window now glides up and down with ease. So that’s Katy all sorted and tucked back up again.
Gary and Liam cam over from Billingham in their TF 135 (that we affectionately nic named Madam!) The heater control valve that we replaced last year was leaking again. Gary had sourced another one from DMGRS so we fitted this one for them, hopefully this one will last a bit longer. Great to see them both again.
Huge thanks to Rachael for her, as always, friendly and welcoming hospitality, not to mention the bag of gifts we left with! Felt like Christmas. We shall look forward to seeing what’s in there when we get home tonight.
After bidding our farewells to Rachael, Gary and Liam we headed up to Cramlington.
Great to see Alan again whose LE 500 was due it’s annual service. Plugs, filters and oil all changed.
Alan had noticed that the oil temperature gauge wasn’t working, so we swapped out the oil temperature sensor, although the ECU could read it the gauge still wasn’t registering. We then checked the power supply to the gauge which was all good, so it is due to a faulty gauge. One to be sourced and refitted.
He had also been having difficulty in getting 1st, 3rd and 5th gears, as the system operates in reverse we needed to lengthen the cable by an 8th of an inch, which has sorted that out for him. Really nice to have a cuppa and a catch-up.
We then headed a couple of miles along the road, where it was good to meet Andrew who was in the process of replacing the head gasket and cambelt among other things on his fab TF 135 (in Trophy Blue) that he had bought during lockdown. Having enjoyed many miles in it, the head gasket went so he set about the work as a bit of a project. Really nice to meet him and have a chat. We look forward to seeing the finished result.
After a very soggy start, and having to deploy the gazebo, the rain eventually disappeared after a couple of hours, and we had sun for the rest of the day. Now heading back home down the A1 with lots of snacks to munch on on the way. – https://ift.tt/1XdDSet
