A local ish and a bit of a long one today…
Our first call was in Wales, near Sheffield for work on Lee’s TF 160 in HFF, with a green soft top, that they had bought about 18 months ago.
Head gasket replacement carried out including the cambelt service and also replacement of the thermostat and housing. Quite a few incorrect and also essential missing bolts and nuts replaced!All parts were cleaned up of all the thick mayo, so it all took a lot longer to do along with the horrible weather, it absolutely tipped it down and was so cold. But, eventually everything was put back together resulting in a nice smooth running engine.
Big thanks to Lee’s lovely wife Janet for a constant stream of warming mugs of tea, very much appreciated 🥶 Great to meet everyone. The rain finally abated right at the end which was handy for drying out the gazebo.
From there we went over to Barnsley for the minor service on Lilian’s TF 135 in HFF, also complete with a green soft-top, that she’s owned for many years and has enjoyed trips over to France in. We had replaced the head gasket and carried out the cambelt service on the car last year so it was nice to see her again and have a quick catch-up.
Eventually we made it over to Scunthorpe to check out a couple of things on a TF 135 in IAC belonging to Geoff, whom it was good to finally meet, having been unable to fit him in last year for clutch replacement. He’s been the proud owner for a couple of years, but only had one key fob. The central locking relays have been playing up, so the BCU was removed for him to send to Technozen for him to carry out his amazing wizardry. We, however, programmed a new fob for him today. He asked if we could check the car over for any other potential issues, the only thing found was a very corroded subframe mount, so a date booked in at the workshop for this to be replaced and have the MOT done on site at the same time ahead of its due date.
A long day and a late finish, but we got everything done that we set out to do, which is all that matters!
Have a great weekend everyone, hope the weather improves for some top down fun. – https://ift.tt/2K0yAgT
