Back at it today, after our shorter than planned break, and an enjoyable one in the north east…
Jarrow was the first stop and great to see George again for investigation of an exhaust blow and fuel smell in the cab on his fab looking modified TF 160. Exhaust manifold gasket was past it, so a new one fitted. The front 3 engine cover bolts were all missing, so these were replaced, which all in all will resolve the stinky fuel smell in the cabin, sounds a lot smoother too now.
We then headed over to Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, for replacement hydragas spheres on Terry’s Trophy 160. Terry had been experiencing a bit of an uncomfortable ride in the car for some time and after a few hydragas top-ups, decided that the time had come to replace all 4 spheres. All done without any problems.
Susan had dropped her TF 160 at Terry’s as she had noticed that the coolant temperature gauge wasn’t working. This was found to be a broken wire to the sensor, so this was duly repaired and then heat shielded, gauge now working again. Shame not to see Susan as she was at work.
Really good to see Ian today too who came over to say hello, in his always great looking TF 135, and have a catch-up.
Big thank you to Kate for her hospitality today, lots of nibbles, lunch, cakes and a cracking cuppa!
We then headed a few more miles up the road, to Blyth, to fit the new hood on Les’s TF 135. This had been professionally replaced, a couple of months ago, by Jeff at our workshop, which included all the tabs for the full tonneau cover. It looks so good on this already very well cared for car.
Good to see Les and Pam as always and have a catch-up, albeit brief, as we then headed further north to our digs in Beadnell.
Bit of a change in our plans, we were supposed to be on holiday, but we had an amazing break in the Yorkshire Dales last week with a call on the way on Monday in Skipton on Andy’s lovely MGF in Old English White, that needed some back lights wiring in and the clips on the underfloor pipes tightening up. Unfortunately, my pics have gone off my phone for this one, it looked really good with the hard-top on, a heritage one, in what looked like Volcano, but it was lashing it down at the time anyway.
Had a brilliant few days away, in a remote location to recharge the batteries. ☺️⛰ – https://ift.tt/363HZbI
