Day 2 of 10 – South West – Oakhill near Radstock…
A long and very productive day spent working on Neill’s 2004 TF 160 in paint code IAI, which is of course Celestial Blue, there were 11 160’s originally built in this monogram colour, of which there are 7 left.
Neill had bought the car from a dealer at a bargain price and wanted to get it back up to spec and on the road again, as it had been stood for a very long time, ever since it was thought that the clutch had failed. The cambelt hadn’t been replaced in 12 years and it was in need of a bit of attention.
So today we carried out a full cambelt service, alternator belt, free off of the clutch-release arm, replacement of the clutch slave-cylinder, brakes all cleaned up and calipers freed off, heater resistor-pack replaced, bonnet release removed, repaired and refitted, BCU refitted, centre console dial surrounds replaced and ‘Celeste’ is now good to go!
The car had been kindly stored by Neill’s sister, Helene, at her house in Oakhill, really lovely to meet her and have her company today, with big thanks too for the many cuppas and offers of lunch, so appreciated by us both. It was great to see Neill again too, who we had last seen the year before for work on his TF 135.
A run back through some beautiful villages and we got back to our digs a short while ago, admin then duly cracked on with. Bit of a chilly day for the time of year, but at least the rain held off. – https://ift.tt/9h6LeNT
