A reluctant departure from such fantastic digs this morning, near Brackley, and headed over to Aspley Guise, east of Milton Keynes.
We were met with a very warm welcome from Phil for work on his wife, Liz’s 2001 MGF 1.8 mpi (in paint code CMU) that they’d owned from new.
Head gasket replacement and cambelt service carried out for them, along with new alternator belt and expansion tank cap, as theirs was one of the dodgy ones.
They has asked if we could look at the clutch because the pedal was getting lower and lower, but it was still engaging. On removing the cover under the bonnet, we found that the plate on to which the master cylinder attaches to was suffering from some serious corrosion, we’ve seen them looking a bit rusty before and we’ve cleaned them up and rust cured them etc. but this was so extensive that the master cylinder was out of alignment, so would, therefore, account for the problem at the pedal end.
We are in the process of sourcing a replacement mounting for them. Other than that it’s immaculate and has been Liz’s pride and joy. Good to meet her briefly, (her homemade flapjack was a winner). Lovely hospitality from Phil, great to meet him and have a good chat while we worked.
From there we headed along to Willington, near Bedford, for a hydragas pump up on another MGF 1.8 mpi of the same year and paint code as the one earlier.
Tony owned the car for 2 years and had a local garage carry out all of the essential things when he bought it. Another very good example, but again, when we removed the under bonnet cover the bracket on the clutch master cylinder was completely corroded, which he was a surprised about. So that’s another one that we will source and send down to him. He’s got a very ‘handy’ neighbour who will help him to fit, as it’s a bit of a fiddly job, plus you need an extra pair of hands to bleed the system, unless you’ve got an Easibleed to hand of course.
It was lovely to meet Tony, who also gave us a warm welcome with a tray of tea and biscuits on our arrival, and so good to have the chance for an interesting chat with him.
A hassle free run back home this afternoon after a really interesting few days work away, taking in Solihull, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Brackley, Aspley Guise and Willington. – https://ift.tt/AiSFXjx
