Out on the road today, but only fairly local heading to Harrogate first.
The gear cable linkage had collapsed on the rear so this was replaced with a new one, plus a new gaitor, as this one had also crumbled. All gears selecting nicely, particularly reverse which was the main issue. A new key fob also programmed as Karen had only the one for some time and just wanted another one as back-up, which is always a good idea for her fab MGF in Wedgewood, that she’s owned from new. Lovely to meet Richard this morning and have a chat.
We then went back over to see John’s TF 135, that on our last visit, discovered that the coolant temperature sensor was dodgy, so this was replaced. Plus John had bought himself a remote battery isolater, and asked if we could fit it whilst there. They’re such a good idea, not just to preserve the battery, but also for security.
From there we went further north to Sowerby where it was great to meet David who had asked us to call in when next in the area to give his sons TF 135 (in PBT) a check over.
David’s son Will has done a huge amount of work on the car, that he had bought fairly cheep with the intention of doing up, good experience for him as is now away at Uni studying mechanical engineering. He had replaced the clutch, the flywheel with a lightened one, the head gasket, and so many other upgrades and mods, too many to list, absolute kudos to Will, with no expense spared! Frustratingly for him though, after all that, the car decided to lose some coolant and he couldn’t find any obvious cause. He was about to give up on it, when his Dad stepped in, having owned an F in the past and being a big fan of British cars he didn’t want to see all of his sons efforts go to waste.
This afternoon we carried out all of our usual checks and it was found to be down the head gasket not having taken properly. There are a number of reasons why, and sometimes not always obvious straight away, but it’s nothing that can’t be sorted and Will can then take his car back to Uni with him as was his intention.
We’re so pleased David got in touch, a date now to be arranged in our crazy diary to get over and sort.
So much going on at the workshop at the moment, it’s a little bit on the chocker side. Heads down and crack on as we always do!
Glad the weather improved from when we set off from a rainy start this morning. Fab rainbow though! – https://ift.tt/atCl57A
