North East – Day 1 – Tuesday 7th May
An early start this morning to head up to North Shields, where it was lovely to meet Dave properly, we’d briefly met him on one of our previous trips when he was then in search for a TF.
He found himself this one from near Hexham, a 2003 TF 135, in paint code JFV, with a very low mileage but no service history.
Today we carried out head gasket replacement along with cambelt, water pump, tensioner, alternator belt, spark plugs, fuel filter, air filter, oil and oil filter so all good to go for Dave to enjoy throughout the summer months. On our next visit we’ll replace the underfloor coolant pipes. Big thanks to Dave for his supply of cuppas, bacon butties and biscuits.
The car was a real pleasure to work on with only one casing bolt needing replacing, great to chat with Dave while we worked, he should have a cracking time enjoying runs out with the MG Northumbria Club.
From there we headed over to Gateshead, where it was lovely as always to see Rachael and Tony. Their 2004 TF 160 ‘Katy’ in Nightfire Red was newly back from having a bit of a pampering in the form of a new soft-top and ceramic coating.
Today we replaced one of the boot hinges, the reverse light switch, Piper Cross panel air filter and some new Lexus rear lights, so she really is looking proper posh and all ready for her outings this summer, the first one of which is to Scotland next week with some of the MG Northumbria Club’s members.
Big thanks to Rachael for the bulging bag of wonderful treats, how lovely! We shall enjoy some of those in our digs this evening. Thanks too for butties and cuppas.
Great first day of our trip, complete with welcome clement weather too. – https://ift.tt/BnLhmaP
