A busy weekend, we headed over to Chesterfield this morning as Stephen’s TF 160 had been recovered home a couple of weeks and left on the busy road outside his house, so asked if we could come over and see what the problem was and get the car onto the drive. We went over armed with starter motor and an alternator. Turns out the spade connector on the starter motor solenoid had become corroded and therefore not making a connection. Jump pack on and got the car moving. Connector cleaned up, tightened up and copper greased and and now starts first turn of the key. While we were there we carried out the minor service. Good to see Stephen again who made us a cracking brew and bacon buttie. Pleased we’ve got his car sorted for him.
We then went over to Wirksworth where it was lovely to see Pam and Tony again whose TF 135 had developed a problem with the clutch. The car hadn’t been used very much at all over the past year so the clutch release arm had seized up. Fortunately, the slave cylinder hadn’t gone too. So a good one a half to two hours later the arm was lovely and free again. When easing off the clutch arm there’s no point in just doing it for only 20-30 minutes when it starts to feel a little easier as it will just seize up again. We have a combination of lubricants that we apply which does the trick. When replacing a full clutch we would take the arm out fully and clean it up, unless it was replaced with one of the uprated ones with a grease nipple. Pleased to have got them mobile again and good to catch-up with a brew.
Bit of a slight change to our plans yesterday, we headed over to the workshop bright and early to get everything finished on Mick’s MGF. The gear cable end had disintegrated so new end and gaitor fitted. There was quite a lot of play on the clutch pedal and when we removed the clevis pin, found that it was a bit on the worn side! New clevis pin fitted and the clutch now feels really good. The drive shaft oil seals that we had been monitoring were still weeping so both of these were replaced. Front bumper back on, wheel arch liners back in, realigned the steering wheel and underseal done. Pleased to have got her all finished and ready for Mick to come over and collect on Tuesday.
So a productive weekend, a shame we missed FRL this year, but needs must. Looks like it was a good turnout and some great pics of the event. We look forward to finding out who won our auction donation of a cambelt service. – https://ift.tt/bwmP2z0
