Day 2 of 4 – Monday – Milton Keynes & Baldock.
A departure from our fantastic digs in Leicester this morning and headed over to Milton Keynes to see what was occurring with James’s ‘97 MGF 1.8 mpi (in paint code COF).
We went armed with all the usual clutch paraphernalia to cover all bases, James had already fitted a new slave and master cylinder, but was still having problems as the clutch release-arm was still really stiff and it hadn’t been bled correctly. Arm duly freed off and system bled, resulting in a nice smooth clutch once again.
We didn’t get to meet James, unfortunately, as he was at work. Weather a bit on the grim side, but pleased to have him all sorted and we then continued on our way to Baldock for the next call.
Kathryn had recently experienced a problem, also, with the clutch on her ‘02 TF 135, she and Daniel had replaced the slave cylinder, bled the system, but the clutch was still disengaging.
On inspection this afternoon we found that the clutch release-arm was slightly sticking, everything ok with the slave and master cylinders, so we disconnected the slave from the release-arm and manually disengaged the clutch, this did allow the car to have a small amount of drive, but it was obviously either the drive plate or the pressure plate that has become faulty.
Fortunately, for Kathryn, we have just recently had a cancellation, due to, sadly, the car that was booked in with us had the utter misfortune of the cambelt snapping, not good at all and our sympathies are with the owner of course! As she has her own trailer and that it’s her daily drive, she will bring it up to us at the workshop to have the clutch replaced next week.
Now in our next digs of the trip, in Quy, on the outskirts of Cambridge. With a shorter than expected day I managed to fit in a walk along to Anglesey Abbey Gardens, a bit too late to visit the place properly, but the scenery was beautiful, despite the grotty wet weather to match my grotty cold.
Admin time, Star Trek on and tea ordered. Not many miles along the road for our first call in the morning… – https://ift.tt/c6JymW8
