Tuesday and just got back home after a couple of days away…
Our first call yesterday morning was in Balsall Common west of Coventry, where it was really great to meet Stuart for work on his ‘02 TF 135 (in JFV).
Cambelt, water pump, tensioner and alternator belt replaced. Stuart had kept up the regular servicing of the car. He also had a fab MGBGT in his garage that he uses as his daily driver, having bought it many years ago in a fairly ropey state and completely rebuilt the engine. What a gem, I would love one, and would use it as my daily too. Although Jon’s not convinced of my colour choice!
What an interesting morning chatting to Stuart.
We bid our farewells and headed over to Rubery, near Birmingham where it was lovely to meet John, who had bought a ‘02 TF 135 (in LEF) last year.
He’d had various things sorted on the car as it had been garaged for 4 years without doing many miles, one of which was the thermostat, but was still experiencing overheating and coolant loss. On pressure test it was evident that the thermostat was still leaking, when removed it had been fitted with oversized o-rings when not required, which had kinked on the way in when being fitted. All cleaned up and new o-rings fitted.
The expansion tank had bloated quite substantially, which would eventually have blown, so we replaced this with one on stock. A few other little niggles sorted for John and he can now look forward to enjoying his car in the warmer weather.
A stay over in Bosworth Hall, where we’d stayed many years ago. We inadvertently ended up spending the night in a suite, as the original room we booked, we found on entering, was occupied. Fortunately, all parties were spared potential embarrassment! No fuss from us the manager was more than happy to give us an upgrade, which was fantastic!
So with a commute of only a few miles along the road, from there, we went along to Carlton where it was good to meet Neil for work on his ‘02 TF 160 (in LEF) that he’d owned for 7 years. On taking the car in for the annual service at his local garage they had suspicions that the head gasket had gone.
With the cambelt service being over due we replaced both belts, water pump, tensioner and alternator belt and also the head gasket.
On removing the head it was evident that k-seal had been added, so we set about removing this evil stuff and cleaning everything out, including the expansion tank that was thick with it all.
All back up and running smoothly for Neil to enjoy once more.
Some really fab cars and great people, with a good run back home, ready to head over to Lincoln in the morning for a few things. – https://ift.tt/C8Y5wxB
