SNAP!
Our first call of the day was over in Horsforth for work on Gerald’s year 2000 MGF 1.8 in Wedgewood (paint code JBH). Another soggy day, we managed to squeeze into the end of the garage for some shelter.
Cambelt, water pump, tensioner and alternator belt all replaced. Both front arm pin-bushes greased up, and the track-rod-end on the nearside front replaced, as he had been told by the local garage at the time of the MOT that there was some play on both sides. Still a little bit of play on nearside, we have advised that he should have the steering control-arm replaced at his local garage, where they can carry out four-wheel computer alignment.
Good to see Gerald as always, who does make a proper brew!
From there we headed over to just west of Leeds to check out a slight coolant loss on Jack’s year 2000 MGF 1.8 in Wedgewood. From his description, we thought it could be the heater control valve that was weeping, (thanks to Mr B and Elf for supplying), but on investigation we think it could be either be the heater matrix, or the internal heater pipes that are the causing the problem. Either way it’s a workshop job, so Jack will bring the car over to us at some point for us to sort, although he says he’s not in a hurry as has lived with it for long enough now.
It was good to see Jack again, thanks to him for the homemade biscuits and the brew. The hydragas was topped up, as the car was sitting quite low and was struggling with all the speed-bumps, then we were on our way back home. ☔️ – https://ift.tt/CSk90ds
