Day 6 of 10 (11) – South West – Walford, near Ross-on-Wye…
Not too far a journey this morning from our digs in Monmouth over to Walford for work on Philip’s new acquisition, a 2002 TF 135, in paint code HFF. His other TF 135, that we’d worked on over the past few years, had finally come to the end of its days. It’s been a real workhorse for Philip, but now he needs another one to take its place. He certainly knows how to fill a boot space! Plus it just shows how versatile these fab little cars are.
Full cambelt service carried out as the history was a bit sketchy. We transferred over the underfloor stainless pipes, as the ones on the new car were the originals, the exhaust flexi-section was transferred over, he did want to transfer the back-box too, but the one on the new one was in better condition, plus it had the original CAT. Philip had swapped out the brakes, but the front ones were squealing. So these were sorted out for him too.
On firing the car up it was running a little bit lumpy. On P-scan it was found to be due to a faulty cam-sensor. So this was swapped out with a good secondhand one that we had with us, and car now running as it should.
It was lovely as always to see Philip, and have a chat while we worked. Big thanks to him for the constant stream of welcome cuppas and homemade shortbread, very nice.
We’re now in Exeter at our new digs for the night, not a bad run down. I took myself off for a couple of hours this evening around some lovely green space, through the Riverside Valley Park, and along the River Exe as the weather made a change for the better. Really nice spot.
Not too far a commute in the morning for a busy Sunday ahead. – https://ift.tt/dHUl8oS
