We returned to Acomb this morning to get everything sorted for Colin and his ‘02 TF in IAR, (that was originally a steppy in its former life with the previous owner, who had converted it to a manual).
We had initially visited a month ago for what was booked in for a straight-forward head gasket replacement. But, as of blog of 13th Feb this wasn’t to be the case, unfortunately so, for Colin.
Once we had the head back at the workshop we swapped it out for a refurbed head. The inlet-manifold was damaged so we replaced this with one on stock and Jon set about fettling all the dubious wiring and fitting new casings over it all.
Cylinder head replaced today, along with putting right many missing or incorrect bolts, fasteners and clips. Including tapping out and heli-coiling damaged threads. Good to have it all back to rights and running again.
Colin can enjoy his car again, that he’s owned now for 10 years, with many trips away, including one to Italy, amongst others. He and his wife plan to drive over to the south of France this summer.
Great to see Colin again, who was a lovely host, with lots of tea, biscuits and cake! Plus he surprised us with a box of Chocs and an Easter Egg, so kind of him, they will go down well!
It was lovely to have fusses with their dog Kelso and fab puss called Bruce.
A good run up this morning and a smooth run back home, with decent weather all morning too. – https://ift.tt/EUg8NzM
