Friday found us back up in the north east again, for the annual service on Alan’s LE 500, in Cramlington for the first call, great to see him as always and have a chat and a cuppa before heading over to Blyth, where it was great to see Tony again and to see his ‘03 TF 135 in MBB, for the first time, that had developed a coolant loss, suspected to be from the thermostat, sure enough on pressure test this was found to be the case, so we swapped this out for him. With a nice early finish we headed back to Hull and enjoyed a full weekend off! Well not so much enjoyed by Jon has he’s under the weather with a touch of man-flu and toothache, not good. 🤒
Monday morning saw us up very early, but not so bright, to head down to Whittington, near Worcester.
It was an enjoyable day, however, with unexpected fabulous weather and Mike’s lovely company, for work on his LE 500 (number 498) in paint code 106.
Full cambelt service carried out, alternator belt, gearbox oil change, discs and pads all round. Plus Mike had treated the car to new alloys, centre caps and wheel nuts, which do look extremely smart.
We then headed over to Tiddington, near Stratford-upon-Avon for the night. I managed to fit in an evening walk into the town centre, which is a lovely place to visit, wasn’t too busy then either. Bought the requisite fridge magnet and took a pic of Bill’s old pad.
We departed from our fab digs this morning to head on over to Leamington Spa, where it was great to meet Matthew and his GTM Spyder 1.8.
Full cambelt service carried out for him on this fab little car, that he had finally taken ownership of, having fancied one for quite some time.
Next up will be a remap etc, and we’ll be back at some point to fit new calipers and discs etc.
Next stop of the day was over to Wigston, near Leicester for a minor service, which was initially booked in on Paul’s MGF VVC, but before we got there he had suspected that the proverbial had occurred and on inspection found to be the case, so a date sourced for us to return to get this sorted for him, plus replace the engine bay coolant pipes with stainless ones whilst the head is off.
Lovely to see Paul, as always, and have a catch-up and a cuppa along with some homemade cake before wending our way back home. – https://ift.tt/mjE7KrG
