North East – Day 2 of 3 – Backworth & Washington…
A very short commute this morning just around the corner to see David and his fairly recent acquisition of a TF 135, which we used to look after when it belonged to Steve, good to see it again in its new home. We last saw David 6 years ago for work on his previous TF. He’s certainly got himself a good one here.
David had noticed that the door locks were emitting a machine gun like noise and a very loud buzzing sound so asked if we could fit him in on our next visit to the area.
We had taken along with us a couple of door-locking mechanisms (thanks to Phil Bell for providing these) so these were both fitted for David and the problem is now resolved. Lovely to see him again and have a chat. Thankfully, he had a garage for us to work in as it was a bit dismal this morning.
From there we journeyed on to Washington, where it was lovely to meet John and his wife Linda, who had asked if we could call round when next in the area to give the car a check over for a very minor coolant leak on his ‘02 TF 135 in paint code CMU.
On running all of our usual checks found a minor weep from the front of the cylinder head. Plus the thermostat housing proved to be leaking also on pressure testing. Date arranged to return to replace these, plus carry out a full cambelt service and a few other things.
The car certainly has some very nice stable mates. We look forward to our return to get everything sorted for John.
We’re now in our next lot of digs, not too far along the road from that there Angel of the North. I had a bit of a dark and soggy walk along to see her. – https://ift.tt/Pe4LprE
