Our last job of the week was up in Hartlepool, yesterday, for work on Andrew’s ‘03 TF 160 (originally in paint code LEF).
As Andrew used to paint cars for a living he transformed the look of this car with a ‘Renault red’. We had previously seen a photo when he’d popped it on our Facebook page, but it looks absolutely amazing in the flesh, a really stunning finish to it.
He’d got in touch a few months ago as he’d noticed that it was showing signs of the head gasket having gone. The cambelt service was also due, so this was carried out for him along with replacing the head gasket.
While we were there he asked if we could fit the Toyo exhaust manifold and flexi section that he’d had sat in the garage for a while. Originally meant for an MGF the Lambda sensor fitting had to be adapted to make it fit.
On firing up we found we only got decent heat to the heaters on a few revs, and also the coolant temperature wasn’t going up or down as it should. This was all caused by a blocked oil-cooler, restricting the flow to the back of the thermostat. Bypass put in place and car running up to temperature as it should.
Andrew also asked us to fit a replacement alternator on his wife’s ‘04 MG TF 115 (in paint code CBT) as that had been out of action for a while too.
Happily, both cars back up and running again for them.
A long, but really good, day meeting and chatting to Andrew, while we worked, who provided us with a welcome flow of tea!
A good way to round off a busy week, now time to enjoy a couple of days off, I wonder where that will take us. 😄 – https://ift.tt/pkVncfT
