Workshop days…
Rich came over from York on Sunday (aka Pendas Lad) and left his ‘03 TF 135 in paint code HFF with us for underfloor treatment. So we got cracking with that on Tuesday morning (yesterday), not in bad shape at all underneath, but always a good and timely bit of maintenance to have carried out.
The underfloor coolant pipes were looking a tad ropey, so on checking with Rich we replaced these. He’d also noticed a strange rattle coming from the rear of the car, this, we discovered, was due to the fact the bolt that holds the alternator in was missing, new bolt duly fitted and rattle silenced.
He’d also noticed that the EML was flickering on the way over, on code reading it was code 1316 – misfire causing emissions, however no reason was found for it and once it was cleared it stayed off.
Car all sorted ready for collection on Friday.
Fiona had got in touch regarding her son Joe’s ‘05 TF 135, as the engine management light was coming on, as they were fairly local in Pocklington they popped over for us to investigate. Found to be the Lambda sensor that was faulty, so new one fitted and problem sorted. Lovely to meet them both and have a chat.
Great to see Chris again, who was working in the area, his TF 115 was still suffering from a squealing alternator belt, so some belt dressing was applied, which will hopefully solve this annoying problem for him! Nice to have a chat and a cuppa with him anyway, before he headed back over to Wirral, plus he came armed with a couple of boxes of biscuits. Thanks Chris!
Tom from Skipton was booked in for alternator belt fit, but he’s postponed for now.
Phil was supposed to be coming over from Knottingley in his ‘05
TF (that we’d last seen 2 years ago) for pre-MoT check and MoT, but had to cancel last minute, due to having discovered a large hole in the sill that would have been a fail straight away, so I believe he’s asked someone to step in and fit a repair panel.
Still it was a busy and productive couple of days despite that, it should have actually been a couple of days off in lieu of working the weekend and having a busy away-time, but who needs time off anyway!
Van duly stocked up and packed with the necessary parts in preparation of heading back on road again in the morning. – https://ift.tt/Plc8GqA
