First away trip of 2024 – North East – Day 4 – Washington…
When we were last in the area, in December, John asked if we could pop over and check out a coolant loss on his ‘02 TF 135, aircon model, in paint code CMU that he’s owned for the last 6 years. On pressure testing the system, we had found a weep coming out of the front of the block. So a date was arranged to return today.
Head gasket and all other gaskets replaced, cambelt, water pump, tensioner, alternator belt, spark plugs and filters replaced too, along with a new thermostat and thermostat housing.
Only one pesky bolt on the thermostat housing to the block decided it wanted to shear off, remaining part of it removed with the brilliant Irwin screw removers, absolute genius piece of kit.
Apart from that, everything else behaved and the car all put back together and running well, with a nice smooth sounding engine.
Great to see John again, with big thanks to him for the cuppas and offers of food. An enjoyable day in his company, with the advantage of a garage to work in to keep us out of the drizzle, a garage which also houses some very nice company! Didn’t get a pic of the Stag, silly me.
One of which, was his beautiful MGA that was having a problem starting, so asked if Jon could take a look and see if he could find the cause, which subsequently was thought to be down to a weak starter-motor.
Our last night in our digs tonight ahead of our final job of this trip, in Carlton, in the morning. – https://ift.tt/q5FHuJN
