Today was day 11 and the final day of this latest ‘tour’ of the south and south west…
After leaving some really fantastic digs this morning we headed over to Carterton, Oxfordshire for work on Deans 2004 TF 135 (in LEF). We went with quite a list of things to do, but when we got there he had changed his mind about a couple of things and resolved others. Not complaining of course, though it’s usually the other way round.
Cambelt, water pump, tensioner, plugs, all filters replaced and alternator belt. Couple of other bits sorted. All went nice and smoothly and ready for him to do the NC 500 next month.
Rather ironically our first call of this epic trip was to see Richard in Hereford for preemptive head gasket, amongst other things. He contacted us a couple of days ago to say that after just over 300 miles there was signs of coolant loss on the garage floor, but no over heating. So we arranged to call back over on way home to see what was occurring. We discovered that there was a minor leak from the back of the block, this may have been caused by a piece of dirt being dislodged when the head was going back on and got trapped between the head and the gasket. Cylinder head was removed and fresh gasket put in place. Then put under pressure to make sure it was anything to do with the block surface or the cylinder head. All back up and running nicely again. Thank you Richard for the cuppa and cakes, nice to see you again!
Really good weather today too 🌞
Now we’re heading back home, it will be good to see the cat and see what she’s been up to and sleep in our own bed. 10 nights and 7 different hotels and guest houses, which have all been excellent, not one grotty one this time! – https://ift.tt/SwXJBLc
