What a really fab Friday, to round off the week…
This morning we were back in Gosberton, where it was lovely to see Rodge and Dave again.
Cambelt service carried out on Rodge’s LE 500 (393 of 500) in 110. Mike Satur bell crank fitted too.
Resister pack fitted to his Trophy (in CMU).
Dave’s TF 135 (in HFN) had recently suffered a blown hose and when it came to replacing it, he noticed that the coolant pipes were very corroded, so had sourced some replacement ones and asked us to fit. Couple of awkward bolts, but everything bled through nicely and all sorted for him ready for a top down drive home in the sun.
Good natter throughout the day and we were very spoilt with cakes, scones, chocolates and a many cuppas. Baking hot weather thrown in too ☀️
Yesterday, Thursday, found us back in Halifax, as Jade was convinced the head gasket had gone again on her TF 115 (in JGY) that we had fitted in May of last year. The expansion tank cap found to be faulty and not holding any pressure at all, but as it was still under warranty we replaced the head gasket again anyway, just to be 100% sure. All found to be sound in that respect. There are a couple of further issues with the car that do need sorted for preventative maintenance, that we have highlighted. Shame not to see Jade this time as she was at work.
Wednesday was spent working on Don’s MGF at the workshop. We picked the car back up on Sunday as planned. We had the car in with us for quite a bit of work, in January, and avid readers of our blog will remember that we weren’t too happy about the head that Don had supplied, as it had been sat for quite some time, but the decision was made to go with it. But, unfortunately, long story short, as we had suspected the stem seals had evidently perished, which is common when a head has been stored for too long.
We did remove all the pistons again to check that there were no issues with the new rings etc, but all were found to be good.
So we refitted with one of our heads, swapping over the cams and all ancillaries. All back up and running lovely again. Having a bit of time on our side, we delivered the car back to Don in Trowell.
Don will continue with the restoration of what will be a really fab car, once he’s finished with it. We look forward to the progress reports and the final result.
Tuesday was spent carrying on with the work on Grahams TF 135, the list is now almost complete. MOT carried out, and now we’re just waiting for the rear window to come back from Ireland. Post to follow when all done and ready for collection.
Busy and really productive week, with so many interesting projects going on, with the people and their enthusiasm to keep these cars on the road, not just as a necessity, but a passion too.
Have a great weekend everyone. Weather forecast is looking good so hope you can get out and about and have some fun in the sun 🌞 – https://ift.tt/sYrEaAC
