We reluctantly departed our fab digs near Lifton yesterday morning and said goodbye to the ducks.…
We journeyed over to Wootton Courtenay, where it was great to meet Terry for work on his Trophy (in FAR). He had bought the car 18 months ago, and was experiencing some coolant loss and over heating, having owned 2 other MGs in the past he was aware of the pitfalls and suspected the head gasket had gone.
Head gasket replacement carried out, the one that was on was an MLS made by BGA, the heat activated bonding agent on this brand of gasket tends not to stick, this is evident when removed as it is often still totally black and hasn’t done what it should.
There were a few other niggles that we put back as they were meant to be. Car fired up and running again, with very quiet VVC mechs much to Terry’s delight, he can get out and about in ‘happy’ again!
From there we went over to Hemyock near Cullompton, where it was lovely to meet James, who had got in touch as he had been left this very nice TF in the will of a friend. The car started out as a 135, but his friend had had it converted to a 160.
James obviously wants to do his best for the car and keep on top of the servicing etc. This afternoon we replaced the cambelt, water pump, tensioner and alternator belt.
He had noticed an intermittent drop in coolant, only when the car had been on a run. We found that the heater control valve was the culprit, so this was replaced with one off the van.
We had a chat about some of the issues to look out for and advise on various things he had questions about.
An enjoyable day meeting Terry and James in beautiful locations and some good weather thrown in too.
Back just in time for tea and to see the sunset, over Blue Anchor Bay, for our last night on this trip. A bit tired, but nonetheless a good trip with great people and their cracking cars.
Tried posting this last night, but there was zero signal where we were and the WiFi wasn’t playing. On the long trek back now currently on the M5. 🙂 – https://ift.tt/tmqfJpv
