Polmont & Bellshill…
Day 4 of 7 – Latest Tour North.
A departure from our digs in Dunfermline this morning to head over to Polmont, near Falkirk, for work on Stuart’s ‘03 TF 135 in paint code LEF, that he had bought earlier in the year.
This morning we carried out full cambelt service for him. We did have to resort to Plan B as the engine mount bolts didn’t want to come undone. On our initial inspection of the car we noticed that the coolant was low in the tank, and a lot of staining underneath the thermostat housing. So we pressure tested the system and the leak was found to be coming from a split in the outlet hose from the block. Fortunately, for Stuart, it wasn’t the latter. New hose from our stock fitted and she’s all good to go for him.
What a pleasure it was to meet Stuart, at last, and have lots of great chats while we worked. Not to mention a very constant flow of a cracking brew, along with a supply of Tunnock’s! Lovely to meet his wife Fee and their lovely cats Chloe and Charlie.
We bid our farewells and headed over to Bellshill, for work on Stevens’ ‘02 TF 160
in paint code JFV.
The head gasket had gone on ‘Maggy’ a couple of months ago, so he asked if we could get to see him on our next trip up, so with this unscheduled trip we were able to happily get things sorted. Such a shame he had to miss the Highlander.
We had originally worked on this car in 2020, when Steven had won the charity auction for a cambelt service for FRL.
Big thanks to Stevens Dad, Tommy, for looking after us while he was at work, great to have a chat with him while we worked. Good to see Steven when he came back this afternoon. He’s planning on a long overdue run out this evening, with the added bonus of some sun.
We said our farewells and headed west, to where we find ourselves now in our new digs, for a couple of nights in Irvine. – https://ift.tt/uGIEHnw
