Scotland – Days 5 & 6 of 16 – Glengarnock & back to Bathgate…
A short commute yesterday morning (Tuesday) took us over to Glengarnock, for work on some of Alan’s fab fleet.
First up was his TF 160 in Aurora (paint code MBB haha) that was having a spot of bother with the clutch on the last time Alan had the car out and had managed to limp it home.
The slave-cylinder and master-cylinder needed replacing, along with flush-through of some very black clutch-fluid. The clutch-release arm was very free anyway, so now has a very nice smooth clutch-pedal once more.
The passenger door wouldn’t open from the inside, so we went armed with new cables and handles. Cable attachments were found to be the culprits, so these were replaced, which sorted that.
Next up his latest acquisition, a 2001 MGF VVC, in Royal Blue, that had come with a set of underfloor-coolant pipes, so we fitted these, along with replacing the alternator belt that had a very annoying and prolonged screech! We originally thought it was the engine bay coolant pipes that were to be replaced, which would have taken a bit longer.
Then on to ‘Noel’ his TF 135, on which the power-steering had given up. We had taken with us a couple of EPAS units, once swapped out with one of them, this resolved the issue.
Everything done in a day, though we had a contingency of two.
Absolutely lovely to see Alan and Andy again and have a good old catch-up with them. Thanks to Alan for lunch (another traditional Lorne sarnie for Jon) and welcome cuppas. Not to mention lots of fusses with their beautiful woofers, Bruce and Mabel.
Plus the rain that had tipped it down all night miraculously cleared when we got there!
We received a message from John in Bathgate, who we’d been to on Sunday, to say the car was making a strange noise. So having the day now free we went back over to investigate, first thing this morning. When we got there we couldn’t find anything that was making any kind of significant noise that would be of a concern. Checked the tension on the cambelt and on the alternator belt. We can only possibly put the noise, John heard, down to the inner timing-cover ideally needing replacing as it wasn’t held on by all the bolts and had obviously moved slightly having been worked on. All checks carried out to make sure all is good.
What absolutely terrible weather today! We’re tucked up in our digs again, in Uplawmoor, listening to the rain and wind battering the place. We’re staying on a working farm and just feel for all those poor ewes and their newborn lambs around us, I want to bring them all in! 🐑 – https://ift.tt/vaY4oIM
