We turned up to our call as planned and all booked in for yesterday morning, in Lincoln, for work on a Trophy, only to be told by Harry’s dad, John, that he’d already had the work done by another company. Suffice to say John was not best pleased with his son, we’ve been going to John to work on his cars for over a decade now and he couldn’t apologise enough.
So we went over to see John Ponting, a little earlier than expected, and his TF 135 (a post LE production run) that was in need of a new alternator. Sadly, for John it had given up the ghost ahead of his and Lynn’s trip in it to this years Highlander event. Nice to see John and have a catch-up, glad to have him up and running again.
Meanwhile, the other John had rang us to see if we could go over to check out a couple of niggles on Harry’s Trophy, trying not to waste our day totally. The alternator belt needed replacing and the heater-control-valve wouldn’t turn any lower than hot, we found that the arm on the valve had become disconnected from the tap control, so this was sorted for him.
So an earlier finish than expected we headed back to the workshop to crack on with some work there.
A day in the workshop today for a few things. First up was a visit from Gary who had come over from Leeds to have a full cambelt service carried out on his Trophy 160. An enjoyable morning spent chatting to him while we worked, he even offered to make the tea, he can come again! While he was there he had a chat with the dent man who popped over and also the lads at the paint shop next to us for some bits that need sorting, he’s certainly got himself a good example, bought at auction a few months ago.
Our next visitor was Andy who had driven up from Royston in his TF 160. Since we’d replaced the head gasket he was still having some coolant issues. While it wasn’t over heating, we thought we would look into other possible causes, it still had the oil-cooler connected and piped in, which can always be a cause of possible issues. so an oil-cooler bypass was put in, and monitored the temperature as the car warmed up and got up to full heat. It didn’t get as hot as before the bypass was fitted, and actually cooled down once the fans came on a lot quicker. It was agreed this could have possibly been the coolant losing pressure by venting through to the oil. Just needs to be kept an eye on and monitored.
Good to see Andy again, he’s having a bit of tour round Yorkshire this weekend, visiting family and then venturing down to the MGs in the Park event on Sunday. We wish him trouble-free travels!
Stephen’s TF 160 was taken round for its MOT first thing this morning, so that’s now ready for collection when he returns from his latest trip away.
Stock-check done and all parts ready for the next tour, totaling ten days, heading to Gloucester for the first call on Monday morning. – https://ift.tt/Vt0BuFc
