Back to it and on with 2023 and back on the road at very early o’clock this morning…
Our first call of the day, with a late start due to an absolute load of holdups, simply due to traffic volume, despite putting in a contingency of an earlier departure time, was in Kingswinford where it was great to meet Richard for work on his fab looking TF 135, (in JFV) that he’s owned since June of last year. The car developed an issue where it would turn over briefly but then cut out, on our investigation we found that both fobs needed reprogramming to the alarm unit, once this done it fired up straight away and stayed on running. Great result for Richard. Minor service was carried out too and a date to be arranged for cambelt service and a couple of other things.
We then headed down to Redditch where it was great to meet Richard! His fab looking MGF 120 mpi (in GUF) was in need of a head gasket replacement. He’d bought the car last year, but then found that it was over-heating so tried replacing the cap and the coolant expansion tank. All up and running lovely again this afternoon. Date to be arranged to replace the radiator that was looking a bit suspect. So pleased that Richard and his wife can get out and about again and enjoy some top-down runs, having both been bikers in past.
Apart from replacing the head gasket on Paul’s car, in Hull last Tuesday, we enjoyed a week off to recharge our batteries. A really nice break it was too, well apart from servicing the van for Jon and doing some maintenance on it, a load of cleaning and sorting for me in the house, and what is now finally ours, we’re so pleased to say, we found out just before Christmas, (after a fair amount of faffing), yippee and phew equally.
All went smoothly on Paul’s TF (in MNX), so he’s pleased to have that sorted and is now looking forward to having some fun over the summer months, then coming over to the workshop at the end of the year for underfloor treatment and a remap. Thanks Paul for the endless supply of tea you supplied, very appreciated on a pretty cold day!
Now tucked up in our first digs of the week, in Worcester. A fab airbnb complete with microwave for Jon’s tea! – https://ift.tt/xAWm8YU
