Day 1 of 3 – NORFOLK
An early start this morning to head down to our first call which was en route to Norfolk in Deeping St James, where it was lovely to see Graeme again for work on his 2002 TF 160.
Minor service carried out, along with adjustment of the drivers side window that despite Graeme’s efforts just wouldn’t behave! After a bit of faffing we managed to make it fit, and it had a good test with the rain that decided to drench us halfway through proceedings!
Also at the last MOT, he had carried out, it was noted to have quite a bad oil leak. On our inspection found it to be coming from the hydraulic plunger, these are prone to the rubber gaskets perishing, of course naturally, due to age. So we replaced both of the gaskets and cleaned up the mess as best we could.
Also on the MOT they had noted that the nearside rear track-rod-end had play, but on our inspection it was actually the nearside rear forward control-arm, so we replaced this with one on stock.
It was a bit too late in the proceedings to deploy the gazebo so we got a bit soggy. Thanks to Graeme for a couple of cracking brews and biscuits, we then headed off to our next job.
This was over in Wereham, where it was good to see Jim and Judith again and have the company of their beautiful woofers Pip and Dot. Their 2004 TF 135, in paint code PMF, was due its minor service. The HT leads completely fell to pieces on removal, so we replaced these with new.
Plus, at the recent MOT, it was noted to have play in the nearside front top-arm. It actually only needed grease in the top arm, which we did, but it was the lower ball-joint that was at fault. So we set about replacing this, grinder, drill and punches all required and subsequently replaced with one we had in stock.
The other issue was the engine bay coolant temperature sensor, this had been putting the fans on all the time, Jim had bought what he thought was the correct sensor, but unfortunately it wasn’t, but we had the correct one on stock, anyway, so this was swapped out, which resolved that issue.
Thankfully, the sun came out and we could dry out our overalls at their fab spot.
We’re now in Sheringham, with a very warm welcome from puss ‘Peewee’ at some beautiful digs, for the night. – https://ift.tt/XQTlMkI
