An interesting few days at the workshop…
Jim dropped off his LE 500 (number 356 in paint code 108) with us at the weekend. So we cracked on with that first thing on Tuesday. We had Monday off for a few things, but most importantly it was my lovely Dads 82nd birthday so we had a visit over to him.
Jim had bought himself a front and back set of Mike Satur subframe mounts. So these were fitted, no old subframe bolts sheared off, but one new one had to be tapped out from an M8 to an M10 thread for a bigger bolt to be fitted, so on the whole not too much of a nightmare! New Mike Satur rear heat shield fitted too. Plus a full cambelt service carried out as this was due from the last time we did it 4 years ago.
We then took the car round for the MOT, but unfortunately whilst in there it became apparent that something was amiss! Despite us running the car up to temperature, when obviously under load being driven the short distance to the MOT station the pressure had caused the bleed bolt surrounding that a attached to the heater matrix to become detached!
So we set about, with probably one of the most labour intensive and frustrating jobs on these cars, with replacing the heater matrix. Fortunately, we have a few of the original MG Rover ones on stock. There’s a big difference between the two, in the quality of metals and fabrications.
We set about removing everything in the interior barring the seats, and a day spent today replacing it all. All finished this evening and running, ready for Jim to collect.
Good to see Tony again yesterday, who came over to us from Mattersey near Doncaster, with his TF 135 for minor service, wishbone replacement and top ball joint and then the MOT.
Lovely to see Mick and Sammy who came over to collect their TF. Good to have a catch-up with them. Plus I managed to get a ‘nice’ shot of the car after all the nitty gritty ones! Great to have future proofed this car for them, that they will be traveling throughout Wales this summer in on their hols.
Gary came down from Darlington this morning in his TF 135 that we named as ‘Madam’ when we rescued her and Gary bought from us 3 years ago, and has had much fun in since. The heater matrix was leaking again, unfortunately the one we fitted a few months ago that Gary had sourced had also failed. Let’s hope 3rd time lucky this one does the trick! Great to see Gary and have a catch-up and a cuppa. Not that we were putting off getting on with the other task at hand!
Silly me forgot to order in a soft ride kit for Nick to be fitted today, but he’s happy to wait until it’s in and have the MOT and other bits done at a later date. Thanks Nick for your understanding. I must try harder!
Tim’s TF 160 finally got picked up by courier and taken back down to Redruth, in Cornwall at the weekend.
Van stocked ready to head off on the road for the next couple of days. – https://ift.tt/yaIkoDZ
