Saturday morning found us local in Goxhill, a short commute over the Humber Bridge where it was great to meet Rob for work on his MGF 120 mpi (in paint code JRJ).
Cambelt, water pump, tensioner, alternator belt, all filters and oil replaced as it was slightly overdue.
The slave cylinder seals had gone, thinking the release arm would need freeing off, it was actually nice and free, so a new slave cylinder fitted, system bled through to get rid of some very old fluid and the clutch is good to go again, with only 37k on the clock he should be good for a clutch for a while.
When it came to firing the car up, it was cranking, but wouldn’t turn over. So the distributor cap was taken off and the rotar arm and terminals cleaned up. Rob would like us to return and fit new ones just to ensure that the problem won’t recur. The battery was completely dead so with our jump pack eventually got the car started, resulting in a nice sounding smooth engine.
Rob will now get the car in for its MOT and has plans to get the bodywork sorted where needed.
From there we went back over to Dinnington, as Noel had reported a slight coolant leak under their LE 500, despite it finally getting sorted for its non-starting and intermittent cutting out issues (all on previous blog). On pressure test and investigation we found it to be coming from the water-pump, the seal hadn’t taken unfortunately. So water-pump duly removed and refitted. Thanks to Melanie for the tea and kit-kats.
We had arranged for Dave to come over to the workshop for replacement of his back window, but unfortunately the day wasn’t long enough! Jon went over to his place in Hull this afternoon to fit it for him, thanks for your patience Dave! Glad we got you sorted. This window will be sent off to Ireland for replacement screen ready for the next one.
Van all stocked back up and all parts required for next week packed, ahead of an early start in the morning to various locations, for a busy week away, with the first stop in Worcester.
Hope everyone has had a good weekend and enjoyed the fab weather where possible. ☀️ – https://ift.tt/Yq3UvVy
