An early start yesterday morning to head down to Great Leighs, near Chelmsford, where it was lovely to meet Pat for work on her really nice looking MGF 1.8 (in HFF).
Pat and her husband had previously owned a Metro and a Rover 200, both of which the head gasket had gone, so they just wanted this one sorting for peace of mind. New head gasket fitted, cambelt service carried out and new alternator belt fitted.
While we were there Clive Walsh popped over to meet us, we already had him booked in next March for some work, so it was great to put a face to a name, we look forward to seeing him again next year and working on his MGF.
After leaving our digs this morning in Braintree we headed over to Kelvedon, near Colchester where it was great to meet Vince.
Vince has owned his TF 135 (in JFV) for a number of years, which unfortunately had been stood for most of that time after suffering from some issues. Vince set about replacing one of the valves and refitting the head etc a couple of months ago. Unfortunately, after all his work and effort the heat activated bonding agent had not taken, resulting in failure of the gasket. So he asked when we would be in the area, as he didn’t fancy doing it all again.
On starting up though, with it having not run for a few years the fuel pump had seized. Eventually we got it running, but will definitely need a replacement pump, which Vince will source and sort himself.
It was really good though to get it up and running again for him after so long. Vince can now have some fun. Good reg plate!
Decent run back home, and a quieter night ahead. City centre pub on a Friday night in Christmas party season wasn’t the best choice, but really good digs all the same, in budget and Jon gave his steak a 10/10.
Looking forward to seeing everyone dropping off and picking up at the workshop tomorrow. – https://ift.tt/ytZhjl2
