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Busy, interesting and enjoyable few days at the workshop…

Stepspeed picked on Sunday that we will be getting sorted out ready for sale soon.

Monday was spent traveling to Norfolk to collect another Stepspeed for some further work. Was sort of a day off!

The owner described that the car was trying to throw him off the road, which we discovered to be a collapsed wheel bearing. Initially, thought this to be a problem with the diff in the gearbox, but thankfully for the owner a lot cheaper fix! Underfloor coolant pipes replaced with stainless whilst we had it in as they were a bit on the crusty side.

Yesterday, we were pleased to see Sean again who brought his very tidy TF 135 in Sonic Blue over to us as he had treated himself to a Daytona. This was fitted, which looks and sounds fab. Brake servo brace fitted and couple of other things. Good to see a big smile on Sean’s face as he drove away.

This morning Adam came over from Hull for head gasket replacement on his TF 135, that he had bought a few months ago. Lambda also replaced and few other things done to get his car back to rights, lovely to hear from him later in the day to say that the car is the smoothest it’s been. Date to be arranged to get the welding of the sills done.

We also got one of our TF 160’s up on the ramp to get her fit for sale. Lots of things ticked off the list. All will be detailed when finished, which shouldn’t be too far off now. Great to be giving another one a new lease of life.

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Clutch replacement in Croydon this morning. Great to meet Ian who had asked us some time ago to come and see his ‘98 MGF VVC as the clutch had definitely gone having reached 98k miles.

Very tidy car in COF, that Ian has owned has owned now for 10 years. Lovely interior with cream seats with red piping. (Forgot to take a pic 🙄).

All went well with all bolts coming off nicely. Mouse duly evicted from resonator and air box! Fab weather.

Now on a very foggy A1 and almost home.

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Good run down to Chelmsford this morning and great to meet Glen for work on his newly acquired and very tidy MGF VVC 143.

The head gasket had been replaced with the previous owner just before Glen bought the car, but unfortunately for him it had gone again. So we replaced the head gasket, carried out the cambelt service and replaced the underfloor coolant pipes with stainless steel ones. Couple of other things sorted.

Beautiful location, thanks Glen for the use of the barn. Lovely to meet you all. Appreciate the bottle of wine, thank you!

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Filey today to see Linda and John this morning for annual service on their TF 135.

Linda had noticed an overheating issue and after investigation we found it to due to a faulty radiator fan sensor, so we replaced this.

On changing the alternator belt we noticed that the caliper handbrake mechanism was faulty, luckily we managed source another caliper from a motor factors in nearby Scarborough, so popped along there to collect it.

This was fitted and all good again, a few more other snags and niggles sorted.

From there we went over to Burythorpe to collect a steppy gearbox that is needed for a car we have in the workshop next week. Unfortunately, we didn’t see John, but big thanks to him for letting us take it, you will make someone very happy John!

Back to the workshop to swap tools over into the van for a trip to Chelmsford and Croydon over the next couple of days.

The hotel checked today that we were traveling for work, so fortunately we are able to stay. We have checked that we’re compliant with the latest government guidelines and we are, therefore, relieved to be able to travel, as are our customers who have been calling to check we’re still coming. All social distancing practices will be observed and adhered to!

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Just delivered Rachel’s MGF back to her in Sowerby, after having it in the workshop for the last few days for some work and MoT on the site.

Off side rear sill welded up. Full underfloor treatment carried out. Fast idle issue sorted. Door liners repaired. Drivers door handle cable repaired and a few other niggles and things sorted out.

MoT done this afternoon with a pass.

Now just a new hood to source to hopefully sort out the pesky leaks! Great to see Rachel again – at distance again!

New tyres fitted to The Beast today too, amazing to think we’ve already done 7,578 miles in it!

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We went over to Sowerby today to collect Rachel’s MGF to take back to the workshop for some tlc.

On our way there we called in to Appleton Roebuck. Allister had called us some weeks ago asking if we could come over and look at the issue he was having with his clutch, on his TF 135 (in PVD). As suspected the slave cylinder had blown. The clutch release arm was extremely stiff so this was eased off and new slave fitted.

Great to meet Allister, thanks for the tubs of cakes!

Rachel’s MGF safely tucked up in the workshop now ready for the morning.

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First call of the day was in Alcester and great to see Paul, who wanted some work on his new acquisition, a TF 135 that someone had wanted to go to a good home, so Paul took the car on not knowing really any service history.

Cambelt, water pump and tensioner replaced and a Mike Satur bell crank fitted.

Look forward to getting to Caffeine & Machine eventually and meeting up with you there at sometime Paul. Thanks for all the cuppas this morning.

We then went on to Sutton Coldfield for work on another one of Rob and Jane’s fleet. Their MGF mpi Japanese import had suffered head gasket failure some time ago, and they wanted the car back on the road for Jane to use over the winter. Head gasket replaced and great to hear ‘Holly’ spark back in to life.

Lovely to see you both today and have a catch-up. Fingers crossed for the events we talked about actually taking place next year. We look forward to seeing you in April anyway.

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Despite the grotty weather it’s been an enjoyable day on a couple of local calls.

First we went over to Horsforth, near Leeds, where it was lovely to meet Gerry and Marion for work on their MGF 1.8 mpi in Wedgewood. Minor service carried out and reset of the EPAS. What a very well cared for car through its life. A thank you, to our friend, Chris for the recommendation in a car park, in Otley, a few months ago.

We then went over to Scotter for work on Steve’s MGF VVC 160 in Copperleaf, with a beautiful interior (that I forgot to take a picture of). Unusual that it’s an MGF 160 running MEMS 3. Another interesting one for Mr Clifford!

Head gasket replacement and cambelt service carried out.

Lovely to meet Steve, big thanks to your MGB GT giving up its space in the garage for the afternoon!

Thanks to everyone today for your very welcome hospitality and company. Let’s hope for some crisp autumn days for you to get out for some runs. 🍁

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