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Wednesday spent on a MGF Panther 143 for a head gasket replacement. Nice to meet Glen at a distance and very briefly! Left on our own in a workshop for the morning.

Thursday spent on Stephens’ TF 160 in Chesterfield, for his annual pre MOT check and a few other niggles, some of which he wasn’t aware of, the engine bay fan was coming on on start up, so on code reading it was down to the ECU temperature sensor being faulty, so this was replaced with a new one. All other niggles resolved. Didn’t see Stephen at all, keys left for us.

Then today’s call was in Skipton, and lovely to meet Steve and Rebecca, both again at a great distance.

Steve had brought the car over from Ireland with him, having bought it from Aberdeen. There was very little service history with this very tidy TF 135, so he wanted peace of mind that it would be a sound car to enjoy. Head gasket and cambelt service carried out. The car had not been touched since leaving the factory and was in such great condition and with very low mileage.

Social distancing observed in all regards, no stops to or from our locations. Cars and keys disinfected and payments made by BT. So, a positive start, but being very mindful of keeping safe!

“PHASED RETURN” to our Mobile Work…

Having just listened to the PM’s announcement this evening we will be acting on the current advice. Therefore, as of Wednesday, we will be restarting our mobile work, but on a very limited basis in terms of area covered. We will get out to everyone that we can get sorted within a day and therefore won’t need to stop off anywhere en route.

As the time goes on and the hotels etc all get back up and running in the following weeks/months we look forward to seeing all of you further afield.

It will be a very phased return, we will continue with safe distancing and disinfect cars and keys as we go.

Again, we really appreciate everyone’s support and patience during this very difficult time.

Our best wishes, please stay safe and look forward to seeing you, hopefully soon, on the other side! 😷💙🌈

We just wanted to give an update as to what we are doing in the current situation. We feel we made the right decision in postponing all our mobile work, and we’re very very appreciative of everyone’s support and understanding.

We just can’t take the risk of having so many contacts to and from a job. It would be unbearable to think we could be the cause of a tragedy. Despite our loss of income this is the right thing to do.

We can, however, continue with our projects at our garage and have only had the very odd day there over the last couple of weeks.

We have a booking tomorrow, but the chap will bring walking boots and a flask and leave us for the hours needed to carry out the work. The car and keys will be disinfected afterwards and payment made by bank transfer. Where we are is extremely remote with no public access.

We look forward to getting everyone booked in again and appreciate all the subsequent enquiries we have had and are thankful for your patience. We take comfort in the fact we’re all in this together and really look forward to seeing you all on the other side.

Stay Safe. 🤗😷

🦠 CORONA VIRUS UPDATE

We have been very conscious of the situation we are all in and observing social distancing and reacting to the advice given by the government. So on that note, having just listened to the Prime Minsters statement we have made the decision to rearrange all bookings we have over the next couple of weeks, we feel it is irresponsible of us to travel around the country and we have to do our part in helping people to stay safe.

We will however continue on the projects at the garage as we have no contact with the public there at all. It’s just us two!

I will be contacting everyone concerned this evening.

Thank you all for your understanding, I’m sure you will agree that it is the right thing to do. It is a hard decision to come to and may be detrimental to the business, but we are all in the same boat and measures have to be taken.

“STAY SAFE”

Spalding this morning for suspected head gasket on a TF135 and great to meet Bruce & Tracey. Bruce had taken the car to a local garage who had diagnosed head gasket failure, so we pressure tested the system and cap. Cap was found to be faulty, no other symptoms whatsoever, no signs of internal or external leaks. So it was decided just to carry on with the cambelt service. The mis-fire and rough idle that the garage had failed to cure was down to Lambda sensor bank 1. New Lambda fitted.

Clutch had also been diagnosed as faulty, but turned out that it just needed bleeding properly after they had fitted the slave cylinder.

A lovely car and glad that we’ve managed to relieve Bruce’s frustrations! Thank you both for making us so welcome with all the snacks and many cuppas, really appreciated.

• We just wanted to say that given the current situation we are still operating as normal. We will continue to monitor all the news updates and react to the advice given as necessary.

• If anyone wishes to leave their keys with the vehicle, the work can be done and payment made by bank transfer, thereby minimising contact.

Best wishes to all. Jon & Claire.

Great to see Phil again this morning for a few things on his TF135 in Walford just near Ross-on-Wye. Coolant loss traced back to a clip that hadn’t been fitted properly. Minor service done, squeaky front suspension de-squeaked, couple of other things advised on. Only thing we couldn’t resolve today was the drivers side window. Couldn’t trace where the power loss was, nothing getting through to the switch, all fuses were ok, will look more in to the wiring diagram for it and get it sorted on our next trip.

We then travelled on to Newport, great to meet Graeme for a few things on his TF135. Plastic inlet manifold swapped out for an aluminum one. Gear box all change, full coolant change and new slave cylinder fitted, few other things done while we were there.

Good day in great company, lots of cuppas and nibbles! Fab weather too. Heading home now. Shame we’re not staying at the ‘Inn on the Wye’ again as it would have been the perfect dining experience for us!