Desborough was our first call this morning and great to see Marcus again for full cambelt service on his TF135. We were due to go in March but Lorraine asked if we come a bit earlier as the alternator had completely seized, snapping the alternator belt. Fortunately, no further damage done! New alternator fitted. Had a bit of soaking, was a tad chilly but at least everything behaved itself and we soon got thawed out in the trusty steed en route to the next call.
From there we went back to Roger’s MGF in Northampton to change the heater matrix that had sprung a leak. System bled and back up and running nicely again.
We received a phone call first thing this morning regarding the Rover 45 that we had done the head gasket on a couple of days ago, saying that the car was misfiring. So, for our own peace of mind we tagged it on to the end of the days work so ‘popped’ down to Amersham, where it had been driven to work. After code reading and listening to it misfiring, the customer admitted it was no where near as bad as it had been. We narrowed it down to coil pack number 1. It is quite common with coil packs when they go when warm, they tend to run a lot more rough than on cold starting. As a precaution, we also changed the full set of plugs, together with replacement coil pack. Instantly ran a lot smoother. Bit of a longer day than anticipated but that’s what we do!
Bit of a late start also due to massive hold up on the M1 this morning. Had a wave and a hello from Mick Welch whilst stuck though, great to have a chat at the services, look forward to seeing you at Blythe services for the run down to FRL 😀
