What an enjoyable day in Gillow Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, for work on a very nice condition ‘54 plate TF 135.
Great to meet Ian, who had noticed a slow loss of coolant in the car, and after taking the engine cover off he had seen bubbles coming out of the engine over the gearbox.
Head gasket replacement and cambelt service carried out, few missing and corroded bolts replaced. The inlet manifold gasket was missing and had been daubed with sealant, so this was cleaned up. The engine mount bolts were seized solid, so rather than risking shearing them, we went to plan B, which was successful.
After clearing an assortment of error codes, on the ECU, the engine quickly settled down and now sounds nice and smooth.
R.I.P. to Prince Philip, who sadly passed away today, and who was a previous owner of an 1949 MG TC.
Posted today to the
Rough Luck Racing Facebook page.
