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A chilly start and a local one in Preston on Monday morning, for cambelt service on James’s TF 135.

When refitting the timing belt we noticed the key way on the bottom cam pulley had been sheared off previously, this can allow the outer pulley to spin free.

Plenty of them on stock in the workshop, so picked one up when we headed over there in afternoon to crack on with projects, with a welcome warming cuppa from McDonald’s on the way. 🫖

Popped back on Tuesday morning to fit. All sorted and good to go again.

From there we went over to Barmby on the Marsh, where it was lovely to, finally, meet Paul, who had got in touch to ask if we could discuss the viability of getting his Abingdon back on the road. The car had been stood for a while due to lockdown etc.

Definitely worth getting back on the road again and date booked in next year to sort. Once we’ve done the work and had it MOT’d Paul will be having it resprayed. Great car, look forward to seeing it all sorted and back on the road again.

We did have a chap booked in for clutch replacement at the workshop yesterday, was booked in since April, but he forgot.

Another local one, in Leeds, this morning where it was lovely to meet Jack, who had got in touch some time ago for work on his MGF 120 mpi in Wedgewood that he’d owned for the last 5 years.

Head gasket replacement and cambelt service carried out. Really nice car to work on, which hadn’t been touched in his ownership, a few small niggles sorted to get this fab looking car back to rights.

Thanks to Jack for lots of welcome cuppas. Talking of warming, we popped in to Mountain Warehouse at The Springs, on our way home to make the most of the ‘Black Friday deals’ and purchase some more essential thermal layers. 🥶

Back at the workshop in the morning for work on Keith and Sara’s car, that they dropped off yesterday. Busy week so far. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

What an absolutely brilliant day for the Stage Rally and Fireworks at Cadwell Park.

The rally itself was over subscribed and there were 49 cars on track yesterday, including us!

For example some of the cars taking part today were, Ford Escorts Mk2, Renault Clio, Suburu N12, Peugeot 208 R2, Vauxhall Chevette, Mazda MX5, Austin Mini, MG ZR, Mitsubishi Evo 6…. etc

Such great competitors and sportsmanship, which was a joy to watch, and great to walk along the paddock and have a natter with a few people.

One of which was Sean Stanfield yesterday whose ZR sadly developed a problem after the sighting lap and was unable to compete. Despite attempts at diagnosing the problem by several people, including Jon he had to call it a day. Good to meet him and his ‘pit team’ though!

Fab weather, despite it being a bit on the cool side, saw a fantastic turn out of spectators. Great to see lots of people we know too for a chat. 😀

An enjoyable and welcome weekend off. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

Cadwell Park track day today and what a fantastic way to spend a day off!

Really missed doing this last year, along with everyone else, which was noticeable by the amazing turnout!

Our, much neglected, TF 160 did not disappoint and again gave us so much fun on this brilliant track.

Some amazing cars out and some brilliant drivers, that we will get some photos of tomorrow, whilst we spend the day as spectators of the rally stages.

Such good fun and fantastic weather too. 😃 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

A morning away from the workshop and an early start as we headed down to Turves, near Peterborough to see this fab looking TF 135 for a few things.

Supply and program a new Pektron key fob, replace both front top ball joints, front discs and pads and carry out the annual service. All sorted without any issue so we headed back to the workshop as needed to pick up a few things and finish off a couple of other bits.

Mick and Linda had got in touch a few days ago as the window mechanism had given up the ghost on their lovely TF 1.6 and the window decided it didn’t want to go back up again. So we asked them to pop over to us given we had a slot and it wasn’t raining! Window mechanism replaced and now back in working order. Nice to see Mick and Linda again.

Weather so mild given the time of year. 🍁 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

So far it’s been a good couple of days, early starts and late finishes and not a tea break taken…

Garry & Diane’s lovely looking TF ‘Spark’ is all done and ready for them to collect tomorrow.

Offside front top ball joint, offside rear top ball joint, soft-ride kit fitted, new key fob supplied and programmed, new door handle fitted (thanks Andy Partridge for the part), new slave cylinder fitted and full underfloor treatment carried out.

Paul’s TF 135 required a new alternator and a new Lambda sensor. We also fitted another 52 mm throttle body. The car now sounds lovely and smooth.

We returned the car to Paul this afternoon, date arranged for underfloor treatment next year.

Great to see you Paul and get your fab car sorted and running lovely. Thank you, for the tub of Roses chocs, they won’t last long!

One of our doer uppers is in with Black Sheep Customs having a new wing fitted and resprayed. Will be good to get this one finished and sent to her new owners! Full up date on this fab looking car when all done.

Peter’s Rover 75 sent round for the MOT this evening ready for the test in the morning. Full details on this good looking beast tomorrow. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

The workshop is a bit nuts at the moment, but all good!

Good to see Derek this morning for full cambelt service on his TF 135, whom we saw a few months ago for a’health check’ of his then recent purchase, which came with very little history. So today we got the essentials done so he can enjoy worry free motoring. A date was also arranged at the time we saw him for everything else that needs sorting next year.

Peter brought over his very smart Rover 75 for a few things to be done. His daughter kindly drove him over from Leeds.

Diane and Gary drove over from Scarborough to drop off their TF 135 Spark for a bit of a list to get sorted for them this week.

We then went over to Hull this evening to collect Paul’s TF 135 that was originally booked in for underfloor treatment, but since we last saw him the car has developed some further issues that have taken precedence.

Bit of a juggle, organising parking, as we should have been in the bigger workshop by now. Going to be a mad week, but we’ll get there! 😵‍💫 😆

Great to see everyone today. Lots of fab people and their fab MGs. Lucky to have some good weather thrown in too. ☀️ 🍁 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

Back home now after 10 brilliant days in the north of the British Isles, with a mix of work and the odd day off to take in various locations…

We left our very interesting digs in Alnwick this morning and headed to High Felling, where it was lovely to see Rachael and Tony again, to see what was occurring with Katy, their fab looking TF 160, that had decided she didn’t want to start when being taken for the MOT a few weeks ago. Even after being looked at by their recovery company it still wouldn’t start. But, this morning with the threat of being ripped to pieces and investigated she miraculously started up with the first turn of the key! Checked all codes and investigated the immobiliser and all seemed to be fine. In case of any further problems we read the EKA code from the immobiliser unit and left them with it as a back-up should anything else occur. This code disables the immobiliser unit.

Thank you, so much Rachael and Tony for the new George, whose wearing the best t-shirt too! Plus all the treats. Great to see you both.

We then went on to Kelloe, County Durham, where it was great to meet Nick, who had got in touch a few weeks ago regarding an issue with his fairly new acquisition of a MGF 143 VVC. After trying a new cap he was still experiencing overheating with the car when on a run.

On pressure test, today, we found that the jubilee clip on the hose from the block was very lose and subsequently losing coolant. All other clips checked and tightened up and all now good. Minor service carried out while we were there and a couple of other niggles sorted.

Managed to dodge the worst of the weather and get home in daylight.

We set off last Monday with a few things in the north east, a stop over in Beadnell, then Glasgow and Pitlochry on Tuesday, Port Augustus on Wednesday with a boat trip on Loch Ness, which was fab (didn’t find Nessie though!), then headed up to Halkirk. Back to Pitlochry on Monday and then Alnwick on Tuesday.

Really great trip, with brilliant people and places. Good to be back home and to be greeted by our very happy and vocal Binx puss. 🐈‍⬛ – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

What a brilliant and productive 3 days spent in Georgmas, north east Scotland to work on a Mk1 MGF 143.

We arrived on Thursday afternoon, where it was lovely to see Paul again and a warm welcome at his new place. Friday, Saturday and Sunday spent in his garage doing a few things:

– Replacement of all 4 spheres
– Cambelt, water pump and tensioner replaced
– Both lower front wishbones replaced
– All four front subframe mounts replaced with stainless.
– Front to rear brake pipes, offside rear and nearside rear brake pipes
– All four flexi brake pipes
– Front and rear ARB bushes
– Front and rear track rod ends
– Pre-cat Lambda sensor fitted
– All four caliper bleed nipples replaced
– Modify and fit exhaust manifold heat shield
– ECU coolant sensor
– Oil pressure sensor
– Replace gear cable rear ends
– Fuel filter
– Oil and oil filter change
– Passenger side window mechanism fitted
– Mike Satur back box heat shield
– Fit back box
– Fit air filter
– Replacement of all four shockers
– Brake fluid change
– Replace radiator bleed screw

Absolutely loved our time there, so peaceful (when we weren’t making a noise!) What a fantastic host Paul has been, making us so welcome in his home, an excellent cook and amazing baking skills too. Shortbread and cookies straight out of the oven. Scrumptious meals each night rounding off with a Sunday roast last night. 😋

A good old mix of weather, but thankfully had the garage to work in.

I managed to get a couple of short walks in, one of which with the lovely Raffi dog!

Said our farewells this morning and left a little reluctantly! Could have happily stayed a lot longer!

We worked our way up last week, with a stopover in Pitlochry, then Fort Augustus and then on to Paul’s. So today we had a quick stop in again at Dunnet head and John O’Groats for the requisite photo opp and now find ourselves back in Pitlochry after a brilliant run down the coast with stunning scenery and weather.

Thank you, Paul so much for everything and thanks for the up-to-date pics of the bumper which is now back on. Give Raffi dog a carrot from us, we’re missing her and the peace! And big thanks for making the trusty van look so shiny and clean! 😃 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI