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Considering we had Monday off, as it was the bank holiday, which we hope you all enjoyed where possible, we’ve managed to pack a fair bit in to the rest of the week…
We found ourselves over in Bracebridge Heath for the minor service on John and Lorraine’s 2001 Trophy (in FAR). They’d had a recent issue with slight coolant loss, for which we’d posted out a cap, fortunately this was all it was, which they were understandably concerned about it being head gasket failure. Date booked in for next year when the cambelt service is due again.
Making the most of being in the vicinity we went over to Rimmer Bros for more stock.
We had a call over in Horncastle for the minor service on Gary and Trevor’s 2002 TF 160, which was one of the original press cars. Their neighbour Roger came over for a remap on his 2005 TF 135. Great to meet him and to have a catch-up with Trevor and Gary. Cambelt service is due next year so a date booked in for that.
Robin had brought his 1998 MGF 1.8 mpi (original paint code JRJ – but has had a respray) down from Hartlepool at the weekend to have a full cambelt service and replacement of all four spheres, the car is certainly feeling a lot more bouncy. It will be good to see him tomorrow when he comes back to collect.
A trip back over to Horncastle this morning, where it was good to meet Adrian and his fairly new acquisition of a 2003 FT 135 (in xpower grey – LEF). Short cambelt service carried out and a check over of a few things. When it came to removing the water pump found that the coolant wouldn’t drain away. He’d mentioned a few days earlier that he was having an issue and presumed it to be the proverbial. We removed a couple of the hoses and cleared these out and then discovered that the engine bay pipes had a blockage too, when cleared out it was evident that some stop-leak had been added at some point. Everything cleared and put back together and car ran up to temperature with no issues.
We then went over to South Leverton for work on Richard’s also new acquisition, a 2004 TF 135 also in xpower grey. His last one, that was originally booked in and that we’d worked on a few years back, had very sadly been written off.
So today we fitted a Brown & Gammons coolant alarm, underfloor stainless coolant-pipes and repaired the drivers door lock. Good to see Richard again and have a chat.
Work completed on Kevin’s Trophy that he had left with us, having had it delivered from Northumberland, MOT done and ready for collection when they get back from their latest adventure.
Back at the workshop in the morning to meet Robin and to do the final bits of prep for our overseas visitors, that will be with us on Monday morning, we look forward to greeting them once they’ve disembarked from the ferry in Hull and made their way to us.
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