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Matlock, Eckington, Husthwaite, workshop and now en route to Scotland…
Another busy week full of all sorts. Gary had left his TF 135 with us from Billingham, for some further work. He and his son Liam had planned on replacing the wishbones, but didn’t have the time to do it with one thing and another. They were saved from what was an absolute beast of a job! One of the subframe bolts was already snapped off and another snapped off on removal, despite a load of heat on it. So these were drilled and tapped out. Many hours later new arms fitted, along with new drop links.
We went over to Eckington for the first call on Tuesday morning, where it was good to meet Dave and fairly new acquisition of a GTM Spyder that he was giving a new lease of life to. He wanted better throttle response and the engine to be a bit sharper, so asked us to remap it. Unfortunately, the wiring on the GTM wouldn’t allow us to read the map off the car, so the only option was to go back to the workshop and remap another 160 ECU and send it out by post to him, on an exchange basis.
Before heading back we went over to Matlock to program a spare key-fob for Stephen’s TF 135, he’d thought he’d lost his keys recently so thought it would be a good idea to have a spare just in case. Nice to meet him briefly and get this done for him.
We went over to Husthwaite on Wednesday where it was lovely to see Mark again, and his low mileage 1998 MGF (in British Racing Green – HAM) this time for the minor service and replacement of the underfloor coolant pipes. We look forward to seeing them next year.
Thursday morning and back at the workshop where it was lovely to see Sarah and Mik again, and their 1997 MGF 1.8 mpi (also in British Racing Green) for the minor service and to have the MOT carried out. The sun visor was broken on the the drivers side so this was replaced with one on stock. Thanks to Sarah for bringing us back some cake!
Van all stocked and packed to the gunwales with the kit needed for our next trip over the border.
So this morning we set off for 9 days in Scotland, with a couple of calls scheduled on the way back south at the end. Quite a few hold ups so far, so a steady plod to our digs in Ardrossan for the night. This is another chocker-block trip, with many bookings being made some months ago. I did very unfortunately forget about one chap, he’d been in touch back in November and I’d completely forgotten to add him on to the current list. I held my hands up and apologised for my mistake, only to have our customer service brought into question. Let’s hope that’s my only clanger on this trip!
We did have further troubles with our trusty steed this week too, which is also a worry ahead of a big trip. Our very kindly neighbour saw Jon with his head stuck in the engine bay one evening and came over to lend a hand for a few hours and even had the right part in his workshop to fix one of the issues, what a star. Fingers crossed we will have trouble-free motoring throughout Scotland over the coming week or so. Looking forward to seeing everyone and some new people too.
Have a great weekend everyone, near and far, and may the weather be clement. 😎 – https://ift.tt/9imRUhS
