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Workshop & a trip up to the north east…
Monday morning saw us get started on the work on Jai’s ZR 1.4 that he’d had couriered up to us. We replaced the engine bay pipes with stainless steel. He also wanted to have the front brakes upgraded. Upgrade from a solid disc to a vented one, new calipers and Green Stuff pads fitted. Jai got the train up from Crawley on Thursday afternoon to drive it back home. It was great to meet him and have a chat about the other cars he has and is looking to collect. He’s done a lot of mods to this car and all very tastefully done. I didn’t get a video of the shooting stars in the roof! We look forward to seeing him again next year and his ZS, that he plans on keeping as totally standard.
James drove up from London on Monday to leave with us his 2003 TF 135 in Solar Red – CMU.
Work on this included; head gasket replacement, the car already had a PRT fitted, but in its previous ownership had been fitted with a standard thermostat also, so we removed that. Many of the coolant hoses were extremely bloated so we replaced these. Remap with a Kmaps map. Gear box oil change. Door handle replacement. Lots of other things sorted out that were then added to the list, including managing to get it fitted it in with Paul at the dent removal company on site that we use, it was his last day before Christmas and has done a cracking job.
There are still a number of things to check and sort on the car, so we will be going in tomorrow to finish it off. We’d allocated enough time for the jobs originally listed, which was added to a little, but we’ll get it sorted ready for James who will be making the journey back up from London to collect on Monday.
We came up to Amble on Friday morning to carry out a full cambelt service on Darren’s 2005 TF 135 in Rio Red – CQC. It was well overdue for the service as he’d last had it done when living down south. Unfortunately, one of the engine bolts decided to shear off. So we will make a return trip between Christmas and New Year to get it replaced. Everything else sorted for him. Let’s hope it’s less windy when we return, crikey it was a bit of a battle! We’d originally offered the dates that week for a big job in the workshop, but the chap has cut his losses with his car sadly as it was too far gone engine wise.
After a stop over in Blyth we headed over to Cramlington this morning to carry out the minor service on Susan’s 2002 TF 160 ‘Racey Tracy’. Plus a check over of a couple of other issues she’d noticed. These are on the list for our trip next year. Nice to see Susan again.
So we’re heading back down a foggy A1. It was lovely and sunny in the north. Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend and keeping warm, it’s a bit on the raw side. There’s still a lot to do before we can break up for a few days. Plus I need to find some time to do the Christmas tree and do the shopping I guess, I’ll try not to start panicking, just yet! 😳 – https://ift.tt/qvg58D2
