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Withernsea, Louth, Burnley, Bransholme, HOSM, Deeping St James…
Sunday morning found us over to Withernsea to check out an issue Laura was experiencing with ‘Princess’, her MGF. We carried out various checks and couldn’t find anything amiss. Hopefully she will behave this week when Laura starts her new job! We made the most of the fab weather and popped down to Spurn Point while we were there.
Our first call of the week on Monday morning was down in Louth, where it was good to see Stu again for the cambelt service on his 2006 TF 135 in Ignition Blue (JRJ).
Full cambelt service carried out on this fairly low mileage good example known to Stu as ‘Royston’. Thanks to Stu for the brews and bacon butties. We should have been heading on to Bilsby for hydragas pump up that was booked in, but that didn’t happen in the end.
With a couple of unavoidable cancellations at the workshop on Tuesday we offered the date to Walter who was having some issues with his Mk I 2001 MGF 1.6 in Solar Red (CMU). So we made our way over to Burnley to see what was occurring. He thought the head gasket was on its way out again, and it had a misfire. On code reading we found various errors. Lambda sensor changed and the coil packs replaced with the originals that were on it. The head gasket was fine. But found after a chat with Walter that the cambelt service was due. We replaced this along with new spark plugs, new fuel filter and new coolant cap.
Great to meet Walter and chat while we worked, thanks to him for the brews and biscuits.
As we weren’t too far away from our pals Maggy and Phil we thought we’d pay them a surprise visit, it was really great to meet their newest family member too, the beautiful and very jolly Jasper! Sorry didn’t get a pic. 🐶
Wednesday found us, not too far away, in Bransholme where it was great to see Tony again. His 1999 MGF 120 mpi in Tahiti Blue (JRJ) was due for its cambelt service, full service duly carried out for him. Thanks to Tony for the brews and biscuits, good to have a catch up with him.
Thursday morning took us over to the workshop to get the van restocked and loaded up with the big old bearing press. Plus we went over to the MOT station to finally get a load of MOTs booked in that have been on my ‘to do’ list. We did have a second day planned to work on one of the cars that was unavoidably postponed, so we weren’t really being lazy!
That brings us to Friday again, and we headed off bright and early to head down to Deeping St James. We needed to call in to Rimmer Bros on the way and were there for them opening to pick up another Lambda sensor for today’s job, we’d used the one for today unexpectedly earlier in the week. We usually keep quite a few on stock, but they’ve been low on their stock recently and only had one in. Yes there are cheapo ones available on eBay, but there isn’t any point in fitting those, we’d only be having to make a return visit a couple of weeks later.
Graeme’s 2002 TF 160 in Tahiti Blue (JRJ) had received a few advisories on the last MOT.
We replaced both front wheel bearings, the rear suspension arm, adjusted the handbrake and replaced the Lambda sensor. The exhaust back-box we found had a bit of a blow, so after a chat about new exhaust options he’s going to order himself a Mike Satur Daytona with the quads tail finishers, which will suit the car nicely!
Great to see Graeme again, thanks to him for the brews and biscuits, we look forward to seeing him again next time.
So that’s us done for the week, back home now after a slow run back up. There was an issue on the Humber Bridge, just hope that everyone concerned are okay. We’ve a bit of a busy weekend ahead with one thing and another. Hope everyone has a great one wherever you may be! – https://ift.tt/jkheuFQ
