A busy few days, we took delivery of a rather sorry TF 160 on Wednesday morning, from Walsall; the cambelt had snapped, resulting in quite a bit of carnage, but it’s nothing that can’t be sorted, we look forward to getting this one back on the road for Jonathan.
It was lovely to see Kevin and Amanda, who came down from North Broomhill on Thursday to collect his, newly acquired, Trophy that had been left with us whilst they were away on an adventure. Full cambelt service, underfloor coolant pipes, Kmaps remap, new key fob, reverse light switch, MOT and a few other things all done to get this ready for them to enjoy further adventures in. Big thanks to them for surprising us and taking us out for lunch, it was good to hear many stories.
Up bright and early on Friday morning to head down to Spalding, to carry out the cambelt service on Bruce’s 2003 TF 135 (in Trophy Blue – JFV). We’d last seen the car just before lockdown hit back in 2020. Good to see Bruce again, thanks to him for the cuppas and bacon butty.
We then headed over to Turves for the annual service on Matt’s 2004 TF 135 also in Trophy Blue. Good to see Matt again, next year will be time for the cambelt service again.
With a dismal wet day the gazebo was deployed!
With a stopover in Ramsey, for the evening, we headed on to Cambridge this Saturday morning, where it was lovely to meet Flo, for work on her 2004 TF 135 (in Platinum Gold – MCN).
Having owned the car for three years Flo had found that the cambelt service was well overdue and also thought that there was a problem with the head gasket. Fortunately, for her, it was nothing but a faulty expansion tank cap and a leaking water pump, not surprising it was last replaced in 2016! Luckily nothing else more serious had occurred.
Full cambelt service carried out, along with replacing the exhaust back-box and the CAT as it was noted on the last MOT that it was past its best. We took with us a stainless back-box from Rimmers, it suits the car and has a decent tone. Thanks to Flo for the cuppas and thankfully the rain passed us by.
A hassle free run back home this afternoon. We have two cars being dropped off at the workshop tomorrow, ready for work next week.
Hope everyone is having an enjoyable weekend and dodging the showers! ☔️ – https://ift.tt/9xCyHSV
