Tunstall, Harrogate, Bolton & workshop…
We got cracking bright and early on Monday morning to replace the heater matrix in Steve and Marie’s LE 500. It’s a long process especially with having aircon, but we got it all done and back together, car ran up to temperature. Then we took Ellie round to have four-wheel alignment carried out at the garage on site, following the recent rear subframe replacement. (Details on previous blog). New battery fitted and she’s all ready for Steve and Marie to collect on Saturday evening.
We went over to Tunstall on Wednesday, where it was lovely, as always, to see Mick and Sammy. Their 1999 MGF 75th anniversary (in Mulberry – CDM) was due for the cambelt service. Full service carried out, plus replacement of the clutch-master cylinder along with a flush through of the old black fluid. Car all set for its next adventure to Portugal later in the year.
Thanks to Mick and Sammy for their hospitality and the delicious jars of homemade chutney. Good to catch-up with them again.
From there we headed over to Harrogate as Karen had reported having trouble selecting gears on their year 2000 MGF 120 mpi (in Wedgewood – JBH). This we found to be due to the clutch-slave cylinder seals having blown. So we replaced this and bled through the old fluid.
Lovely to see Karen again, pleased to have them up and running again.
Today, Thursday, we headed over to Bolton, where it was lovely to meet Huw. His 2003 TF 135 (in Trophy Blue – JFV) had a suspected head gasket failure. The head gasket had been replaced twice in the past, and he was told it had gone again. Fortunately, for Huw, that wasn’t the case, the problem was due to a faulty expansion tank cap. The cambelt service was a year overdue so we carried this out for him, car ran up to temperature with the fans coming on and going off as they should. This was once Huw’s daily drive, having owned it from new. Now it’s just to be enjoyed on sunny days, so he’s looking forward to getting out and about in her again. Thanks to Huw for the cuppas, we look forward to seeing him again next year for some further work that we discussed.
Well we now have a couple of days off, well Jon has some further maintenance to do on the trusty steed tomorrow morning. Hope everyone has a good weekend near and far, where possible, not sure if the weather is looking too clever, but hopefully that may change. 🌞 – https://ift.tt/x439pvD
