šŗļø š Somerset, Devon, Cornwall trip – September 2025 – days 9 to 12 of 12ā¦
A day off was had on Tuesday to rest the aches and pains, which was great to take in the surrounding area. A walk for me in the morning from Portreath to Godrevy bay, which was recommended to us by Tim, what a beautiful spot. Jon had a big breakfast at Hellās Kitchen and met me there. Ventured into St Ives, which was hellish, so we turned around and went to a very quiet spot in Hayle.
So on Wednesday morning, feeling slightly refreshed, we headed over to Camborne, where it was great to see Alan again for work on his 2004 TF 135 in Trophy Blue (JFV). A full cambelt service carried out, along with alternator belt. When it came to running up to temperature found that the fans were kicking in too early, even though the radiator was cold, Alan had warned us that there was some issues with the fan coming on. The readings on the ECU temperature sensor seemed to be inconsistent. Together with the coolness of the radiator, it was decided to replace the ECU temperature sensor and the stat, a PRT on this model. All running nicely now with fans coming on and off when they should.
An early start on Thursday morning saw us leaving our fab digs, in Cambrose, and heading over to Chillington, where it was lovely to meet Geoff and his 2005 TF 135 in Pearl Black (PBT).
Geoff had been noticing an issue with the clutch, so heād changed the slave and master clutch cylinders, which had had no effect so asked if we could come and replace the clutch itself.
All went well until it came to aligning the new Borg & Beck clutch, it would not go on, so we took it off, to find the chamfer on the clutch-plate seemed a bit square-edged therefore not allowing it to allocate on to the splines, so we smoothed the chamfer with a file, and tried test fitting it, before trying again and all seemed good, but when it came to realigning, it still wouldnāt play. Fortunately, we had a spare clutch kit, a LUK branded one, and this went on virtually straight away, thankfully! The release-arm was extremely stiff, but this was freed off until it could be moved back and forth by hand. System all bled and he now has a fully functioning clutch once again weāre pleased to say.
A very hot day weather wise, but Geoff kept us hydrated with a constant supply of tea!
From there, we had a bit of a journey over to our final digs of this trip, in Glastonbury. Arriving just minutes before sunset I was able to make it up to the Tor, which was so fabulous to experience.
That brings to this Friday, our last day, and our last call, where we headed over to Westbury in Wiltshire, where it was good to meet Gareth and his 2002 TF 160 in Trophy Blue (JFV) for a short cambelt service.
After an interesting chat with Gareth we set off for home. A bit of a long schlep, but weāve now only got an hour to go, with only one diversion en route.
Itās been a long and tiring, but nonetheless, productive and successful, trip to the south west of the country. Weāve met some great people and their fab cars and seen some old ones too, amongst some stunning locations. The weather on the whole has been so good, with a back to summer feel.
A total of 1,106 miles, 12 cars, 7 lots of digs. Looking forward to getting home and seeing our lovely puss.
Thanks to everyone for their fantastic hospitality and warm welcomes. š„ – https://ift.tt/NPKzZaX
