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Having had a few conversations with Paul, in recent months, he saw on our post last night that we weren’t too far away from him, in Alsager, so asked if we could pop over.

Happy to do so, we left our really fab digs, in Congleton, this morning to investigate the source of an oil leak with his very nice looking MGF Trophy 160 that he’d owned for just over a year.

There was found to be several culprits of varying degrees; such as VVC plunger seals, cam seals and then the main one which seems to be the crank seal, plus a possibility that the VVC mech gasket was also an issue.

Really good to meet Paul, and have a chat about track days and other cars he’s owned. A date booked in to come and sort all of these issues out for him.

Good run back over to the workshop, with a bit of a contrast in the weather today, and cracked on with a few things there.

The pub we stayed at in Congleton is worthy of mention, The Plough. Such fantastic rooms and at a very reasonable price. Not that we often venture out for food, it’s usually a ‘just eat’ option in our room, we made the effort to go across to the pub itself to eat and the food was so good. One on the list of places to stay at again.

Didn’t get a pic of the car unfortunately, too busy talking. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

That was a bit of a wet and windy one! Fortunately, we had a car port for some shelter from it, while we were working in Macclesfield today.

It was cambelt service time for Tony’s TF 135 and Tony asked us to also service his brothers TF 135. It was suspected that the clutch had gone on his brothers car too. So a couple of days booked in for the work and an overnight stay.

First up was Tony’s TF, all bolts behaved, cambelt, water pump and tensioner replaced. While we were in there noticed a bit of an oil leak, which was down to the cam cover being lose, so replaced the gasket and cleaned everything up. Other service items replaced that Tony had and asked us to fit while we were there.

Next up was his brothers TF, which was a completely different story. One of engine mount bolts did not want to come undone. So plan B was implemented, which didn’t want to go well either, 4 hours spent undoing one bolt. Got there in the end though! Patience along with a few mashed bits of skin!

We also had the car booked in for clutch replacement, but on investigation found that the slave cylinder had gone and the release arm was stiff. So this was freed off and new slave cylinder fitted. System bled and clutch working as it should. Saving Tony’s brother a bit of money and it should be good for many more miles.

Great to see Tony as always, keeping us supplied with many welcome cuppas and choccie bics.

A later than thought finish, but our digs are only a few miles down the road in Congleton. Welcome big bath to thaw out in and then get the admin done. Will venture over to the adjoining pub for some tea.

Now we’ve gained a day, we’ll go back to the workshop in the morning and get more done on Adam’s and Stephen’s cars. 😃 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

A lovely sunny morning for run over the Humber estuary as we headed to Cleethorpes, where it was great to see Keith again and his, really well cared for, TF 135 85th Anniversary. Paint code is 297 for those interested.

Cambelt, water pump, tensioner, aircon alternator belt all replaced and oil change done.

Good to catch-up with Keith again. His car, as always, a pleasure to work on too.

Made the most of a rare early finish as have a lot of things to catch up on and orders to place etc. Doesn’t help that Facebook crashed this evening, aargh! 😵‍💫 – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

The years certainly fly past so quickly, time for cambelt service on this great looking TF 135 ‘Spark’ in Sonic Blue, again, in Garstang, Lancashire.

Cambelt, water pump, tensioner, plugs and all filters replaced, without any bother at all. Great to see Jim again and have a catch-up. Thank you, so much Jim for the welcome cuppas and the bottle of fizz! 🍾🥂

Ashton-in-Makerfield for the next call, for some work on this fab looking MGF 120 mpi.

52 mm throttle body and Viper cold-air-induction system fitted. New distributor cap and rotar arm fitted. Good to see David again and have a catch-up.

We actually had a bank holiday Monday off! It was a very nice welcome break. Back to the workshop in the morning. MOT time for Rob’s Sonic Blue Spark! – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

A busy one in a little village just near Luton today…

This car was originally booked in with us quite some time ago, but very sadly the owner, Owen, passed away suddenly, leaving quite a collection of MGs. His wife, Collette, decided to recommission a couple of them. So she asked if we could come over and have a chat about the TF 160 when we were next in her area, that was back in April when on our way home from somewhere…

We returned today to carry out full cambelt service, and carry out the repairs that were found to be required on the MOT.

All brake lines replaced. All discs and pads replaced. Calipers all cleaned up. Everything done and ready for the re-test. Long day, but pleased to have got it done for her.

The car has had some bodywork, since we were last there, and is booked in for a full respray. It will be good to see it when it’s all finished.

Almost home and then time to watch the Grand Prix highlights. Bit of a shocker in quallies yesterday with our namesake Norris having a bit of a spin! Let’s hope the weather was a bit better today. ☔️ – https://ift.tt/363HZbI

Wiggenhall St Peter, near Kings Lynn for our first call of the day, where it was lovely to see Mark again and his TF 135, one of the cars post the LE500 run.

The annual service was due, plus Mark also wanted a new alternator fitting and a replacement of the fuel sender unit, as his fuel gauge was showing inconsistent readings. Work all done in his very nice garage, (now the MGB GT is all done) with better carpets than in our house! Good catch-up and a cracking cuppa and cookies. Look forward to seeing you next year for the cambelt service. 😀

Next stop was Desborough, for replacement of the underfloor coolant pipes on Marcus’s TF 135, that we’d noticed on our last trip were looking a bit scabby and advised him to keep an eye on things and have replaced when we were next in the area. All done, with only one awkward bolt, system bled and then on our way. Thanks for the cuppa Marcus.

We then pootled a few miles along the road to Kettering, where it was lovely to meet Jim. Having recently bought the car the alternator had decided to pack up, always the way isn’t it. The previous owner had kindly recommended he get in touch with us for any future work.

We went armed with new alternator and voltage regulators. Fortunately, for Jim it was the regulator that was faulty, so this was duly replaced and car up and running nicely again. Great that we were in the area and able to sort so quickly.

Have fun on your run at the weekend Jim, with the MG crowd.

Thank you both for the cake, a cracking brew! Oh and the bottle of wine, having had a chat about both of our trips to Spain etc that we’re all missing. ☀️🍷

The sun was out all day, which was a welcome sight and again another day of lovely people and their fab cars. On our way back up the A1 now heading home. – https://ift.tt/363HZbI