And WUMPH! That’s us back down to earth with a bang, following an absolutely brilliant couple of weeks in Greece, a family wedding for the first week and then on to mine and Jon’s favourite place for the second week. I tried to keep on top of the admin whilst away with a daily check-in, and replying where I could. I’ve now got through that mammoth task and replied to everyone, booking in as many as is possible.
Our first job back at it this week was over at the workshop, on Wednesday morning, to greet Jai and one of his latest additions to his ever expanding fleet that he’d driven up in that morning from Croydon. A very nice example of a 2003 ZS 120. This car had actually featured in the opening ceremony of the 2022 commonwealth games when they got a convoy of 72 British classic cars together, and this particular one is in the drone shot of the Union Jack. (Check out the YouTube video of it, it’s really interesting). I tried to get an aerial shot from the top of the van, haha.
So anyway, it was initially booked in for quite a list of things, but Jai had been slowly working his way through it. We carried out preemptive head gasket replacement and a full cambelt service. All done with no issues ready for Jai to travel back home that afternoon. Great to see Jai again and hear about the other cars he’s bought and is interested in.
Thursday morning found us over in Selby, where it was lovely to meet Tony and Sue for work on their 2004 TF 135 ‘Wonky’ (in xpower grey) that they’d bought last year for a bit of summer fun, but have grown quite attached to. Cambelt service carried out for them. Great to have a chat with Tony while we worked about the other cars he’s owned and adventures with the club etc. Thankfully he has a decent sized garage to work in as it absolutely tipped it down all morning.
So that brings us to Friday, and this morning we headed over bright and early to Beverley for work on Maureen’s 2004 TF 160 ‘Finn’ (in mirage). Full cambelt service carried out, the timing was completely out, which was due to a crushed roll pin on the exhaust cam, this was duly replaced and car ran up to temperature. It was nice to finally meet Maureen this time, albeit it briefly before she had to dash off to work.
From there we headed up to Beeford, where it was lovely as always to see Bob for the minor service on his 2006 registered TF 135 (in ignition blue). Fortunately we were lucky to avoid the torrential rain, which hid us on the way home. Let’s hope it clears off for the weekend for us all.
We should have been working in Hull tomorrow morning, but had an unavoidable last minute cancellation. So there’s another job that we’ll just have to get on with instead, the tax returns! Boo. 😒
Hope everyone has a great weekend near and far and that the sun makes an appearance. ☀️ – https://ift.tt/HPFkWUm
