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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Trip – May 2026 – days 1-3 of 8…

First leg of Scotland trip done commencing with a call en route on Thursday morning in Gosforth, where it was lovely as always to see Jane and Graham for work in Jane’s 2002 TF 160. Minor service carried out along with replacing both front discs and pads.

We then headed over to Kilmarnock, following an overnight stay there we arrived bright and early on Friday morning in Glengarnock for work on some of Alan’s fleet.

His 2006 TF 135 in Twilight (1 of 1) was due a minor service. Plus he wasn’t sure if a wheel bearing was on its way out again so we hauled along the big old bearing press. Fortunately, it turned out to just be a top ball joint that needing replacing and greasing of both top suspension arms.

The fairly new acquisition to the fleet, a 2001 MGF 120 had developed a blow in the exhaust, new flexi-section fitted along with a new Lambda sensor, both rear calipers replaced along with rear pads. An oil leak had been noted on the last MOT, which was found to be all four cam-seals, so these were all duly replaced and excess oil cleaned up.

His 2004 TF 160 in Aurora was also due its minor service. It also has a slight blow on the exhaust, plus the EML has been coming on. New flexi section ordered and when we return as planned next Tuesday we’ll get those fitted.

Great to see Alan and Andy as always and have fusses with beautiful Mable (aka Molly dog!)

Saturday, and following an overnight stay in Grangemouth last night we went over to Polmont this morning for work on Stuart’s 2003 TF 135. Stuart had noticed a slight loss of coolant, so asked a friend to take a look, who suspected that the thermostat housing was the culprit. We fitted a new housing only to find it was still leaking. We tried oversized o-rings to no avail, and as we then found it’s the engine bay coolant pipes that have corroded. So Stuart’s going to take a drive down to us at the workshop next month. Both of the track rod ends had come up as an advisory on his last MOT so these were replaced. It was great to see Stuart again, and thanks to him for the many warming brews on a bit of a chilly morning, and thanks also for the lovely piece of arty wood, just our sort of thing!

After bidding farewell to Stuart we’re now heading further north for the next overnight stop in Grantown-on-Spey before heading a bit further north from there to a place called Rafford for work tomorrow.

I made the most of our location this morning and got up at sunrise and took a walk along to the Kelpies, which never fail to amaze.

We did have a busy start to the week on Tuesday with a head gasket replacement on Jason’s 2004 TF 160 in Durham, glad to have this done for him to enjoy the summer months. We then went on to Darlington where it was good to meet Jon and his 2004 TF 135 for a suspected clutch-slave cylinder issue, which wasn’t the case, we found that the left to right cable was badly adjusted restricting the movement to the right, plus the gearbox had no oil in it due to the fill-plug being loose! Hopefully these have resolved the issue for him and he’ll let us know how it drives.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend despite the dismal weather. There’s still snow on the tops and there’s some very heavy sleet as we drive through the Highlands, hope it improves for the rest of this trip! 🥶 – https://ift.tt/sSWkmjL