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rough luck wrote: wrote:

Well after a really busy couple of weeks, I was totally knackered, 3 days awake on the Netherlands work

I woke up on Wednesday at 7am, started out for the Netherlands at 10pm, Arrived at 8.45am on thursday an started striaght off with the list and loads of coffee, head gasket, inlet/exhaust, oil/oil filter, alternator belt, cambelt, tensioner, water pump, coolant, lower oil rail....anddddddddd the surprize addition Yuppp the big knuckle scrapper its self the Mike Satur 4-2-1 manifold,

Finished ready to start the engine at 5pm an then I look under the car while bleeding the coolant.....thermostat O ring on the pipe had gone, an its a total pain to get to when the engines all back together

by about 7pm we had tried sealing it, but I wasn't happy with it even though it worked, so it moved from being a pain to a challenge, your in another country don't speak the lingo, and need to make an O ring and most shops have shut,

By Midnight I was packing up job done...lol and my O ring is a lot better fit than the MG ones

12.30am Friday I'm setting off on the 4 hour drive to the Ferry...lol I had missed mine an had to wait for the 7.20am ferry, then an 4 hour drive over here, should have been 3 but some muppet had a crash (Not ME.. )


another 2 head gaskets done since and I'm all quiet again, but what a couple of weeks, and the last one got my details from here so thank you peoples once again

YOU HAVE BEEN BUSY it is great that you have got this work by word of mouth and it is good that Russell has passed some over too. good luck and get some sleep

Good to hear!

I had my first job from The T-bar on Tuesday, although they are not a posting member they do often have a read up on issues and have found the site great

The car was a one owner from new early TF with HGF, the gasket was still an original with plastic dowels so it hasn't done bad

rough luck wrote: wrote:

I had my first job from The T-bar on Tuesday, although they are not a posting member they do often have a read up on issues and have found the site great

The car was a one owner from new early TF with HGF, the gasket was still an original with plastic dowels so it hasn't done bad

Well done, you should ask him to sign up

Sorry I haven't been around alot an had to follow where the business was coming from, but here's the new website for you to enjoy

www.roughluckracing.com

Try out the head gasket calculator

hey RL!

are you still up for the secret mod we discussed on .org? if so drop me a PM with your address and i'll send the parts over

Adam-Mgtf wrote: wrote:

hey RL!

are you still up for the secret mod we discussed on .org? if so drop me a PM with your address and i'll send the parts over

Yupp I've even bought some triangles to fix them too....lol

Is your old TF up on ebay in bits??

Well back home already today, wasn't a head gasket it was an inlet manifold gasket, I guess I saved him a few £'s

www.roughluckracing.com

I'm already thinking of next months offer on top of the Free ECU code clearing with all work

Any ideas what people are looking at around this time of year

Winter Servicing?? something along those lines would that help anyone

or a 10% total bill discount only for T-bar members??

Definitely winter servicing, hood renovation(?) too.
What about a glass rear window fitting service?


10% discount for Tbar sounds good too.

Think I've done every pain of a job today....lol

Gear cable change

Strip, clean and rebuild rear calipers

Bleed new brake fluid through to all calipers

Replace coolant pipes with stainless steel ones, replace coolant tank and bleed with new coolant

Oil an filter change

and replace a back box from HELL..lol went through 3 grinding discs and 7 new drill bits

me an that back box fort like mad ...I WON

Busy boy!

How do you deal with that closure plate?