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Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - 28th December Thursday we are holding a FoD day for the Autoshite Forum members, you would be most welcome to join us.


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28th December Thursday we are holding an open day at our small holding (FoD) near Buckingham for the Autoshite Forum and invited guests, you would be most welcome to join us.

At this time of year it will probably just be tea and chat rather than a working on cars day.

We have a 6x3m party tent inside our open barn with a diesel heater to make it more comfortable.

Arrive when you like, leave when you like and bring your own food is the format.

A bit cold for tents, but anybody wanting to camp/car camp/caravan/or RV it is welcome to stay on site.

No truancy will be accepted.

Dogs, Wife’s and children welcome.

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  • Six-cylinder changed the title to Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - 28th December Thursday we are holding a FoD day for the Autoshite Forum members, you would be most welcome to join us.

The new starter for the 480 arrived today so I attempted to fit it.  Andyrew had warned me it was very difficult to wiggle it out from the rear bracket and he was not wrong. To put it straightforwardly I failed! I have also lost a torch, and two levers down into the engine bay somewhere and as it was getting dark I gave up..

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We moved the Citroen XM off the Grass this morning at the FoD. It had a flat battery, but with a jump pack it started straight up. Unfortunately Mrs6C found mice in it and managed to catch two but the third is still in there.

It is waiting for an MOT but is in a queue.

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The continuing story with the Volvo 480ES is @Andyrew came and saved us.

I had another go at wriggling the starter Motor into place and Mrs6C had a try but we failed. Andyrew turned up in the freezing cold and dark and after a bit of a battle got it into place. And all for a cheesy chips supper!

Saturday all I had to do was tighten the 3 fixing bolts, connect the main power lead and connect the starter solenoid wire. I just could not get the starter wire connected on the blind side of the solenoid, it just seemed too short so I made up a short extension wire. The starter now worked.

@Prince_of_darkness91 and I went for a ride, toped up the petrol and it started fine. We then took the long way home and returned to the drive. I went to test restart it and it just clicked, we turned the engine on the alternator and it started. We turned it off again and attempted a restart and this time the starter spun but the engine did not fire. We rested it and it started if a bit rough at first. I then took it to the FoD but did not switch it off until I got home.

At the FoD I noticed the n-s daylight running lens had fallen off and the o-s was very lose. I found evidence of previous glue so to keep water from rushing into the bulb holders I have glued the coves back on.

At home there was ignition lights but no turning or even clicking of the starter so I moved the gear selector from park to neutral and it started instantly. I then retried it in park and it started with a wiggle. Now it started perfectly in park or neutral.

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Late afternoon I risked the 480 again and went to a car gathering in Milton Keynes in spite of the grey damp cold weather. Usually this meeting is 50+ cars but today I counted just 18.

The good news is the 480 behaved perfectly, restarted to get lined up for a photo without any issues and again to go home.

The car I most wanted to take home other than the 480 was the Ford Anglia van.

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