Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

Saying good bye to another old friend today after 11 years. E36 328i Msport coupe manual, seems to have gone to a good home where it will return to the road.

[hairnet]

what toot is going be incoming

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

4 hours ago, hairnet said:

what toot is going be incoming

 

never dare an idiot! 😆

[Six-cylinder]

Our drive at lunchtime today.

If anybody spotted the newcomer its not what you think. Yes there is a black MK4 Astra on my drive, I have not purchased it, just a kind loan from @Andyrew . So if you are cut up badly on a roundabout by it don't blame Andyrew as I am going to be driving it for a while.

[hairnet]

how much to shenley m9?

[Six-cylinder]

A busy car afternoon with the help of @Slowsilver

Metro and Toledo have been taken to storage. To fit them in the Daimler Sovereign S1, Ami, GS and AX had to be started and moved. I think it is good to get them up to temperature once in a while.

A quick look at the interior of Mrs6C’s Volvo V70 T5 while I popped the new cam sensor and crank sensor inside in preparation to restarting it and fitting them to try and put out the pesky engine light. To be continued…….

The first inspection for putting up a shelve in the storage shed was done, but I forgot the ladder. I am not allowed to drill holes in the wall as it is rented and don’t want a free standing shelve unit because we are short of floor space. I am thinking about some wall plate strapping bent into a hook for the top of the concrete wall and a 90° bend to form a support for the shelve.

I was surprised to find the Toledo had a flat battery at the house, a jump and it was away but it had always started off its own battery before. It when into the dark end of the shed and I switched the engine off and noticed the radio was lit, it is not ignition switched and I had left it on with no volume for 2 ½ weeks!

The BMW 3.0S was taken from the FoD to the house garage to see what can be done with all the rust bubbles. Very ugly when I rubbed the paint bubbles! If anybody wanted to join me in the garage in the next few weeks I plan to go round the car rub back and use Rust Converter on all the bubbles.

[chaseracer]

31 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

...I plan to go round the car rub back and use Rust Converter on all the bubbles.

Seems to have worked on the Lancia, I was pleased to see at Chevrons last month.

[hairnet]

Looking at that last pic

I'd be looking at a sh bonnet 

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

Looking at that last pic

I'd be looking at a sh bonnet 

Aye, good luck finding one of those at sensible money!  Normally if an E3 gets scrapped it's due to terminal rot in every panel...

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Aye, good luck finding one of those at sensible money!  Normally if an E3 gets scrapped it's due to terminal rot in every panel...

I think harrods have them next to the unicorn saddles.

[Six-cylinder]

I went to a small car Gathering in Milton Keynes this evening. I took my Seicento as it was raining when I left home and found a friend to pose with!

[Longbridge Apologist]

On 9/25/2022 at 7:01 PM, Six-cylinder said:

Great day out today with the BL Gang @Slowsilver @quicksilver @Andyrew @Zelandeth @Prince_of_darkness91 @BeEP @Skizzer

at Milton Keynes Museum.

Phwoar 

[Six-cylinder]

My Seicento was out again today for a 100 mile run out with the Milton Keynes Modern Classic cars. A great day with no problems unlike one of the "Fix Or Repair Daily's"!

[richardmorris]

9 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

My Seicento was out again today for a 100 mile run out with the Milton Keynes Modern Classic cars. A great day with no problems unlike one of the "fix or repair daily's"!

Found on the road dead.

[Six-cylinder]

Not really an Autoshite car but I enjoyed a trip out this evening in the Range Rover. It was to a BMW Club night, but neither of our BMWs work! 

[chodweaver]

Not really an Autoshite car but I enjoyed a trip out this evening in the Range Rover. It was to a BMW Club night, but neither of our BMWs work! 

First world problems:
When you take a JLR product because the premium German ones are non functional


Nice pic though!

[hairnet]

should keep a p38 for this reason

 

[mitsisigma01]

Funky architecture, where was it held ?

[Six-cylinder]

7 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Funky architecture, where was it held ?

The Aviator Hotel, Sywell Airfield, Northampton.

A great venue for a car club with added flying aeroplanes in the summer including a Spitfire based there.

[Six-cylinder]

I got my C reg Visa 17RD back today with a fresh MOT, just in time to put it away for the winter!

It needed a brake master cylinder, brake compensator and rear wheel cylinders. I had a couple of small rust holes that were cut out and new metal welded in.  It also had an aux belt.

[MiniMinorMk3]

I had a 17RD as a company car back in 1986-87. We had three on the company fleet, which meant a few races took place. With a bit of determined slipstreaming, and a favourable gradient, we used to get the speedo needles to point directly downwards. Also to improve grip we stuck 165 section tyres on the front. Those engines were indestructible.

[hairnet]

18 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

 

 

Beko dreams of this little rust

[hairnet]

23 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

we used to get the speedo needles to point directly downward

Ben there

[mitsisigma01]

5 minutes ago, hairnet said:

we used to get the speedo needles to point directly downward

No pictures... didn't happen!

.... How fast  ... Asking on behalf of those of us that have never been in one ....

[Six-cylinder]

120 kph is a nice cruising speed, fine at 130 kph if you are in a hurry. If in Germany and cars trying to get in front of the old slow car hold you up I will hold it flat out at about 150 kph. I feel confident the engine can take it, after all 50k delivery drivers in C15 vans can't be wrong!

[MiniMinorMk3]

I think the speedo went up to 90, so an indicated 100. Actual speed could be anywhere between 80 and 95 as there were not known for the accuracy back then.

 

 

PS Couldn't take a pic then as my mobile hadn't been invented back then.

[Six-cylinder]

46 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

I think the speedo went up to 90, so an indicated 100. Actual speed could be anywhere between 80 and 95 as there were not known for the accuracy back then.

 

 

PS Couldn't take a pic then as my mobile hadn't been invented back then.

It is common for the needle to curl up with heat and age and then would not they would not exceed 50 mph!

[MiniMinorMk3]

Speedo must have gone to 100 as it was the same reg as yours, so an indicated 110. Could have been the C15 van that had a 90 speedo.

[hairnet]

visa did 141 kmh on way back from collection that time

 

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Speedo must have gone to 100 as it was the same reg as yours, so an indicated 110. Could have been the C15 van that had a 90 speedo.

Our C15 which is a 2000 (W) has the 100mph marking and room to go a bit further.

Even our 652cc Special has a 100 mph Speedo