Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[Tadhg Tiogar]

5 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I am planning to go to the Field of Dreams tomorrow with Andyrew to work on the Citroen CX, if anybody wants to come and say Hi you are most welcome...

I suspect I am destined never to make it to the FoD, as open days generally coincide with me being in other fields with the horse....

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

how much and who do I need to bribe, for someone to quickly whip the fuel tank out of REV and tell me how bad the damage is?

Do you have a Haynes manual !?

 

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yes no problem.

What time will you be there? I may find somewhere to go walking on the way.

[ianbmw]

Sadly tomorrow is booked with parent type stuff........

But, see if that bloody RR will start!

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[Six-cylinder]

Just now, richardmorris said:

What time will you be there? I may find somewhere to go walking on the way.

The plan is Andyrew is coming to the house about 10.30 am then we load tools and stuff we need and should be up there soon after 11am. Come to the house or FoD

[LightBulbFun]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Do you have a Haynes manual !?

 

DHSS Workshop Manual For The Model 70 Three Wheeler(OCR).pdf

sort of!

seeing that a few people may be at the FoD tomorrow tempting to make the effort to come myself

would anyone be able to ferry me from MKC station to the FoD and back?

[hairnet]

On 1/30/2020 at 10:46 PM, Six-cylinder said:

I got the threatening SORN letter from the Trevi.

tl dr dvla mofos

 

i got a threatening letter off askmid yesterday saying i need to insure a bike i owned for a week and a half 3-4 months ago

seeing as i swapped the ins from that to the new bike and sold and bought them on the same day = they can FRO

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

DHSS Workshop Manual For The Model 70 Three Wheeler(OCR).pdf 20.17 MB · 25 downloads

sort of!

seeing that a few people may be at the FoD tomorrow tempting to make the effort to come myself

would anyone be able to ferry me from MKC station to the FoD and back?

Not really my direction sorry,  but I’ll look at the pdf and put the tool box in the car.

[richardmorris]

8 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

DHSS Workshop Manual For The Model 70 Three Wheeler(OCR).pdf 20.17 MB · 25 downloads

sort of!

seeing that a few people may be at the FoD tomorrow tempting to make the effort to come myself

would anyone be able to ferry me from MKC station to the FoD and back?

Not really my direction sorry,  but I’ll look at the pdf and put the tool box in the car.

 

edit, which page is it ? I can’t wade through 137 pages when cooking dinner.

[hairnet]

28 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I am planning to go to the Field of Dreams tomorrow with Andyrew to work on the Citroen CX, if anybody wants to come and say Hi you are most welcome.

I believe Wingz123 is delivering Lightbulbfuns trailer tomorrow for added action.

I plan to be there soon after 11am.

thats a shame if youd said summat today coulda followed you south

have to get glasses fixed tomorrow anyway

not starting from here tomorrow and they want 85 quid for the train

oh well

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, hairnet said:

thats a shame if youd said summat today coulda followed you south

not starting from here tomorrow and they want 85 quid for the train

oh well

Sorry I had not thought about tomorrow Sunday until I got home.

[LightBulbFun]

11 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Not really my direction sorry,  but I’ll look at the pdf and put the tool box in the car.

 

edit, which page is it ? I can’t wade through 137 pages when cooking dinner.

Ah no problem, I appreciate that your willing to try and help sort REV for me  , you might also want to bring a Jack along, as the fuel tank is dropped from underneath the car

details are on Page 65 as marked on the sheets or Page 82 according to the PDF viewer! 

there is an index at the start if you find yourself needing to know something else and im not around (as well as a diagram showing jacking points  )

heres also the relevant pages screenshotted  

(NB, REV has a slightly different type of tank fitted, to improve frontal crash resistance, but the general idea is the same)

[richardmorris]

22 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Ah no problem, I appreciate that your willing to try and help sort REV for me  , you might also want to bring a Jack along, as the fuel tank is dropped from underneath the car

details are on Page 65 as marked on the sheets or Page 82 according to the PDF viewer! 

there is an index at the start if you find yourself needing to know something else and im not around (as well as a diagram showing jacking points  )

heres also the relevant pages screenshotted  

(NB, REV has a slightly different type of tank fitted, to improve frontal crash resistance, but the general idea is the same)

If possible I’ll have a look. I’m ok at taking things apart - putting them back again though....

[LightBulbFun]

3 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

If possible I’ll have a look. I’m ok at taking things apart - putting them back again though....

haha wasn't asking you to stick it back in  

(just make sure any fasteners/nuts/bolts are not lost if possible)

your more then welcome to just leave the fuel tank by the seat inside REV if you don't want to stick it back in its place

if it really is leaking/has a hole in it, then no point putting it back in since if you do it will need just come out again for patching/replacing!

[richardmorris]

My eldest niece last weekend was amazed I was a chemist ( she’s doing chemistry in school this term) and thought I was a mechanic because I was always helping with their cars!

[richardmorris]

If I need to jack up the front where’s the best place to put the jack? My jack in the boot is two tonne capable, so expect it will be ok.

[beko1987]

Yea I'll wander over, will try to be at yours by 10.

Mooch about till lunchtime then go shopping on the way home which I need to do anyway

[LightBulbFun]

25 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

If I need to jack up the front where’s the best place to put the jack? My jack in the boot is two tonne capable, so expect it will be ok.

as shown in the lube chart/jacking points diagram 

looks like just ahead of the front bulkhead on the left and right hand side where the chassis members are  being a 3 wheeler its probably not a bad idea to jack up one side slide an axle stand under there, let it down onto the stand then go to the other side and do the same

IIRC thats how @Mrs6C did it when we made initial inspections to that area  (I think there are a couple axle stands floating around the FoD, I know there where a couple last i was there anyway!)

[richardmorris]

Ok. If i get chance I’ll give it a go.  Looks to be about 15 degrees warmer than the last time i was there!

[beko1987]

The Haynes manuals come out, it's getting serious now

[Six-cylinder]

16 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I suspect I am destined never to make it to the FoD, as open days generally coincide with me being in other fields with the horse....

You should have come over and bought your horse, there is 10 acre of pasture unoccupied at the moment!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

You should have come over and brought your horse, there is 10 acre of pasture unoccupied at the moment!

"Bill, hear that? Your luck's in!"

 

[hairnet]

bill, step on tim hes denied you a trip ou' so

[beko1987]

3/4 of an invacar has just turned up

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

3/4 of an invacar has just turned up

haha 3/4th?! your generous  

I wish it was 3/4th! 

more like 1/4th! sadly if that

(would have responded sooner but I only just woke up! I have my bad back and my cat, that (very cute) fat little bastard LOL to blame for that, my back not letting me fall asleep then my cat for waking me up far too early LOL)

[beko1987]

3 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

haha 3/4th?! your generous  

I wish it was 3/4th! 

more like 1/4th! sadly if that

(would have responded sooner but I only just woke up! I have my bad back and my cat, that (very cute) fat little bastard LOL to blame for that, my back not letting me fall asleep then my cat for waking me up far too early LOL)

I'm presuming you wanted it for the complete looking rear axle, brake components, good wheels and tyres and suspension rather than wanting a trailer? Because its not a good trailer (we borrowed the smashed light fitting from the trailer board to make a test lamp for cx fettling) but it rolls and bounces well

[LightBulbFun]

11 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I'm presuming you wanted it for the complete looking rear axle, brake components, good wheels and tyres and suspension rather than wanting a trailer? Because its not a good trailer (we borrowed the smashed light fitting from the trailer board to make a test lamp for cx fettling) but it rolls and bounces well

not sure what im going to do with it in the long run! 

 

should a Model 64 (or Tippen Delta it shares some brake components with) require those components then it may become a parts doner yeah but who knows!, (BTW for @egg turns out at least the brake shoes and drums are shared with the Mk12 and most other villers and electric machines it seems)

 

happy to know some part of it has already come in handy at least  

sadly the rear axle is not complete, there is supposed to also be a differential but thats clearly missing sadly

[richardmorris]

Some cx life - well it fires, but won’t run. Power to the main injector but not the rail. I’m sick to death of relays! Oddly we then had the very same issue with the RR.  Then it got cold and dark, so I’m now at home waiting for the oven to heat up for dinner. 

Im very sorry mr light bulb, but I couldn’t get to the invacar to drop the tank. I had the big toolkit, but time and a soggy approach to the main field were against us. Field of dreams now has a growing collection of invacars and bits!

nice to meet up with folk again.

[beko1987]

The CX tried to run, but bless it it could not. @richardmorris@richardmorris and Andy chased the injector wiring back and it was sound until we got to the front rh relays then it just stopped, moving relays about moved clicking but still no dice

[ianbmw]

That Range rover is HUGELY ANNOYING.....its going to be such a simple fix.....when I work out what it is

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