Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[Slowsilver]

Quicksilver & I can come on Sunday, weather permitting. See my PM.
 

[Six-cylinder]

There is still plenty of room for more visitors if anybody wants to visit.

Friday - I am hoping IanBMW will fit a coil to the green Range Rover. I also have to move some cars in storage off site.

Saturday - Heidel_Kakao 

Sunday - Slowsilver, Quicksilver and hopefully Andyrew if the MX5 works.

Monday - I now think it will be too cold to want to be at the FoD

[Talbot]

There is also the consideration of course that you could have up to 6 people in one area of the FoD, and another 6 people some 200m away in another bit of the FoD.

... and I don't mean that in a "here's a handy loophole to exploit", just that the FoD is plenty large enough that there could easily be more than one group there.

[Six-cylinder]

On 4/1/2021 at 12:59 PM, Talbot said:

There is also the consideration of course that you could have up to 6 people in one area of the FoD, and another 6 people some 200m away in another bit of the FoD.

... and I don't mean that in a "here's a handy loophole to exploit", just that the FoD is plenty large enough that there could easily be more than one group there.

I did run the numbers though my calculator and without the rule of 6 we could accommodate 12,000 people all 2m apart in all directions!  

[Talbot]

Was that with a square grid of people or a triangular grid?

[Six-cylinder]

7 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Was that with a square grid of people or a triangular grid?

Square grid

or we could set up for household groups.

[Andyrew]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Sunday - Slowsilver, Quicksilver and hopefully Andyrew if the MX5 works.

If more than six are there before me ill just park on the road and shout "its f**cked m8" over the hedges. 

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

There is plenty of space on Saturday for more visitors.

[Six-cylinder]

What started Quiz! Answers at 10PM

Today I had to move some cars around that were in storage and there were 3 not mine that had to be moved. These cars have all been unmoved since last December. The question is what started on the turn off a key, what needed a jump, what was a pain and what never started?

1984 Range Rover

Citroen Visa Cabriolet

E36 BMW 323i Coupe

Peugeot 306 Cabriolet

MGF

Lancia Trevi

Citroen ZX

Lotus Elam M100

[Andyrew]

Id go with 

1984 Range Rover JUMP

Citroen Visa Cabriolet STARTED

E36 BMW 323i Coupe STARTED

Peugeot 306 Cabriolet JUMP

MGF NON START

Lancia Trevi PAIN

Citroen ZX STARTED

Lotus Elam M100 NON STARTER

[Six-cylinder]

Answers to what started today

1984 Range Rover – was parked battery disconnected and started with some churning when reconnected

Citroen Visa Cabriolet - started easily with a jump – one flat tyre

E36 BMW 323i Coupe - started easily with a jump

Peugeot 306 Cabriolet - started easily with a jump – two flat tyres

MGF - started easily with a jump

Lancia Trevi – was parked battery disconnected and no amount of churning would get it going and we had to push it around

Citroen ZX – Flat battery and the jump pack was low so would not start. It had upset the alarm and was not keen to jump from a Land Rover. It could have been the alarm we reset that got it going although the immobiliser is keypad and showed green when the number was entered.

Lotus Elan M100 – broken when it went in and still broken 4 months later.

[Six-cylinder]

If you visit beware of the Wererabbit! 

[Bear]

That's just a cat with rabbit ears on!

[Crackers]

12 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Lotus Elan

 

12 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

broken

Unheard of. 

[Mrs6C]

22 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

If you visit beware of the Wererabbit! 

The good news is that this fine creature is a hare...

The bads news is that the rabbits at the FoD are that size as well!

[Heidel_Kakao]

I am still too lazy to walk to the toilet 😀

[hairnet]

evel knievel 🤣

[Six-cylinder]

FoD first cut of the season. 

[Six-cylinder]

Full restoration! 

 

[hairnet]

christopher youre a madman

 

[Six-cylinder]

Today was mainly about the Carlton and it started very well. We added antifreeze, did a few test laps of the field and it drove just fine. Unfortunately it then stated to get hot and pushed water out of the radiator overflow pipe. Checking it had added water to the oil so probably a blown head gasket.

@Andyrew also checked for rust on the driver’s side rear chassis as this was an advisory at the last MOT. The bad news is there is rust the good news it is accessible to repair it.

So this is how it rewarded us for washing it!

[beko1987]

Surely @Andyrewcan have that changed tomorrow? I'll hold the umbrella (2m away...)

Hope you had the excellent weather there as I did here! 

[High Jetter]

Any history on the Carlton? It was reg in my area, might be able to flesh it out for you.

[AnthonyG]

I don’t want to be rude, but are Carltons now that rare that the one above is worth fixing?

It’s got HGF, chassis rust and the paintwork’s looks like it’s had it. 

Normally I try to see the best in old sheds, but it just seems to define the words End of Life Vehicle to me.

Surely money would be better spent on something like the Trevi or Guilietta? 

[Andyrew]

33 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Surely @Andyrewcan have that changed tomorrow? 

I like your confidence! 

[Ghosty]

Head gaskets aren't that hard on the old 8v engines, the head bolts are on the outside for one. 

[Six-cylinder]

11 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

I don’t want to be rude, but are Carltons now that rare that the one above is worth fixing?

It’s got HGF, chassis rust and the paintwork’s looks like it’s had it. 

Normally I try to see the best in old sheds, but it just seems to define the words End of Life Vehicle to me.

Surely money would be better spent on something like the Trevi or Guilietta? 

You are missing the point!!!🙂

It is about fixing something that is broken, no matter if it makes sense or not!

When I faltered at the thought of paying a garage to do a head gasket @Andyrew interjected with “all you need is a bunch of gullible ****** and pay them in tea and biscuits”.

So we are back on track looking for the lowest cost parts to do the head gasket change.

Carltons are now quite rare with only 173 taxed, saloons and estates of all years. There are also 51 Lotus Carltons.

While I like Carltons a 2.0 manual would not be my choice, let’s get it back on the road and give it chance. The previous late owner loved it.

The photo is the alternative!

[Talbot]

HGF on that old 8V engine is not common at all.  I've known them overheated to hell and back and still in good order.  They're a really robust design.  Even non-interference, so you can cambelt roulette as long as you like.  When it snaps, the engine just stops and it's about 2hrs work to put a new on one.  Maybe even less on a longitudinal arrangement like that in an engine bay designed for an inline 6.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

The photo is the alternative!

Is that the new shape Sandero?  Not seen one of those in the metal yet.

[Six-cylinder]

20 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Is that the new shape Sandero?  Not seen one of those in the metal yet.

Yes.

@RichardK has it on trial and says it is good to drive.

Me - I think it is ugly and creates absolutely zero desire to own one.