Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[Eddie Honda]

 

(Can someone Photoshop him on it?)

[BavarianRetro]

I'm not an E36 fan, but if I had a clean tidy, sport leather equipped, six cylinder, manual coupe that owed me nothing and somewhere to park it, I'd not be considering selling it.

[Six-cylinder]

I'm not an E36 fan, but if I had a clean tidy, sport leather equipped, six cylinder, manual coupe that owed me nothing and somewhere to park it, I'd not be considering selling it.

I quite like that option but there is a cost to storing cars and also even cars in storage still deteriorate even without use.

[chodweaver]

Top mower buyage, that. A Westwood garden tractor was what I thought my parents should have been buying all those years ago when they bought a ridiculous, but loadsafun nevertheless ride-on mower.

 

Happy days

[richardmorris]

I am thinking this mower needs an Autoshite paint job!

 

Can somebody design a paint job that can be applied with a brush please?

 

Can somebody paint the artwork for me please.

 

I used to use one of those to cut the church grounds in Colnbrook. Great fun.

[Six-cylinder]

Have pity on me, if it not Breadvan it is my brother suggesting cars!

 

My brother has offered me his Stag project, sat for 10 years now but was a good running car prior to that.

 

Not rotted out but not rust free either.

[hairnet]

you have a lovely gs and you consider this???

 

wow

[richardmorris]

It doesn't look too bad, but would the plan be a full bare metal restoration or a get it on the road job? Values seem strong for them. Is it the proper engine?

[Six-cylinder]

It doesn't look too bad, but would the plan be a full bare metal restoration or a get it on the road job? Values seem strong for them. Is it the proper engine?

Yes Stag engine, but it has been standing for 10 years so I am going over next week to take the plugs out and see if it will turn on the starter.

 

No plan yet!

[Six-cylinder]

I collected my new mower today, not a great start as I can’t get it to run by electric or cord. Shame I was very pleased what good condition it looked, but was sold to me by a dealer as spares/repair so I can’t complain, just something else to fix!

 

I was told it needed a new cutting blade but it looks fine to me maybe dressed with a grinder, what do you think?

 

The Alfa 156 got the towing job today, it won because the trailer already had its number plate on it!

[Asimo]

That blade looks fine. Grind from the top side so the bottom of the blade is flat. Blade has had it when the up-turned part that does the blowing is worn away or beginning to split.

[Six-cylinder]

I got my BMW 328i sport coupe back today after it had been away for welding and MOT, it looks like a scruffy old nail, but what fun to drive.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The carbs I have are not INAT's but some other old Solex shite - they look like E21 320 twin chokes. 

 

 

Ebay beckons. 

[Six-cylinder]

The carbs I have are not INAT's but some other old Solex shite - they look like E21 320 twin chokes. 

 

 

Ebay beckons.

Thanks for looking.

[richardmorris]

That blade looks fine. Grind from the top side so the bottom of the blade is flat. Blade has had it when the up-turned part that does the blowing is worn away or beginning to split.

 

It's a long time since I drove one, but it was sensitive to plug gaps I recall.

[richardmorris]

I got my BMW 328i sport coupe back today after it had been away for welding and MOT, it looks like a scruffy old nail, but what fun to drive.

 

It's a shame it looks like the local hood is delivering your supply of narcotics!

[Six-cylinder]

It's a shame it looks like the local hood is delivering your supply of narcotics!

I used to be able to sell smarties at £10 each when I owned this!

[Six-cylinder]

It's a long time since I drove one, but it was sensitive to plug gaps I recall.

I will have another go with a jump pack before I condemn it as it had a low battery when I first tried it and by the time I remembered it had a pull start I had tipped it on its side to check the blade.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I used to be able to sell smarties at £10 each when I owned this!

Why does that put me in mind of snowy Essex gateways ?

[richardmorris]

I will have another go with a jump pack before I condemn it as it had a low battery when I first tried it and by the time I remembered it had a pull start I had tipped it on its side to check the blade.

 

We ( the vicar and I ) used to keep it on a trickle charge now I'm thinking about it more. Always was a slow turner over though and neither of us could start it with the cord.

[richardmorris]

Why does that put me in mind of snowy Essex gateways ?

And blood covered interiors?

[Six-cylinder]

I think E36s are just getting a bit old for that use.

[richardmorris]

I think E36s are just getting a bit old for that use.

Same as w124 coupes I suppose.

[Six-cylinder]

My W124 coupe was beautiful!

[Six-cylinder]

Last Sunday I collected 4 refurbished wheels for my MGB GT, just in case anybody cared for my poor B!

[Six-cylinder]

Progress halted on the Sovereign S1 bonnet because it is so rusty I need a replacement. In the meantime while I pondered the bonnet, I asked my friend to fit the new rear valance Breadvan had kindly provided with the car.

 

Usual story the rear quarters are also rusty along with the bottom lip of the rear wings, so I now have repair panels for those to fit as well.

 

As a side issue while we were working in that area it was time to change the o-s fuel tank as it was out of use due to a leak. Again fortunately Breadvan has included a good secondhand replacement with the car. We now have the old tank out without a bottom!

 

This was supposed to be a quick bonnet adjustment!

[HMC]

Good to see the old girl getting more tlc! How's the ex-robt Daimler at the mo?

[Six-cylinder]

Good to see the old girl getting more tlc! How's the ex-robt Daimler at the mo?

Mr Edwards has a lot to answer!

 

I must find out, I took it to my favourite garage because the brakes had gone spongy while sitting, the last I heard about a week ago was a metal brake pipe to a front calliper was loose and they had tighten that and bleed it and the brake pedal had returned to normal, but they were going to test it for me. Then to show them how much I hated them I left them with an AED repair kit for the Auto choke after several people had had a go and failed! They keep threatening to bar me.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The XJ6 body shell really is an utterly appalling design. The front wings are a master class in rust traps - the abortion for a flange where it bolts to the sill is a case in point - why have a simple 90 degree bend at the base when you can have a complex rust trap involving a separate bit of metal instead? It could have been 10% lighter and 50% less rot prone with some simple design.

[Six-cylinder]

Today I collected a good used rot free, slightly dented bonnet for the sovereign S1, I was supposed to collect it from Sutton-in-Ashfield but the seller called me last night to see if I wanted to collect it from Leicester instead as he had to go there. over 40 miles less for me.

 

The C15 had an issue this morning with strong smell of electrical burning I pulled into a gate way less than a mile from home. I remembered that once the glow plug relay had stuck on and opened the bonnet, no smell of burning and a different position for the relay make me realise it was a Visa car that had had that problem. Back in the van and the smell was worse and smoke coming from the centre air vents a clue, yes the heater fan had burnt out. Smell now gone but it no longer works, any body got a spare one?

 

A bit disappointed at the C15 fuel consumption only 43.1 mpg over the last 361 miles.

 

Next load in it ready from delivery to the field.