Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I find those generally have a lifespan of between 6 months and a year before they stop pumping.  They'll still "work" as in the motor will still whizz round, but they won't actually pump anything.

We ran a wire straight from the battery ( which I made up with the wires from the old ignition module). Not a sausage from it. So the cabin button could be fine . The old one looks identical to this eBay cheapy.

[hairnet]

58 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 

 

oof

[hairnet]

59 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 

 

mad italian about to be t boned by mad italian

[richardmorris]

Just now, hairnet said:

oof

@Six-cylinderhas more photos when he wakes up from his siesta.

[hairnet]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 Not a sausage from it.

DISAPOINT NO SOSSIDGE

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, hairnet said:

DISAPOINT NO SOSSIDGE

No whirrryy motor noises either.

 

oh and the Saab also has forum beige blotches on it like it’s got acne! But @Six-cylindertold me to do it. He was sitting in the shade barking out orders!

[hairnet]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

 He was sitting in the shade barking out orders!

JAWOHL HERR OBERST

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, hairnet said:

JAWOHL HERR OBERST

He arrived like the old mafia boss in Sicily in his little fiat with a Panama hat. 
 

 

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

@Six-cylindertold me to do it. He was sitting in the shade barking out orders!

He is just lucky I didn't make him cut the hay with a scythe!

[Six-cylinder]

55 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Pump ordered

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Pump ordered

But did you check it fitted a Peugeot 404?

[Six-cylinder]

14 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

oh and the Saab also has forum beige blotches on it like it’s got acne! 

 

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Once I’d worked out how it went, I just needed six double jointed fingers to do it. I don’t know why it did work but doesn’t now. It’s like it’s got too much tension on it.

 

[richardmorris]

I enjoyed the day out at Men’s adventure play world really!

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

It looks better in photos, it’s definitely pink in application.

[richardmorris]

Get the next mug to put another coat on the boot floor.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

But did you check it fitted a Peugeot 404?

It think it will fit as badly as the last one!

[richardmorris]

I don’t know what was on the boot carpet I was kneeling on to do your lordships bidding with the c15, but I’ve had to use swarfega and the nail brush to get my knees clean again!

[richardmorris]

Plus found two hand written signs in the 404  - out of petrol back soon, and for sale knock for info.

and a 2cv bonnet stay!

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I don’t know what was on the boot carpet I was kneeling on to do your lordships bidding with the c15, but I’ve had to use swarfega and the nail brush to get my knees clean again!

thought. i. do. not. want.

[hairnet]

4 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Plus found two hand written signs in the 404  - for sale knock for info

150 quid tonite m8

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I don’t know what was on the boot carpet I was kneeling on

tears of a frenchman

[Noel Tidybeard]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I wish! Clare expects her minions to work hard in the full sun !

EFA

[richardmorris]

I will try not to derail the thread too much, but Chris wanted information on the semaphore tower I visited on a walk this morning. 
there were 14 plots of land bought ( 15 days after the battle of Waterloo) between 5 and 9 miles apart depending on the topography. Chatley Heath was by far the largest built and most were two storey. It’s 9miles as the signal is sent / crow flies to the admiralty. And 75 miles to Portsmouth.

it was fully operational in 1822 and messages took 15 mins to reach Portsmouth. Decommissioning was in 1847 after the railways and invention of the electric telegraph.

[richardmorris]

The next one down the line is now a private house in Guildford called semaphore house unsurprisingly.

[Six-cylinder]

21 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I will try not to derail the thread too much, but Chris wanted information on the semaphore tower I visited on a walk this morning. 
there were 14 plots of land bought ( 15 days after the battle of Waterloo) between 5 and 9 miles apart depending on the topography. Chatley Heath was by far the largest built and most were two storey. It’s 9miles as the signal is sent / crow flies to the admiralty. And 75 miles to Portsmouth.

it was fully operational in 1822 and messages took 15 mins to reach Portsmouth. Decommissioning was in 1847 after the railways and invention of the electric telegraph.

What form did the message take?

[richardmorris]

16 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

What form did the message take?

Home Riggs popham ship to ship code . England expects etc.

moveable arms on a mast signalling letters of the alphabet. Controlled by a gear system from inside the living quarters, with a sort of clock face indicating what the arms 100ft up were showing

[richardmorris]

[richardmorris]

[Six-cylinder]

Andyrew and I went to a little local car gathering last night.