Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - An open air picnic in mid September!

[wuvvum]

Cologne.

[Six-cylinder]

I checked the tyre pressures on the Sebring this morning and it has two tyres with visible cracks.

[Asimo]

My Ford V4 experience (Essex) included the drive quill to the oil pump rounding off leading rapidly to big end failure. I think your Cologne V4 might use the same delicate oil pump drive. Can you get the sump off without taking the engine out? I think there might be a “structural undertray” on these SaaBs.

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I checked the tyre pressures on the Sebring this morning and it has two tyres with visible cracks.

wallet out or can you steal summat of the other toot you have stashed in places

 

[hairnet]

here was hoping to do this weekend but

radwood is only on the sat (the nice day)

i was hoping to do fod then do radwood so cant do that

but

its gonna hoof with rain on the sunday so dont wanna do that cos dont wanna use the car and the trains are fucked again i think

ffs

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, Asimo said:

My Ford V4 experience (Essex) included the drive quill to the oil pump rounding off leading rapidly to big end failure. I think your Cologne V4 might use the same delicate oil pump drive. Can you get the sump off without taking the engine out? I think there might be a “structural undertray” on these SaaBs.

This is the only picture I have of the underside.

[AxWomble]

53 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

This is the only picture I have of the underside.

The sump is the black painted section above and in front of the surface-rusted tubular bar that runs from left to right. I didn't get a good look when I dropped the oil but from that picture it looks a little like the tubular section may form an obstruction to its removal 

[Zelandeth]

That slightly rusty left/right bar is the exhaust cross pipe. 

From memory - and we're going back 20+ years here - it's really not a major operation to get the engine out of one of these.  I seem to recall getting the driveshafts back into place being the thing which caused the most swearing.

A lot of the coolant lines etc looked like they really could do with replacement anyway, so just planning ahead and have new hoses/clips on hand that probably bypasses at least 70% of the frustration that's usually involved in getting rusty jubilee clips undone and hoses welded to their connectors off.

Obviously that's easy for me to say when I'm spending someone else's parts money!

[Mr Pastry]

1 hour ago, AxWomble said:

The sump is the black painted section above and in front of the surface-rusted tubular bar that runs from left to right. I didn't get a good look when I dropped the oil but from that picture it looks a little like the tubular section may form an obstruction to its removal 

I have changed an engine in one of these, leaving the gearbox in place, and I do not remember it as being difficult once the bonnet is out of the way.   I wouldn't bother trying to get the sump off in situ.

[Six-cylinder]

When your friend's Yaris looks like a big car!

[hairnet]

48 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

When your friend's Yaris looks like a big car!

 

park a new yaris against and old one and see the difference

also @Six-cylinder peugeot 504 conv car sosage at 6 on more 4

have to watch that cos wh**l*r d*al*rs have an invacar amphicar on so wont be watching that

[bobdisk]

Oh Dear ! it went POP !

 

 

 

This is more like it!

[wuvvum]

I never knew those generic Chinese fuel pumps had a PCB...

[AxWomble]

30 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I never knew those generic Chinese fuel pumps had a PCB...

Neither did we....I think this one was off a BMW of some kind though

[bobdisk]

Wuvvum is right, its an aftermarket pump. I got it to put in the Daf  to replace the mechanical pump. It will prime the carb if I haven't used the car for a while. They are both the same outside, but mine has a different pcb. I was hoping they were the same so I could get the number for a replacement thyristor. 

[Six-cylinder]

3 hours ago, AxWomble said:

Neither did we....I think this one was off a BMW of some kind though

While it was fitted to my BMW E3 it is generic and the original was mechanical.

[Six-cylinder]

I have picked up the spare fuel tank for the Saab 95.

[Noel Tidybeard]

you say this as if you've just been to Asda Waitrose!🤣

[catsinthewelder]

58 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

you say this as if you've just been to Asda Waitrose!🤣

Probably IKEA for Saab bits

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

you say this as if you've just been to Asda Waitrose!🤣

bit posh round his way

 

[brownnova]

The Brownnova clan (me, Mrs B and the two tiddlers) will be up the road at Bicester heritage on Saturday, so we may well attempt to pop into the field in the afternoon. 

[Six-cylinder]

Unusual situation, this evening I plan to go to a small car show at Milton Keynes Museum and don’t know what car to take. Generally my choice is a natural one because it is a one make show, I offered to show a particular car, easy to get out, new toy or high desire to drive it.

Easy to get out are:

·         1988 BMW 735i SE

·         2003 Fiat Seicento Active

·         1987 Maserati 425 BiTurbo

·         1983 Lancia Trevi

Which should I take?

https://goallevents.com/e/motors-at-the-museum-car-andamp-bike-event-E200023129135659

[Mrs6C]

Whichever car you take, don't forget to bring back double helpings of bread pudding!!!

[beko1987]

Maserati

[Floatylight]

9 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Unusual situation, this evening I plan to go to a small car show at Milton Keynes Museum and don’t know what car to take. Generally my choice is a natural one because it is a one make show, I offered to show a particular car, easy to get out, new toy or high desire to drive it.

Easy to get out are:

·         1988 BMW 735i SE

·         2003 Fiat Seicento Active

·         1987 Maserati 425 BiTurbo

·         1983 Lancia Trevi

Which should I take?

https://goallevents.com/e/motors-at-the-museum-car-andamp-bike-event-E200023129135659

Trevi...

[mitsisigma01]

All of them ...and tow ropes !!

[Six-cylinder]

6 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

All of them ...and tow ropes !!

It would be nice to take them all, I just need 3 extra driver's for 4pm!

[dollywobbler]

12 hours ago, brownnova said:

The Brownnova clan (me, Mrs B and the two tiddlers) will be up the road at Bicester heritage on Saturday, so we may well attempt to pop into the field in the afternoon. 

I'll be at Bicester too, but sadly rushing back to Wales afterwards. Have fun folks. I miss FoD shenanigans!

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

Whichever car you take, don't forget to bring back double helpings of bread pudding!!!

No he isn't allowed to do that 

[beko1987]

I'm not sure I can be bothered to full camp, so we might just be day visitors for Saturday and leave after tea. 

I think my dad's coming over as well👍