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

[Talbot]

My Saab has just started to slip its clutch under high boast.

Does it go on and on and on about it's safety credentials and how the engineers that designed it also design aircraft?

[Six-cylinder]

Does it go on and on and on about it's safety credentials and how the engineers that designed it also design aircraft?

 

No but it has a button that switches off all instruments and panel lights except speedo!

[Six-cylinder]

Hot off the press.

 

On Monday I found the clutch had started to slip on the Saab, not badly, but high boast in high gear produced the rev counter to flip up before it settled down again. The bad news was I had somebody interested in buying it, I declared the fault and he was still interested so came to see it today. With an adjustment of the price he had just taken it and came equipped with a trailer, not that it needed it to drive to Croydon.

[Guest Hooli]

No but it has a button that switches off all instruments and panel lights except speedo!

 

If you hold it for a few secs it also turns off the interior sensors for the alarm. At least I think that's what mine does.

[phil_lihp]

Due to depart for the FoD in the next couple of hours, fingers crossed the weather behaves for the next couple of days.

[Six-cylinder]

Due to depart for the FoD in the next couple of hours, fingers crossed the weather behaves for the next couple of days.

 

What is your ETA so I can go up and meet you there?

[phil_lihp]

Not sure at the moment, probably a bit late - I'd guess around 9PM so don't worry about waiting for me if that's a bit on the late side!  I'll drop an update to you when I'm halfway-ish.

[Mrs6C]

Hot off the driveway.

 

On Monday I found the clutch had started to slip on the Saab, not badly, but high boast in high gear produced the rev counter to flip up before it settled down again. The bad news was I had somebody interested in buying it, I declared the fault and he was still interested so came to see it today. With an adjustment of the price he had just taken it and came equipped with a trailer, not that it needed it to drive to Croydon.

FTFY.

[phil_lihp]

[beko1987]

Wish I was here tomorrow! Instead I get to run a 6 year olds birthday party... Beer is in the fridge for afterwards...

[mat_the_cat]

We're a few hours away! See you all shortly.

[richardmorris]

well, just back home after hours of fun, bodging and hitting lots of things with various sized hammers. We cut grass, got an oltcit moving, fixed* the gate, washed a range-rover, started the jcb and exploded a Peugeot scooter. All while the lord of the manor supervised.

 

Very nice to meet old and new friends. Have fun tomorrow those who are going. And don’t break the gate - lots of brute force and ignorance went into it!

[richardmorris]

Oh and I seem to have pulled a muscle in my shoulder driving the mower- the understeer is lethal. However I am now experimenting to see if alcohol numbs the pain.

[Guest Hooli]

Remember to lift the booze with t'other arm.

[Six-cylinder]

Thanks, well done, fantastic Day guys.

[mat_the_cat]

 

Lovely sunset last night! Thanks Mr and Mrs 6C.

[Six-cylinder]

More interesting stuff today

 

Happy camper vans

 

A game of stack the the water containers, the handicap being a novice driver in a worn out machine with slop everywhere and no brakes!

 

Hayter Condor mower was successfully stripped to get at the failed cylinder bearing after working out some bold were not welded just stuck.

 

The Herald Coupe was half washed, with more games of collect 25 LTR water on a moped!

 

A first attempt to get the Herald Coupe running was not successfully as it won't even spin over on the starter with the plugs out. We did not have a spanner to fit the front pulley so pushed it in gear, worryingly a we only get a small amount of rotation on the front pulley then lock up.

 

One member with fours legs and a tail left her ball behind!

 

 

[chaseracer]

Lovely drop of mowing there... 

[richardmorris]

Lovely drop of mowing there...

You didn’t do that bit

 

Thanks again mr and Mrs 6cyl to allow us to play with your toys and land. It’s like daycare for men who should know better.

 

I enjoyed the day ( and previous visits ) as I always learn something.

 

Is the ad for the black RR live yet?

[Six-cylinder]

Is the ad for the black RR live yet?

 

Not even written, but if you or anybody else are interested it is ready to go and we even checked it rolled freely today. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Looks like fun was had. Those Herald coops are bonny looking things, too. Any updates on the Spit 6? I always wonder who’s who when I see these photos.

[beko1987]

It looks far too clean and tidy up there...

[HillmanImp]

I always wonder who’s who when I see these photos.

I normally use this site to put names to faces for most people on here.

 

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/most-wanted-hub

[richardmorris]

Looks like fun was had. Those Herald coops are bonny looking things, too. Any updates on the Spit 6? I always wonder who’s who when I see these photos.

I’m in the checked shirt and sunhat, chaseracer is driving the mower, slowsilver is the one who knows what he’s doing and riding the Honda, Phil-lip and quicksilver pushing the coupe.

[richardmorris]

I normally use this site to put names to faces for most people on here.http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/most-wanted-hub

No one wants me, which is why I have weekends free to spend help freeing bloody calipers on a burned out altcit.

[richardmorris]

 

I believe starting from 10 O clock going clockwise we have Phil_lip, chaseracer, (as a process of elimination, as he's the only one pictured I've not met!) quicksilver, slowsilver, and the back of richardmorris' head.

Oh your name came up too! In relation to tight sump plugs on a jag.

[Six-cylinder]

I normally use this site to put names to faces for most people on here.

 

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/most-wanted-hub

 

Slowsilver is a man who can carry 25 LTR of water on a moped!

[chaseracer]

...chaseracer, (as a process of elimination, as he's the only one pictured I've not met!)

 

Hello!

 

[phil_lihp]

I got home a couple of hours ago, what a brilliant weekend.  Thanks very much to Mr & Mrs SixCylinder for their hospitality, a better campsite I could not have asked for.  Excellent company throughout the weekend, nice to meet another fine batch of shiters.  Also a pleasant evening spent with mat_the_cat, mrs_the_cat and dog_the_cat for the second night's camping.

 

I've learnt a lot this weekend and had a lot of fun too.  Some highlights of this weekend's achievements were, in no particular order:

 

- removed the petrol tank from the yellow Visa shell

- assisted in gently, delicately unseizing the toasted Olcit onboard brake calipers with a varied assortment of hammers and chisels

- was a small part of the highly successful gatepost repair team (chaseracer and richardmorris, please step forwards) who's work will no doubt be talked about for years to come

- took part in the 'how many shiters does it take to get a Peugeot moped running' committee.  

- learnt to drive a JCB with no brakes, wayward steering and, perhaps, just a little bit of play in some of the major joints and pivots

- used said JCB to play water container tetris with slowsilver and quicksilver, made extra entertaining by the uneven ground and lack of brakes

- bringing some vestige of life to the relocated Herald - we did confirm it has most of its lights working, the horn goes 'tick' and it makes the battery terminals smoke when the starter is engaged, so it's more or less working as Lucas intended.

- washed half the Herald - Detailing World post to follow, I did indeed use two buckets, both of which contained green slime

 

There was plenty more, plus a lot of tea and biscuit consumption.  All in all, you couldn't ask for a better time really.  "Daycare for grown men" is about right, I was a bit concerned that there were no responsible adults around to supervise but nothing got too out of hand.

 

The Hiace decided to break with character and become a tad troublesome due to a sticking starter motor, although I now suspect a subtle sabotage attempt by sixcylinder to keep me from leaving before the Herald was fully washed, seeing as the moment I left the field for the drive home, it proceeded to behave perfectly for the entire trip home.

 

I will be back, and next time I will bring a bigger scrubbing brush.

[phil_lihp]

Ah the beast I bought from Phil The sump plug was tightened by the hand of god himself and I had to get the trolley jack on the handle of a 3 ft breaker bar to shift it

Phil had though he couldn't get it undone with his ratchet due to a shoulder injury.... if he DID get it undone he probably would have had the strength in the other arm to hold the car up while working underneath it

 

ETA: the handle had about 30 degrees of bend in it before it finally shifted the plug too. Must have been done up with a windy gun

 

And yet the oil filter unscrewed easily by hand...I do miss that car.