Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[mat_the_cat]

If I see him I will, otherwise will leave safe.

[LightBulbFun]

14 minutes ago, mat_the_cat said:

If I see him I will, otherwise will leave safe.

Awesome thanks, and much appreciated  

(its amusing, pretty sure in the past year or 2 iv grown my lighting collection more via Autoshite then I have via the dedicated lighting forums I visit!)

[Zelandeth]

Right, I'm going to try to drop by on the Sunday.  Quite happy to hold onto your stuff LBF until I next see you, or forward on anything that's postage friendly. 

Still not totally sure which vehicle to bring...

[Tomtation]

I've just caught up on this here thread and am sad to say i can't make it (sad for me at least!). A shame as i met the charming Mr6C at shitefest last year and we spoke about some of his interesting chod. Would have been great to perv over. I have a kitchen to dissasemble so that will be fun*

[Six-cylinder]

What are we going to do this weekend?

There is no obligation to do anything, just sit around in the sunshine and drink tea if you like.

However there are a few things to do if you like messing about with old cars and equipment such as:

·         Make the Renault 11 run and fetch fish and chips with it.

·         Check over the BMW 323i to see what it needs for MOT.

·         Check cooling on white Gamma and free up the brakes.

·         Make the 1 ton dumper run.

·         Recommission Honda moped.

·         Recommission Peugeot moped.

·         Recommission Bikes Direct 125cc Frankenstein.

·         Reassemble the Hayter ride on cylinder mower.

·         Progress the work on Mrs6C’s Invacar.

·         Progress the work on Light Bulb Funs’s Invacar.

·         Fit fuel pump and headlight to Citroen CX

·         Reassemble the Jinling ATV

·         Remove and clean starter inhibitor switch on 1958 MF Tractor

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

23 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

What are we going to do this weekend?

... there are a few things to do if you like messing about with old cars and equipment such as:.

·         Fit fuel pump and headlight to Citroen CX

·         Reassemble the Jinling ATV

Aha!!! WCPGW?

[beko1987]

Might it be prudent of me to bring my gas soldering iron, box of crimps, heatshrink and other such bits? Might be little practical use myself (although equally I can run a wire or 2, or clean up connectors) but if it helps anyone else etc.

I must bring my front seatbelt and tools, that would be an easy job to do at the field, and my bulbs as I think I have a sidelight out...

[hairnet]

why is it raining :(

 

[Six-cylinder]

35 minutes ago, hairnet said:

why is it raining

 

For you cos Manchester!

[beko1987]

If the weather is like it is here it'll be lovely. Nice wide cloud cover, occasional bask in sun but not enough to slather the kids in it several times in the day, no wind, its lovely! 

Course it's a different ecosystem up nearer mk, over the other side of the ridge... 

[wuvvum]

It's bootiful here in Norfolk.  A few fluffy clouds but that's it.  Tools loaded in car, about to set off.  I'll check into my hostelry first, probably be at the FOD about 3.30-ish.

[Smoll Floatylight]

We are on our way, only been on the road for 5 minutes and already out of tea, luckily I'm not driving so I can panic. Be there around 3pm.

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[Ghosty]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

For you cos Manchester!

No rain here. 

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

No rain here. 

So where is Hairnet to have rain!

[hairnet]

Rock and roll

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Beer - check.

[richardmorris]

9 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

What are we going to do this weekend?

There is no obligation to do anything, just sit around in the sunshine and drink tea if you like.

However there are a few things to do if you like messing about with old cars and equipment such as:

·         Make the Renault 11 run and fetch fish and chips with it.

·         Check over the BMW 323i to see what it needs for MOT.

·         Check cooling on white Gamma and free up the brakes.

·         Make the 1 ton dumper run.

·         Recommission Honda moped.

·         Recommission Peugeot moped.

·         Recommission Bikes Direct 125cc Frankenstein.

·         Reassemble the Hayter ride on cylinder mower.

·         Progress the work on Mrs6C’s Invacar.

·         Progress the work on Light Bulb Funs’s Invacar.

·         Fit fuel pump and headlight to Citroen CX

·         Reassemble the Jinling ATV

·         Remove and clean starter inhibitor switch on 1958 MF Tractor

 

Ok that’s Saturday morning done, what have you got for folks to do for the rest of the weekend ! 

I’ve  had a damned radio cassette player for @Six-cylinder ‘s CX in the boot since February. Can’t make this weekend as I am staying with my sister’s family again and need to make a volcano erupt. One day I’ll be able to visit again.

[LightBulbFun]

9 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Make the Renault 11 run and fetch fish and chips with it.

Hey REV is Taxed and insured (and MOT exempt) so if you have that type of insurance that covers you to drive other vehicles (and if you have experience driving a Model 70!)

then if you can get REV road worthy then your more then take her to get Fish and Chips, single seater so you dont have to worry about passengers, the ultimate in social distancing  (and most importantly theres still a parcel shelf to put said bag of fish and chips)

[Tadhg Tiogar]

21 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

.....I’ve  had a damned radio cassette player for @Six-cylinder ‘s CX in the boot since February. Can’t make this weekend ....

Pernod. I should have bought Pernod.

[dozeydustman]

Will I need to bring anything in particular on Sunday morning? (making the assumption I am still welcome).

I’ll bung a load of general tools in the car and some bits and bobs I need to rehome.

[hairnet]

good to see the cats family (theres millions of them lol)

crazy taxi mondeo wuvvum and KIRTON!!!!!

humblest apologies to mr and @Mrs6C after the honda tried to shag the xm ?

six cyls mates showed up soon as they sat down they drank beer ?

that antonyg - saw him once the next time i saw him - stealing mags (although it looked like something else ? )

eating granola and drinnking tea in brick tent now

seeya tomorrow

brick tent is a bit closer tomorrow

 

[hairnet]

does anyone have wire strippers/crimpers

plugged sat nav in as it needed charging and it didnt

had a look and the wire either was coming off the ringlet or wasnt touching

fank oo @catsinthewelder @wuvvum @beko1987

[Six-cylinder]

If your red wine is too cold!

[beko1987]

51 minutes ago, hairnet said:

does anyone have wire strippers/crimpers

plugged sat nav in as it needed charging and it didnt

had a look and the wire either was coming off the ringlet or wasnt touching

fank oo @catsinthewelder @wuvvum @beko1987

I do indeed, already in the car

I'm mostly packed now, just the food from the fridge in the morning... 

[mat_the_cat]

Sucking in the residual warmth of the V8!

[LightBulbFun]

15 minutes ago, mat_the_cat said:

Sucking in the residual warmth of the V8!

haha is that the 22W Circline fixture there? LOL

[mat_the_cat]

Correct! Rigged up from a cigarette lighter plug.

[LightBulbFun]

23 minutes ago, mat_the_cat said:

Correct! Rigged up from a cigarette lighter plug.

haha, its cool to see in use!  

and blimey you where not kidding when you said the defuser was yellowed!

I would have removed it to allow the 80% of light output it was blocking to actually escape the fixture LOL

I do look forward to playing it with it measuring its specifications, a lot of these low voltage DC, 12-24V fluorescent fixtures have ballasts that dont run the tubes at full current and will often munch tubes because of that

but the comercial stuff like the advert illumination on and in @Yoss's Routemaster did use proper ballasts that drove the tubes are full current or pretty close to it or if nothing else at least provide separate cathode heating so the discharge current no longer matters,

supplying separate cathode heating is also how you dim a fluorescent tube for those wondering , because the most important thing to the proper operation of a fluorescent tube is making sure the cathodes are at the correct temperature, normally this is done by the current flowing from and into the cathodes through the discharge so it is imperative that the discharge current is kept at the appropriate value, however if you heat the cathodes on their own with their own correct current source like an old school vacuum tube, then the discharge current can be anything you want since it is no longer responsible for keeping the cathodes heated as well

(but the discharge current is what controls the brightness of a fluorescent tube, so vary that and you vary the brightness of the tube, hence if you keep the cathodes heated you can lower the discharge current and as a result dim the fluorescent tube!)

 

so it will be interesting to see where this one lies!

[dozeydustman]

@Six-cylinder & @Mrs6C would you be able to send me the address of the FoD Please? Will be my first visit!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Will be off the bog shortly and commencing the journey to FoD....