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Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Well that didn’t go well!


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I have insured and taxed it today so it is ready to collect fish and chips in, the moment it runs!
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Mrs Fl has just looked over my shoulder and said oooohhh, that's a nice looking car, I'd love that!

I think it's only happened twice before, once with the Mazda 3 that was Sims00, now hers for 18m. The other time when she saw the 306 Convertible you now have..

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14 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Mrs Fl has just looked over my shoulder and said oooohhh, that's a nice looking car, I'd love that!

I think it's only happened twice before, once with the Mazda 3 that was Sims00, now hers for 18m. The other time when she saw the 306 Convertible you now have..

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Peugeot 306 won't be about this weekend as it is having its hood and seat stitched up by a friend who has the car at the moment.

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6 hours ago, phil_lihp said:

Wow, some cars have moved around since my last visit, I would have loved to have got that Herald to turn over.  Is the Alfa being woken up then?

Herald is still here to be fixed!

The Garage that said they would fix the Alfa have gone all difficult on me so I guess I need to find somebody else.

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Now more Italian content, I went to see my Trevi yesterday and am very pleased how it is going. They have done the underside welding and say all the holes were small ones! They have it running but wonder if the carb is of a 1600cc as it does not run well.

They have given me a list of parts they want me to get and this does not feel a bad list.

Plastic header tank

Throttle cable

Washer bottle

2 wheel bolts

Light switch

Four tyres

rear brake pads

Spark plugs

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2 minutes ago, hairnet said:

The space for the washer bottle is shallow and would not fit a bag.

Bolts come up as whole page including 126 ones, but no way of telling if that will fit. I am going to take a Gamma bolt out and see if they are the same.

Two types of pad seem to come up and I don't know which ones I have.

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Just now, Six-cylinder said:

The space for the washer bottle is shallow and would not fit a bag.

Bolts come up as whole page including 126 ones, but no way of telling if that will fit. I am going to take a Gamma bolt out and see if they are the same.

Two types of pad seem to come up and I don't know which ones I have.

Presumably a lot of italians of that era will share things like  a header tank, brake pads and plugs?

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20 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Presumably a lot of italians of that era will share things like  a header tank, brake pads and plugs?

It does not look like the Gamma has the same header as the Trevi.

The washers on the Gamma is a bag that would not fit in a Trevi.

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2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Herald is still here to be fixed!

The Garage that said they would fix the Alfa have gone all difficult on me so I guess I need to find somebody else.

I did PM you a while back but not sure if you saw it, there's an Alfa specialist around the corner from me who have had quite the collection of marvellous old tat in being worked on.  I've seen a GTV and 75 in their workshop, might be worth an ask although it isn't exactly on your doorstep.  

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1 minute ago, Andyrew said:

Nowhere near the same but think I've got a couple of jimny or sj washer tank and pumps kicking around you can have free if you wanted something to chuck in for the mot.

Very simple but small tanks.

Yes getting it MOTed is the first consideration, small is fine as long as they are shallow.

 

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Am I going mad or has the field of dreams thread vanished?

Weather is looking good from Friday lunchtime onwards but very wet beforehand so I think I'll set off on Friday morning rather than tomorrow.

Engine is back together with proper gaskets and I've bought some threaded rod to make a replacement engine mounting.  Can't wait ?

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14 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Am I going mad or has the field of dreams thread vanished?

Weather is looking good from Friday lunchtime onwards but very wet beforehand so I think I'll set off on Friday morning rather than tomorrow.

Engine is back together with proper gaskets and I've bought some threaded rod to make a replacement engine mounting.  Can't wait ?

Sort of, same thread but I altered the title with the Renault 11 excitement. FoD stuff is just a few pages back. I try to keep all my stuff under Six Cylinders Motoring notes so if you are not keen on my stuff I only pollute one thread. Just for you I will change the title back. 

I think weather wise it is a good call not to arrive until Friday.

Mrs6C says she wants the mopeds moved to another parking spot, I wonder if anybody will volunteer to do that!

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