Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Not such a good day today!

[SiC]

Cables look too thick for a horn relay. The removable lid is throwing me a bit. Maybe starter relay? Where do the wires go?

[SiC]

Pop the lid off and take a few photos of the inside. All most likely become clearer

[Sheefag]

Some pictures of the writing on the lid would be helpful too.

 

The cables don't look at all original to me. The removable lid wouldn't be that unusual on a period relay, it allowed you to access and clean up the contacts with a bit of emery paper.

 

Bearing in mind the Riley was the sporting option, I wonder if it was factory wired for driving lamps?

[Sheefag]

Aftermarket hazard flasher relay would also make sense.

 

[Mrs6C]

There is a round plastic dome with 4 more modern wires to it that we cannot identify, anybody know?

 

A Happy Meal toy from Finding Nemo?

[Eddie Honda]

There is a round plastic dome with 4 more modern wires to it that we cannot identify, anybody know?

 

Do not trust it - it says "Made in France" on it!

 

[Guest Hooli]

Aye I'd be tracing the wires back to see where they go too.

 

Along with not trusting frogs.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

typed really long post about a similar one on the inner wing of my Trump2000 - but no help whatsoever so won't waste more of your time..... carry on.

(Of course I'd be interested to find out what it is - although the 2000 is long gone)

[richardmorris]

what's written on the cap?

 

Wires look pretty heavy duty - three wires suggest a voltage regulator.

[Talbot]

Wires look almost thick enough for it to be part of the starting circuit.  If it's not connected to anything I would just bin it.  Possibly a project a previous owner had started but then failed to finish.

 

Definitely pop the cap off and have a lookie.

 

 

Just while commenting, The picture above with the Triumph on axle-stands looks a tadge precarious!  A small nudge from one side and that will be off those stands and on the floor in a nanosecond...

[Six-cylinder]

Founds it

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-MASERATI-3500-GTI-SEBRING-ORIGINAL-HORN-RELAY-MIXO-APPEARS-TO-BE-N-O-S/272679639262?hash=item3f7cf918de%3Ag%3Ah7MAAOSwAPVZIE~j

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Oooohhh its off a Maserati!

[richardmorris]

... I would just bin it.  

Definitely pop the cap off and have a lookie.

 

 

 

 

 

Bin it?

£165 for the one on ebay!

Sell it!

[Six-cylinder]

It must be worth £10!

[Six-cylinder]

The Spitfire is back on its wheels and sits level.

[Six-cylinder]

Next Spitfire problem, a brake pad with the friction material separated from the metal backing.

[Talbot]

Bin it?

£165 for the one on ebay!

Sell it!

Holy Guacamole!

 

For a Relay!!?!?

[Eddie Honda]

Founds it

 

Now if you took a proper picture in the first place...we would have seen the give-away "MIXO" on the case.

 

[Mally]

I'd be chopping the blue wires, spoils the look of the engine bay.

[DSdriver]

I'd be chopping the blue wires, spoils the look of the engine bay.

That's also the advice in the HBOL on bomb diffusing.

[anonymous user]

That's also the advice in the HBOL on bomb diffusing.

Which is a bit unfortunate, as everyone knows it is the yellow one

[Guest Hooli]

[Six-cylinder]

The Spitfire is all sorted and has driven away under its own power.

 

A local Motor factors in Milton Keynes had a set of front brake pads in stock, the spring and diff have made the car feel much better to drive.

[Six-cylinder]

Now if you took a proper picture in the first place...we would have seen the give-away "MIXO" on the case.

 

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Well done, I will contact my friend tomorrow and tell him the news.

[Six-cylinder]

I think I am losing my mojo as well!

 

My CX 2400I/E is supposed to be moved by the end of December. Today I had the Auto electrician booked to see if we can progress my red CX, after two hours freezing in an open barn we are no nearer running, we have a spark but the no fuel pump, We have tested the pump with a direct feed and it pumps fuel fine but some where in the mass of green wires and relays/signals power is not getting to the pump. To make matters worse the wiring diagram we are using is just the Haynes manual and does not seem to be the same as the car I have. In the end we were both two cold to carry on.

 

Even getting to the CX was a nightmare, I planned to use our C15 van because if I used it for a jump start there are no electronics to upset, but Mrs6C said she need that for moving stuff out of my mothers house which is being sold. That left me with the ZX TD estate with plenty of room for tools, battery etc and simple electrics if I jumped from it. That had a flat battery so no problem the jump jack is already in the ZX, then I spotted the flat tyre, abandoned it and took the Range Rover. 3 miles later the Range Rover put is Air suspension failed sign up!

 

The Range Rover is definitely broken and the suspension has gone hard, not sure what to do with it yet.

 

I charged the ZX battery at the weekend so thought going flat again meant it had failed so fitted another battery I had. Then I noticed the alarm kept going off, not the horn just flashing headlight and indicators. The remote is bust so I locked and unlocked the car but it would pause and then flash again. I disconnected the battery and reconnected and it still flashed. I went to take the battery terminal off but touched it back on again and it did not flash so I re connected it and so far so good. The flat turned out to be pot hole damage luckily it is a steel rim so the tyre place reshaped it for me with a big hammer.

 

The C15 also has a rear lights issue still to be dealt with.

 

I have been cold and buggered about with cars all day without any real progress, where do I sign the lease for the new Golf!

[hairnet]

dacia. tce. sandero. access.

[Asimo]

The only Haynes I ever had that was electrically accurate was for the Austin Ambassador. Probably because it was only made in one version. No updates, no overseas models, one engine, electricity-free gearbox etc etc.

 

Actually it was such a simple car that the Ambassador Haynes was the thinnest of my collection of multicoloured and black fingerprinted books of lies, errors and omissions.

[Frogchod]

Re: Cx no go. When I had a ftp in my CX (same as your gold one) same symptoms, Mr RAC just swopped a relay. Wipers didn't work but at least the engine ran. Not much help I know. But it is probably just a duff relay or corroded connectors to said relay.

Finding where that relay is with an HBOL is roulette though.

[richardmorris]

All cx electrickery is generally along the n/s engine bay. Relays under headlamp and on the bulkhead hidden by the LHM reservoir.

[billyboy406v6]

It will soon be spring and that's when the magic mojo returns !!