Guest Hooli Posted June 22, 2018 Posted June 22, 2018 Or even worse, it infected the Citroens with Italian?! You mean they'll run away before exploderating? flat4alfa 1
Mrs6C Posted June 22, 2018 Posted June 22, 2018 Broken Gamma is sad, hope it can be fixed. In happier times it got spotted by Craptical Plastics at the Citroen rally and has just appeared on their Facebook page. Maybe it caught French from all those Citroens? https://www.facebook.com/PracticalClassics/posts/1952485234769754Thank goodness Six-cylinder hadn't dozed off in his chair in that photo!
Six-cylinder Posted June 22, 2018 Author Posted June 22, 2018 The Gamma was at the DS rally 9/10 June, since then I have dented the DS and now the engine has gone on the Gamma! Mrs6C and anonymous user 2
Six-cylinder Posted June 22, 2018 Author Posted June 22, 2018 Wednesday was a happier day, I went to the Earls Barton (Northampton) evening classic gathering on a splendid summer evening in my Vitesse convertible and a flying Reliant came and landed next to me! Also my M3 turned up unannounced looking splendid, the lady I have lent it too for the summer likes cleaning cars! egg, CGSB and Mrs6C 3
Six-cylinder Posted June 27, 2018 Author Posted June 27, 2018 My friend who has my E30 BMW says it has developed a mid range on load misfire and could he borrow my spare ECU to try. He came round, we spent an hour searching the garage for it without success and when he left I went to switch the garage lights off, moved a box and there it was! His reply when I messaged him -Bugger! Mrs6C 1
dougiefourspeed Posted June 27, 2018 Posted June 27, 2018 That M3 is the nuts.Aye. A saloon one of those is pretty much my perfect car. One day...
Six-cylinder Posted June 27, 2018 Author Posted June 27, 2018 Aye. A saloon one of those is pretty much my perfect car. One day... Saloons are very rare, I have had my convertible for 5 years. It is a M3 Evo, 321 bhp 6 speed manual and completely civilised.
dougiefourspeed Posted June 27, 2018 Posted June 27, 2018 Saloons are very rare, I have had my convertible for 5 years. It is a M3 Evo, 321 bhp 6 speed manual and completely civilised.They certainly are! I love the looks of these. Very understated by the standards of today. I’m very envious!
Six-cylinder Posted June 27, 2018 Author Posted June 27, 2018 Unlike for rattling Gamma, Fingers crossed. You just had to remind me! I am going to see my favourite garage tomorrow to see if they can do anything for me.
Mrs6C Posted June 27, 2018 Posted June 27, 2018 a flying Reliant came and landed next to me! Here's a short video of this 'flying' - well, lifting off the ground using the rotors in an auto-gyro fashion, being towed behind another vehicle. It looks pretty good until it touches down again and falls over...https://imgur.com/gallery/WdC8DV7 Vantman, flat4alfa and Asimo 3
Six-cylinder Posted June 28, 2018 Author Posted June 28, 2018 Here's a short video of this 'flying' - well, lifting off the ground using the rotors in an auto-gyro fashion, being towed behind another vehicle. It looks pretty good until it touches down again and falls over...https://imgur.com/gallery/WdC8DV7 Mrs6C 1
Six-cylinder Posted June 28, 2018 Author Posted June 28, 2018 Red gsa break Please help Where do you need a lift too!
hairnet Posted June 28, 2018 Posted June 28, 2018 i need money i dont think hed wait that long - have travels to do first lift is the very easy bit
Six-cylinder Posted June 30, 2018 Author Posted June 30, 2018 My Mercedes W124 200TE heater has been sticking on and freeing for a year or so, but in April it became permanently stuck on full heat and the car became unbearable so I took it of the road for a quick fix. Finally today I took the duo value apart to clean it and was encouraged to fine some deposits on the internal parts. A clean up and reassembly, then disappointment just as before stuck on hot. The man on Youtube says you should be able to hear the solenoids clicking when you take the power off but I can't. I now need to know when power is supposed to be at each connector terminal or just find a replacement valve to try.
beko1987 Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 Can't you make it stick on cold then worry about it in September?
Six-cylinder Posted June 30, 2018 Author Posted June 30, 2018 Can't you make it stick on cold then worry about it in September? I guess I could, YouTube told me how to remove the cones to set it permanently on max heat! At this time of year I can use my classics and don't need to drive it so it is a good time to fix it so it is ready for the autumn. I might even put it away until September when it is fixed.
Mrs6C Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 While he was doing that, I was off shopping for waterproof grease to service the hubs on our boat trailer... The local marina chandlery had a couple of older motor cars in the car park, belonging to resident boat owners: There was also this nice Ford Consul that was having a wax and polish... Turned out it's a street-legal drag car, with a 402 small block Chevy V8 and supercharger... The exhausts have removable plates in them to let the exhaust (and flames, apparently!) go straight down and out when it's running on a drag strip. The owner offered to fire it up so obviously I said yes. It sounded very nice! worldofceri, CGSB, eddyramrod and 9 others 12
Six-cylinder Posted June 30, 2018 Author Posted June 30, 2018 Following the saga of the Cadillac non starting it still has been out of use because the water pump belt tensioner is broken. There is a plastic moulding tag that is expected to take the pressure of the large spring that tensions the belt and had broken. I had put a small bolt though it as a repair, but this had broken more of the plastic away and exited stage left. This time I inserted a small plate caught the remains of the broken tag and the good not used one the other side. We will see if this works, one day we will have to order a good used one but they are £120. The test tomorrow is a local show at Turweston air field in Northants just 11 miles away. (picture is of a good one I could buy, I was in such a rush to get to the pub last night I did not take any pictures) Mrs6C 1
Mrs6C Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 enoough of that gamma updateStill locked away in a shed, in disgrace...
Noel Tidybeard Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 Still locked away in a shed, in disgrace... what the gamma or cylinder? chaseracer, mat_the_cat, richardmorris and 1 other 4
Six-cylinder Posted July 2, 2018 Author Posted July 2, 2018 My repair to the Cadillac water pump tensioner seems to be holding and it made it the show, an errand and home again. I loved the variety this show produced Ginetta, Cadillac, MGB, kit, CF van, Ford......... eddyramrod, richardmorris, Mrs6C and 4 others 7
Six-cylinder Posted July 2, 2018 Author Posted July 2, 2018 Looking for a photo today I found one I had forgotten about, The Vauxhall dealer I worked at for 3 years 1991-1994. I think this photo was taken Sep 1993. worldofceri, mat_the_cat, RobT and 12 others 15
quicksilver Posted July 2, 2018 Posted July 2, 2018 Now that brings back memories. I used to walk past that place all the time when I was at school. Look at all those Cavaliers, but I spy a Montego too.
Six-cylinder Posted July 2, 2018 Author Posted July 2, 2018 Now that brings back memories. I used to walk past that place all the time when I was at school. Look at all those Cavaliers, but I spy a Montego too. The group was mainly Rover dealers so we always had access to Rover products.
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