Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Progress with the Mini Mayfair, if a little slow.

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, hairnet said:

Mums go to iceland 🤣

Not in stylish cars like this!

A mum would have gone in a Metro!

[hairnet]

yeah but youve got one of them too

[beko1987]

23 minutes ago, hairnet said:

yeah but youve got one of them too

He's a yummy mummy 😂

[Six-cylinder]

My Morris 1300’s front suspension has been playing the percussion for an orchestra since I had it and today it went to my favourite garage for a health check. As suspected it is the bush in the nearside of the steering rack that is worn and allowing the rack to bang over rough ground.

The car received a general inspection as it is not MOTed and got a good report. The only other thing noted was the o-s drive shaft joint had some deterioration, but did not need immediate replacement.

[Noel Tidybeard]

i've been seeing an advert for citroen which features a brown GS- you wouldn't know anything about this would you?🤔

[Six-cylinder]

13 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i've been seeing an advert for citroen which features a brown GS- you wouldn't know anything about this would you?🤔

Sorry I don't even remember seeing a brown one for sale recently.

Unless Mrs6C is secretly selling ours!

[Noel Tidybeard]

no you  'nana not for sale but a starring role like that thing with idris elba

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

no you  'nana not for sale but a starring role like that thing with idris elba

They also  took our MGB GT to be parked in the street.

[Crackers]

16 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i've been seeing an advert for citroen which features a brown GS- you wouldn't know anything about this would you?🤔

The ad for the new* C4 (I think). I did spot the brown GS too but I don't remember seeing a number plate. 

[Six-cylinder]

On 16/02/2024 at 17:06, Crackers said:

The ad for the new* C4 (I think). I did spot the brown GS too but I don't remember seeing a number plate. 

I have not seen the Ad mainly because we don't have conventional TV any more. Any links to view it?

[Six-cylinder]

Today I have slowly been preparing and painting the front of the first of the Manta wheels, but the paint won't dry at 10 C.

I have fired up the new garage diesel heater (not FoD one) and set up the exhaust and air filter as per the illustration in the manual. Mrs6C commented what are you burning, on investigation the exhaust pipe was cold and the inlet pipe was hot and the plastic air filet melting. Checking the instruction manual again I found I had set it up as per the manual and that was wrong! 

[Mrs6C]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have not seen the Ad mainly because we don't have conventional TV any more. Any links to view it?

 

Longer version here...

 

[High Jetter]

15 - 30

[hairnet]

On 17/02/2024 at 02:39, Six-cylinder said:

 

'Omg sherpa'

[Six-cylinder]

One down three to go.

[Noel Tidybeard]

mmmmmm shiny

[hairnet]

watching the opel gt on quest

mmm gm porn

[Six-cylinder]

The 480 got a trip out yesterday to MK Modern Classics breakfast meeting, it took me 15 mins to chip the frozen hail off it before I could drive it. It does have a good heater which is why the Morris 1300 did not get a look in.

[Six-cylinder]

Ride of Shame!

It won't start. Press the button the dash lights and then goes black again.

[hairnet]

shoulda just swapped it for his truck

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Ride of Shame!

It won't start. Press the button the dash lights and then goes black again.

Oh dear. Our neighbour's very shiny,  low mileage 18 plate Discovery FTPd a few days back - everything completely shut down for no apparent reason and it refused to go. JLR now have it and it looks like it could be the main ECU.

Fingers crossed yours is a relatively easy fix in contrast.

[LightBulbFun]

50 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Ride of Shame!

It won't start. Press the button the dash lights and then goes black again.

it realised its Monday and doesn't wanna wake up!

 

 

[Six-cylinder]

@Slowsilver came over today, he helped me collect the Sigma and then a bit of tinkering. We put the washer return valve in hot water so it would come off the washer pipe to replace the washer bottle cap, as I am now using a used liquid soap bottle. Next we took the driver's seat out to drill some extra holes in the brackets so the seat is now an inch further back.

[richardmorris]

14 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

@Slowsilver came over today, he helped me collect the Sigma and then a bit of tinkering. We put the washer return valve in hot water so it would come off the washer pipe to replace the washer bottle cap, as I am now using a used liquid soup bottle. Next we took the driver's seat out to drill some extra holes in the brackets so the seat is now an inch further back.

What’s a soup bottle?

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

What’s a soup bottle?

Ok soap!

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Ok soap!

Ah, I was imagining fortnums delivering  hand made soup in artisan bottles.

[Six-cylinder]

When this fully working Volvo Estate was last for sale both Mrs6C and I liked it.  I tried to work out a narrative as to why I should buy it, but couldn’t.

Now it is broken we have bought it!

[hairnet]

is this a kersplat or is it a time up new belt and cocoa and blanket time

 

[beko1987]

But it needs tax and mot, I thought you were weaning yourself off that stuff? 

[Six-cylinder]

9 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

But it needs tax and mot, I thought you were weaning yourself off that stuff? 

I know, I know I need to strike the word "YES" from my vocabulary!