Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - The BIG news of the day is I have driven my own Mini Mayfair for the first time!

[hairnet]

so much hairdresser

 

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Triumph Sports Six Club

 

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

our pace was set by a Herald 13/60

Well if you will let a measly four-cylinder engine into the Sports Six club...

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

We didn't do any overtaking as our pace was set by a Herald 13/60 and 60 as in bhp!

This was the trip where the guys from the Triumph Sports Six Club went above and beyond and helped me get the Vitesse out and fix the brakes so I could make the trip.

The Vitesse did alright, 260 miles for the day. Job for the future is to improve the gear change as finding first is very tricky.

I also need to find a new hood tonneau cover because of some mouse!

Impressive panel gap! 

[Longbridge Apologist]

On 6/8/2022 at 10:15 AM, Six-cylinder said:

I drove the 156 V6 yesterday for some errands and it is a delight to drive so is not being sold. Also Mrs6C says no!

And yes that is my DS receiving some rust repairs. We have owned it 13 years.

Damn it, I want one!

[Six-cylinder]

7 hours ago, Longbridge Apologist said:

Damn it, I want one!

We did have HIS and HERS, because we both wanted to drive it. Post Covid are mileages are tiny and having a second one just did not make sense so I have sold mine. 

[Six-cylinder]

[hairnet]

did you find out who nicked yer air filter

 

[Six-cylinder]

Yes caught him and made him put it back!

My BMW E3 has never been right and yesterday I drove it and it was terrible, loss of power and badly misfiring.

This morning was about fixing that and I had a new Mechanic look at it for me.

The list:

• One choke stuck on
• Timing to advanced
• points gap a little tight
• The elect fuel pump was to high a pressure for the carbs so he removed it and went back to the mechanical one which works fine.
• Front carb opened before the rear one.
• Vacuum retard disconnected as the new carbs do not have a connection for it.
• Cleaned Distributor Cap and rotor arm
• Found rust hole in radiator cap
• One stud on the carbs has a striped thread.

I runs much better, but we are going to need a round 2. It set off on the test drive with no power then picked up but still had a slight misfire.

[Six-cylinder]

@Slowsilvercame over this afternoon and worked on the mower tyre.

Then it was playtime! 

I have had the Toledo 4 door for a week and done nothing with it.

The car came with a broken hinge that had pulled out of the very rusty bonnet. Today we found the other hinge was seized and bonnet would not sit down properly. This had us changing the bonnet with the 2 door Toledo to get the 4 door ready for the road.

It started easily, but after a few minutes it cut out and would not restart. Just 5 minutes later it restarted as if nothing was wrong. It cut out and restarted after a pause several times. A bit of diagnosis from Slowsilver showed the input voltage to the coil fluctuated. We run out of time to consider what to do with it next...............

 

[Six-cylinder]

Not my Allegro!

Today I had an Allegro 1500 Special delivered, but it was not for me. This one is for @Andyrew.

The good news for me is I get to keep it and drive it for a few days before Andyrew takes it home.

[Six-cylinder]

I don't know if it was because I only bought Cavaliers and Carltons I found a swarm of Astra's gathering outside my house!

[Longbridge Apologist]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't know if it was because I only bought Cavaliers and Carltons I found a swarm of Astra's gathering outside my house!

I’ve got an odd soft spot for this gen of Astra, god knows why. Perhaps it was remembering seeing some spy shots for it in one of the weeklies. Looked much more “Teutonic” than the previous. 

[Ghosty]

They're a bloody good steer too for what they are. If I ever need a practical shitter they're the first thing I'll look for.

[wuvvum]

I have to say I definitely wouldn't kick one of the £30 tax versions out of bed as a daily.

[beko1987]

I have fond early 2000s astra memories, as my grandparents moved from 20 years of Nova ownership, with Grandad having a G reg astra for a spell as a work shitter into an new Astra! (current shape at this point in time) X reg 1.6 club. I remember going with them to pick it up and trade Granny's J reg saloon Nova Luxe against it. Coming back Grandad got it up to a ton and declared it very fast. 

Probably the last time it ever did a ton in their ownership, one of the reasons they moved to Hyundai after 5 years was the fuel economy and they 'don't need such a fast car' 

Cant imagine the astra had more than 30k on it when they got rid. The Nova was on less then 45k and granny owned that from under a year old, she used to drive more then though, I remember her blazzing about in it and the Green nova with carbs they had before that. 

It's a shame all vauxhalls are shit really as I have had them alot in my life 😂 I'd not kick a cheap one out of bed either, as you say @Ghosty they must cost pennies to run and maintain ad are comfy and fast enough to be a good An Car

There's a tidy looking metallic aqua green one I see around the office too, it's quite nice in that specific colour 

[Floatylight]

7 hours ago, Longbridge Apologist said:

I’ve got an odd soft spot for this gen of Astra, god knows why. Perhaps it was remembering seeing some spy shots for it in one of the weeklies. Looked much more “Teutonic” than the previous. 

I had one of these at a couple of years old 1.6 16v, very capable but tedious, predictable and reliable, exactly what I needed after an experience with a launch model mk2 Laguna Dci...

[Six-cylinder]

BiTurbo has now got a new stainless exhaust. It has gone for Service and MOT to a local garage and I hope to get it back by the end of next week.

[hairnet]

Pasta rocket

[omegod]

4 hours ago, hairnet said:

Pasta rocket

Lamblinguine ? 

[richardmorris]

Number plate deteriorated, but not likely to be misread.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, omegod said:

Lamblinguine ? 

Flash sierra

[Andyrew]

Cctv catches older citroen lurking with much younger model by the bins . . 

[beko1987]

52 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

Cctv catches older citroen lurking with much younger model by the bins . . 

People have lost their jobs for that... 😂

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, beko1987 said:

People have lost their royal titles for that... 😂

FTFY

[Six-cylinder]

I own up I have broken Andyrew's Allegro.

The clutch had a variable bite and I thought it might be air in the hydraulics so I bled it. That left it without enough movement to disengage the clutch.

Andyrew came over to see what I had done to his car!

We tried to take off the master cylinder but could not undo the metal pipe. The metal pipe is a larger diameter to the brake pipe I have so making a new one was not a quick fix. Rather than risk it Andyrew took it all off with the slave and pipes. He has taken it to his workshop to see if he is able to separate the parts, clean and rework the cylinders. 

Stay tuned for the next episode!

* As his first older British car Andyrew has no AF spanners. If you have some lying around doing nothing getting in the way you could always give them to him.*

[Crackers]

Did you say you needed some heavy machinery to smooth out the field? 😁

[Six-cylinder]

10 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Did you say you needed some heavy machinery to smooth out the field? 😁

When are you delivering!

[Six-cylinder]

BBC says weekend 2/3 July will be warm and dry.

On that basis I am considering opening the FoD that weekend.

Any interest?

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Crackers said:

Did you say you needed some heavy machinery to smooth out the field? 😁

That's get it perfect! The kids do keep asking when we can drive on the field proper again. 

Somewhere out there is Charlie's tiny torch from when we camped 😂 Dickhead took it with him then promptly dropped it. Lu kilt it's made of the finest cheapest amazon chinesium so shouldnt damage anything if it gets mowed over 

[3VOM]

1 hour ago, Crackers said:

The things you have to do to press bearings out on some cars.