Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[AnthonyG]

Ha ha I thought one of you would snap that up. 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Surprise or reveal?

Does this give you a clue!

I don't see an MGB in that picture and far too many Citroens...

So I guess the answer won't be what I was hoping for!

[beko1987]

Next time I'm over can I have a sit in it? It's the only citroen in the mid 90s range I've never tried! And whilst I'm imagining I'll not fit into it terribly well, I can at least tick it off in my head. 

Unless Chris is bringing it to shitefest? In which case I'll have a sit there! 

[Six-cylinder]

5 hours ago, SiC said:

I don't see an MGB in that picture and far too many Citroens...

So I guess the answer won't be what I was hoping for!

It is there, but blocked in!

[Bucketeer]

5 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Next time I'm over can I have a sit in it? It's the only citroen in the mid 90s range I've never tried! And whilst I'm imagining I'll not fit into it terribly well, I can at least tick it off in my head. 

Unless Chris is bringing it to shitefest? In which case I'll have a sit there! 

You're welcome to have a shot in mine this weekend.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Bucketeer said:

You're welcome to have a shot in mine this weekend.

Thanks man! 

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Bucketeer said:

You're welcome to have a shot in mine this weekend.

You will turn his head with your wheel arch extensions, front fog lights, three spoke steering wheel and bucket seats! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 6/2/2019 at 10:39 AM, Six-cylinder said:

I have been in touch with the club who are really the only UK source of spares, they are hopeful but need some time to look them out.

This one may still be languishing somewhere in Hertsmere:

 

[Six-cylinder]

As already announced in another topic  I now have the replacement cylinder head for the Gamma along with a cam and followers for the other side. My favourite garage still has the car as well as the engine so space will be push them on to get it finished and gone.

[Six-cylinder]

The VP 1500 exhaust repair tailpipe arrived today a week later than promised.

[Six-cylinder]

While we were all enjoying ourselves in Devon at Shitefest 19 the AX has been shedding its lacquer sat on the drive. It was always missing some patches of lacquer but in the rain further large areas of lacquer have lifted and you could see the water under it. I have never seen anything like it!

[Six-cylinder]

Our MG Metro is currently in a bodyshop having a full repaint, I have been to visit the body shop this morning and they are asking me for decals and the side window weather strips that fit on the doors where the windows lower into it. Anybody know if these items are available and if so where can I buy them?

[Six-cylinder]

I have just had a text to say the BX head will be ready Friday and refitting can start Monday.

[Asimo]

Another nice thing about Gamma engines: 4 inch bore and 3 inch stroke!

[richardmorris]

39 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Our MG Metro is currently in a bodyshop having a full repaint, I have been to visit the body shop this morning and they are asking me for decals and the side window weather strips that fit on the doors where the windows lower into it. Anybody know if these items are available and if so where can I buy them?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153097933956?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1%3Ftype%3D2%26pub%3D5575403537%26toolid%3D10001%26campid%3D5338343596%26item%3D153097933956%26customid%3Dvms%253Aeb%253Ap%253A153097933956%253BEAIaIQobChMIuY-8htLk4gIVwprVCh3JSgn7EAQYAyABEgIC-_D_BwE%26gclid%3DEAIaIQobChMIuY-8htLk4gIVwprVCh3JSgn7EAQYAyABEgIC-_D_BwE%26srcrot%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2005284065162%26rvr_ts%3D4d16f76416b0a8670910d81ffff9ea1d&ul_noapp=true

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153097933956?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1%3Ftype%3D2%26pub%3D5575403537%26toolid%3D10001%26campid%3D5338343596%26item%3D153097933956%26customid%3Dvms%253Aeb%253Ap%253A153097933956%253BEAIaIQobChMIuY-8htLk4gIVwprVCh3JSgn7EAQYAyABEgIC-_D_BwE%26gclid%3DEAIaIQobChMIuY-8htLk4gIVwprVCh3JSgn7EAQYAyABEgIC-_D_BwE%26srcrot%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2005284065162%26rvr_ts%3D4d16f76416b0a8670910d81ffff9ea1d&ul_noapp=true

I think there are MK2. I may have found some, I am just waiting for confirmation.

I am still looking for outer weather strips for the door windows.

[richardmorris]

9 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I think there are MK2. I may have found some, I am just waiting for confirmation.

I am still looking for outer weather strips for the door windows.

Well, if you’re going to be picky over stickers!......:-)

[Mrs6C]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Well, if you’re going to be picky over stickers!......:-)

Indeed I am!

[Bfg]

 

 

On 6/12/2019 at 7:26 PM, Six-cylinder said:

While we were all enjoying ourselves in Devon at Shitefest 19 the AX has been shedding its lacquer sat on the drive. It was always missing some patches of lacquer but in the rain further large areas of lacquer have lifted and you could see the water under it. I have never seen anything like it!

..all too much reminds me of the tank on my (previously restored*) motorcycle ..whose paint dissolves and wipes off at the first whiff of petrol ! 

[Six-cylinder]

MG Metro decals now ordered, but I still need the weather strips for the doors if anybody has some for sale or knows where I can get them?

[C1am]

https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/

[Six-cylinder]

In case anybody wonders what my involvement was with a green van going North today and a BMW going southwest here are the answers.

Ultra Womble found me an engine for the field Honda that needed to come south, I needed to get a Bucketman as I thought I was going to buy a car in Wales today! Well it turns out the best place to get these items is Gloucester Services!

Car buying was a disappointment as like many ebay ads not quite truthful. "Drives  and stops like it should,  so you can jump in and drive home" this was not quite the whole story the car was laid up for many years and some work has been done to recommission it, but when we got there he showed us the new bushes because there was a terrible clunking noise and admitted he had never used the car in the year he had had it. I had my sensible head on and did not consider it suitable for Bucketman to drive 120 miles and could see thousands of pounds of restoration costs ahead. Shame the idea of owning a 1955 MG Magnetta really appealed.

[Six-cylinder]

What a pleasant change I enjoyed a 54 mile drive out this evening going nowhere. Recently where ever I drive I seem to grind along in traffic but this evening even the 03 plate Toyota Yaris Verso managed to cruise at 60 mph in a 60 limit!

There was a purpose, Mrs6C had asked me to get the Daimler Sovereign S1 out of storage so on Friday she could take her friends daughter to her prom. S1 had started to have sticky brakes in storage and yesterday after 6 miles I could smell hot brakes when we stopped for petrol in Tesco. The battery was still flat when I went to restart it so my friend pushed it backwards slightly downhill  away from the pump before we used the jump pack. I felt the brakes free up the moment we went back and it started to roll. Today it was my duty to risk spending 3 hours on the side of the road waiting for the RAC to ensure the brakes had really freed off and it was running fine. 

The result is all is well and the bonus is I had forgotten that when we did some bodywork on S1 we fixed the second fuel tank so I went back to Tesco and put 10 gals in the other tank as well!

 

[beko1987]

"did not consider it suitable for Bucketman to drive 120 miles and could see thousands of pounds of restoration costs" 

 

Awww, but those make the best threads on here! I r dissapoint

[wuvvum]

9 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

this evening even the 03 plate Toyota Yaris Verso managed to cruise at 60 mph in a 60 limit!

That must be the highest speed ever recorded by a Toyota Yaris Verso.

[Eyersey1234]

10 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

What a pleasant change I enjoyed a 54 mile drive out this evening going nowhere. Recently where ever I drive I seem to grind along in traffic but this evening even the 03 plate Toyota Yaris Verso managed to cruise at 60 mph in a 60 limit!

There was a purpose, Mrs6C had asked me to get the Daimler Sovereign S1 out of storage so on Friday she could take her friends daughter to her prom. S1 had started to have sticky brakes in storage and yesterday after 6 miles I could smell hot brakes when we stopped for petrol in Tesco. The battery was still flat when I went to restart it so my friend pushed it backwards slightly downhill  away from the pump before we used the jump pack. I felt the brakes free up the moment we went back and it started to roll. Today it was my duty to risk spending 3 hours on the side of the road waiting for the RAC to ensure the brakes had really freed off and it was running fine. 

The result is all is well and the bonus is I had forgotten that when we did some bodywork on S1 we fixed the second fuel tank so I went back to Tesco and put 10 gals in the other tank as well!

 

Good to hear all is well 6C. I didn't know these had 2 fuel tanks to be honest, how big are the tanks? 

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Good to hear all is well 6C. I didn't know these had 2 fuel tanks to be honest, how big are the tanks? 

They are 11 gals each, a change over switch on the dash which activates a separate fuel pump for each side, but uses the same gauge on the dash.

The picture is the old Offside tank before we fitted a replacement 2 years ago.

[SiC]

Why did they fit twin tanks? For long distance high speed touring or just fuel guzzlers? (Or both?)

... Or reliability because SU pump?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Useful consumer information, a late S3 V12 on tickover will take 3 hours to run a practically full tank out. Well I say full I'd done about 60 miles ( probably 4-5 gallons) prior to sitting with the air con on full , on a 30c day . After switching tanks I turned the engine off, luckily I was only there for another hour or so.

[wuvvum]

I had an early (pre-HE) V12 when I was 19.  Trying to run it on a student budget was interesting - I may* have run out of fuel a couple* of times.

Fortunately for my finances I then got banned for speeding and had to sell it.