Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

Today's main car project was to diagnose where the Ferrari was leaking water.

It was dripping that gave us a clue it was at the front of the engine. We got it in the garage and @Mrs6C jacked it up and climbed underneath the car to find the offending component. It turns out to be a hose that joins the main water transfer pipes. Mrs6C got it out and it didn't look destroyed like the Saab one but a bit tired so I have ordered some new hose.  

This is a 1970s Ferrari and they are relatively simple with most components being understandable.

[Ghosty]

I might stop in the field around Radwood as I'm going with my Civic hatch. I'd camp, but I'm bringing @Speedy with me and he's averse to camping, also my tent isn't big enough 😅

[Talbot]

31 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

That explains rather a lot from the last FoDaves.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

 @Mrs6C jacked it up and climbed underneath the car 

BEAST

 

Mrs6C got it out 

MATRON!!!!!!!!!

This is a 1970s Fiat and they are relatively simple with most components being understandable. (by @Mrs6C)

 

 

[mat_the_cat]

On 8/14/2023 at 4:44 PM, Crackers said:

The 308... I really like it.

Sorry, not a fan.

[Six-cylinder]

Rubbing down filler and paint is so very boring!

Yes my car task for today was to fill, sand and brush paint primer the bonnet of Error 404.

I still have the front panel, rear inner wing fins, back panel and a door and half to go to complete the first coat. I want to drive it so further coats will have to wait.

[Talbot]

22 hours ago, hairnet said:

This is a 1970s Fiat

The similarities and parts-bin sharing between the 308 and a Bertone X1/9 is quite remarkable.  The 308 is rather like a "grown up" X1/9.  And I really liked my X1/9s, all 6 of them.

[hairnet]

20 hours ago, mat_the_cat said:

Sorry, not a fan.

bad man

[AnthonyG]

Maybe the vital bit of hose for the Ferrari’s cooling system will turn out to be also used on the Fiat 128 or something, and will turn out to cost 3 Euros. 

Alternatively it may have been handcrafted by a Modenese artisan, and as he only makes 10 a year, subject to major Ferrari Supertax. 

The cooling system diagram does demonstrate what a relatively simple car the 308 is. Unlike the 1990s onwards ones, 348, 355 etc. 

The 404 is looking (almost) respectable now!

[wuvvum]

On 8/18/2023 at 9:32 PM, hairnet said:

@wuvvum dave can you get many equiv mpg out of these like they say?

or is it 50-60 mpg like most things

You can get the computer to show quite silly average MPG figures if you drive it mainly on electric.  The car records the lifetime average MPG and I saw a few that were showing 250 or something ridiculous as they'd almost exclusively been used for local pottering.

[richardmorris]

21 hours ago, Talbot said:

The similarities and parts-bin sharing between the 308 and a Bertone X1/9 is quite remarkable.  The 308 is rather like a "grown up" X1/9.  And I really liked my X1/9s, all 6 of them.

It’s my favourite Ferrari design, and like the x1/9 very well thought out. Either the x1/9 has Ferrari door handles or vice versa. And I also noticed that the Maserati biturbo has x1/9 door mirrors.

[hairnet]

37 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

. Either the x1/9 has Ferrari door handles or vice versa. 

fiat 128? or lancia?

 

[richardmorris]

54 minutes ago, hairnet said:

fiat 128? or lancia?

 

Yes, the giant agnelli parts bin of Italy,

[Six-cylinder]

Tonight was an attempt to make the Rolls Royce run without a misfire. 

Duncan from the TSSC and @Andyrewcame round and we cleared out the fuel filter which had some dirt in it but not much.

I had already cleaned and gapped the points but there did not seem much wrong with them.

We let it fully warmed up on the drive and did a test drive but the misfire started again after 4 miles.

[LightBulbFun]

4 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

We let it fully warmed up on the drive and did a test drive but the misfire started again after 4 miles.

that sounds to me like something breaking down as it warms up

do you know the history of ignition components are? given that all modern automotive condensers are shite, that would be my first port of call

IIRC it also has magnetos, thus out of just sheer curiosity  does the miss-fire go away when you switch to those? (or are those not for running use?)

[Saabnut]

Last time I bought points they were 90 quid a set!

Chris, have you cleaned out the Autovac unit?

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

Last time I bought points they were 90 quid a set!

Chris, have you cleaned out the Autovac unit?

I don't have any gaskets for the Autovac so I am reluctant to open it. 

[Saabnut]

You will need to open it as if there is that much sediment in the system the autovac will be full. I reused the gasket on mine no problem 

[Six-cylinder]

Another day with a lot of rubbing down and painting.

[Six-cylinder]

I got my Range Rover back today. Another DPF forced regen, aircon works lovely with just a gas top up. No fault found for my suspension clonk, Dorrell's had said it needed to get worse before they could find it and it seems JLS are the same. Estimate £500 for a wiring loom to put out the intermittent airbag light. A least they found a good parking spot for it.

[Six-cylinder]

I know,  I keep posting Error 404 photos but its my thread! In spite of everything slowing me down returning it to the road I still like it very much!

Today I have been test driving 404 and completed 18.6 miles including stopping for petrol without any problems.

[AnthonyG]

Are you missing a Peugeot badge for the boot lid or did you take it off for the repaint? 

I still have a box of badges from when I had a summer job in a breakers yard, I can look and see if there is a Peugeot one in there if you want. 

[High Jetter]

39 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

I still have a box of badges from when I had a summer job in a breakers yard, I can look and see if there is a Peugeot one in there if you want. 

Thief!

[hairnet]

5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I know,  I keep posting Error 404 photos but its my thread! In spite of everything slowing me down returning it to the road I still like it very much!

Today I have been test driving 404 and completed 18.6 miles including stopping for petrol without any problems.

more reliable than RR then

[Prince_of_darkness91]

I got my Range Rover back today. Another DPF forced regen, aircon works lovely with just a gas top up. No fault found for my suspension clonk, Dorrell's had said it needed to get worse before they could find it and it seems JLS are the same. Estimate £500 for a wiring loom to put out the intermittent airbag light. A least they found a good parking spot for it.

At least it's looking very shiny

Sent from my SM-S918B using Tapatalk

[Six-cylinder]

10 hours ago, hairnet said:

more reliable than RR then

I have done 172 miles in the Rolls Royce and only 20 miles in the Error so far.

 

11 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Are you missing a Peugeot badge for the boot lid or did you take it off for the repaint? 

I still have a box of badges from when I had a summer job in a breakers yard, I can look and see if there is a Peugeot one in there if you want. 

I didn't have any badges for it but at the last FoD @Weird Car kindly gave me a 404 and Peugeot badge. Unfortunately the Peugeot badge is too short for the excising holes. The holes in the boot lid are spaced 127mm left to center and 135mm center to right, yes uneven.

[loserone]

That looks like my 504 badge

[Six-cylinder]

I had to move @Andyrewvan and thought I had hit the jackpot and found biscuits to steal, I was disappointed! 

[hairnet]

18 hours ago, hairnet said:

more reliable than RR then

7 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have done 172 miles in the Rolls Royce and only 20 miles in the Error so far.

 

 

not that one

edit maybe the older is less hassle than the newer one

 

[Andyrew]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I had to move @Andyrewvan and thought I had hit the jackpot and found biscuits to steal, I was disappointed! 

Wrights coal tar soap and a nail brush the best way to scrub up oily hands.  You smell like a grandads bathroom after tho.