Six Cylinders Motoring Notes- Today with cute Lamb picture!

[Six-cylinder]

  On 20/11/2020 at 20:14, richardmorris said:

Your convertible merc?

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Yes that's the one.

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 30/10/2020 at 10:50, dave j said:

The wipers on my Shogun Sport self park when you turn the ignition off, not seen that on a car before!

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they do that on a Renner nnnn19

[Six-cylinder]

  On 20/11/2020 at 20:05, mitsisigma01 said:

1,4,3,2🙄

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You have got it.

PM sent

[richardmorris]

  On 20/11/2020 at 20:36, Six-cylinder said:

Yes that's the one.

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So I’ve won it yes? 

[Six-cylinder]

  On 20/11/2020 at 20:41, richardmorris said:

So I’ve won it yes? 

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Not even any smarties for guessing this one!

One day you can borrow it when the world sorts itself out.

[Andyrew]

Ive Got a kinked powersteering pipe to have a look at to see if i can repair it.

*sniff sniff*

Vp smells the scent of the "plug hole of doom" on this pipe . . .

(Also Vp progress happening this weekend!)

[richardmorris]

  On 20/11/2020 at 20:44, Six-cylinder said:

Not even any smarties for guessing this one!

One day you can borrow it when the world sorts itself out.

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Wot no smarties?

[Mrs6C]

  On 20/11/2020 at 21:49, richardmorris said:

Wot no smarties?

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I'll see to it that he sends you a packet as well...

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 21/10/2020 at 18:03, AnthonyG said:

@SlowsilverThe dashboard in all post 87 Maestros is a Montego one.
From memory by there was  a very half-arsed refresh of the Maestro in late 87 or spring 88 and the Montego dash was a major part of that.  I assume all switchgear, controls on this one is all Montego as well. 

I have a HBOL for Montego 2.0, if you need any scans. Or you/Chris can have it if it helps. Let me know and I will chuck in the post.

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the original multi piece dash was replaced with montego dash in early '86, the metro/montego style clocks replaced the fibre optic dials around '85- green dash lighting on all

the roverised montego dash came around '90/91- orange lit

 

the clock in 6cs car are the later nippon seiki unit- round trip reset, smooth dial face

earlier lucas cluster has oblong reset button which can be a pita to use & complex dial faces designed to be removeable with needles in place

city & city-x lost the electronic carb of bASe

[Six-cylinder]

  On 20/11/2020 at 22:29, Noel Tidybeard said:

the original multi piece dash was replaced with montego dash in early '86, the metro/montego style clocks replaced the fibre optic dials around '85- green dash lighting on all

the roverised montego dash came around '90/91- orange lit

 

the clock in 6cs car are the later nippon seiki unit- round trip reset, smooth dial face

earlier lucas cluster has oblong reset button which can be a pita to use & complex dial faces designed to be removeable with needles in place

city & city-x lost the electronic carb of bASe

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The Maestro is away for MOT at the moment and then we can consider what to do with it next with the temp and fuel gauges.

[Slowsilver]

According to the wiring diagrams I have seen, the fuel gauge on 6C's Maestro is driven by a conventional variable-resistor sensor but the temperature gauge is driven by some sort of electronic temperature control unit. However, since neither of them work I suspect the common supply, which is usually supplied by an electronic voltage regulator, is faulty or disconnected. The problem is that on all the wiring diagrams I have found this supply is shown as going via one of the PCB tracks to a pin on an unidentified connector (presumably one of the two that plug into the dashboard) which then goes nowhere, and I can see no sign of anything that could be a voltage-regulated supply elsewhere on the diagrams.
 

[chaseracer]

  On 21/11/2020 at 11:12, Slowsilver said:

According to the wiring diagrams I have seen, the fuel gauge on 6C's Maestro is driven by a conventional variable-resistor sensor but the temperature gauge is driven by some sort of electronic temperature control unit. However, since neither of them work I suspect the common supply, which is usually supplied by an electronic voltage regulator, is faulty or disconnected. The problem is that on all the wiring diagrams I have found this supply is shown as going via one of the PCB tracks to a pin on an unidentified connector (presumably one of the two that plug into the dashboard) which then goes nowhere, and I can see no sign of anything that could be a voltage-regulated supply elsewhere on the diagrams.
 

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OK, all the individual words are familiar, but... 🤔😉

[Slowsilver]

Electricals is tricky to explain.
 

[chaseracer]

  On 21/11/2020 at 11:55, Slowsilver said:

Electricals is tricky to explain.
 

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The Owd Giffer is a retired radar/data recording engineer.  Imagine his utter frustration with me!

[Andyrew]

  On 20/11/2020 at 21:32, Andyrew said:

Vp smells the scent of the "plug hole of doom" on this pipe . 

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[Six-cylinder]

  On 21/11/2020 at 13:59, Andyrew said:

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I think we need a bit more than that, 270, 384 or?

No weights on the weight bar.

Oh we will take it!

[hairnet]

  On 21/11/2020 at 11:44, chaseracer said:

OK, all the individual words are familiar, but... 🤔😉

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this.

when a dyane has three wires for everything moar is a problem :D

 

[Andyrew]

  On 21/11/2020 at 14:40, Six-cylinder said:

I think we need a bit more than that, 270, 384 or?

No weights on the weight bar.

Oh we will take it!

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"2100" it claims on its sexy bonnet stripe. 

My repair didnt work. Fail!

 

[Six-cylinder]

  On 21/11/2020 at 15:44, Andyrew said:

"2100" it claims on its sexy bonnet stripe. 

My repair didnt work. Fail!

 

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Wow that makes it a 100 hp tractor!

[Andyrew]

 

  On 21/11/2020 at 15:48, Six-cylinder said:

Wow that makes it a 100 hp tractor!

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Yeah a flick through the manual suggests 100hp. 

The exhaust has been Repaired in the past with straight pipe. Sounds glorious. 

[Mrs6C]

  On 21/11/2020 at 15:59, Andyrew said:

 

Yeah a flick through the manual suggests 100hp. 

The exhaust has been Repaired in the past with straight pipe. Sounds glorious. 

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When are you bringing it over to play with the FE35 at the FoD?

[Andyrew]

  On 21/11/2020 at 17:01, Mrs6C said:

When are you bringing it over to play with the FE35 at the FoD?

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If i borrowed it, i Dont think id be able to handle the power!

Id think this would be the result

 

[Mrs6C]

  On 21/11/2020 at 17:56, Andyrew said:

Id think this would be the result

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[Andyrew]

3 weeks of moving shite into the new workshop. The VP is first up on the operating table. 

(Please note the wood infront of the tyres is just in there as a just incase)

[Mrs6C]

  On 21/11/2020 at 19:44, Andyrew said:

the new workshop

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Nice workshop!!!

The VP looks like a performance artiste from the circus, balancing on things!

[Six-cylinder]

  On 21/11/2020 at 19:44, Andyrew said:

3 weeks of moving shite into the new workshop. The VP is first up on the operating table. 

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I hope it does not mark its new territory and piddle on your nice clean concrete!

[Noel Tidybeard]

iirc the early prince of darkness maestro/montego/metro clocks do indeed have a traditional looking voltage stabiliser type doohickey on the back of the fule gauge

[Noel Tidybeard]

...not that i had 2 maestros &  montegos 😮

[Zelandeth]

If you can wait till December 3rd I'm happy to have a dig through that for you.  With a bit of patience a notepad and a meter it shouldn't be too hard to work out.  It's a pretty simple panel.

I had to fix pretty much exactly this fault on my first Metro (which has the same panel) so hopefully memory will be helpful too...Yes I do enjoy this type of job.

Plus I honestly don't think I've ever driven - or for that matter possibly even sat in a Maestro.  More Metros than you can shake a stick at, boss at the garage loved his Montego estates (this was when you could hardly give them away so the value for money was off the chart), but Maestro and Mini are two notable exceptions.

[Six-cylinder]

Wish you were here!