Six-cylinder Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Your convertible merc? Yes that's the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 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! they do that on a Renner nnnn19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 31 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: 1,4,3,2🙄 You have got it. PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Yes that's the one. So I’ve won it yes? chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 minute ago, richardmorris said: So I’ve won it yes? Not even any smarties for guessing this one! One day you can borrow it when the world sorts itself out. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 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, chaseracer, Six-cylinder and 4 others 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: Not even any smarties for guessing this one! One day you can borrow it when the world sorts itself out. Wot no smarties? Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Wot no smarties? I'll see to it that he sends you a packet as well... richardmorris and camryv6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 On 21/10/2020 at 19:03, 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. 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 Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 9 hours ago, 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 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. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 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 and Floatylight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 31 minutes ago, 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.  OK, all the individual words are familiar, but... 🤔😉 Talbot, camryv6, Six-cylinder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Electricals is tricky to explain. Â chaseracer and Six-cylinder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 25 minutes ago, Slowsilver said: Electricals is tricky to explain. Â The Owd Giffer is a retired radar/data recording engineer. Â Imagine his utter frustration with me! Floatylight and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 16 hours ago, Andyrew said: Vp smells the scent of the "plug hole of doom" on this pipe . Six-cylinder, spartacus and Mrs6C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 45 minutes ago, Andyrew said: I think we need a bit more than that, 270, 384 or? No weights on the weight bar. Oh we will take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 hours ago, chaseracer said: OK, all the individual words are familiar, but... 🤔😉 this. when a dyane has three wires for everything moar is a problem :D  chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, 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! "2100" it claims on its sexy bonnet stripe. My repair didnt work. Fail!  Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Andyrew said: "2100" it claims on its sexy bonnet stripe. My repair didnt work. Fail!  Wow that makes it a 100 hp tractor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020  8 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Wow that makes it a 100 hp tractor! Yeah a flick through the manual suggests 100hp. The exhaust has been Repaired in the past with straight pipe. Sounds glorious. Mrs6C and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Andyrew said:  Yeah a flick through the manual suggests 100hp. The exhaust has been Repaired in the past with straight pipe. Sounds glorious. When are you bringing it over to play with the FE35 at the FoD? chaseracer, LightBulbFun and Andyrew 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 53 minutes ago, Mrs6C said: When are you bringing it over to play with the FE35 at the FoD? If i borrowed it, i Dont think id be able to handle the power! Id think this would be the result  wuvvum, Cord Fourteener, Six-cylinder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, Andyrew said: Id think this would be the result  LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 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) Six-cylinder, Cord Fourteener, Saabnut and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 21 minutes ago, Andyrew said: the new workshop Nice workshop!!! The VP looks like a performance artiste from the circus, balancing on things! Andyrew, Floatylight, LightBulbFun and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Andyrew said: 3 weeks of moving shite into the new workshop. The VP is first up on the operating table. I hope it does not mark its new territory and piddle on your nice clean concrete! Mrs6C and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 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 Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 ...not that i had 2 maestros & montegos 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 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. LightBulbFun, Mrs6C and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 Wish you were here! Mrs6C, Floatylight, wuvvum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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