Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Not supposed to rain until lunchtime! 

Met office says shower at 5pm

[beko1987]

Ah marvellous, I'll be at mums by then, 

[Six-cylinder]

We burnt the clouds away last night!

[Yoss]

Two things struck me on the way home. One is I didn't chip in for the fish and chips. I'm sure this can be redressed somehow. The other is I left my spare battery in the Manta. Maybe one can cancel out the other? It's not a great battery, it's only an 063 and may not last more than a week without use. I had trickle charged it for the last couple of days and it's fine if you do that. You can keep it for jobs like that, makes a bit more room in my garage, not that it looks any better. 

The Triumph went well. It's been a long time since it went that far. It does love a good A road punctuated by roundabouts, particularly the roundabouts.

Every time I use it I think the gearbox has got noisier but I think that's just where I've not used it and forgotten how whiny it is. It's been like it since 2008 when I fitted it. I have a spare but I don't know what that's like either and they don't exactly grow on trees so I'd like to keep this one as long as possible (visions of Triumph FWD gearboxes hanging from branches, it would have to be a bloody strong tree, I think they'd be more of a root vegetable). 

The only slight hiccup was at the bottom of the A34 where you join the M3 where it decided it didn't want to select either 1st or 2nd gear. As there was someone behind behind me I panicked a bit and tried pulling away in third which it managed but not happily and with much clutch burning smell. By the time I reached Southampton it was fine again. This makes no sense but anybody familiar with the Triumph FWD gearbox will understand. 

[Yoss]

21 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

We burnt the clouds away last night!

It was oddly foggy all the way back to Bicester when I left. Cleared on the A34, I guess the cars blew it away, it wasn't proper fog. 

[beko1987]

I'm going to eat breakfast and watch @Ghosty unfold himself from his car

[hairnet]

@beko1987

@brownnova

 

Bus wanker lyfe (c) @Crackers

T Technically coulda got a lift in funbws but first class train baby

[hairnet]

22 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I'm going to eat breakfast and watch @Ghosty unfold himself from his car

Kinky mofo

[brownnova]

8 minutes ago, hairnet said:

@beko1987

@brownnova

 

Bus wanker lyfe (c) @Crackers

T Technically coulda got a lift in funbws but first class train baby

You left something in the magic wagon! 
 

Bonus donuts… no complaints from me!! 

[HMC]

Y tho? @Jim Bell

[HMC]

Y tho etc. OK enough coffee for me for the morning.

[hairnet]

Couldn't be arsed waiting for my train so bought an earlier one

Finish that and walk round to platform

[hairnet]

12 minutes ago, HMC said:

Y tho etc. OK enough coffee for me for the morning.

Yer names not down yer not coming in

[hairnet]

18 minutes ago, brownnova said:

You left something in the magic wagon! 
 

Bonus donuts… no complaints from me!! 

How are they still there

Verdict: amateur 😛

[bub2006]

I got home around 830 last night. Not bad time was. Practically collapsed in bed soon as got in. Great day,shame about the weather though. Nice to meet all you odd and eccentric folks again.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Not supposed to rain until lunchtime! 

On the inside?

[hairnet]

10 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Ignis Splurrt I was delayed a bit cause I was GLF

 

[hairnet]

Train wanker now

[brownnova]

@Ghosty here’s what you should have bought instead of that Ignis… 

[Snake Charmer]

Brilliant day yesterday, now I have done a FoD I will be more prepared for the next one by packing some tools and essentials. I realised on the way home I did not pay for the chish and fips either as @Yossmentioned above, I hang my head in shame.

[hairnet]

home now

bit fiddly but glad wasnt driving up or down

london northwestern suck

might go and touch the postie bike innapropreatly (?) later

 

[Snake Charmer]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

might go and touch the postie bike innapropreatly (?) later

Inappropriate touching of motorcycles means you need a new Chod project. 😆

I sat on this and made all the noises. 🙈

[omegod]

I've never done a FOD and having seen how many people dodge paying for their chippy dinner I'm thinking twice about ever doing so, villains  and vagabonds the lot of them  

Looks like a nice meet up with some great motors, safe journeys home all !! 

[Six-cylinder]

Busy today now the sun is out. 

[egg]

off current topic, seen in London by richardcarspottinguk (all credits to him) on Insta. Known to the Cylinders?

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, egg said:

off current topic, seen in London by richardcarspottinguk (all credits to him) on Insta. Known to the Cylinders?

Excellent to see it out, yes I have known it for many years. 14 TRS

[MrDuke]

18 hours ago, Yoss said:

 

 

(Yeah, he might have an extra 17bhp, fishnet Recaros and a fancy bodykit, but he doesn't have wind deflectors, does he?)

[bub2006]

28 minutes ago, MrDuke said:

 

 

(Yeah, he might have an extra 17bhp, fishnet Recaros and a fancy bodykit, but he doesn't have wind deflectors, does he?)

Looking at your wind deflectors yesterday, that's the first time I've ever seen them bonded onto the door. I've always had them like they are on my van tucked into window frame. Can be a pain with 1 touch up windows though as sometimes car thinks it's trapped

[MrDuke]

8 minutes ago, bub2006 said:

Looking at your wind deflectors yesterday, that's the first time I've ever seen them bonded onto the door. I've always had them like they are on my van tucked into window frame. Can be a pain with 1 touch up windows though as sometimes car thinks it's trapped

Yeah, I suspect they were factory spec. There's a few 'JDM' touches that make me think the 3-doors were just shipped over with barely any local market mods. They certainly sold very few here compared to the 5-doors.

[beko1987]

I'm home now after a wonderful day clean g vauxhalls! I stuck to the ones with intact floors and the like, and with the help of @Ghostywe played time team and got the cavalier looking very tidy

Pulled alot of water out the boot though... 

And we cleaned the rust from the engine bay

Noticed at my mums that the drivers window suddenly wasn't working and upon investigation its snapped another wire

Stripped and twisted it to get the window up overnight, will fix properly another day. 

The CF also got spinning, after we found the magic of the tilting dash! Sadly no running (unless that happened after I left)