Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[hairnet]

was thinking of coming down today but due to unexpected stay in hossy last night no idea whats gonna happen next week either

oh well BAF at home then

[Andyrew]

May pop over saturday evening now as ive an MX5 being delivered for an exhaust for a tinkering sunday. 

[Six-cylinder]

Because of the expected high heat I am going to open the FoD from 7.30 am tomorrow Saturday. All welcome.

I suspect by lunch time it will be too hot to do anything other than lounge in the shade.

[BL Bloke]

I'm planning on coming down tomorrow, hopefully I'll get there before it gets too hot.

[3VOM]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

FOD looks a bit "dry".

[GeorgeB]

13 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

The Drive this morning, I am pretty pleased at how it looks.

Not enough Triumphs.

[Saabnut]

2 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Not enough Saabs.

FTFY

[GeorgeB]

31 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

FTFY

None would be too many.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, GeorgeB said:

None would be too many.

Noah collected his animals in pairs, surely Saabs should be the same! 

[beko1987]

Oooh it's lovely and cool atm 😂

[Six-cylinder]

The day has started

[AxWomble]

Can confirm, the day has begun 

[Six-cylinder]

[Six-cylinder]

The start of the Polish. 

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I know a Saab 95 is a fine beast, but I didn't think Beko would be that excited to see it.

[beko1987]

I've done my bit! Time to play will it start! 

[chaseracer]

[Crackers]

That's cleaned up well!

[Andyrew]

20 minutes ago, Crackers said:

That's cleaned up well!

Agreed! Sterling effort @beko1987

[beko1987]

Thanks! Yes it's overall very good, almost a shame about the localised paint repairs in the wrong colour now, lets it all down 😂

[beko1987]

On 10/08/2022 at 14:29, hairnet said:

big red light means its an ac milan fan

 

Red light indicates doors are secure... 

[beko1987]

Home now and through the shower, although I'll look like I've fingered smurfette for a few days 😂

All came up very nicely, interior still needs a good clean but I was bouncing the car whilst engine fettling was occurring which wasn't ideal! Maybe next weekend

Is it running yet? 

[Six-cylinder]

15 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Is it running yet? 

The short answer is yes we got it running.

But and it is a big BUT:

New battery and it turned over just fine on the key.

It spat out oil when we first turned it over, that turned out to be there was no oil filter. We then changed the oil and put on a new filter. I am told the oil did not look too bad for very old oil.

There was no spark and a new set of points and condenser were needed. Usual problem with modern replacement parts the wire was too short and had to be extended with the old one.

It then coughed and spluttered like it wanted to go. We new the problem was  30 year old petrol. We tried to drain the tank and got an electric pump that blew up, yes really blew up a component inside. Investigation of the tank showed the fuel level sender was seized and the bottom of the tank was a thick sludge.

We then went for start up using a can of fuel and it started ok. It ran, then we had a loud mechanical knocking and stopped it. My theory is we had a blocked oilway or even oil pump pick up strainer.

There was no clutch fluid and we added some, but now the pedal is solid and won't move.

The brake pedal also does nothing.

I needed to go home at one point and the easiest car to get out was @BL Bloke Peugeot 205GL so I borrowed that, thing is when I borrowed it the second time they was a feeling I liked it a bit too much!

So that is where the day finished. I am very grateful to @beko1987 who turned out at 7.30am to escape the heat and did a fantastic job transforming the appearance of the Saab. The rest of the crew @Slowsilver @AxWomble @bobdisk @BL Bloke@Zelandeth @Mrs6C and non AS members were also fantastic for getting it going.

Thanks to @Andyrew in spite of claiming he had to work during the heavy lifting, for providing the reserve car for the chip shop run car, a MX5 on a beautiful summers evening. It is a long time since I did the chip shop run myself but sunshine and an MX5 had me personally playing chauffeur in it.

Thank you all.

[Six-cylinder]

I will be at the FoD from 10am Sunday 14th Aug.

[AxWomble]

Thank you very much for your hospitality @Six-cylinderand @Mrs6C! It was great to see your place and have a nice day of tinkering - the paddling pool was a great call! 

[Zelandeth]

7 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

The short answer is yes we got it running.

But and it is a big BUT:

New battery and it turned over just fine on the key.

It spat out oil when we first turned it over, that turned out to be there was no oil filter. We then changed the oil and put on a new filter. I am told the oil did not look too bad for very old oil.

There was no spark and a new set of points and condenser were needed. Usual problem with modern replacement parts the wire was too short and had to be extended with the old one.

It then coughed and spluttered like it wanted to go. We new the problem was  30 year old petrol. We tried to drain the tank and got an electric pump that blew up, yes really blew up a component inside. Investigation of the tank showed the fuel level sender was seized and the bottom of the tank was a thick sludge.

We then went for start up using a can of fuel and it started ok. It ran, then we had a loud mechanical knocking and stopped it. My theory is we had a blocked oilway or even oil pump pick up strainer.

There was no clutch fluid and we added some, but now the pedal is solid and won't move.

The brake pedal also does nothing.

I needed to go home at one point and the easiest car to get out was @BL Bloke Peugeot 205GL so I borrowed that, thing is when I borrowed it the second time they was a feeling I liked it a bit too much!

So that is where the day finished. I am very grateful to @beko1987 who turned out at 7.30am to escape the heat and did a fantastic job transforming the appearance of the Saab. The rest of the crew @Slowsilver @AxWomble @bobdisk @BL Bloke@Zelandeth @Mrs6C and non AS members were also fantastic for getting it going.

Thanks to @Andyrew in spite of claiming he had to work during the heavy lifting, for providing the reserve car for the chip shop run car, a MX5 on a beautiful summers evening. It is a long time since I did the chip shop run myself but sunshine and an MX5 had me personally playing chauffeur in it.

Thank you all.

Bugger on the knocking.  Definitely first port of call would be the strainer I'd wager given it sounded healthy when it was running on the easy start just before I had to head home.

Hopefully clutch is just the slave cylinder being stuck and it's not too hard to change.

[Noel Tidybeard]

well it was a hoot to finally manage to unlock achievement "visit FOD" 🎖️

 

[Six-cylinder]

Thanks @Noel Tidybeard a good day at the FoD too hot to do much but I did get to play with some cars. I drove the C15, BiTurbo, DS and I bet not many have driven that combination on one day.

I am hoping the owner of the MG ZT will sign up to be an Autoshite member and says he will come along again next weekend anyway.

[Six-cylinder]

FoD 20/21 August bring your garage cloths it dirty work!

It was great we got the Saab 95 started but there is some more to do, we have a noise from the engine, fuel tank is out, no clutch and no brakes.  

Gaskets are ordered along with other parts so there is a fair bit to do.

Clean fuel tank and refit. Change fuel pipe where appropriate.

Take off rockers and check for oil in rockers

Take off sump and check the oil pick up is not blocked

Replace the water pump

Take off all wheels and check condition of brakes

Clean interior

Refurbish clutch master cylinder and slave

Fish and chip shop run!

[Noel Tidybeard]

it looks like there were two verions of the V4- the 1.7 & 2.0 essex and the "cologne" one from 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 &1.7 which is the Saab one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taunus_V4_engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Essex_V4_engine