Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[hairnet]

Not @Six-cylinder

[Zelandeth]

Glad it sounds like folks have (at least mostly!) had a good weekend.  Sorry I wasn't able to make this one as I won't be back in the area till Tuesday - and then will probably need to sleep for a week.

[richardmorris]

Thanks for the hospitality folks. Back home again and showered. 

[beko1987]

Another fab weekend as always! Roll on the next one

[catsinthewelder]

17 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Oops

Anything more than 50 miles it gets lubed every day

Had fucked links but never that touch wood

You could easily fix that with a link and a hammer but would hgb in Wycombe be open tomorrow or nog in oxford

I've eased off the lube a bit as it was getting on the tyre but generally keep it oily.  Problem was I should have adjusted it before I left but didn't get round to it.  Felt it starting to get loose about 20 miles back but didn't have the right tools so thought I could nurse it home gently.

[Floatylight]

8 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Thanks for the hospitality folks. Back home again and showered. 

Got the peugeot going then!

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Got the peugeot going then!

Yes, at least whist I was driving it. Then I stopped and it wouldn’t go again- the coil was too hot to touch. Could be dead, but it was wired up incorrectly too ( everything in this car is wired wrong). Replaced the coil and started it up but it’s not charging. So dynamo is kaput. Or wiring is wrong. 
on the plus side, the horn, lights and wiper motor work and I drove my first column change car.

[mat_the_cat]

Thanks as ever for your hospitality @Six-cylinder& @Mrs6C, and the offer of reliable transport if needed!

Some of it was enjoyable - the first part of the journey down, and the fireside chat with @catsinthewelder& @Talbot...it was stupid 'o clock by the time we retired to bed. The less said about the middle bit the better! I'll put more details on the Stellar thread rather than derailing this one.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, catsinthewelder said:

I've eased off the lube 

When I say 50 miles that's trips

Last weekend 600 miles so every time stopped for juice

This weekend 200 maybe so lubed this morning lube it when get home

It's not needed adjusting in 1000 miles

[Prince_of_darkness91]

Thanks for a brilliant weekend 😁

[Six-cylinder]

!!!

 

[hairnet]

It didn't start cos of crazy hat

[Chuck Buckles]

We had a fabulous day on Saturday. Many thanks to our hosts and hopefully make it a longer stay with a spot of camping next time.  

[High Jetter]

Who is hidden under the wizard hat?

[Noel Tidybeard]

24 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Who is hidden under the wizard hat?

some crazy loon who knows the secret of triumph herald rain gutters! 🤣

[cort1977]

Had a great, if brief, visit on Saturday, thanks so much to @Six-cylinder& @Mrs6C for hosting.

Good to put some faces to names on the forum.  Highlights were riding the Land's End - John O'Groats hero bike, learning some lessons on towing and more than I ever need to know on lightbulbs.  Special mention to @richardmorris for showing us his amazing X/19, so many pleasing bits of design.

[juular]

Eleventy hundred out of ten. Thanks for a lovely weekend @Mrs6C @Six-cylinder

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, juular said:

 

 

 

[Weird Car]

On 5/28/2023 at 8:23 AM, Six-cylinder said:

Saturday was a FANTASTIC day!

The weather was perfect and a great turn out of willing helpers saw the Saab 95 project, Peugeot 404 advance. Children's camp was built, tea was drunk, car fixing was done and a campfire finished the evening.

I am going to get the camping field sprayed against LDV for next time!

I am looking forward to today Sunday and I will be at FoD from 10am.

Not the first time the 404 and Maxis have met..

my works car park in December 2021

[richardmorris]

14 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

!!!

 

It’s an engine Jim, but not as we know it.

[richardmorris]

404 bits on Leboncoin.

https://www.leboncoin.fr/recherche?category=6&text=peugeot 404&page=2

 

[LightBulbFun]

Many thanks to @Six-cylinder and @Mrs6C for another awesome weekend  (and to everyone else who put up with me LOL)

twas awesome to see the Harper in person and oggle at the fine details  

and many thanks to @barrett for giving it a wash! its looking much better for it

and was awesome to see good progress made on the Saab and 404  

the engine was put back in the Saab

and the 404 was made to electrically work  

and run, Dynamo is still out of action however

its a nice comfortable place to sit

I look forward to trying out the column gear change in time, just sitting in the car and shifting it about it seems intuitive enough, its just your standard H pattern type affair coming out of the side of the steering column 

 

and many thanks to @mat_the_cat for bringing me a nice 1980's vintage 5ft Fitzgerald light pack complete with original Philips made Fitzgerald branded T12 tube  

have to say I loved the surrealism of just a old fluorescent fixture being lit up in the middle of nowhere field at 1AM in the morning  (something id love to do using REV in time)

(and many thanks to @beko1987 for the tin of old Hoover bulbs, I look forward to going through those once I have recovered ) 

and it was interesting to see how the fog-lights on @Andyrew's  Allegro actually have "Allegro" moulded into them I figured they would of just been an off the shelf/parts bin lucas/BL item

[richardmorris]

Spotted in Adstock on my morning 10km walk.

Plus pretty countryside pics.

[richardmorris]

@LightBulbFun

IMcdb.org

 

[davidfowler2000]

A jolly good weekend. Good company as usual. THE_SCHTCH weren't to be seen during the days we were there because we went to Bletchley park to learn about code breaking. We went to Bletchley on the Friday and the National Museum of Computing on the Saturday. Having now been to both I would say that, even ignoring the entry prices, don't bother with the main Bletchley Park. Go do the Computing Museum. The staff are much more informative if you get the talk on The Bombe, The Tunny and Collossus. I learned way more listening to those guys about how they broke the Enigma and Lorenz cyphers than all the reading I done at Bletchley.

WOMAN_df2k also enjoyed herself and even learned some car stuff, mostly in the electrics department thanks to WOMAN_ @juular.

We went home via the M1 / A1 / A66 / M6 / A74(M) / M74 and were treated to an utterly spectacular sunset at Brough summit. The photo just looks like lens flare but no that's how it looked to the eye.

[richardmorris]

25 minutes ago, davidfowler2000 said:

A jolly good weekend. Good company as usual. THE_SCHTCH weren't to be seen during the days we were there because we went to Bletchley park to learn about code breaking. We went to Bletchley on the Friday and the National Museum of Computing on the Saturday. Having now been to both I would say that, even ignoring the entry prices, don't bother with the main Bletchley Park. Go do the Computing Museum. The staff are much more informative if you get the talk on The Bombe, The Tunny and Collossus. I learned way more listening to those guys about how they broke the Enigma and Lorenz cyphers than all the reading I done at Bletchley.

WOMAN_df2k also enjoyed herself and even learned some car stuff, mostly in the electrics department thanks to WOMAN_ @juular.

We went home via the M1 / A1 / A66 / M6 / A74(M) / M74 and were treated to an utterly spectacular sunset at Brough summit. The photo just looks like lens flare but no that's how it looked to the eye.

Glad you got back safely. It’s a heck of a drive for the weekend!

[jonathan_dyane]

31 minutes ago, davidfowler2000 said:

We went to Bletchley on the Friday and the National Museum of Computing on the Saturday. Having now been to both I would say that, even ignoring the entry prices, don't bother with the main Bletchley Park. Go do the Computing Museum. The staff are much more informative if you get the talk on The Bombe, The Tunny and Collossus. I learned way more listening to those guys about how they broke the Enigma and Lorenz cyphers than all the reading I done at Bletchley.

Did they mention that the Poles broke Enigma in 1932?

[davidfowler2000]

The guys in the computing museum didn't but to be fair they were mainly focused on the machines that they had. Although sort of part of the Bletchley Campus, they are a separate entity with  their own admission fee. They are not there to tell the story of code breaking but did it anyways and did it better than the Bletchley museum. I dare say a guided tour of Bletchley may have yielded better results than wandering about ourselves.

I was aware that the Poles had got in to Enigma first and I do remember reading something about the Bomba machine(s) in Bletchley but I can't remember the details.

[richardmorris]

From another thread here..about re-generating a dynamo

[Back_For_More]

A belated thanks to the lord n lady of the manor for a first timer..... A great weekend was had. 

Glad I arrived in time to sort dessert.

Many thanks to all who gave a very warm welcome and natter. Apologies as I will try, but will certainly not remember all of your names for when we next meet..... I'm crap like that. 

Apparently only took one photo too! 

Winding up the rubber band I suspect....