Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

9 hours ago, loserone said:

That looks like my 504 badge

Interesting, my 504 needs a boot badge.

Unfortunately while my 504 is at home it is backed up to a wall with a load of stuff piled on it so measuring the hole spacing will be a major job.

[loserone]

Does it also need a chrome fuel cap? 👀

[Six-cylinder]

42 minutes ago, loserone said:

Does it also need a chrome fuel cap? 👀

The 504 fuel cap is hidden by a flap and the 404 is behind the rear number plate.

[loserone]

I ask as I got the two badges with a cap, which I coincidentally listed on eBay last night

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285444879068

 

[Six-cylinder]

6 minutes ago, loserone said:

I ask as I got the two badges with a cap, which I coincidentally listed on eBay last night

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285444879068

 

That looks 1960s

[Six-cylinder]

There was a queue today for a parking spot while @Slowsilver prepared the Camping paddock for our next open weekend 2/3 September.

[Six-cylinder]

There is a member on here who thinks the car I want back on the road most is my Carlton Estate!

I did give it a run around our field today but the ABS light came on.

 

[High Jetter]

Moi Aussi, wish I were closer to assist. Was the field wet?

[Six-cylinder]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Moi Aussi, wish I were closer to assist. Was the field wet?

Not you to!

The field was dry yesterday.

There is already talk that the other Carlton, a 1.8i GL manual Saloon should also be returned to the road by us when I wanted to sell it spares or repair.

[Floatylight]

24 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Not you to!

The field was dry yesterday.

There is already talk that the other Carlton, a 1.8i GL manual Saloon should also be returned to the road by us when I wanted to sell it spares or repair.

Bloke I used to work with had two of these a Saloon and an estate, lovely cars.  I also remember my Dad test driving one at Williams Vauxhall in either Shrewsbury or Market Drayton when the time came to end his run of Granada estates when  the Mk3 came out, sadly his boss wouldn't go for it and he ended up with a Sierra.

Would be lovely to see these back on the road.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Floatylight said:

Bloke I used to work with had two of these a Saloon and an estate, lovely cars.  I also remember my Dad test driving one at Williams Vauxhall in either Shrewsbury or Market Drayton when the time came to end his run of Granada estates when  the Mk3 came out, sadly his boss wouldn't go for it and he ended up with a Sierra.

Would be lovely to see these back on the road.

As a group effort we got the estate back on the road MOTed and everything. Unfortunately it popped a heater hose off and I must of airlocked it refilling it as it overheated and blew the head gasket again.

[richardmorris]

On 8/25/2023 at 8:25 PM, Six-cylinder said:

The 504 fuel cap is hidden by a flap and the 404 is behind the rear number plate.

I’d forgotten about that little lovely thing. 
on the subject of the odd 404 American spec filler cap. Are there any other European cars with them?

[mat_the_cat]

Sorry it's taken me so long to get round to uploading these, it's not been a great few weeks for us. But here are a few snaps of the fleet line up.

And a couple more from the weekend.

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I’d forgotten about that little lovely thing. 
on the subject of the odd 404 American spec filler cap. Are there any other European cars with them?

Mercedes W111 and I think a couple of others.

BMW E3.

OK I own up to cheating my dad had a W111 and I have always wanted one. Plus I own an E3!

[Six-cylinder]

Sunday Afternoon IT’S a GOOD NEWS update!

 

Duncan from TSSC came round to help me this morning with my misfiring Rolls Royce.

We opened up the Autovac (fuel pump worked by manifold vacuum) and it was clean. The gaskets looked quite old but no obvious sign of being breached. I had bought new cork gaskets so we fitted them.

Next we changed the ignition coil, it had been fitted with a modernish Bosch one, nothing visible but I had a new NGK coil I had bought as a spare for my Jaguar E-Type so we fitted that.

We then went on to clean and gap the spark plugs, not much to report except maybe a little black soot.

We set off on a 6 mile test drive and 3 miles in we got caught in queuing traffic and cleared that to open road. It was still running well so we extended the test drive to 15 miles and all is well.

To celebrate I had a root around in an old tool box to sort out a set of Whitworth spanners to leave in the car as it did not come with a tool kit.

We have just been out for another drive and done another 20 miles trouble free.

[Surface Rust]

On 26/08/2023 at 22:12, Six-cylinder said:

Mercedes W111 and I think a couple of others.

BMW E3.

OK I own up to cheating my dad had a W111 and I have always wanted one. Plus I own an E3!

Slightly less exotic, Daf / Volvo 66!

[Six-cylinder]

That is one disrespectful pigeon, I will ask cook to prepare a pie case for it!

[dome]

What news of the Manta?

I have a large amount of parts available if you need anything, send me a message and I'll see if I can help

[Six-cylinder]

8 minutes ago, dome said:

What news of the Manta?

I have a large amount of parts available if you need anything, send me a message and I'll see if I can help

The Manta has slowed as Bill the father at  my favourite garage is not well. It will still get done just it might take a bit longer.

I need a heater motor with all the speeds working. Also a nearside headlight wiper motor?

The picture is 1st August and I don't think much has happened since except me handing over the correct door panels, air filter box and new wheel nuts. 

[beko1987]

Looks drier sat there than at the FoD though... 

[Six-cylinder]

Today was Carlton Monday!

@ianbmw came over to do the last couple of jobs on the red Carlton Estate to get it ready to take for MOT. The crankcase sensor was soon changed  and antifreeze added. It is now declared ready to take for MOT.

The plan was then to move onto the blue Carlon saloon but I pestered to look at the Royale. The Royal was the only car from the Vauxhall collection I had never even looked at properly. Ian once owned this car and was therefore happy to check it out and started by checking the engine turned over which it does on the starter.  It was never going to start as there is no distributor cap or HT leads as bought. We couldn't open the boot because it was up against the hedge so Ian pulled it out with his Land Rover. I think that it is thanks to @Andyrew we found most of the parts inside the car and could not resist hanging a few parts on to make the car look more complete. 

@beko1987do you have any time to clean the Royal up?

Thanks also to @Prince_of_darkness91who came along today and helped with the pushing.

A very good afternoon.

 

[beko1987]

Sure can 👍 Will get the Numatic charged up and Charlie primed and ready

[Six-cylinder]

Buckingham Canal Society

  DIANA the dredger poised ready for finishing touches for Saturday. Hope you can join them 1030 at MK18 5HL

I think the plan is  @Mrs6C will be at the canal at 10.30 am and I will be at the FoD.

There will be a bit of a party and naming ceremony for Buckingham Canal Society "new" (ex CRT) narrow dredger "DIANA".

THERE WILL BE CAKE !!!!!!

Location is MK19 7JR near lock 21 on the Grand Union at Cosgrove

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At 1.45 pm Mrs6C will be leading a group walking around an old area of Milton Keynes, Simpson Village. The theme of the walk is to look at old maps and find how many of the orchards marked still have fruit trees in them. Tea and coffee in the hall at the end.

Location is Simson Village Hall, Hanmer road, Milton Keynes, MK6 3AD

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Late afternoon if all goes to plan our trail boat will also be able to pass under the bridge. Stay tuned for the latest information.

[hairnet]

@beko1987 go with them you might find another xsara

 

[Six-cylinder]

Is anybody free this Friday to help with launching our boat into the Grand Union Canal?

EDIT - Postponed because the engine won't start.

[Six-cylinder]

Boat preparation is not going to plan. We decided to do a brief outboard engine test start yesterday, the engine turned but did not start. Investigation showed it had petrol but no spark.  We can't see anything obvious so Mrs6C is going to clean up all the connections this morning as it was running prior to the covid lockdown.

It is a Honda 9.9 HP of around 1989 vintage.

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Boat preparation is not going to plan. We decided to do a brief outboard engine test start yesterday, the engine turned but did not start. Investigation showed it had petrol but no spark.  We can't see anything obvious so Mrs6C is going to clean up all the connections this morning as it was running prior to the covid lockdown.

It is a Honda 9.9 HP of around 1989 vintage.

Have you tried applying a @Zelandeth to it? I hear the @Zelandeth product is very good for getting engines and agri-industrial machinery of all shapes and sizes functioning

[LightBulbFun]

on a more serious note, It sounds like its going to be a fun weekend! its a shame I cant be there, it would of been fun to see the boat in action in person  

(I am still recovering from the last FoD gathering, for some reason, its properly kicked my arse much more then normal so theres no way I can endure a another weekend currently sadly)

[beko1987]

We won't be there until later Saturday afternoon now (just in time for the fire 👌🔥) but sleeping at mums so back Sunday morning 

[richardmorris]

FOD minnions may need to up our game…