Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Mrs6C]

33 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

This evening Colin popped round to bring me 4 tyres for the Mini, not suitable for road use but good enough to push it round the FoD.

The bad news is the first steel rim we tried to use leaks air from the metal rim.

 

Blimey! I can't even leave out a barrel of cement mix water, without someone wanting to float a Mini wheel in it...

[hairnet]

Man strokes bl tat

[hairnet]

Give up and go for lunch chris ffs

[hairnet]

chillin now tea and buns then less salubrious parts of hampshire - joke @Stanky

[hairnet]

@Stanky stanky gis a wave

[hairnet]

6 hours ago, hairnet said:

Give up and go for lunch chris ffs

Is it restored yet

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

Is it restored yet

Nearly, after you left we added some structural paint.

[Six-cylinder]

Then we turned our attention to the locked up engine, between @Talbot lubrication advice and Colin's more determined efforts and engine now turns.

We then added a battery and it just clicked, but a bit of turning the starter motor by spanner, then our next attempt was successful and the engine now spins ejecting oil left in the cylinders.

I now a bit of advice about the tyres and what shape I should order. Should I stick with the original flat bottom shape or go for round ones!

[LightBulbFun]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I now a bit of advice about the tyres and what shape I should order. Should I stick with the original flat bottom shape or go for round ones!

well I have Falken SN807's but given the vehicle they are attached to, you might have a bit of a tough time convincing @Saabnut to do some high speed all weather grip testing for you

[richardmorris]

36 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Nearly, after you left we added some structural paint.

I do think a door is needed at some stage. Polishing is all well and good, but it isn’t going to grow one.

[hairnet]

13 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I do think a door is needed at some stage. Polishing is all well and good, but it isn’t going to grow one.

Grow a pair?

[2316cc]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I now a bit of advice about the tyres and what shape I should order. Should I stick with the original flat bottom shape or go for round ones!

I suppose flat bottomed would be period correct, but I’d be tempted to go full restomod and get round ones. To hell with the purists! 

[Andyrew]

You might find some tyres locally on ebay, i had a quick look. Ebay did suggest a few items as i typed. 

 

[High Jetter]

Tyres won't be needed until it's capable of moving under it's own steam, shirley? 😀

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, Andyrew said:

You might find some tyres locally on ebay, i had a quick look. Ebay did suggest a few items as i typed. 

 

you know often time those suggestions are based on your own prior search history right?  

[hairnet]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

 

 

TuV NEIN!

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, Andyrew said:

You might find some tyres locally on ebay, i had a quick look. Ebay did suggest a few items as i typed. 

 

 

clear your history fuck sake

[hairnet]

so apart from fod visit and the gig

today sucked

helmet fail at sportbikeshop

all the cheaper lids all too small - gonna have to buy an inner for current arai

[richardmorris]

12 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

you know often time those suggestions are based on your own prior search history right?  

I just typed 10inch into google and it suggested mostly pizza and cake!

[High Jetter]

I got this:

Puzzled by ipad, as never search for apple stuff - nor wigs, come to think of it as both of us have plenty of hair!

[beko1987]

I'm a good boy! (and the pihole doing its thing like a champ so all it's really got to go on are things I've actually looked at or the bare generic stuff Google will offer up anyway 👌) 

[LightBulbFun]

since I started it I may well part take! mines also mostly just generic!

apart from 10 in hex, given the computer shenanigans I get up to, thats a fair suggestion for it to put forward LOL

[Six-cylinder]

For "Drive It Day" I just drove the 28 year old Volvo 940. It is a car that is special and quite old with the design dating back to 1982, but at the same time so easy to use.

Colin came over and his "Drive It Day" car, his Minivan. I thanked him for bringing me that spares car!

The plan was to get my Mini to start even if it was only from a petrol can at this stage. Things did not progress well as when I cranked the engine a lot to expel the ATF oil I had put down the cylinder I got a very bad oil leak. I hadn't noticed but the oil filter is missing complete with housing. 

[Talbot]

On 20/04/2024 at 20:02, Six-cylinder said:

now a bit of advice about the tyres and what shape I should order.

None, until you've confirmed that the first time you pull away the engine, front subframe and bulkhead isn't going to rip away from the rest of the car and bugger off down the road on it's own, leaving you sat in the remains of the car looking out into fresh air.

[beko1987]

22 minutes ago, Talbot said:

None, until you've confirmed that the first time you pull away the engine, front subframe and bulkhead isn't going to rip away from the rest of the car and bugger off down the road on it's own, leaving you sat in the remains of the car looking out into fresh air.

Pfft, small details 😂

[Six-cylinder]

18 minutes ago, Talbot said:

None, until you've confirmed that the first time you pull away the engine, front subframe and bulkhead isn't going to rip away from the rest of the car and bugger off down the road on it's own, leaving you sat in the remains of the car looking out into fresh air.

You can't push it around with 4 flat tyres.

You have got it in for that poor little car!

 

[LightBulbFun]

2 hours ago, Talbot said:

None, until you've confirmed that the first time you pull away the engine, front subframe and bulkhead isn't going to rip away from the rest of the car and bugger off down the road on it's own, leaving you sat in the remains of the car looking out into fresh air.

(if you play this scene backwards you could probably convince people thats how they assembled minis in the olden days...)

[Talbot]

4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

You can't push it around with 4 flat tyres.

You have got it in for that poor little car!

 

I've welded a few similar year Minis in the past.  They were utterly rotten... 25 years ago!  That rot hole in the sill is worrying.  I honestly don't think it's got any sills at all.  Inner or outer, offside or nearside!

Do the current tyres not even hold air?  I'd be looking to see if you can get hold of a set of buggered-but-hold-wind tyres for the moment for as cheap as possible to roll it around on for the moment.

 

[Talbot]

4 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Pfft, small details 😂

[wuvvum]

18 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Do the current tyres not even hold air?  I'd be looking to see if you can get hold of a set of buggered-but-hold-wind tyres for the moment for as cheap as possible to roll it around on for the moment.

Inner tubes?