Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - The BIG news of the day is I have driven my own Mini Mayfair for the first time!

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, ianbmw said:

I’ve had a few glasses of wine tonight and I’m high on lemsip…..

That looks saveable.

Nobody wants  another CF back on the road, it is a good reason to buy a Ford Transit.

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Nobody wants  another CF back on the road, it is a good reason to buy a Ford Transit.

Who are you, and what have you done with @Six-cylinder?

[richardmorris]

A CF in the field is worth two transits in the bush.

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

A CF in the field is worth two transits in the bush.

.. and a Sprinter in a pear tree?

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

A CF in the field is worth two transits in the bush.

Trouble is I have driven a couple of CF's!

[richardmorris]

Just now, Six-cylinder said:

Trouble is I have driven a couple of CF's!

Picky, picky.

[High Jetter]

57 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Nobody wants  another CF back on the road, it is a good reason to buy a Ford Transit.

U wot m8? Transhits are common, Bedfords are speshial.

[Six-cylinder]

13 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

U wot m8? Transhits are common, Bedfords are speshial.

When @ianbmw sobers up he tell how bad CF's are!

[High Jetter]

Yours needs saving tho. Sorry, SWMBO's CF needs TLC. Local deliveries only, to start.

[ianbmw]

10 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Nobody wants  another CF back on the road, it is a good reason to buy a Ford Transit.

Such negativity……completely correct and factual in everything you say……but so negative.

If the custodian of the Fuel pump wants to drain if from its diesel bath, we can reinstall it and see if that has brought it back into life before doing anything else.

I suspect any sober assessment will render that unviable for restoration, but if it started and move, it could move stuff around the field.

 

Assuming my addiction to lemsip has worn off by the weekend, we need to take another gander at that Carlton and put together a plan of attack……bring back the GL…….Bring back the GL…….being back the GL….i hear the AS community chant 

[Six-cylinder]

3 hours ago, ianbmw said:

Such negativity……completely correct and factual in everything you say……but so negative.

If the custodian of the Fuel pump wants to drain if from its diesel bath, we can reinstall it and see if that has brought it back into life before doing anything else.

I suspect any sober assessment will render that unviable for restoration, but if it started and move, it could move stuff around the field.

Assuming my addiction to lemsip has worn off by the weekend, we need to take another gander at that Carlton and put together a plan of attack……bring back the GL…….Bring back the GL…….being back the GL….i hear the AS community chant 

You have already pushed me into driving a Carlton 2.0i as my go to car, now you want to downgrade me to a 1.8i!

It was not your Cavalier CDi I popped into a ditch  30+ years ago and lost my freedom to choose my own company car. So in 1993 I ended up with a brand new Carlton 2.0i Club estate in Satin red, that was my boss's doing with the words "I think you will be safer in this!"

[ianbmw]

So , set out a plan of attack for the GL, sling the carb back on the Royale and see what it does……THEN look at the CF?

[Six-cylinder]

9 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

So , set out a plan of attack for the GL, sling the carb back on the Royale and see what it does……THEN look at the CF?

Yes I need an upgrade to a Royale then all those other middle managers will know how successful I am!

[hairnet]

30 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

So , set out a plan of attack for the GL, sling the carb back on the Royale and see what it does……THEN not look at the CF?

fix nice cars only

 

[ianbmw]

Thing is, I used to drive that Royale and like the Carlton’s, I feel a little sorry for it.

It is also, 6 cylinder, RWD and MOT and Tax exempt……so it’s time is now!

But I think a day of planning is required to establish what order things need to be done. If the GL needs major engine surgery, then I’m inclined ti focus on the Royale until the weather warms up/ I have source in my garage

[hairnet]

55 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

until the weather warms up/ I have hp sauce in my garage

 

[hairnet]

10 hours ago, ianbmw said:

 until the weather warms up/ I have the source in my garage

candi staton would be happy 

*nerd/old man

[Six-cylinder]

Today another new fuel pump was fitted to the Citroen DS and this time it was successful with no leaks. I guessed the fuel was low but had no idea how low. I decided to test run the car aiming for Tesco petrol 3 miles away.  Luckily I did not get off the drive when the engine stopped and the pump run loud and fast so I guess it is out of petrol. I did not have time to add petrol so that is a job for tomorrow.

@ianbmw volunteered to meet me at the FoD to discuss a plan for the Vauxhalls.

First success to Ian because with the Citroen out of action I had to jump in the Carlton estate  which he fixed.

Next he suspected the fuel leak I had reported from the carburetor was I was using an auxiliary electric pump that was  pushing in petrol at too high a pressure so he reconnected the mechanical pump. The fuel line under the car is hanging down and broken. The fuel tank has not been used for many years so he rigged up a bottle.   It started, did not leak petrol but roared from the blown exhaust.

Next was a plugs out and compression test on the blue Carlton saloon. No.3 plug was sooted up but the compression was good on all four cylinders. We started it and it still smokes.

Ian did an inspection of the Bedford CF but never reported the result!

The other win for the day is while Ian won't sell me his car washing daughter she did volunteered to  wash another couple of cars today. The blue Carlton saloon got a good going over as it was so bad last time and it needed a second wash. The white Sigma also got a wash in preparation for it returning to the road.

 

 

[ianbmw]

I’d just like to point out my jumper is very baggy and I haven’t put in 30 stone!

[ianbmw]

Thing is, I used to drive that Royale and like the Carlton’s, I feel a little sorry for it.

It is also, 6 cylinder, RWD and MOT and Tax exempt……so it’s time is now! When it came off the road, there wasn’t anything wrong with it bar a bit crunchy on the back sill. So it’s really a case of reassembling, finding the missing bits and seeing what it does. I will slide under it, address the exhaust and plumb it’s fuel lines back up and let’s go from there.

We can certainly promote it from….shed, to ………drivable shed! Before conquering the heights of…..road legal!

It’s a massive blow to my Carlton domination plans. 1,2,4 have a beautiful burn on the plug, all cylinders have good compression when cold, but plug 3 was wet with oil, so somethings not right and that’s a cylinder head off job, that will need to wait until I can get it back to mine really or warmer weathered……it will be fixed @Mrs6C!!! I’m not giving up!

Bedford CF……I am in no way suggesting any form of restoration, but it’s not as bad as the ones I see now getting done. The front wings , steps are holy, but it’s actually better than i remember……it still slower than a snail and a monster task……I’d still be interested to see what it does with the fuel pump back on, I wouldn’t want to spend any money on it!

car washing duties, it’s the Astra next I’m told! When she runs out of blue Vauxhalls, she may venture into others 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

many heaps = excellent

 

[Minimad5]

That Disco 1 looks pretty clean, hope she's on the save list.

Well done @ianbmw for getting that Carlton back on the road. 

[Six-cylinder]

54 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

car washing duties, it’s the Astra next I’m told! When she runs out of blue Vauxhalls, she may venture into others 

For a girl to wash all the blue Vauxhalls we have to wake it up as it has not been run for a year now!

[ianbmw]

45 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

For a girl to wash all the blue Vauxhalls we have to wake it up as it has not been run for a year now!

Give the success rate of successfully get Vauxhalls to run again in the FOD…….im confident!

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, ianbmw said:

Give the success rate of successfully get Vauxhalls to run again in the FOD…….im confident!

It is the how much mould question!

[ianbmw]

8 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

It is the how much mould question!

That’s the cleaning department problem, I just make them road legal, not shiny!

[ianbmw]

Look @Six-cylinder, you can buy the repair panels now for a CF!!

just imagine coughing those 4 aging cylinders into life, before building up the RPMs for a snail pace start, creating your own smoke screen so  the pedestrians and passing traffic are left in utter disbelief and questioning if they have time travelled back to the 80s.

[hairnet]

royale will be looking at that and thinking 'bastard'

[Mrs6C]

2 hours ago, ianbmw said:

you can buy the repair panels now for a CF!!

The arches would be handy.

[ianbmw]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

The arches would be handy.

Let’s not limit the panel replacement to just the arches