Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Wingz123]

I'll give you a hand

[Mrs6C]

The CX came from there in the first place! That's why his name is Willesden!

[Zelandeth]

52 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Not really

To be fair, the Betas aren’t trouble cars. I had three on the drive 10 years back and all were on the button.

They don’t like standing and the callipers always need a fiddle to free off if so, but mainly the hassles will be fuse box connections and the Solex carbs when tired

Any car that’s survived this long won’t be a rot box. This one looks great condition all things considered. Lancia at this age were injected with Tuffcote Dinol. A bit of wob in the door skins and a tickle stick on the jacking points and you’re off. Do tear out that boot carpet and check the rear strut turrets before doing a spend though 

Fair enough...to be honest the only ones I've had any real experience with were a rotten Delta and very leggy Dedra - both of which had been both sitting around and we'll seen to by Billy the Bodger during their lives. 

The main memory I have of them aside from rampant rust was unending electrical gremlins, especially on the Dedra.  There was just always something misbehaving, and how critical it was usually seemed to be proportional to the importance of the journey in progress and the difficulty in finding somewhere to safely stop.

[Zelandeth]

52 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Not really

To be fair, the Betas aren’t trouble cars. I had three on the drive 10 years back and all were on the button.

They don’t like standing and the callipers always need a fiddle to free off if so, but mainly the hassles will be fuse box connections and the Solex carbs when tired

Any car that’s survived this long won’t be a rot box. This one looks great condition all things considered. Lancia at this age were injected with Tuffcote Dinol. A bit of wob in the door skins and a tickle stick on the jacking points and you’re off. Do tear out that boot carpet and check the rear strut turrets before doing a spend though 

Fair enough...to be honest the only ones I've had any real experience with were a rotten Delta and very leggy Dedra - both of which had been both sitting around and we'll seen to by Billy the Bodger during their lives. 

The main memory I have of them aside from rampant rust was unending electrical gremlins, especially on the Dedra.  There was just always something misbehaving, and how critical it was usually seemed to be proportional to the importance of the journey in progress and the difficulty in finding somewhere to safely stop.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

The CX came from there in the first place! That's why his name is Willesden!

Brodie seemed very reluctant to take my CX in for a service. They much prefer DSs, SMs and Maseratis.

I ended up going to Garage Dubois-Loizou, and it's probably just as well I did.

[Six-cylinder]

11 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Brodie seemed very reluctant to take my CX in for a service. They much prefer DSs, SMs and Maseratis.

I ended up going to Garage Dubois-Loizou, and it's probably just as well I did.

I have not used Brodie for some time because I was so disappointed with there attempt to seal the wind screen on my DS. It looked like a child had done it with bathroom sealer!

My DS is currently at Citroen Classic in Stains having the problem sorted properly. It turns out that the cant rail (top of windscreen surround) I had put in was out of position so is being cut out and replaced.

My mobile Citroen mech is working again so I will ask him if he can do the LHS leak for me on the CX once it is running and back together.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

That probably is bathroom sealer.

[Six-cylinder]

So how did this morning go!

4 ½ hours to achieve changing the battery in the remote fob for the XM and lubricating the boot button on the CLK.

I won’t bore you with the details of how to change the battery in a fob as I know it is easy when you know how and have found the tiny screwdriver that fits.

The CLK boot lock was straight forward with WD40 and just working it a few times. So on to tackle the tyre that goes down. I visited 3 tyres shop in Buckingham to try and get it done and found one closed down and the other 2 were too busy to do it today.

Friday is shopping so into Tesco with the CLK, chaos they are altering the car park and there are only a few spaces open and cars driving round looking for a spot so I gave up and went home.

Hay-ho I had better do some work this afternoon!

[Andyrew]

[Six-cylinder]

@Andyrew I have looked out of my office window and you're not fitting it yet, it will be dark soon!

[hairnet]

25 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

@Andyrew I have looked out of my office window and you're not fitting it yet, it will be dark soon!

Sorry

If CX is in stains will they have cillit bang or Mr muscle to fix it ?

[Six-cylinder]

9 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Sorry

If CX is in stains will they have cillit bang or Mr muscle to fix it ?

 

DS is in stains, do pay attention.

3/10 must do better

and no gold star!

[hairnet]

Joke wasn't about the car ?

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Joke wasn't about the car ?

I don't speak Hairnet!

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

I don't speak Hairnet!

It’s Staines upon Thames now. It’s gone posh. ( matching cit classics prices!).

[richardmorris]

Oh if you were looking for a tyre place for the clk for me don’t worry. I don’t have to borrow it.

I’ve just finished doing our monthly billing, ccc column was emailed yesterday, I just need to do the shopping in the morning and pop to the bank when it opens and I’m all set for a working visit. Dry but cold is the forecast I think.

[Six-cylinder]

39 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Oh if you were looking for a tyre place for the clk for me don’t worry. I don’t have to borrow it.

I’ve just finished doing our monthly billing, ccc column was emailed yesterday, I just need to do the shopping in the morning and pop to the bank when it opens and I’m all set for a working visit. Dry but cold is the forecast I think.

The CLK needs doing anyway, HMC warned me it goes down but it is was flat in 4 days so I wanted to get it checked to make sure it was safe.

[Six-cylinder]

Thank you @richardmorris and @Wingz123 for your help achieving our goal of getting the Xantia ready to transport for a new gearbox. 

Bonus, we got the Visa GT ready to transport because I have now booked it for welding that is due to start in a couple of weeks or so.

Both my helpers were not able to stay for what I considered the highlight of the day, the arrival of the Lancia Trevi! Now I understand why they decided to escape while they could, the guy was a bit late and it was freezing by the time it arrived so maybe they did not miss out that much after all!

 

 

[Mrs6C]

Thanks to @Wingz123 and @richardmorris also for giving the Xantia a good clean, inside and out. She looks so much better now.

With a fresh battery, she started up just fine and the suspension raised up and down as it should. @richardmorris did find LHM weeping out past an 'O' ring in a pipe union at the front of the engine bay, one of the front indicators isn't working and the coolant was low, but all in all, she's not in bad order. After @Six-cylinder put air in the tyres, she rolled around quite happily.

Here she is on tiptoe...

[richardmorris]

My youngest niece Emily complained that my hands were cold when she hugged me an hour after I left!

[Wingz123]

It was a pleasure to meet you @Six-cylinder, @Mrs6C and @richardmorris. 

More than happy to help! The Xantia scrubbed up well (I did lose feeling in my hands after about 30 seconds in the water but @Six-cylinder coffees soon sorted that out! Oh and by the way @Six-cylinder I told a white lie earlier.....your idea of putting the bucket of ice cold water (it literally had thick slabs of ice stuck to the sponge!!) on top of your Range Rovers engine with the bonnet pulled down over the top didnt make a blind bit of difference hahaha Sorry me ol mate, I said it did earlier.... ? ???

........what's next? ??

[LightBulbFun]

1 minute ago, Wingz123 said:

our idea of putting the bucket of ice cold water (it literally had thick slabs of ice stuck to the sponge!!) on top of your Range Rovers engine with the bonnet pulled down over the top didnt make a blind bit of difference hahaha Sorry me ol mate, I said it did earlier.... ? ???

should of strapped it inside REVs engine bay and took her for a spin

being air cooled and all that she kicks out an impressive amount of heat back there!

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, Wingz123 said:

It was a pleasure to meet you @Six-cylinder, @Mrs6C and @richardmorris. 

More than happy to help! The Xantia scrubbed up well (I did lose feeling in my hands after about 30 seconds in the water but @Six-cylinder coffees soon sorted that out! Oh and by the way @Six-cylinder I told a white lie earlier.....your idea of putting the bucket of ice cold water (it literally had thick slabs of ice stuck to the sponge!!) on top of your Range Rovers engine with the bonnet pulled down over the top didnt make a blind bit of difference hahaha Sorry me ol mate, I said it did earlier.... ? ???

........what's next? ??

Same here, it’s good to put a face to a name. Hope you have a trouble free trip to France in the xantia.

[richardmorris]

Just now, LightBulbFun said:

should of strapped it inside REVs engine bay and took her for a spin

being air cooled and all that she kicks out an impressive amount of heat back there!

Rev was seen in the far distance. We didn’t venture beyond the boat at high tide. Had to keep busy it was bloody cold.

[LightBulbFun]

3 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Rev was seen in the far distance. We didn’t venture beyond the boat at high tide. Had to keep busy it was bloody cold.

could of kept warm by removing the fuel tank  I need to get that removed so I can have a look and see if its repairable or not!

(would like to get a head start on that at some point before the main recommissioning starts so im not hold up by a leaky fuel tank)

probably should of raised the point again a couple days ago, did cross my mind, but I didn't want to be a bother!

[richardmorris]

This time of year is restricted with very cold weather, short hours of sunlight, and a dash of sod this for a lark. Happy to help with intricate work, but half an hour at 1 degree makes my fingers go numb. And six cylinder was worried about the milk getting up to fridge temp in the sun!

Some jobs needs warmth and long daylight hours unless you’ve a garage. And despite @Wingz123 seeming love of lying on the icy ground I think this year’s field work is done.

[Andyrew]

Is the yellow shell donating it's floor to the gt or do you have new panels ?

[bezzabsa]

That Dash in the Trevi!!!!!!!!1

 

Hideous and Gorgeous at the same time

 

Nightmare trying to locate a button at night I should imagine!! LOL

[flat4alfa]

So the Trevi is IE, not a carb one then

[beko1987]

10 hours ago, richardmorris said:

This time of year is restricted with very cold weather, short hours of sunlight, and a dash of sod this for a lark. Happy to help with intricate work, but half an hour at 1 degree makes my fingers go numb. And six cylinder was worried about the milk getting up to fridge temp in the sun!

Some jobs needs warmth and long daylight hours unless you’ve a garage. And despite @Wingz123 seeming love of lying on the icy ground I think this year’s field work is done.

That's the main reason I didn't volunteer this weekend, I've got the kids, and Charlie's already got a mega cough, we're not even going out to our favourite place this weekend

Had you timed it for next weekend, not a problem!