Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[LightBulbFun]

15 minutes ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

Will the Astravan be available for sleeping in? I just purchased a bike so no car camping for me this time!

all fun and games until someone jumps in and takes it for a hoon around the field while your still in the back recovering from @Mrs6C cider the night before

[Six-cylinder]

15 minutes ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

Will the Astravan be available for sleeping in? I just purchased a bike so no car camping for me this time!

I don't see why not when we have actually got it.

[beko1987]

38 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

all fun and games until someone jumps in and takes it for a hoon around the field while your still in the back recovering from @Mrs6C cider the night before

What a top notch idea! 

[chaseracer]

6 hours ago, hairnet said:

They closed.

 

2 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

ohh?

looks fine on my end?

Fear not, LBF - this is what passes for humour on certain motorcycles in the Mankchesterfordshire area... ?

 

[Six-cylinder]

Having watched some tune your CVT scooter youtube videos I deiced to re-tune the Jingling. If I read correctly if you lighten the weights in the variator it has the effect of reducing the centrifugal force on the variable cone so it is slower to move to a higher gear ratio. It seems to me the Jingling sometimes struggles to move away slowly so I ordered 13g weights instead of the 14g ones that were in there.

The delay in telling what I had done was because I had to order new batteries for my post scales to compare new and old.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, Slowsilver said:

It looks to me like it is twisted a full ninety degrees to the left. Is it possible it is just fitted ninety degrees out? If the arrangement is similar to Bob the Renault 6 I seem to remember it was possible to reassemble the linkage at any one of four positions, each ninety degrees apart.
 

180 degrees maybe, but not 90. 

[LightBulbFun]

I was wondering @Mrs6C if it would be possible to borrow the plastic fuel tank currently hiding under Dolly's bonnet and fit that to REV during the weekend?

just thinking if I want use REV to get around FoD im probably going to need a slightly bigger temporary fuel supply than a water bottle   

would also be an opportunity to fit the new marine grade fuel hose, and I think we could leave a little bit extra coiled up somewhere along the run to account for any difference in pickup location on REV's future permanent fuel tank?

only thing im not sure of is how to secure it in place so it does not go walkies, but im sure a suitable amount of bailing twine and or duck tape can solve that issue

 

(unless of course REV has a new permanent fuel tank solution sorted out by then  but I dont know if anything will be ready by then or not)

[Mrs6C]

2 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

I was wondering @Mrs6C if it would be possible to borrow the plastic fuel tank currently hiding under Dolly's bonnet and fit that to REV during the weekend?

just thinking if I want use REV to get around FoD im probably going to need a slightly bigger temporary fuel supply than a water bottle   

would also be an opportunity to fit the new marine grade fuel hose, and I think we could leave a little bit extra coiled up somewhere along the run to account for any difference in pickup location on REV's future permanent fuel tank?

only thing im not sure of is how to secure it in place so it does not go walkies, but im sure a suitable amount of bailing twine and or duct tape can solve that issue

 

(unless of course REV has a new permanent fuel tank solution sorted out by then  but I dont know if anything will be ready by then or not)

Sure, not a problem. It's not plumbed in yet and should be easy enough to remove from Dolly and put in REV. It would be a good trial run for it. Dolly can use the bottle for now.

Good idea to put the new fuel hoses in place. Should be able to do both of them.

[LightBulbFun]

8 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Sure, not a problem. It's not plumbed in yet and should be easy enough to remove from Dolly and put in REV. It would be a good trial run for it. Dolly can use the bottle for now.

Good idea to put the new fuel hoses in place. Should be able to do both of them.

awesome sounds like a plan  

yeah would be good to get both Dolly and REV done if possible  as a reminder dont forget the special clips we ordered at the same time (and I think you also got some inline fuel filters too?) hopefully they can be found, as I know they where ordered over a year ago now

[Zelandeth]

Shouldn't be too hard to secure a standard fuel can or something in the general proximity of the fuel tank location.  Few bungee cords wrapped around the mud guard immediately springs to mind as one possibility.

[dollywobbler]

20 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Loving how in @dollywobbler'dollywobbler's latest video you can see my and SmollestFl searching for his lost Apple headphones that sell out while he was riding the 125, thanks to @Heidel_Kakao finding it!

Ah, that's what it was! Thought it best not to drive too close...

[Out Run]

43 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Ah, that's what it was! Thought it best not to drive too close...

But, through the chairs! Nice driving by her.

These FoD gatherings do look entertaining and that field is massive @Six-cylinder @Mrs6C. Nice to see you getting interesting use from it.

[Out Run]

20 hours ago, Floatylight said:

He does wear them most of the time but a lot of the time it's not for music he's got the background noise reduction switched on..

Needs more WRX. ?

[LightBulbFun]

54 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Shouldn't be too hard to secure a standard fuel can or something in the general proximity of the fuel tank location.  Few bungee cords wrapped around the mud guard immediately springs to mind as one possibility.

the plastic one in dolly sits quite nicely in the cradle attached to the chassis outrigger the original one sat in, since ya mention bungee cords I imagine a few of those just going around the tank and chassis out rigger/cradle might work well  

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Out Run said:

Needs more WRX. ?

Looks like something out of Ferris Bueller's Day Off

[Ghosty]

3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Looks like something out of Ferris Bueller's Day Off

It's from Baby Driver, a rather odd Edgar Wright film. 

[Out Run]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Looks like something out of Ferris Bueller's Day Off

If you have the means, I highly suggest you get one.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

27 minutes ago, Out Run said:

If you have the means, I highly suggest you get one.

Not after what has been spent on the CX, thanks.

[Out Run]

41 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Not after what has been spent on the CX, thanks.

It’s a quote from the film. ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 minutes ago, Out Run said:

It’s a quote from the film. ?

My statement still applies.

[Out Run]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

My statement still applies.

Can’t disagree with that. 

[bobdisk]

On 8/28/2020 at 8:00 AM, Six-cylinder said:

FoD Open Weekend 12/13 September. 

I see a lot of new names on the forum and this is an open invitation to all Autoshite members new and old. Members gather chat, drive, work on my cars and stuff. You can work on your own stuff or just sit around drinking tea. Come for an hour or come for the weekend, all you have to is pm me for for directions and it is FREE.

Sure to be there ! Dont know if the Daf will be ready, If not its the Beemer! Hope to meet new friends ?

[Six-cylinder]

I have had a great day today!

Andyrew came round to look at the rust on the sub-frame mounting of the Vanden Plas 1500 and declared it needed doing but the car was still ok to move it around and he would sort it out for me. Last week when I moved the VP across the road it locked me out and the drivers door would not open at all so I broke in the passenger door. Andyrew had a look at that, he could not open the drivers door and had to remove the door panel with the door closed. A clean and lubrication and it works again now. The final VP job was to fit a new tail pipe as the last one fell off.

As a treat at the end of the day we just thought we would connect a battery on the Peugeot 504 convertible and see if it would start. No was the answer just a clonk and you could hear the solenoid clicking. We pushed the car in gear and we could feel it release but the starter still would not work. Andy took it of and we found the solenoid had pushed the cog out, but it was not returning clogged with old grease or something. A good clean and and an off the car test it spun cleanly and the cog engaged and retracted so we refitted it. The car fired up immediately. This was after 6 years not being started which is amazing with the old Kugelfischer mechanical injection and old petrol. I drove the car forward and backwards 3 feet in the garage and the clutch worked perfectly. While not locked the brakes were binding slightly so need taking apart and cleaning at the least. I felt like real progress.

A big thanks to @Andyrew for all his help today.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Much excite!

[hairnet]

Andy hero

Chris old duffer ?

[Andyrew]

 

[Andyrew]

Thanks to Mrs6c for the supply of sandwiches and plenty of coffee aswell. 

We were lucky with the weather and it was nice to do some simple jobs even if the door lock was fiddly!

The Peugeot is a lovely motor. Having not looked around one in detail before the styling is just so simple and yet it has many neatly designed touches, like the front indicators wrapping around the front corners and the floating rear lights.  

For it to fire up as quick as it did was quite the surprise and after running up to temp it sounded sweet. 

 

[Andyrew]

A bit of googling suggest that the big hole in the wing was for the screen wash. Some do come up with a big rubber bung in there as well. 

Also the badge you found was for the boot, looks to have another underneath. Looks like "injection"

[Slowsilver]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

My god that is just gorgeous, even in not one of my favourite colours. Just look at it again (and again, and again).
 

[Six-cylinder]

6 minutes ago, Slowsilver said:

My god that is just gorgeous, even in not one of my favourite colours. Just look at it again (and again, and again).
 

It is at home if you want to a personal inspection.