Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Six-cylinder]

5 hours ago, Tommyboy12 said:

Well as nobody has asked... Do you want a set? I have access to literally hundreds.

 

4 hours ago, Talbot said:

@Six-cylinder I think you may have your contact for wheels/tyres for the mini.

Yes is the short answer.

Thursday evening a victim is being pressurized to come and agree to weld my Mini!

Once he has seen the car I will know how urgent it is to get the car rolling and transported to him.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

Yes is the short answer.

Thursday evening a victim is being pressurized to come and agree to weld my Mini!

Once he has seen the car I will know how urgent it is to get the car rolling and transported to him.

When welding up my last CX, my welder friend did moan that he needed some metal to weld to.

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

When welding up my last CX, my welder friend did moan that he needed some metal to weld to.

When the garage welded up the Lancia Trevi he said "at least  the holes aren't joined up"

[Six-cylinder]

A different flavour today.

The Rolls Royce came out of storage today and to get it out I had to move the Peugeot 404 that started with a jump.

I also needed to move the Renault 4, but the knob to open the bonnet feels loose and is not opening the catch, anybody know how to get the bonnet open?

Because I could not move the Renault 4 I moved thed Citroen DS instead and it started fine with a jump.

The Rolls Royce would not start and I diagnosed petrol, took the top off the vacuum fuel pump to find it was dry. I then took the DS for a ride home to collect a can of petrol. I put a couple of Litres of petrol in the pump reservoir and it started, then I could here the vac pump working. 

[chaseracer]

On 07/04/2024 at 16:01, Six-cylinder said:

Yesterday I received 5 brown envelopes in the post.

Yes 5 cars needed to be retaxed, but they were all were FREE!🙂

You've still got the E3!  XLNT! 😎

[Six-cylinder]

2 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

You've still got the E3!  XLNT! 😎

Yes, I had it out last year.

[hairnet]

mmm shonky beemer

[Six-cylinder]

The reason I got the Rolls Royce out yesterday was to see if we could lubricate the spigot bearing and and stop the drag on the gearbox to reduce the crunch noise going into gear.

My friend Rolls Royce Ian took the floorboards up and the access panel off to reveal the front of the gearbox shaft. Revolving the shaft so the pinhole oil point  was visible for a small shot of oil from a squirt can. The oil hole leads to an oilway in the saft. Trouble is there is no way of knowing if the tiny oilway is blocked. The result was no change and it crunches going into gear when stationary because the gearbox input shaft still spins even with the clutch pressed.

The last picture is Ian's 20/25 and his Humber.

[Six-cylinder]

Today I changed the look of a carpark!

[richardmorris]

21 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Today I changed the look of a carpark!

Lidl or aldi?

[Six-cylinder]

4 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Lidl or aldi?

Winslow town car park.

[hairnet]

29 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

 to reduce the crunch noise going into gear.

 

 

http://www.vikingschoolofmotoring.com/ runs

[Six-cylinder]

I did not have much time this evening for working on cars, but did have a look through the Mini parts that came in the car. Just for fun I hung the grill on!

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I did not have much time this evening for working on cars, but did have a look through the Mini parts that came in the car. Just for fun I hung the grill on!

It is looking better, 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Today I changed the look of a carpark!

Parked next to the local fridge magnate ( pacé hot fuzz) I see.

[Six-cylinder]

Today’s plan was to take the Rolls Royce to a Classic car breakfast meeting, however it was raining and cold. The Rolls has no heater or demister and the wiper only touches the screen when it feels like it. Plus the Rolls would have been filthy after the 30 mile trip so I took the Volvo 940. Only about 1/4 of the usual number of cars turned due to the weather.

 Afterwards as it had stopped raining Colin suggested we did a bit of work on our cars at the FoD. He spent some time treating rust spots on his Mercedes 450 SLC and then jacked up my Mini to straighten the front valance. By 3pm we were frozen to the marrow in late April.

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Today’s plan was to take the Rolls Royce to a Classic car breakfast meeting, however it was raining and cold. The Rolls has no heater or demister and the wiper only touches the screen when it feels like it. Plus the Rolls would have been filthy after the 30 mile trip so I took the Volvo 940. Only about 1/4 of the usual number of cars turned due to the weather.

 Afterwards as it had stopped raining Colin suggested we did a bit of work on our cars at the FoD. He spent some time treating rust spots on his Mercedes 450 SLC and then jacked up my Mini to straighten the front valance. By 3pm we were frozen to the marrow in late April.

It’s a glamorous life for your friends. I do like the slc though - always the forgotten ugly sister.

[hairnet]

nice dodge chrysler thing

[Snake Charmer]

28 minutes ago, hairnet said:

nice dodge chrysler thing

A muscle car rarity, especially on these shores, a Chrysler 300L I believe. The Sunbeam Tiger is not often seen but the Alpine seems to be more of a rarity these days. 

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Today’s plan was to take the Rolls Royce to a Classic car breakfast meeting, however it was raining and cold. The Rolls has no heater or demister and the wiper only touches the screen when it feels like it. Plus the Rolls would have been filthy after the 30 mile trip so I took the Volvo 940. Only about 1/4 of the usual number of cars turned due to the weather.

 Afterwards as it had stopped raining Colin suggested we did a bit of work on our cars at the FoD. He spent some time treating rust spots on his Mercedes 450 SLC and then jacked up my Mini to straighten the front valance. By 3pm we were frozen to the marrow in late April.

You planning on going to the meet down at Aspley Guise tomorrow?  I'm hoping to head over, and if you're going to be there I'll take the axle stands with me.

[Six-cylinder]

23 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

You planning on going to the meet down at Aspley Guise tomorrow?  I'm hoping to head over, and if you're going to be there I'll take the axle stands with me.

What's happening at at Aspley Guise?

Is it Milton Keynes Coachway to Best Western Moore Place Hotel? If so I am planning to join that.

[Zelandeth]

6 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

What's happening at at Aspley Guise?

Can't seem to get it let me post a link (I really hate Facebook) so have a screenshot.  I know you follow MKCCC so should be able to find it hopefully.

[Six-cylinder]

13 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Can't seem to get it let me post a link (I really hate Facebook) so have a screenshot.  I know you follow MKCCC so should be able to find it hopefully.

Yes that is a plan but to do the tour with the Milton Keynes Classic car group from the coachway at 10am. 

[Zelandeth]

Well I'm hoping all being well I'll be coming along so I'll grab the axle stands before I set out.

[Six-cylinder]

12 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Well I'm hoping all being well I'll be coming along so I'll grab the axle stands before I set out.

Due to the weather forecast it will be Volvo 940 again for me.

I hope you are going to choke me with burning oil smoke!

[hairnet]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Due to the weather forecast it will be Volvo 940 again for me.

 

if id seen this yesterday i mighta

due to the way work turned out this morning i coulda  i only saw it in the last 20 mins - i nearly caught ferry to ireland but didnt 🇮🇪

thatd be 3 times down in that area in two weeks

bike fettle and haircut i think instead

[AdgeCutler]

On 23/04/2024 at 11:25, LightBulbFun said:

thats a point, VJN953S had trailer tyres incorrectly fitted to it @AdgeCutler do you still have those kicking about?  

I have no idea what the tyre situation is with the 70, they may still be on there?

[Six-cylinder]

Another wet morning so the the Volvo 940 got another outing with the Milton Keynes Classic tour ending in a hotel with a bacon roll.

 

[richardmorris]

Peugeot 404 action 21 mins in …

 

[richardmorris]