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

[Six-cylinder]

On 09/10/2024 at 20:25, Dick Longbridge said:

Confused... didn't 6cyl show a photo of it when he owned it a few years back and it looked straight? 

That photo was from way before Ian V and then I owned it. I was just showing the original style of wheel trims it had that I liked.

[24vdiamond]

Great result on the estate, really useful motors and well worth saving 👍

It just needs a nice new Omega 3.2 V6 engine(that I might have sitting in a crate somewhere) to go with the wheels!

[Six-cylinder]

17 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Too early for a random? To bring it home...

The problem with a raffle for the Carlton Estate is it might end up with somebody who does not have room for it or does not really want it.

I would sell it on to somebody who is committed to keeping it safe and running. At the moment I am quite happy to keep it and relive 30 years ago when I had this model in this colour brand new as a company car.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

That photo was from way before Ian V and then I owned it. I was just showing the original style of wheel trims it had that I liked.

How/when did the doors get battered? 

[ianbmw]

As a home worker, I was excited to leave the village and help bleed some brakes with a friend who needed a hand today. 

So I fired up the nosiest starter motor and made hast with all roaring 115 horses( some of which have long since retired since 1993).

43 miles completed….. nothing exciting to report, 80s suspension and balloon tyres are the future for comfort.

I think at 100 miles it’s deemed as fixed as any 30 year old Vauxhall can be.

[Six-cylinder]

31 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

How/when did the doors get battered? 

When they were taken out of storage as scrap cars. I bought them before they got to a scrap yard knowing they were damaged so that is where it ends.

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

How/when did the doors get battered? 

Chippy run 🤣

[ianbmw]

A day in the life of the nosiest starter motor….. 

I decide the family were going out for lunch, only one suitable vehicle…..a Carlton.

We then had to do to Tesco and get a mug shot photo for crime watch of my son.

then a quick splash and dash….

before off to do the family shop, parking next to a vehicle which can easily do a million miles 

 

before back home and slowly looking it likes been on a rally stage.

 

if anyone has 9 or more points on their license, I can strong recommend driving a 4 cylinder Carlton estate.

[beko1987]

If its not going to turn into a rainy winter that could do with a good wash (once it's proven itself) 👌

[ianbmw]

2 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

If its not going to turn into a rainy winter that could do with a good wash (once it's proven itself) 👌

Rainy winter? What, like the rest of 2024?

It’s had the noisiest starter motor known to man for over 10 years, but it keeps working……however a used gooden will drastically improve first impressions.

It did also have an intermittent starting issue whilst it was on the FOD, which it only ever did when @Six-cylinder tried to start it. However it finally did it with me, resulting in a tap of the fuel pump resulting in it springing into life.

so a new fuel pump and fuel filter will do it the world of good……..but it’s working just fine for me!

[hairnet]

17 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

 ever did when @Six-cylinder tried to start it.

🤣

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, ianbmw said:

A day in the life of the nosiest starter motor….. 

I decide the family were going out for lunch, only one suitable vehicle…..a Carlton.

We then had to do to Tesco and get a mug shot photo for crime watch of my son.

then a quick splash and dash….

before off to do the family shop, parking next to a vehicle which can easily do a million miles 

 

before back home and slowly looking it likes been on a rally stage.

 

if anyone has 9 or more points on their license, I can strong recommend driving a 4 cylinder Carlton estate.

At one point back in the mid 2000s I used a Carlton 1.8i saloon as my tow car.  That was rather sedate with a laden Brian James car transporter hanging off the back.

[Stinkwheel]

35 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

At one point back in the mid 2000s I used a Carlton 1.8i saloon as my tow car.  That was rather sedate with a laden Brian James car transporter hanging off the back.

Although that sounds slightly miserable as a tow rig, it was probably very capable if treated sensibly. At the threat of de railing the thread, on the subject of tow cars, I once towed a Citroen gsa to Glasgow with a ford Orion 1.4 ghia on one of those horribly heavy ‘homemade from a twin axle caravan’ (not by me)trailers that never quite brake straight. Stupid but fun filled days 

[Six-cylinder]

Disappointing today on the car front.

Today was part two of the reassembly of the Mitsubishi Sigma. The day came to a stop when we found the inlet manifold gasket supplied in the Head gasket set was wong. We had already made a discover that there is a rust hole in one of the rocker covers that is going to require JB Weld. Then it rained.

The hunt is on for a gasket. I have found one in Australia but would like the car back on the road sooner and without paying £35 + tax for a gasket.

 

[Six-cylinder]

3 hours ago, ianbmw said:

A day in the life of the nosiest starter motor….. 

I decide the family were going out for lunch, only one suitable vehicle…..a Carlton.

We then had to do to Tesco and get a mug shot photo for crime watch of my son.

then a quick splash and dash….

before off to do the family shop, parking next to a vehicle which can easily do a million miles 

 

before back home and slowly looking it likes been on a rally stage.

 

if anyone has 9 or more points on their license, I can strong recommend driving a 4 cylinder Carlton estate.

Did you try and embarrass your children with this car so they would not come with you and eat expensive food!

[ianbmw]

1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

Did you try and embarrass your children with this car so they would not come with you and eat expensive food!

Well, as this has heating , surprisingly refined and suspension that doesn’t resemble scaffolding poles, they were happy!

Although less impressed with the headlining…….. want me to attempt to improve with spray glue ?

[Six-cylinder]

14 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

Well, as this has heating , surprisingly refined and suspension that doesn’t resemble scaffolding poles, they were happy!

Although less impressed with the headlining…….. want me to attempt to improve with spray glue ?

You can't make it any worse!

[Floatylight]

23 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

You can't make it any worse!

If you are going to use spray glue use high temp stuff used for camper van builds rather than screwfix type stuff..

 

[ianbmw]

40 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

If you are going to use spray glue use high temp stuff used for camper van builds rather than screwfix type stuff..

 

Advice noted! I mean, it can’t get any worse

[wuvvum]

@Mrs6C (also @Sunny Jim)

No chasing Aston Martins in this video sadly.

[Mrs6C]

Van de Pommes was out and about today, taking the apple mill, cider press and heritage fruit display to an Apple Day in the Chilterns.

It was a small venue, but a very nice day out. 

We finished up at a nice pub for tea. 

[Talbot]

12 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=gasket+paper

Is the quickest way.

[ianbmw]

3 hours ago, Talbot said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=gasket+paper

Is the quickest way.

I disagree…… LS swap is the answer 

[Six-cylinder]

21 hours ago, ianbmw said:

Although less impressed with the headlining…….. want me to attempt to improve with spray glue ?

Trouble is I suspect the foam will disintegrate when you spray glue on it.

[dollywobbler]

Amayama in Japan are good for stuff you really can't find anywhere else.

[Six-cylinder]

Today was day one of the Carlton 1.8i Saloon revival. The initiative comes from @ianbmw who said I was doing it a disservice letting it stand unloved in the field. I agree when there is a volunteer and his young assistance offering to save it and all I have to do is leave a warm house and TV!

Ian put the distributor cap back and a temp sensor and it started up remarkably easily. Then ran rough as before. It also smoked when it got warm, it seems to be overfilled with oil more than 1 ltr that may explain the smoke.

It drove down the field and received a much needed wash for its trouble. I know no amount of washing is going to fix those doors!

There was an “I told you so moment” when Ian found the original wheel trims in the boot that I had denied having.

Much amusement was had by the fact the headlight wipers work perfectly.

Ian has taken the broken door handle home to repair it.

[Six-cylinder]

I told the tyre centre I did not want the snails remove just balanced!

[ianbmw]

My enthusiasm was punished this evening. The estate must of overheard me telling @Six-cylinder I was anticipating a return to keeper on Thursday.

 

got home fine, went to move the estate and she no go go  . The intermittent fuel pump is now no longer intermittent.

So a new fuel pump and filter and we will be cooking with E10 again……it will probably start tomorrow!

Quite a nice result on the 1.8, certainly be nice to get it to a position where it could be MOT rather than wondering what’s wrong with it.

Then onto the Royale! Then yeee shall be k own as the many of many operational Vauxhalls!

[Snake Charmer]

1 minute ago, ianbmw said:

got home fine, went to move the estate and she no go go  . The intermittent fuel pump is now no longer intermittent.

Do they use an in tank pump or external like the Manta GTE?

[ianbmw]

Estates and early Carlton’s saloons are external, thankfully! I may go liberate the Monza pump to keep the Carlton moving until a new one arrives