Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

[hairnet]

43 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

Fix my CF...

lifes too short

biskits  more appealing

[ianbmw]

8 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

Fix my CF...

When the fuel pumps returns I will happily screw it back together…….sp we can both mutually agree is awlful!

[24vdiamond]

On 27/10/2024 at 16:39, ianbmw said:

The issue is, it’s now done over 400 miles and whilst not perfect, it’s totally usable.

I also really need to get mums Disco done :(.

Please sir, can I give you a fully operational vehicle back ?

I might be a wee bit biased but these are a very photogenic car 👍

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, 24vdiamond said:

I might be a wee bit biased but these are a very photogenic car 👍

This morning.

553 miles back on the road and only one fail to proceed.

[Six-cylinder]

Another successful trip out for the Carlton Estate yesterday.

In the afternoon we went to fit the replacement fuel pump to the Citroen DS but it leaked. Turns out the replacement was a copy Facat pump and the screw in pipe connectors rattled in their threads and even nipped up would not seal. More cheap Chinese poor quality parts.

[beko1987]

It's worse when you've tried your best and the part is still shit I think, at least an immediate brick wall let's you know where you stand immediately 😢

[Markeh]

I'm sure I've just seen your old W123 estate as a background car on the ITV drama Joan.

[Six-cylinder]

35 minutes ago, Markeh said:

I'm sure I've just seen your old W123 estate as a background car on the ITV drama Joan.

Yes that is it, well spotted.

I sold it to a film company. They have borrowed several of my cars in the past that have ended up on TV, such as the Citroen GS in the Idris Elba life story. Our MGB GT was street furniture in the same programme.

[richardmorris]

34 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yes that is it, well spotted.

I sold it to a film company. They have borrowed several of my cars in the past that have ended up on TV, such as the Citroen GS in the Idris Elba life story. Our MGB GT was street furniture in the same programme.

Has the gs been out this year? I don’t recall seeing you mention it.

[Six-cylinder]

14 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Has the gs been out this year? I don’t recall seeing you mention it.

That hurt!

Yes I think it is a car that has not been out of storage this year.

Last year everything that ran got out.

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

That hurt!

Yes I think it is a car that has not been out of storage this year.

Last year everything that ran got out.

Didn’t mean to be hurtful- I miss it! Chris salter told me that the gs rally is back to two days at the rural life centre next year, no date yet though.

 

ps. How many of the fleet are white?

[AnthonyG]

1 hour ago, Markeh said:

I'm sure I've just seen your old W123 estate as a background car on the ITV drama Joan.

Funnily enough I have just seen it in another ITV drama named ‘Until I kill you’ tonight! - I thought I recognised the registration plate! 

The BMW 7 series - the E32 one - has also appeared in this show, I think I remember you saying you’d sold it to this film company. 

[LightBulbFun]

16 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

That hurt!

Yes I think it is a car that has not been out of storage this year.

Last year everything that ran got out.

that reminds me, correct me if I am wrong, but I do vaguely recall that @wuvvum's drone was eventually found, was there anything recoverable from its SD card?  

[Six-cylinder]

19 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

ps. How many of the fleet are white?

11

I don't mind white, but the only cars I would really choose it for are the S1 and S2 XJ6s.

[Six-cylinder]

45 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

Funnily enough I have just seen it in another ITV drama named ‘Until I kill you’ tonight! - I thought I recognised the registration plate! 

The BMW 7 series - the E32 one - has also appeared in this show, I think I remember you saying you’d sold it to this film company. 

Thanks, which episode? 

[AnthonyG]

The Mercedes mainly features in episode 2, so the one screened yesterday - watched it on catch up this evening. The BMW appears less prominently as street furniture in both episode 2 and 3. 

[wuvvum]

20 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

that reminds me, correct me if I am wrong, but I do vaguely recall that @wuvvum's drone was eventually found, was there anything recoverable from its SD card?  

Dunno, haven't picked it up yet!

[Six-cylinder]

23 hours ago, AnthonyG said:

Funnily enough I have just seen it in another ITV drama named ‘Until I kill you’ tonight! - I thought I recognised the registration plate! 

The BMW 7 series - the E32 one - has also appeared in this show, I think I remember you saying you’d sold it to this film company. 

 

[AnthonyG]

I did wonder if the XM used to be yours as well! 

[Mrs6C]

21 minutes ago, AnthonyG said:

I did wonder if the XM used to be yours as well! 

The XM is still with us and in service as the Autumnal daily driver...

[richardmorris]

12 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

The XM is still with us and in service as the Autumnal daily driver...

That’s a good calendar shot.

[Six-cylinder]

Yesterday @Slowsilver Thomas and I set about the puzzle of why my 1984 Mini Mayfair did not start last time we tried. Colin reminded me that it was very low on petrol when it was driven from Milton Keynes and maybe I should put some petrol in it!

Putting petrol in did not help so we dived deeper and found there was no power to the coil under run condition. When the starter is engaged it started as the coil is fed from the solenoid instead of the ballasted  supply from the non fused side of the fuse box. 

I don't know if it is a 6 volt or 9 volt ballast system but I believe the ballast resistor is the wire itself from the power supply to the coil.  I certainly don't want to change the whole wiring loom.  I am thinking  about adding  a new wire with an external ballast resistor. 

Does anybody know what resistance I should be looking for to match my coil?

 

[hairnet]

6 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

 why my 1984 Mini Mayfair did not start last time we tried.

 

 

yeah but you bring it on yourself

BL and you wonder why

[richardmorris]

50 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yesterday @Slowsilver Thomas and I set about the puzzle of why my 1984 Mini Mayfair did not start last time we tried. Colin reminded me that it was very low on petrol when it was driven from Milton Keynes and maybe I should put some petrol in it!

Putting petrol in did not help so we dived deeper and found there was no power to the coil under run condition. When the starter is engaged it started as the coil is fed from the solenoid instead of the ballasted  supply from the non fused side of the fuse box. 

I don't know if it is a 6 volt or 9 volt ballast system but I believe the ballast resistor is the wire itself from the power supply to the coil.  I certainly don't want to change the whole wiring loom.  I am thinking  about adding  a new wire with an external ballast resistor. 

Does anybody know what resistance I should be looking for to match my coil?

 

I did that sort of physics equations at school, sadly it was decades ago and many cases of wine have passed .

[IronStar]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

Yesterday @Slowsilver Thomas and I set about the puzzle of why my 1984 Mini Mayfair did not start last time we tried. Colin reminded me that it was very low on petrol when it was driven from Milton Keynes and maybe I should put some petrol in it!

Putting petrol in did not help so we dived deeper and found there was no power to the coil under run condition. When the starter is engaged it started as the coil is fed from the solenoid instead of the ballasted  supply from the non fused side of the fuse box. 

I don't know if it is a 6 volt or 9 volt ballast system but I believe the ballast resistor is the wire itself from the power supply to the coil.  I certainly don't want to change the whole wiring loom.  I am thinking  about adding  a new wire with an external ballast resistor. 

Does anybody know what resistance I should be looking for to match my coil?

 

1.5-1.6 Ohm, rated to at least 25W according to ChatGPT o1 😄

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Does anybody know what resistance I should be looking for to match my coil?

Am pished but memory says high, more leccy out than in

[Six-cylinder]

13 hours ago, IronStar said:

1.5-1.6 Ohm, rated to at least 25W according to ChatGPT o1 😄

I have ordered this ballast resistor.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234778731490

The question left is, is my coil correct for that ballast resistor?

[Mr Pastry]

12 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have ordered this ballast resistor.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234778731490

The question left is, is my coil correct for that ballast resistor?

If it's a ballasted coil then yes.  If it's a 12 volt coil then you will only be feeding it 9 volts and it probably won't work at all, so then you will know.  Is there a Unipart number on the coil?

[Six-cylinder]

4 hours ago, Mr Pastry said:

If it's a ballasted coil then yes.  If it's a 12 volt coil then you will only be feeding it 9 volts and it probably won't work at all, so then you will know.  Is there a Unipart number on the coil?

I have seen reference to a cold start coil 6v and a ballast coil 9v but no clue to which is fitted to my car? Does a 1.5/1.6 ohm resistor suit a 6v or 9v coil?

The  current coil part number is unreadable.

[Mr Pastry]

I don't think BL used 6 volt coils so would expect it to be 9 volt and the 1.5/1.6 resistor would be ok.  If you have a multimeter you can measure the resistance of the coil low-tension side, which should tell you what it is, see here:

www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/261849-testing-coils/