Colt Collection Capers - with apology

[dollywobbler]

With all the OMG FORUM KAOS, I gave up any attempt to live report this caper. Now I'm back, I don't have time to do a write up, so you'll have to cope with my bloggage reporting. Sorry!

 

The full story is here: https://hubnut.org/category/project-colt/

 

Must be said though, I fear this car will soon find itself for sale again. I really do actually need a comfortable cruiser. Any swapsies out there? Sadly, the owner of this Aston wasn't interested in a deal.

 

 

 

[purplebargeken]

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[dollywobbler]

Well that's pretty impressive!

[RobT]

Blimey that's quick!

 

Sorry, I forgot to mention the refuelling issue with this.  Nyphur told me the knack but I never did master it.  Makes trips to the pez station a long process!

[dollywobbler]

It was the only annoyance during the 500 miles I've already covered in this car. It really does honk of fuel too. I think more investigations are going to be needed, though I'm a little worried about what I might find...

 

Probably not going to get chance to look at that in the coming weeks though, so I guess the RAV will be the vehicle of choice for the trip to France in a fortnight's time.

[RobT]

Oh dear.  I think my sense of smell must be shot, as it took someone else at Shitefest to point out the Senator had a fuel leak. Although in that case I did detect a whiff, but just put it down to old car odours.

[Junkman]

 

 

Did that weird newfangled tosh grenade, or why have those people gathered around it instead of around a motor with class?

[dollywobbler]

I think it's just because the bonnet was open. That's why the Colt has no crowd.

[vulgalour]

They probably assumed it had broken down and were trying to help.

[Junkman]

I really do actually need a comfortable cruiser.

But...

That's exactly what it is!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Yeah, as you found, you have to shoot the petrol into the filler neck like it's a water pistol. Just stop when you see it foam. It never stank of petrol when I had it though. 

[dollywobbler]

But...

That's exactly what it is!

 

Having covered over 500 miles in it, I must concede that the seats are not entirely comfortable.

 

Yeah, as you found, you have to shoot the petrol into the filler neck like it's a water pistol. Just stop when you see it foam. It never stank of petrol when I had it though. 

 

Perhaps the petrol stink is on account of how many times it overflowed as I was filling. I had gone for the water pistol approach, but that then stops the cut-off from activating.

[Junkman]

Maybe that eggspurtedly botched filler tube is fucked again?

 

Let me explain:

 

When I introduced the car to the eclectic Autoshite society, the filler tube merely consisted of the neck, the lower part, crumble in between those, and the car having a valid MoT for some inexplicable reason. Since a new filler tube is £175 plus postage from Japan, plus VAT, plus duty, plus £8.00 "because we can" fee, and a Proton one might not fit because of the different body style, it was decided to cut the upper and lower parts off and weld them together with a length of exhaust pipe. Since then, the correct fuelling process is as described by Conrad.

 

Now, considering that the location of said fuel filler pipe was carefully designed to be directly in the trajectory of all the salt and muck kicked up by the rear wheel, this masterfully created work of Michelangeloesque art may have suffered a little.

[dollywobbler]

Ah, so I can seek compensation for distress caused then? I shall alert my lawyers.

[barefoot]

Just a quicky to say that I read the collection thread on your blog and much more besides during the great summer autoshite outage and it was good.

[purplebargeken]

Your lawyers will not have the filler knack either but they will charge you mightily for trying.

[dollywobbler]

Just a quicky to say that I read the collection thread on your blog and much more besides during the great summer autoshite outage and it was good.

 

Thanks! First time I've tried blogging on the mobile. Unbelievably frustrating. Touch-screen keyboards are rubbish.

[dollywobbler]

Just took Mrs DW out in the Colt. She seems to really like it. However, there's no way it's going to France with a filler neck that won't accept fuel. Just had yet another major spillage incident at the petrol station. UGH!

 

So, any thoughts about what could be done? Five seconds of Google-fu suggests that it's very likely that the Lancer/Proton filler neck will at the very least be very similar. Filler location is in the same place as the five-door hatch. Of course, I can't find a filler for either of those either. This needs sorting, because a car you can't put petrol in (especially one with a non-working fuel gauge) is just rubbish.

 

Alternatively, anyone want a project Colt? It's great otherwise!

[castros_bro]

How much and where?

 

From an  ex-colt turbo owner with a load of random stretchy silicone hose and jubilee clips a leaking Rover and a need to go to Lisbon.

[oldcars]

I have to kind of hover the filler in the nozzle and half speed on the Reliant or it shuts off and then spews down the bodywork. After a few goes i mastered the fine art of fueling.

[Junkman]

He, who can fuel a P6, can fuel anything.

[garbaldy]

Insert nozzle completely into filler neck

Remove until nozzle rests at an angle against the opening of the neck, and the pipe itself

Fill at full power until required fuel has been added

 

 

This is exactly how I have to fill the wee blue colt as it won't fill whilst fully inserted, it's filler pipe is original factory fit to.

[dollywobbler]

He, who can fuel a P6, can fuel anything.

 

Ha! I never got on very well with those either. Had a good glance down the filler neck today, so I can certainly see the issue. It's the angled bit sticking up right in the middle of the flow as the neck curves downwards. If Mrs DW likes it so much (and she really does), maybe I'll flog the Nippa while she's not looking...

 

I think I'm just suffering slightly from post-purchase blues in all honestly. It does have the sort of suspension that makes me want to consider upgrades though. Perhaps spending the weekend at the Fast Car Festival was a bad idea.

 

[Junkman]

Perhaps spending the weekend at the Fast Car Festival was a bad idea.

FTFY

[JohnK]

Persevere with it Ian and I'm sure it will be worth it once it's sorted. I'm having the same problem with this Montego, water pump started leaking on Sunday afternoon, it's an absolute ballache to find the right part at a reasonable price and then starting the job just got me in a right strop with buyers blues. But it needs doing and I like the car so it will be worth it (to me anyway).

[chaseracer]

I'm in Stafford tomorrow, and the Perkins factory is there - shall I see if they've got one...? 

[Junkman]

Had a good glance down the filler neck today, so I can certainly see the issue. It's the angled bit sticking up right in the middle of the flow as the neck curves downwards.

That bit is still the original one, I think.

[dollywobbler]

That bit is still the original one, I think.

 

Well, something's a bit odd there. The bits of welding wire drop subtle hints that this may be where repairs have occurred. I presume it was off the car at the time...

 

We're on the Chunnel a fortnight tomorrow. I am yet to amend my booking to reflect the car we'll be taking as I still don't know.

[For Fiats Sake]

Self amalgamating tape, non sticky but sticks to itself successfully repaired leaking fuel filler pipe on 4x4 panda.