Recent content by flatcat

Thanks for the replies! The reason I am slightly reluctant to just get it resprayed is that the car is a very original, 3 owners from new including myself, 32,000 miler. Unfortunately it had been stored somewhere where the sun was allowed to both dry out and bleach out the interior, plus...

Yes, sorry, the question was about how to take the body out - figured out how to unbolt it but not how or where the connectors for the wires are. That'll be the front sorted, does anybody know where the connector for the rear lights is?

Well, I'm slowly working my way around my P6, going from mostly solid but somewhat neglected to 'nice user' in the process. Currently busy sorting out the interior - mostly dried out leather and dirt, plus it'll want new carpets at one point - and when that's done, the last big remaining job is...

After noticing lots of condensation in both rear lights and the front sidelights I've given in an bought a good set of front sidelight lenses and rear light lenses, plus all new foam gaskets - both the glass against light cluster and cluster against bodywork. Fitting the former is easy -...

It appears that I finally figured out what the problem with my P6 cutting actually is - as mentioned here before my initial thoughts were the autobox being on the way out. As I had to get some other work done anyway I asked Ely Services to have a look at the gearbox. They didn't really find...

Thanks guys - is that the Optronic (with the external module) or the magnetronic that just fits inside the distributor?

Good morning, I was looking at improving the original Lucas distributor on my car somewhat by fitting electronic ignition - the plan is to fit one that's completely hidden by the dizzy cap. Which AFAIK means it's got to be either the Lumenition Magnetronic or the Aldon Igniter module...

No, it didn't do the "high revs but nobody's home" bit. Instead it judders badly at low revs, as if it's trying to overcome some internal friction/jamming in the gearbox. If it doesn't, the engine will die. The whole set of ignition parts is about 1k miles old - condenser, contact breaker...

No, it didn't do the "high revs but nobody's home" bit. Instead it judders badly at low revs, as if it's trying to overcome some internal friction/jamming in the gearbox. If it doesn't, the engine will die. The whole set of ignition parts is about 1k miles old - condenser, contact breaker...

No, it didn't do the "high revs but nobody's home" bit. Instead it judders badly at low revs, as if it's trying to overcome some internal friction/jamming in the gearbox. If it doesn't, the engine will die. The whole set of ignition parts is about 1k miles old - condenser, contact breaker...

I did check the fluid this morning - looks like the level is about right (didn't have time for a more thorough check). Doesn't smell burnt either, but it is brown and not the expected "red" colour. No apperant water contamination, nor did I pull out half the 'box clutching to the dipstick...

I did check the fluid this morning - looks like the level is about right (didn't have time for a more thorough check). Doesn't smell burnt either, but it is brown and not the expected "red" colour. No apperant water contamination, nor did I pull out half the 'box clutching to the dipstick...

I did check the fluid this morning - looks like the level is about right (didn't have time for a more thorough check). Doesn't smell burnt either, but it is brown and not the expected "red" colour. No apperant water contamination, nor did I pull out half the 'box clutching to the dipstick...

I wouldn't call my modernish car a bland box, and neither should you before you even know what it is. That aside, I don't like driving the P6 around London during the rush hour. If you can call crawling down the A40 and the M25 at speeds measured by metres/hour "driving". It doesn't do it any...

I wouldn't call my modernish car a bland box, and neither should you before you even know what it is. That aside, I don't like driving the P6 around London during the rush hour. If you can call crawling down the A40 and the M25 at speeds measured by metres/hour "driving". It doesn't do it any...