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ampwhu

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Hello all, I am Alan and after a search for a P6, i have finally found one that i am happy with. The previous owner has done a good job of looking after it and i am grateful for that.

Its rather standard from initial inspection. It has had a newish interior trimmed in cream leather with blue piping which was one of the main things on my list when looking. (a presentable interior i mean!? There are a few things to do, but corrosion isn't one of them. I have checked the best i can with my limited previous knowledge and advice and research from here. Thanks for that.

I should be in possession this week so i can draw a list up of what it is i want to do to hopefully improve it. A couple of things i have already decided on are a new stainless exhaust system. The current one isn't really what i want so i will be putting a new one on the shopping list.

The vinyl roof needs replacing so i will need to find someone to do this local to me. (SW London - M25 J10).

The gears are difficult to select at random times. I have read up on the "acorn" and suspect this, although i would need to investigate this. Would there be any other bushes i can replace whilst the gearbox is in the car? i don't want to be removing it just yet.

My other classic car has electronic ignition. Thats something i want to look into.

And a 5 speed conversion. I would need to find a 5 speed box 1st. If anyone knows of one, I am interested.

Thats it for now. I shall update the thread as i go along and will be asking plenty of questions until my knowledge grows.

Alan

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hello all. As i work through things that i'd like to sort, i have a strange one that i need help with. The steering column seems loose. If i grab the steering wheel, i can move the wheel up and down. I have looked at the adjuster on the RHS and this is tight. How is the column mounted to the bulkhead?
 
ampwhu said:
Yes I have done this but it's the up and down movement. I'll have to get a picture.....
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If you undo that hand nut on the right hand side of the steering column, you can move the wheel up and down to where you want it, then tighten the hand nut to hold it there. I.e. it does control the up and down movement
 
It's the whole column that moves. Is it clamped by 2 bolts in a U shaped clamp somehow? I think 1 bolt maybe missing. If so, what size would it be?
 
There's a pressed steel support thingy for the steering column which is held in place by four 1/4" UNF bolts 5/8" long. The bottom two bolt straight into the bulkhead, and the top two into nuts in the dash.
 
spot on Quattro. you were correct. there was only 1 x 1/4" bolt on the right and the left one was missing.

2 x 1/4" new bolts have been fitted and now the steering is as it should be.

i'm moving onto the next thing now. I reckon the engine is running on 7 cylinders as the engine doesn't idle right. (bearing in mind i've only ever played with 4 pots). there is a tapping noise from the rear right area. would i be right in thinking it could be a plug or lead?
 
ampwhu said:
I reckon the engine is running on 7 cylinders as the engine doesn't idle right. (bearing in mind i've only ever played with 4 pots). there is a tapping noise from the rear right area. would i be right in thinking it could be a plug or lead?
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Try revving the engine a bit and see whether it spits back through the carb/s
 
I have tried that. it revs with plenty of power and sounds good. I haven't heard it spit back through the carb. On idle if i listen to the exhaust note, you can hear that it's just not ticking over as it should.

Can i ask the reason behind your question?
 
If it spits back through the carb/s at higher revs it can be the lobes worn off the camshaft. If it's the exhaust lobe, the exhaust valve wont open enough to expel the exhaust gases, so when the inlet valve opens, there is still a lot of compression pressure, so that escapes back up the inlet tract.

That normally happens on cyls 7 & 8
 
that makes sense. i'll remove the plugs tomorrow and check to see what they look like. I'll also check the leads by remove 7 or 8 and see if the engine changes note. I'm learning new stuff everyday which is great. When i last owned a P6 (1991) i didn't even know how to change the oil so 30 years of playing with cars has taught me a little.

Thanks i'll get back to you.
 
ok so i spent 4 hours trying to work out what was going on. (i've just lost 4 hours of my life).

after removing, cleaning and gapping the plugs, it's still the same. (why didn't anyone tell me how difficult it was to remove the offside rear plug)

i checked all the leads and wires and everything else i could fins and it still idles rough. Don't get me wrong, the power is full on.

i am now thinking it is a timing issue. I have purchased electronic ignition and a new shiny coil. I have a timing gun and according to the manual, it says 6 degrees TDC. with modern fuel and wear in components, i can't see that being right.

if i could post a video i would. but being old, technology isn't my thing.
 
Evening all. i'm struggling a bit here. The engine earth strap is connected to the positive on the coil and the wire from the dizzy (points) is connected to the negative on the coil. If the car is negative earth, surely thats the wrong way around?

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now inside the car the ammeter dial doesn't work and the rev counter sometimes works and more often doesn't. Is this the possible reason?

Thanks
 
That's not an earth strap, it's a suppressor. The Negative side of the coil should go to the distributor on a Negative earth car.
 
harveyp6 said:
That's not an earth strap, it's a suppressor. The Negative side of the coil should go to the distributor on a Negative earth car.
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hello Harvey, the thick braided wire (strap) is connected to the engine block. I have been told the suppressor is for the radio.
 
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