JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Five tyres ordered from tyreleader.co.uk. Went for Falkens on the basis that they're cheap enough and look like they have a simpler, lower rolling resistance tread which should suit the Visa. Need to check my tyre fitter (Guyhirn Tyres) can manage and centre three-stud Citroen wheels on his new kit. In an ideal world I'd de-rust and repaint the wheels as part of the process, but won't have time to do that before Shitefest, so will have to worry about that later. Going to see if I can fix the windscreen washer later after work... will also see if I can leave it at the garage over the weekend and next week to get the test done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 A combine would be far more interesting, I am not happy. Sweet little car by the way... Some sort of 1960s tractor acquisition is definitely on the cards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 A slightly sunnier version of Japan-France relations. It would be a perfect pic if the Prelude wasn't covered in bird shit and dust from ploughing. Six-cylinder, Faker, Wilko220 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 A slightly sunnier version of Japan-France relations. It would be a perfect pic if the Prelude wasn't covered in bird shit and dust from ploughing. You use the Prelude for ploughing? Interesting choice…. dollywobbler, vulgalour, JohnDeere and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Ha! It's yours! Same comment I put on Barret's Facebook: finally you have a car nice enough that you can get rid of that horrible old Land Rover, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Whizzed the Visa round to the local garage (same one used by CraigthePrincess I think) and asked them if they fancied working on something a bit different. I'm going to leave it with them for a few days from tomorrow, and I've asked them to do a pre-MOT check, do the brakes and identify what needs doing -- I've set them the challenge of getting a clean-sheet MOT pass with no advisories. Then I'll bosh the new tyres on and put it through the test hopefully just before Shitefest. Have discovered that it's not a big fan of starting cold (doesn't like full choke), or hot (fuel vapour smells and lots of cranking before it would fire). A good service, a bit of tlc to the carb and an Italian tune up should help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Great to see you're alreadycracking on with it! You've done more in a day than I did in a couple of months. It should start fine from cold, just give it the tiniest hint of choke and a few pumps of the throttle and it'll go. A good service sounds sensible, regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I am definately bringing it to Shitefest as a day visitor on the Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 More Visa news. First job done. Barrett let me know that the windscreen washer water wasn't washing the windscreen. Say that out loud a few times. A test with the magic meter showed that there are volts and amps and all manner of electrickery reaching the pump when the button is pressed. That is a good thing. Obviously this picture shows 0v, but I couldn't squirt and shoot at the same time: Let's have a look at the pump. This doesn't look so good... In fact the contents of the tank were some form of primeval slime. I had David Bellamy knocking at the door. I then followed the Haynes Guide to Vulgalourising your car.... And it came out nice and clean. Add a bit of blue... Final clean up of the nozzle with a needle, and... We have water... and one less thing to fail the MOT. holbeck, Dick Longbridge, vulgalour and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoGently Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Shit. I just realised that by posting the Visa pics without blurring out the (rather fine DMB) number plate, it could be now be cloned by every other dodgy internet user with an orange Citroen Visa. I expect an avalanche of speeding tickets and parking fines. Most existing Visa's have their photos from previous owners in the Citroen Visa Forum but as there are few & far I doubt if it gets cloned. The police might stop you just to have a look at a car they can't figure out. Six Cylinder is very Visa! Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Most existing Visa's have their photos from previous owners in the Citroen Visa Forum but as there are few & far I doubt if it gets cloned. The police might stop you just to have a look at a car they can't figure out. Six Cylinder is very Visa! Don't worry, tongue was firmly in cheek. You'd have to look far and wide to find many others. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Flat twin starting procedures: ColdBit of choke (rarely full, especially in summer), no throttle until it has caught.HotFoot to the floor, keep it there until the engine catches. Do not pump the throttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I seem to recognise that washer pump as being the same as the one on the rear screen of the CX Familiale. Especially the primeval slime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Flat twin starting procedures: ColdBit of choke (rarely full, especially in summer), no throttle until it has caught.HotFoot to the floor, keep it there until the engine catches. Do not pump the throttle. Perfect - thank you. It's been too long. I realised I had far too much choke for the cold start and hadn't got a clue for the hot, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 I seem to recognise that washer pump as being the same as the one on the rear screen of the CX Familiale. Especially the primeval slime. And pretty much made of unobtanium based on my quick search for "citroen avri pompe" (Avri is the OEM). Lucky the pump is OK (I only noticed the crack in the top next to the electrical contacts *after* running it under the tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 OK I am up to speed now, I came into the office early to work but I am so easily diverted! This weekend is the Citroen DS Car club rally near Milton Keynes, all Citroens welcome. I will be there with one of my 17RD s and I hope for shitefest to get out my Twin. Trouble is your Club model is so posh compared to my Special! The Green Visa was at a show in Holland a few years ago. Faker, Skizzer, JohnDeere and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 ^^^ Great colour on the Belge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 What is it with Citroen Visa's and fruit? I'm sure there's a yellow one out there that's been displayed alongside a truck-load of Fyffe's finest. Edit: GFGI. JohnDeere, Lacquer Peel and Faker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 BECAUSE YELLOW JohnDeere, HillmanImp, Wilko220 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I was saving that one! holbeck, JohnDeere and Faker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 What is it with Citroen Visa's and fruit? I'm sure there's a yellow one out there that's been displayed alongside a truck-load of Fyffe's finest. Edit: GFGI. There is also a red one displayed with tomatoes but I can't find any pictures of that. I could tell you why but that would spoil it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 And then of coarse there was 2013! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 BECAUSE YELLOW I absolutely love this picture. It's probably one of the best car photos I've ever seen - brilliantly thought out and composed. Even down to someone finding a set of yellow wellies - and not brand new ones that would have stood out, but nice tatty old ones that blend in. Six-cylinder, Lacquer Peel and trigger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Top pignose purchase, and great to see Vulgalourising tout suite. I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again. My ex from many years ago owned mustard yellow Metro 'Kan 166W'. I guess it's paperwork would have been sat on the same DVLA desk when your Visa was registered. JohnDeere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 When is the show display with it covered in oranges happening? JohnDeere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 When is the show display with it covered in oranges happening? Marvellous idea - will you bring some citrus fruit? (Probably not good for the rust). Funnily enough the same orangey-red colour is very popular in new car colour options at the moment. In other words, I'm bang on trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Tomato soup orange FTW vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Top pignose purchase, and great to see Vulgalourising tout suite. I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again. My ex from many years ago owned mustard yellow Metro 'Kan 166W'. I guess it's paperwork would have been sat on the same DVLA desk when your Visa was registered. AN is a Reading number. Back then each dealer was allocated a block of contiguous numbers rather than playing lucky dip on the DVLA computer. I guess the Reading Austin Rover dealer got the next block after the Citroen dealer. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 AN is a Reading number. Back then each dealer was allocated a block of contiguous numbers rather than playing lucky dip on the DVLA computer. I guess the Reading Austin Rover dealer got the next block after the Citroen dealer.Every day's a school day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDeere Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good news just received on the Visa. I had asked my friendly local garage to give it the once over - with the plan of getting a clean-sheet MoT with no advisories. It only needs...Offside dip and main beam sorting out (I hadn't even tried the lights)Front brakes freeing off (currently binding)Offside rear wheel cylinder leaking (they'll replace both and renew brake fluid)The CO is also high, but hopefully a bit of an Italian tune up will help there The brake pipes which had advisories in the last two MoTs are perfectly fine apparently - their tester could see no reason why they'd been flagged. Not a bad result and stuff I could do myself quite easily if I actually had any time between now and the MoT running out ... so I'm taking the easy option.Should have it back next week - my five new tyres also arrived yesterday, so will get those put on the Friday of Shitefest. Happy days. hairnet, Craig the Princess and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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