egg Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I put in £30. Not sure about future involvement as I am very South and car is very* North. Include me for now please. stillOrange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I'd like to fondle its PRN satellites The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I put in a few euros, just because....Not in a position to help further from here, I just like to see the pictures of any progress. Shep Shepherd, stillOrange, strangeangel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 ^^ rare shizz finder shurely?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 My contribution was just a one off to make sure the car got bought, I'm not expecting any share of ownership - or responsibility! stillOrange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I put in £20, would like to be considered a shareholder, but am also south (west) so a long way away. stillOrange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Lol not nothing in (I totally missed the thread) but I'd like to so I can be considered a share holder so I can have a drive, can this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Yo SO - still up for spannering on Saturday. Drop us a PM if it's on! stillOrange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillOrange Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Was planning to send the PMs out tomorrow. I'm still up for it. purplebargeken and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I bunged in thirty sheets to assist initial rescue, but any future interest involves only sitting in the cockpit to inhale deeply the unmistakeable aroma of 35yo French plastic and leaked LHM. And maybe a little drive, should you twist my arm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 No, no. You're all wrong. BX owners always have two copies of the BoL. ...or four if they are XUDers. catsinthewelder, Lacquer Peel, strangeangel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillOrange Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 If anyone else wants to come over tomorrow and clean, kick tires, fix fuel leak, fix something else, you're very welcome so just let me know. Car is in Hindley near Wigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 The day started off well enough - by the time I arrived stillOrange had found and removed the leaking fuel pipe. So off we went to the motor factors, in his rather splendid Volvo, to purchase a replacement. We fitted this, and the car started and ran, but only for a long as the fuel already in the carb and filter lasted. No fuel was getting through. On inspection, the fuel pump's little filter was found to be full of clag, which won't have helped but wasn't enough on its own to stop it running. More fuel was added to the tank, just in case the gauge was lying, but to no avail. The only other thing we could think of was to blow air through the fuel line back from the pump, using a 12V tyre inflater, as we wondered if something had been pulled up from the bottom of the tank and blocked the line. No dice. We checked the HBOL, but there was no mention of priming the pump (we tried anyway!). As might be expected, the battery is toast, which made this calendar pic possible when we wanted to try starting The Beigeness: There's still some money in the kitty, but if anyone has a viable 063 battery they wouldn't mind donating to the project it would be much appreciated! On the plus side, seeing the car in the tin for the first time today, I can confirm that it's a truly fantastic thing. Even the rank, smelly upholstery (and the relentless, pissing rain) couldn't put me off! If any of the resident BXperts have any thoughts at this point, all help will be gratefully received! Lacquer Peel, Cavcraft, trigger and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Good effort chaps.PM incoming soon... strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 You can pull the sender out of the tank quite easily. Remove the rear seat base and you can unscrew and remove it. Mind you, I realise that knowledge is based on diesels. Not sure what the fuel set up is on the petrols. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 You can pull the sender out of the tank quite easily. Remove the rear seat base and you can unscrew and remove it. Mind you, I realise that knowledge is based on diesels. Not sure what the fuel set up is on the petrols. That sounds like a similar set up to what we saw... it wasn't immediately obvious that the sender would unscrew though, so that may well be the next thing to try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillOrange Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Frustrating is an understatement. The pipe was shagged so it should have been an easy job to just change it. It was leaking petrol perfectly well just this morning and once the new pipe was fitted it would just not pump anything out. Bizarre! I just don't get it!!! strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 This might be utterly stupid beyond belief but would a fuel tank venting problem do this? strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Sorry, just caught up with this and noticed the request for info about monies paidI chipped in £20. I expect nothing in return other than to be entertained* by 'The continuing adventures of Beige BX' serialised for shiter consumption. (In full colour.) Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk eddyramrod and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 This might be utterly stupid beyond belief but would a fuel tank venting problem do this? It's possible, but it seems very unlikely given that the car was running earlier the same day. I think the next thing to do would be to get the sender and associated pipes out for examination, as DW says. When our new pipe was disconnected from the main line under the car, no fuel leaked out. HBOL described the fuelling setup, but it doesn't mention a cut-off solenoid or anything, so I would have expected that to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 oops must read harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboilersuit Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 You haven't accidentally swapped over flow and return when changing out the fuel likes? If you had you could be sucking air from the top of the tank instead of drawing fuel out of the bottom of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 You haven't accidentally swapped over flow and return when changing out the fuel likes? If you had you could be sucking air from the top of the tank instead of drawing fuel out of the bottom of the tank. No, we only removed the flow line. stillOrange and blackboilersuit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 holbeck, eddyramrod and KruJoe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The day started off well enough - by the time I arrived stillOrange had found and removed the leaking fuel pipe. So off we went to the motor factors, in his rather splendid Volvo, to purchase a replacement. IMG_1324.JPG We fitted this, and the car started and ran, but only for a long as the fuel already in the carb and filter lasted. No fuel was getting through. On inspection, the fuel pump's little filter was found to be full of clag, which won't have helped but wasn't enough on its own to stop it running. More fuel was added to the tank, just in case the gauge was lying, but to no avail. The only other thing we could think of was to blow air through the fuel line back from the pump, using a 12V tyre inflater, as we wondered if something had been pulled up from the bottom of the tank and blocked the line. No dice. We checked the HBOL, but there was no mention of priming the pump (we tried anyway!). As might be expected, the battery is toast, which made this calendar pic possible when we wanted to try starting The Beigeness: IMG_1327.JPG There's still some money in the kitty, but if anyone has a viable 063 battery they wouldn't mind donating to the project it would be much appreciated! On the plus side, seeing the car in the tin for the first time today, I can confirm that it's a truly fantastic thing. Even the rank, smelly upholstery (and the relentless, pissing rain) couldn't put me off! IMG_1329.JPG If any of the resident BXperts have any thoughts at this point, all help will be gratefully received! There's the one I took off my X1/9 last year in Wrexham if you want to get it. It's 9years old mind but was always on a trickle charge conditioner. Removed as my dad thought it suspect 1 in the non starting issue. It wasn't though.Obv, it's the 063 shape. strangeangel and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Should have said. There's a plastic lock-ring that holds the sender in, so you actually unscrew that, not the sender itself. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I was chatting to a lad today who knows this car, a few owners ago used to store it on the same farm as he uses to store his BX 14E in Henley here in Suffolk (same place as Junkmans/JohnK's Talbot came from) and he said it will need a lot of work. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 he said it will need a lot of work. Did he mention any specifics, Trig? All help gratefully received! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I can ask him, I'll see if he has any photos too strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I do remember it coming up for sale when it was still in Suffolk. Key rot spots are inner front wings, sills, boot floor and rear subframe mounts, which are all pretty easy to check. For the latter, remove the plastic trim either side of the rear seat base and see what it looks like in there. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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