bigfella2

Likely to be the front chassis legs, these rust like a bastard.

On 29/02/2024 at 09:40, loserone said:

 

Could also put the clio on a classic policy for £250 it seems, but then I can't use it for business use.

Who was this with? Good price for a 182.

4 hours ago, 4wheeledstool said:

Underside finished bar a coat of sprayable seam sealer.

Started stripping engine bay.

Primer applied.

Still plenty to be done.

Now begins the primer, rubbing, and dust phase.

 

What did you use to strip the engine bay? Nice job.

After all this spend on the suspension parts you might as well get the alloy arms and alloy hubs off the Passat while your at it, will save quite a bit of unsprung weight.

Nice touch on the updates. 👍

Result!!!

6 hours ago, Peter C said:

More parts arrived today - cam belt, fan belt and rocker cover gasket.

I've gone for decent brands as I only want to do the jobs once.

 

Would it be worthwhile changing the spray bar that lubricates the cam while the cam cover is off. Because with sketchy servicing and age it's not unknown for them to get blocked and ruin the cam etc.

I think the new Volvo ex30 would be my choice, the powerful four wheel drive version is about 40k. If a geely car can do 250k or 15 years is another matter.

No idea what 25k in 1995 would get you.

What happened to the c3 in the end? Didn't you fancy fixing the head gasket.

Not a car but a bike, just lifted off gumtree.

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

HDI is the 'right' engine in those by virtue of 'not Prince'.

Nah ghosty it's the TU of dreams.

What are you doing with the C3? Didn't you fancy getting it repaired or having a go yourself?

What happened to the c3? Was it a Tu engined one?

I'm surprised and disappointed at the same time that no one has posted the vid of the Clio with a dolly pulling a Renault traffic. Hilarious and frightening simultaneously.

3 hours ago, worldofceri said:

Back axle looks OK; Don’t know if they’re a weakness on these like they are some contemporary Peugeots?

 

The rear axles don't cause any bother on these, they aren't a torsion bar setup like PSA stuff. These things are tough like cockroaches, probably the only car to survive a nuclear apocalypse.

It's a shame you getting rid of it already, enjoyed reading the thread.

1993 Citroen BX 1.9 TXD, FULL MOT, 175k, project, ratty,
https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1993-citroen-bx-19-txd-full-mot-175k-project-ratty/1467969047

Price: £ 1,500

I followed this, this evening. Made me chuckle. Nothing like embracing one's sexuality.

Sorry about the rubbish picture as it wash pishing it down.

 AM63GAY

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Prestatyn car show was much drier, and much better than yesterdays show! However, it was also absolutely heaving, so taking pics was a challenge. That and the two toddlers in tow I only took a couple of pics which weren’t of my kids sat in a fire engine!

This Maestro oddity claims to be the oldest registered Maestro!

I remember that Maestro being for sale in a rough area of Sheffield on eBay.

It was for sale for ages. I remember running its reg through one of those car data checks, what the bleeding hell is all that about!!

Looks like an RS on an aRSe to me. 😂

1 hour ago, RetroShite said:

Picked up this little shitter during the week!

Isn't the wheel base on these shorter on the left hand side, because of how the suspension is designed.

On 6/22/2023 at 9:12 AM, artdjones said:

205/70/14 front

215/70/14 rear

Smaller than a lot of family cars today.

If we are talking about the Lambo they are way bigger than that.

15x8.5 225/50 up front and 15x12 out back and 345/35 tyres!!

2 hours ago, Nyphur said:

I lusted after one of these when I was a yoot, still look at them from time to time on AutoTrader etc but they seem to be the definition of "would suit enthusiast" - even paying decent money for one seems to offer little protection against them spontaneously fucking up - paying more just means it looks tidier while its sat there waiting for recovery.

I definitely don't have the patience. Hope you get this shithouse sorted and driving up a hill soon.

Mine has been pretty reliable, I've only ever had one FTP but that was years ago when I had to resync the immobilizer when I returned the car to the road. But saying that I have did go over everything thoroughly when I put it on the road, there is alot of knackered shit out there and folk are asking strong money.

Does the power steering switch do anything really apart from find another place to leak, when I went epas I unplugged it and it still never gave an eml or triggered any other warning.

Batteries are just pot luck, I've had a Bosch silver replaced under warranty, as properly dead. I bought a £10 2nd hand Lion battery off my car scrapper mate that I had on my c3, that's still going strong after 4 years+ even leaving it long  enough to go flat and not to start on more than one occasion and that was still working when I sold the car.

Alot of it is how they have been treated in the past, if a car has been sat on a forecourt for months, or does a two mile journey to the post office once a week etc.

When I buy a battery I just go for a midrange Exide battery now and not been too disappointed. It's like anything you get good ones and you get bad ones. 

One of my friends has one of these and he had issues with fuel vaporisation/ vapor lock, he had to buy a heat shield to go between the carbs and the engine. Cured it though. Not sure if the symptoms are the same as yours though.

7 minutes ago, fatharris said:

I won at hire car roulette today.

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Ugly as sin, but I bet it shifts!!