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Dan29 reacted to a post in a topic: 2CV stolen today, please keep an eye out.
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2CV stolen today, please keep an eye out.
jamescarruthers replied to richardmorris's topic in AutoShite
I used to travel a lot for work and it could detect directly between cargo bay and my seat to know if my luggage was on board. Remember they don’t work by it connecting the Tile/AirTag to your phone; the Tile/AirTag connects to ANY phone with Tile app/iPhone and reports its location. That is the beauty of it really. -
2CV stolen today, please keep an eye out.
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I was a fan of Tile a few years ago. They work across all Apple and Android phones. Would get again if so need. -
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Those electric reclining lounge seats do come out— I had them out for the fuel pump change. It’s really not that difficult job if you have the instructions. You would just need to take out the driver’s side. The connector is behind the round fuel tank access panel. My garage say the same and I imagine if you have a proper lift and have done it a few times it might be easier to drop the fuel tank. For mere mortals like us, a few hours of simple mechanising gets the seat out . The head unit is coded to the car so you will need a Lexia or Diagbox to reprogram the replacement unless you are buying from one of those companies that send them pre-coded to your car. Are you aware of the BSI reset procedure? Basically what you need to do after the battery has been disconnected. I doubt this will fix your screen but it’s always worth a try if things have not woken up properly and you do say it has been say around so the battery may have gone flat. Also, which head unit do you have? I think the later one has a hard drive so more prone to failure but that disc might just be for the jukebox music storage. Never had one of those systems.
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Just checked the part numbers for the batteries here https://catalogs.ssg.asia/citroen/?lang=en# as I was worried I was giving you duff info with your engine being the smaller one. But no, the 2.2 and the 3.0 both take the humongous Citroen part number 5600TK. I just replaced mine and can tell you that: Exide 017 / 019 (100Ah) is £132, (Euro Car Pats number 444770176) Varta 019 is £192 and (Euro Car Pats number 444770194) Citroen was over £250 (Citroen number 5600TK) Yuasa do an equivalent battery and this is what I removed from my car.
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You are right to assume the ABS sensor. That knocks out the ESP and the handbrake. Battery is heavily abused on these with all its gear and the pump which runs off it. Be aware that if you do order one, most of the listing places are wrong and you get a tiny battery which cripples the car. You need an absolutely massive one. In fact, it might be worth a look in the boot to see what you have. Suspension height on mine sometime goes weird when parked so don’t pay too much attention to the ride height unless it’s got the engine running.
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The heater flaps fuck up on these. You’ll find the solutions on the C6owners.org forum. I’ve never had to do it on my two C6 but it sounds like you can cut the box open, replace the flaps and glue it back up. Doubt it’s easy mind. P.S. fellow Geordie C6 owner here m too, (happily) exiled too in Cambridgeshire.
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First thoughts comparing it to your Espace? I remember loving the Avantime’s blank minimal dashboard it felt huge.
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Mine has it and would expect yours to also as a function of the ABS. The ESP button is disguised as another cigarette lighter!
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An estate [Bought an estate, in a state] SOLD IT
jamescarruthers replied to JJ0063's topic in AutoShite
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Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - I am having a Ford Day!
jamescarruthers replied to Six-cylinder's topic in AutoShite
Excellent, thanks for that. I must have spotted it before on here as I have you in my “Launch Car” list! https://www.volvo-480-europe.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=36281&hilit=Launch It’s great to see your 480s. The blue turbo is particularly beautiful. -
If you really fancy one again, there is a little rescue group over on Volvo 480 Club Europe forum. Cars get a bit of love, back in MOT and look for new loving owners. Prices seems to have gone nuts but I don’t think any of the shit overpriced ones sell, they are just in the hands of chancres rather than good owners.
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Kind of conflicted. This was never supposed to be out in salt but needs must and it gave me a great big grin to be digging the 480 out at 6:30 and being one of the first out of our winter wonderland village. (C6 broke down at family-in-law’s place so had to go in the 480 and get it ready for transport to the suspension doctors via a car transporter this morning).