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  1. Looks like they were all interchangeable after 2002
  2. Are the struts otherwise ok? If so you could just swap yours left to right so the broken one uses the other bracket on the other side. They do look pretty rusty though and might be better replaced
  3. Annoying about the paint reaction but most of this looks like good rewarding enjoyable work
  4. I did have a word with the owner and later thought I should have asked him if he might want to sell it to me now or in the future, now I feel better for not having done so
  5. Spot on it was indeed a 2.0 is, probably my ideal Sierra, at least that or the Indenor diesel
  6. I did a spot! Superb example, much want. Lots of excellent filler and rattle can work
  7. @scooobydont this is excellent, thank you
  8. Looks like one of the better Sierra's left, not as nice as you hoped but I think you've done pretty canny
  9. When I used to do agency work for NDS on Tyne Dock we used to refer to the Cabstars as the 'boneshakers'. There was one particularly terrible vessel (possibly the MV Autoroute) that had a long steep ramp which narrowed towards the top. The only way to get the chassis cab Cabstars up it was to drive to the end of the pontoon then reverse up at the ramp foot to the floor in reverse with the wheels spinning and the axle tramp shuffling the awful contraption all over the shop. Somehow both fun and harrowing at the same time...
  10. If you have trouble getting hold of the brake pipe I can probably make you one up and send it to you
  11. @Crispian_J_Hotson any further updates or is it on the naughty step?
  12. Great set up, I used to run a disposable ex-minicab Xantia on WVO when I was a student, this brings back memories of everything being covered in sticky greasy dirty mess 😜
  13. Nice save! Are they definitely imperial threads? American automotive fixings started to switch to metric in the 1980s.
  14. I think legislating against single rear lights and possibly single brake lights were applied retrospectively as with having only one headlamp able to dip and the other simply turning off when you dipped the lights
  15. Some great work here as ever. You might want to upgrade the cable tie holding on the strut return to a jubilee clip, when I've tried using cable ties it has always continued leaking
  16. The CX never had the Indenor engine, it's diesel was a Citroen design which was a pretty successful dieselisation of the existing petrol engine Even today the performance and economy of the latest turbo intercooled iteration of the CX diesel (Turbo 2) is fairly impressive, just don't mention porous blocks...
  17. It wasn't really possible to get a 'high speed' diesel DI engine with acceptable performance and refinement until the advent of computer controlled injection systems hence why up until that point Harry Ricardo's Comet IDI systems (largely - Mercedes didn't use them but had fairly crap power and economy but good refinement) reigned supreme; the XUD was arguably the finest passenger car IDI engine with what was at the time an excellent power/economy/refinement compromise
  18. Nah she's just fetching her knickers out of her arse crack...
  19. Beautiful, these are very fine motor cars
  20. The Mucklow houses were also reasonably popular in Lancashire. I contemplated the Noobtune but it wasn't brave enough. Pros: 1) Will go like fuck Cons: 1) LPG system would need upgrading/replacing to keep up 2) May finish off elderly head gasket/autobox/various other expensive or difficult to replace items.
  21. The high idle is probably because one of the hard vacuum lines is broken and I bodged it with cable ties (from memory if you look at the line from the vacuum pump to the brake servo it has a T in it that goes to the intake manifold, the break is one side of the non-return valve). I think the LPG injector block can be dismantled and cleaned, a couple of partly blocked injectors could be causing the lean running.
  22. If the crankcases are good it's probably fixable. Good second hand pistons aren't hard to find alternatively fiesta pistons can be machined to fit (the skirts need shortening so they don't hit the crank webs). I might have a reasonable secondhand crank if you need one.
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