Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - a Workshop Day Today

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-CX-2-5-IE-Turbo-Accelerator-Cable-Throttle-Side-95606546-NEW-GENUINE/163662935013?hash=item261b1233e5:g:rQYAAOSwfjBcwBXS

 

are 2,5 the same? there was another cable (for some reason search citroen cx and jcb 3cx came up :lol:

but there was literally fk all info

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ps fix olcit ?

[richardmorris]

As far as I know the 2400 and 2500 are totally different.  But I’ve only had a 2.0 douvrin and a 2.5dtr so haven’t delved too deeply into these details.

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, hairnet said:

ps fix olcit ?

I think the chance of that driving again is pretty much 0%. It does roll now though.

[Mrs6C]

To be honest, the throttle cable itself may be OK, but the plastic sleeve around the metal conduit has melted along about 8" of the cable and presumably the inner plastic sleeve also, so the cable is sticking and won't move...

Venhill Engineering might be able to re-sleeve it, of course... thanks for the link, TT!

Lateral thinking - maybe we could heat up the affected area again gently and then when the inner plastic is warm and pliable, try moving the inner cable back and forth until it runs cleanly... but that could risk the cable sticking again in the future, which wouldn't be fun on an automatic if full throttle... not ideal on a CX to switch off an engine and coast to a halt...

[Mrs6C]

6 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I think the chance of that driving again is pretty much 0%. It does roll now though.

We do have another engine for it and have been promised the other parts that were damaged by someone in the Citroen Car Club... just need to get our friendly Citroen mechanic on to it in due course...

[richardmorris]

I stand corrected. I assumed it was so rare that parts were impossible.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

26 minutes ago, Mrs6C said:

....... not ideal on a CX to switch off an engine and coast to a halt...

Had enough of coasting to a halt before the gearbox was rebuilt, thanks. Now that mine's back on the road with its new battery as of, er, just now, I'd like to keep it going....

[Mrs6C]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I stand corrected. I assumed it was so rare that parts were impossible.

Very difficult to find indeed, but we have been offered the spares to get ours back up and running, so hopefully it will see the road again. The original engine has a rather worn camshaft anyway, so an engine swap should be an improvement overall.

[Six-cylinder]

Well I have managed to get back on Autoshite tonight in spite of also still moving 1TB to a new storage device (any complicated question on this subject to Beko please)

 

I had a nice run out today in the Cadillac to a local show, just around 80 cars with a good variety including the Concerto next to me that I liked very much.

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mmm caddy

do ya golf bats fit nicely in the back ?

[Six-cylinder]

An MOT is only good for the moment it is done! The XM was MOTed 22^nd April and I collected it Thursday 2^nd May, Friday night I went to use it and the dip beam would not work.

 

I had a fiddle with all the relays and they are working again now but which one is the dip beam one?

 

It seems some component has been mouse chewed, but what is it?

 

[Six-cylinder]

On 5/4/2019 at 12:03 PM, 500tops said:

Have you tried Rob Moss at Chevronics for a throttle cable?

I have tried Rob and he can't help.

On 5/4/2019 at 12:15 PM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Alternatively, Venhill Engineering might be able to make a custom one....

I have sent an E mail with photos for them to receive on Tuesday.

[dean36014]

I think that chewed component is possibly the fuel cut off switch

[Andyrew]

10 hours ago, dean36014 said:

I think that chewed component is possibly the fuel cut off switch

Whs^^

Does look like an inertia switch

[Six-cylinder]

Back to the BX today and a cam belt change, wise move!

 

The bad news is we either have a pesky air lock or head gasket failure! It will now sit until Wednesday and have a pressure test done on it as it keeps bubbling in the radiator and pushing water out.

[beko1987]

My ZX was a twat to bleed when I did the belt and waterpump, took a good 45 minutes of idling and revving to stop it gushing water out of the radiator, went through loads of coolant until it settled. There was a scary monent at about 20 minutes into it when the temp needle shot to max and the red light came on, but then a geyser of air came out 5 minutes after and it settled down. This was with a squash bottle and much insulation tape providing a header tank expansion bottle

Then it conked out because I still had the front wheel cocked up and it was mega low on petrol

[Six-cylinder]

My first trip out this evening with the Allegro so I did have Mrs6C follow me for the first 8 miles with a tow rope. All went very well, easy cold start and hot start after filling with Tesco 99 as there is a bit of pinking. Even with 99 I have to be gentle to keep it from pinking so I will get some Octane booster.

 

The rest was plain sailing and I covered 35 miles.

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did spicy hut tell you to FRO?

[Mrs6C]

Six-cylinder says that he photographs cars outside Spice Hut when he visits the adjacent car wash, but he didn't think they would want to touch an Allegro!

[hairnet]

lmfao yeah right - when he goes in for a snack

[SiC]

I wish Mrs SiC would follow me with a tow rope when I'm testing out new old cars. 

Does the dizzy need twisting to tweak the timing a bit to stop the pinking?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Ex RAF officers  would have been prime potential customers for a VdP  by 1976, . It's nice that you stopped to show the  ghosts of the Wellington that hit the tower what they might have been driving

[Six-cylinder]

13 minutes ago, SiC said:

I wish Mrs SiC would follow me with a tow rope when I'm testing out new old cars. 

Does the dizzy need twisting to tweak the timing a bit to stop the pinking?

The VP is Mrs6Cs against my advice!

 

I did not want to back off the timing and lose any performance because when I am running the ¼ mile against a Challenger Hellcat I need everything it can muster!!!

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1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

when I am running the ¼ mile against a Challenger Hellcat 

then you woke up

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 5/13/2019 at 8:39 PM, Six-cylinder said:

My first trip out this evening with the Allegro so I did have Mrs6C follow me for the first 8 miles with a tow rope. All went very well, easy cold start and hot start after filling with Tesco 99 as there is a bit of pinking. Even with 99 I have to be gentle to keep it from pinking so I will get some Octane booster.....

....or you could add Tetraboost for that proper leaded petrol thing (and it will apparently add an octane number or two).

[LightBulbFun]

On 5/13/2019 at 8:39 PM, Six-cylinder said:

My first trip out this evening with the Allegro so I did have Mrs6C follow me for the first 8 miles with a tow rope. All went very well, easy cold start and hot start after filling with Tesco 99 as there is a bit of pinking. Even with 99 I have to be gentle to keep it from pinking so I will get some Octane booster.

 

 

The rest was plain sailing and I covered 35 miles.

 

to quote the owner of the very nice Metro at the Hammond gathering

"I know it looks like piss but its not"

(mind if your piss is THAT colour then I think you should see your GP!)

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Strange food round robs way

[beko1987]

On 5/13/2019 at 9:02 PM, Mrs6C said:

Six-cylinder says that he photographs cars outside Spice Hut when he visits the adjacent car wash, but he didn't think they would want to touch an Allegro!

They would ruin the leather wrap the car wears with the harsh chemicals... 

[Six-cylinder]

More bunking off work to play cars and the results are not good.

 

BX has a blown head gasket, failed a pressure test gets hot quickly even with a new thermostat and pushes water out.  

Told my 2CV ready to collect today, but I have found out my favorite garage has done 20,000 miles in 2 weeks with it!

DS went to have the dent in the front wing repaired I put there on a tree I asked Mrs6C not to plant and they have trebled the amount of work finding cosmetic rust repairs that are needed!

Metro has a flat battery.

MGB GT is home and nobody likes that do they!

 

All together I seem to have gone a bit BL this week, any pills available

to cure me!