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Poo!

We had a problem with a blocked drain under the public road to our septic tank the other side and the last manhole is under our garage floor. Parked over the cover was our Peugeot 504 Cabriolet that lost a wheel then failed to start, which had not been touched since September.

The 504 started easily and drove in and out of the garage with 2 wheel nuts without a problem. I remember the last owner telling me the 504 would cut out when hot and not restart until it had cooled down properly. The last owner worked on the ignition, but Kugelfischer injection has always been problematical. We also need to work out why the wheel fell off!

And yes we got the drain unblocked!

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If you need someone to take away that'd horrible poo-y silver car there do just let me know, I'll be there in 6 hours

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11 minutes ago, loserone said:

If you need someone to take away that'd horrible poo-y silver car there do just let me know, I'll be there in 6 hours

You can't be that keen, google maps says 4 hours 16 mins!

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8 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

You can't be that keen, google maps says 4 hours 16 mins!

Giving myself leeway, don't want to make promises I can't keep!

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11 minutes ago, hairnet said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-XM-Right-Front-O-S-F-Drivers-Seat-Belt-8973CE/184532481286?hash=item2af6fe3506:g:y3MAAOSwVJJfrQmG

Yes I have seen that but have you seen the price £60.10 , for that I would expect the whole car in working order and no rust!

And now Mrs6C has broken the front passenger one so I need one of those as well.

 

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19 hours ago, loserone said:

If you need someone to take away that'd horrible poo-y silver car there do just let me know, I'll be there in 6 hours

No chance. I can be there in 10 minutes.
 

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Jaymic over in Norfolk are the only people in the country I know of who can set up the Kugelfischer correctly. I ended up going to France to get mine sorted (actually nearer than Norfolk) and once it's sorted it should run spot-on with a minimum of upkeep. It's an irritatingly complex system, but once set-up properly it should theoretically be much more reliable than a carb

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6 hours ago, hairnet said:

@Mrs6C clumsy bint 😛

Bit harsh?

There are often xm's being broken on various FB groups. I'll see ifI can find one.  Assume they are all black? No different colours for different interiors?

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11 hours ago, barrett said:

Jaymic over in Norfolk are the only people in the country I know of who can set up the Kugelfischer correctly. I ended up going to France to get mine sorted (actually nearer than Norfolk) and once it's sorted it should run spot-on with a minimum of upkeep. It's an irritatingly complex system, but once set-up properly it should theoretically be much more reliable than a carb

Are they the BMW people?  I think I bought some bits off them once years ago.

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On 11/24/2020 at 1:50 PM, barrett said:

Jaymic over in Norfolk are the only people in the country I know of who can set up the Kugelfischer correctly. I ended up going to France to get mine sorted (actually nearer than Norfolk) and once it's sorted it should run spot-on with a minimum of upkeep. It's an irritatingly complex system, but once set-up properly it should theoretically be much more reliable than a carb

There is a plan "A".  Our local Auto sparks Mike ended up working for a Porsche specialist and Porsche along with BMW  also use Kugelfischer injection and he has some experience.  In fact enough as it was Mike (now semi retired)  who got the 504 running for me to start with. I will ask him to have another look, but at the moment there is so much stuff in the garage he couldn't get to it. The problem with it cutting out and not restarting when very hot has been with this car for many years as. I got the car from a friend who always reported a problem. If Mike is unable to solve the problem then I guess Plan B is Jaymic. 

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(Probably) Silly question: Are you absolutely sure it's a fuelling issue?  Ignition system breaking down when hot could also be a factor.  Just guessing that's probably less of a pain to check/diagnose.

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