Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Wanted trailer ramps, has anybody got anything to sell?

[hairnet 11603]

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

[artdjones 3781]

https://www.eurocarcare.net/interior/8973ce-seat-belt-right-front.html

[Six-cylinder 20875]

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.

 

[hairnet 11603]

One thing I wouldnt diss the price on...,.........

 

[Six-cylinder 20875]

9 minutes ago, artdjones said:

https://www.eurocarcare.net/interior/8973ce-seat-belt-right-front.html

That price is excluding postage and +VAT so £44.40 total

[Slowsilver 1677]

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.
 

[barrett 10434]

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

[hairnet 11603]

3 hours ago, Slowsilver said:

No chance. I can be there in 10 minutes.
 

Fastest ever movement?

[hairnet 11603]

3 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

 

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

 

@Mrs6C clumsy bint 😛

[Talbot 6123]

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?

[Lankytim 5764]

I know someone who was breaking an XM over in Telford, i'll ask him, but he might've weighed it in by now.

 

[ruffgeezer 4274]

Try Philip at bullwinkles garage, there used to be an Xm in the yard there. 01507 578252 

[Floatylight 2807]

Quite a few xM's in bits at Chevron in stafford last time I went past, happy to collect and forward on if needed

[wuvvum 33260]

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.

[Six-cylinder 20875]

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. 

[Zelandeth 11495]

(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.

[Six-cylinder 20875]

I have  been offered a pair of seat belts for the XM that I have agreed to and now I am waiting for the guy to confirm.

[Six-cylinder 20875]

A pair of new rear Tyres for the 200TE today.

The ones on the car were not quite worn out but we did not like the cracking between the treads.

[beko1987 19300]

34 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I have  been offered a pair of seat belts for the XM that I have agreed to and now I am waiting for the guy to confirm.

I thought the photo on the xm fb group looked familiar, glad you've found one! 

I need rear tyres next year too. Oodles of tread but sidewall cracking... 

[wuvvum 33260]

9 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I need rear tyres next year too. Oodles of tread but sidewall cracking... 

That's a common thing with nose-heavy FWD cars which encourage a "sensible" driving style.  The rear tyres perish before they run out of tread.

[Six-cylinder 20875]

4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

That's a common thing with nose-heavy FWD cars which encourage a "sensible" driving style.  The rear tyres perish before they run out of tread.

My father had a GS and the rear tyres lasted 73,000 miles, when tyres didn't crack for years.

[HMC 17586]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

A pair of new rear Tyres for the 200TE today.

The ones on the car were not quite worn out but we did not like the cracking between the treads.

I can see the rear subframe mounts in that pic. Have you ever prodded them? Unpleasant memories here of not finding much metal above.

[Mrs6C 5896]

16 minutes ago, HMC said:

I can see the rear subframe mounts in that pic. Have you ever prodded them? Unpleasant memories here of not finding much metal above.

Never prod a gift Mercedes in the undercarriage!

[Six-cylinder 20875]

13 minutes ago, HMC said:

I can see the rear subframe mounts in that pic. Have you ever prodded them? Unpleasant memories here of not finding much metal above.

I have never checked myself but June this year it was  MOTed at a Merc specialist who did some welding in the drivers footwell. It has also been to my favourite garage for brakes all round Sep this year  and if they had spotted something I am sure they would have reported it.

[hairnet 11603]

1 hour ago, Mrs6C said:

Never prod a gift Mercedes in the undercarriage!

ooer missus

if yo prod chris how high will he jump

[hairnet 11603]

Just now, hairnet said:

ooer missus

if yo prod chris how high will he jump

 ps shonky mercedededededededs ftw

[RichardK 4384]

From what I remember the subframe mounts were great on this one, the driver's footwell was beginning to get interesting, but the cladding was doing its job elsewhere (good and bad). And it was such a wonderful, calming beast to drive.

[Six-cylinder 20875]

I collected the Maestro with a fresh MOT today.

It needed a small hole in the sill welded , the tracking done and the choke idle reduced.

It runs nicely , but they never added a 5th gear!

[richardmorris 13583]

2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I collected the Maestro with a fresh MOT today.

It needed a small hole in the sill welded , the tracking done and the choke idle reduced.

It runs nicely , but they never added a 5th gear!

Four speed in 1989?

[Six-cylinder 20875]

The other job for today was a fitting the JCB tyre.

@Talbotmessaged me this morning to say he was willing to give fitting the tyre he nursed down from the north a go this afternoon. A quick rearrangement of the day and we were at it, yes all right Talbot did the hard work but I gathered the stuff together and held the camera!

It all went well except one problem Talbot could not see where he was going due to the failure of out contracted digger window cleaner @beko1987!