Six-cylinder Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 30 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Yours is a 1983/84, yes? I'm planning to attend the CX Technical Day near Gloucester next weekend (if the mistress agrees to start), so I could ask for you when I'm there. RP number is 2130 which I think is Sep 1982 but it is not registered until Oct 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 35 minutes ago, snagglepuss said: Yeah but do they have a cherry bomb ? Somebody else has written his name on that! The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 36 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: RP number is 2130 which I think is Sep 1982 but it is not registered until Oct 1983. 8th September 1982, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Have you tried Rob Moss at Chevronics for a throttle cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, 500tops said: Have you tried Rob Moss at Chevronics for a throttle cable? Alternatively, Venhill Engineering might be able to make a custom one.... Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Mr Six_cylinder apologises for his absence for the rest of today, but Mr Beko has killed his broadband router by initiating a copy of over 1tb from his old NAS to his new NAS... oops Mrs6C and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 With friends like you..... beko1987 and The Moog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 I saved him over £400 by now not having to buy a new NAS drive by showing him how the one he already had works! It just needed setting up and mapping to the pc and it's not only a cloud drive after all! It did step up the need for a pc upgrade though because the software to copy files from its cloud portion to the local portion won't work on XP... Plus other not as important stuff like making tax digital soon to not work, ancient versions of Firefox and chrome and the whole thing slowing to the point it had to refresh the whole screen on every click, and explorer outright crashing when I had more than 3 instances of it open... somewhatfoolish and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 I understood about 1/3 of that! beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Quote 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 Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 ps fix olcit ? Mrs6C, The Moog, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 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... 500tops, richardmorris and somewhatfoolish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 I stand corrected. I assumed it was so rare that parts were impossible. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 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. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 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. Joey spud, brownnova, LightBulbFun and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 mmm caddy do ya golf bats fit nicely in the back ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 An MOT is only good for the moment it is done! The XM was MOTed 22nd April and I collected it Thursday 2nd 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? Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 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. Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 I think that chewed component is possibly the fuel cut off switch Sigmund Fraud and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 10 hours ago, dean36014 said: I think that chewed component is possibly the fuel cut off switch Whs^^ Does look like an inertia switch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 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. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 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 Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 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. egg, Mrs6C, Saabnut and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 did spicy hut tell you to FRO? beko1987 and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 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! mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 lmfao yeah right - when he goes in for a snack beko1987 and Mrs6C 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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