hairnet Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, RobT said: Sounds like six-cyl is over it Skiz. He's probably moved on to the next shite target already? metro or another jag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Skizzer said: I feel a bit responsible (Only a bit, mind.) Yes make sure you interview all future ebay car owners you highlight to check that they are suitable for selling to shiters! The Moog, Skizzer and Eyersey1234 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 7 hours ago, hairnet said: metro or another jag Or a Citroën Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: Or a Citroën There's a dodgy SM out there with your name on it. Eyersey1234 and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: There's a dodgy SM out there with your name on it. I have found I get just as much enjoyment from a low value car as a high value and prices of a SM have risen to above what I would be comfortable paying. How about a Peugeot 306 Cabriolet? BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: I have found I get just as much enjoyment from a low value car as a high value and prices of a SM have risen to above what I would be comfortable paying. How about a Peugeot 306 Cabriolet? Other wrecks are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: I have found I get just as much enjoyment from a low value car as a high value and prices of a SM have risen to above what I would be comfortable paying. How about a Peugeot 306 Cabriolet? Funnily enough I've found I get more enjoyment out of my £490 Focus and my £250 Matiz than I would do a car costing many coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 4 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: I have found I get just as much enjoyment from a low value car as a high value and prices of a SM have risen to above what I would be comfortable paying. How about a Peugeot 306 Cabriolet? Sell the E-type and buy another 150 unsuitable wrecks? stonedagain and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, Slowsilver said: Sell the E-type and buy another 150 unsuitable wrecks? Are you offering him a recalcitrant Renault 6? Slowsilver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Winter is coming, so I took the opportunity of going out topless this evening! Skizzer, Broadsword, Tickman and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 I am surprised any birds can fly can fly around here with the amount of grain on the roads! The Sovereign S2 is having to return to the garage as the wipers won't work on normal speed. If you fiddle with the switch you can get them to work holding the stalk up towards 2nd speed, so I hope it is just the switch. I have a spare switch as when I bought a replacement hazard switch for it the seller made me buy the complete column with steering wheel and all switches. Just the pain of feeding the wires into place. Sudsprint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 I collected the C15 with a fresh MOT today, a bit of work was needed. Welding Front spring broken Front brake discs Drive shaft boot and a few bits other bits. Steering feels lighter and the brakes have a bit more bite, but still crapp as most C15s brakes are. I took the C15 shopping and have learnt unless you have crates tied in your food is flung around the back of the van so having made that mistake a few times I piled the shopping on the front passenger seat. I am not stupid just a bit slow to let it happen several times before I came up with a plan. LightBulbFun, Skizzer, The Moog and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 43 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: .... Feeding the five thousand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: Steering feels lighter and the brakes have a bit more bite, but still crapp as most C15s brakes are. To be fair, it's really the RHD C15s that have the poor brake feel, due to the odd way Citroen did the conversion. LHD C15s would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mrs6C said: ....the RHD C15s that have the poor brake feel, due to the odd way Citroen did the conversion. .... Would this involve some sort of transfer rod-and-crank going from left to right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Would this involve some sort of transfer rod-and-crank going from left to right? I think it involved a nonchalant shrug, and c'est la cie chaseracer, The Moog, Tadhg Tiogar and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 I have just opened my Citroen Car Club magazine and found on 8th Sep 2019 there is a CX Spares Swap Meet! Now this won't help many of us but we have @Tadhg Tiogar and @@wuvvum Who else do we need to inform? Retr0naut, Mrs6C, wuvvum and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Hmm. How much does a non-dented CX door go for these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Mrs6C said: To be fair, it's really the RHD C15s that have the poor brake feel, due to the odd way Citroen did the conversion. LHD C15s would be fine. This dude's brakes certainly seemed to be holding up OK. Six-cylinder, 500tops, blakey79 and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Hmm. How much does a non-dented CX door go for these days? I have not seen one for sale for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, wuvvum said: This dude's brakes certainly seemed to be holding up OK. Yes that was my shopping trip this morning, so you see why I had to wedge in my groceries! catsinthewelder, wuvvum, Mrs6C and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retr0naut Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 59 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: I have just opened my Citroen Car Club magazine and found on 8th Sep 2019 there is a CX Spares Swap Meet! Now this won't help many of us but we have @Tadhg Tiogar and @@wuvvum Who else do we need to inform? I have one in the fleet and live just down the road ? richardmorris, Six-cylinder, 500tops and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Ooft, that is lush. (Apart from the door mirrors.) 500tops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 5 hours ago, wuvvum said: Hmm. How much does a non-dented CX door go for these days? 5 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: I have not seen one for sale for a long time. There are a few doors up for grabs in mainland Europe, according to various CX parts trading groups on Farcebook. How you get them back to Britain is a matter for you...... I will try to get to this Swap Meet thing, although the cash-only nature of the event means any purchases will be very very limited, as I'm not in the habit of carrying massive stacks of folding. There's a fella with a S1 Turbo that he's managed to get running, although the body condition is quite poor, and I think it's a fuel tank he'll be looking out for, as his oul tank had rotted out and he had to substitute a plastic one from a 2CV ? for the time being. Fortunately I have gradually stockpiled various CX S2 bits from as far as Northern Ireland, including a DIRAVI unit, rear exhaust box and a brand new o/s bi-optic headlamp, so I don't think I'll be needing much - maybe a heater blower resistor as mine went "bang" and burnt out a few weeks ago, filling the car with smoke...... A locking fuel cap and a spare set of drive pulleys might be handy, though, including the one that's supposed to drive the air-con compressor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: Yes that was my shopping trip this morning, so you see why I had to wedge in my groceries! Did the throttle jam open again? Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Can any body look at a car for me in Romford? This morning I have been watching Hubnuts video of the Fiat Seicento and I remembered how much I liked my friends Seicento Schumacher edition. As one does, I started looking at Seicentos "for sale" but nothing caught my eye until I spotted a Punto Sporting. I liked the basic W reg Punto my friend's son had as a first car and add Sporting 80 bhp 6 speed gearbox and I think I could end up with some completely unfashionable but fun. To save me travelling to Romford to discover a pile of poo can anybody take a look/drive at it in a garage for me please? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiat-Punto-1-2-Sporting-16v-6-Speed/323883513532?hash=item4b68f636bc:g:zfEAAOSwENNdU~3e Heaton Vehicle Sales 150 Squirrels Heath road Romford Essex RM3 0NA 01708 206142 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 On 8/30/2019 at 5:09 PM, Six-cylinder said: I have just opened my Citroen Car Club magazine and found on 8th Sep 2019 there is a CX Spares Swap Meet! Now this won't help many of us but we have @Tadhg Tiogar and @@wuvvum Who else do we need to inform? I have managed to rearrange my yard duties so that I can go this on the Sunday, although I fully expect much of the stuff on offer to be beyond the amount of spare cash available. I do need a heater/blower resistor after mine went bang. A spare S2 front grille might be a useful thing to have, and maybe that nut and bolt that fastens the bottom of the front bumper moulding to the wheelarch - mine fell off a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I have managed to rearrange my yard duties so that I can go this on the Sunday, although I fully expect much of the stuff on offer to be beyond the amount of spare cash available. I do need a heater/blower resistor after mine went bang. A spare S2 front grille might be a useful thing to have, and maybe that nut and bolt that fastens the bottom of the front bumper moulding to the wheelarch - mine fell off a while ago. I am now trying to think of a list for the CX from all the times I have said I must get one of those! When my CX 2400I/E pallas auto had its engine fire it damaged the throttle return spring which is now lengthened with a blob of melted plastic on the end. Andyrew kindly found me one that looks similar but only easily pulls out 7mm when the original stretches 50mm easily. I have tried for an original but have only found carburettor ones not injection. So do you have a spring you can sell me or know where I can buy one that is 150 mm closed and easily stretches another 50mm? The coil diameter is approx 15mm. Tadhd Tiogar talking of grills reminds me my S1 was damage when I closed the bonnet to contain the fire and then opened it again to extinguish the fire. What else do I need, anybody remember??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Mrs6C has reminded me that the CX needs a speaker grill of this style for the drivers side. Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: I am now trying to think of a list for the CX from all the times I have said I must get one of those! When my CX 2400I/E pallas auto had its engine fire it damaged the throttle return spring which is now lengthened with a blob of melted plastic on the end. Andyrew kindly found me one that looks similar but only easily pulls out 7mm when the original stretches 50mm easily. I have tried for an original but have only found carburettor ones not injection. So do you have a spring you can sell me or know where I can buy one that is 150 mm closed and easily stretches another 50mm? The coil diameter is approx 15mm. Tadhd Tiogar talking of grills reminds me my S1 was damage when I closed the bonnet to contain the fire and then opened it again to extinguish the fire. What else do I need, anybody remember??? Throttle return springs: take your pick? I'll keep an eye out for a grille for the S1 if you want. There were two different S1 styles, though. Which is yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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