320tourings CX Prestige thread.

[320touring]

It sits awaiting its fate...

 

[320touring]

Major progress in getting this somewhere I can work on it

 

 

She started no bother, and drove herself right up onto the trailer. Handbrake works too it appears:)

 

 

Half an hr down the road and she was sleeping next to another white BMW.

 

 

got a few days off shortly so hopefully see some progress!

[dollywobbler]

Blimey. Did someone forget that the rear track is narrower than the front?

 

Good to see some movement on this. It will be awesome with a bit of fettling. I hope.

[320touring]

Blimey. Did someone forget that the rear track is narrower than the front?

 

Good to see some movement on this. It will be awesome with a bit of fettling. I hope.

Luckily the trailer had some support at the rear wheel- bloody right to get it on the trailer..

Looks like it is comfortable in the new abode..

 

|http://thumbsnap.com/wQ6x5B2p

[320touring]

I got a chance to have a look at this at the weekend - first thing to check was the leak of LHM from the solid pipe on the brake circuit to the LH front

As you can see, plenty LHM was being flung aboot!


I decided to start at the top- disconnecting the flexi from the hard line


Despite being a 10mm union, rather than the usual 11mm, it came apart fine. I'll need to find out if it was leaking of if the LHM on the strut is down to the wheel slinging it about.

This 17mm held on the banjo bolt setup at the end of the pipe attached to the caliper -an odd set up with a locator pin.




The pipe itself is scrap - so I now need to source another. I didnt look for one previously as I wanted to be sure I could actually remove it before shelling out for a replacement.

Time to get a hunting!

PS- sorry for small pics- the uploader was odd this evening! Click and they will biggify

[320touring]

|http://thumbsnap.com/qtO6mK94

 

Time to get on with the alternator bolt!

 

That'll be saturday sorted trying to dodge this dripping in my mouth as I lie inderneath and spray it.

 

I'm sure it'll come in useful as I work my way around the front end checking and cleaning.

 

I imagine the parts list could get fairly large..

[Six-cylinder]

Any further progress on your CX?

[320touring]

there has been some but not much- although findings so far have been fairly positive.

 

I'm hoping to have a bit of a shot at it this weekend.

[DSdriver]

I seem to remember that alternator bolts are a steel/aluminium interface and can sheer quite easily. Main dealer tried to convince me that they needed to take the engine out to sort out the problem so I loaded the car onto a trailer behind the DS and took it home to sort out myself. Removed alternator mounting bracket from engine using a ring/open ended spanner that I bent to fit in the gap and then removed the sheered bolt with a drill chuck and a stilson. Took less than half an hour.

[320touring]

I seem to remember that alternator bolts are a steel/aluminium interface and can sheer quite easily. Main dealer tried to convince me that they needed to take the engine out to sort out the problem so I loaded the car onto a trailer behind the DS and took it home to sort out myself. Removed alternator mounting bracket from engine using a ring/open ended spanner that I bent to fit in the gap and then removed the sheered bolt with a drill chuck and a stilson. Took less than half an hour.

thanks for that!I'm struggling to even see where the alternator bracket mounts on my 2400..

[320touring]

A bit of a blog as to what I've got done so far - this is part 1 of 3

 

https://fuguttycars.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/project-cx-the-beginning/

 

suffice to say, the brakes are in good order so far, bar some shitty pipes!

[320touring]

Just bought this for the CX..Not cheap, but means I should have brakes shortly:) And yes, it is 2nd hand

£70 should see it sorted and delivered.

[320touring]

In exciting news, Look what arrived last night:)

 

 

 

I have the rest of the week off, as does my Brother- most of that time is allocated to getting the CX significantly further on!

[beko1987]

Excellent! Stop fucking about with the pug and get on with the CX!

[BavarianRetro]

In exciting news, Look what arrived last night:)

 

 

A late 70s/early 80s synthesiser. How cool is that?

 

And a Citroen CX.

 

You are Jean Michel Jarre.

[320touring]

Excellent! Stop fucking about with the pug and get on with the CX!

the Pug is the means to do the 140 mile round trips to where the CX is stored..

[beko1987]

So brim it with diesel and get cracking with the CX!

[320touring]

So brim it with diesel and get cracking with the CX!

the veg tank only has 50 odd miles out it-nae room!

[beko1987]

Your the chap who bridged the fuel pump of a BMW in the car park of a closed garage with Dyson wire, an old pug should be nae bother to pump out and into a container!

[320touring]

Your the chap who bridged the fuel pump of a BMW in the car park of a closed garage with Dyson wire, an old pug should be nae bother to pump out and into a container!

aye but the pug has a mechanical pump;)

 

much as I like wvo, ahm no gettin a mouthful of it.

[beko1987]

Cant you extend the main feed pipe out of the car, into a bucket and turn the key to position 2?

 

Even just half out for a 50/50 mix may help, you need to get to the cx!

[320touring]

its done work and back ok today and 320i is backup- worry not!

 

I shall see the CX on the morrow:)

[320touring]

For some time now, the CX has been languishing without working brakes. It has demonstrated its displeasure by repeatedly dumping ALL the LHM it can get its hands on. But no more, dear reader, no more!

I managed to source a replacement solid pipe from Germany, bought it and had a wee sit down after paying for it. North of £70 had to be committed to get said pipe bought and shipped. I’ve had whole cars for less.

this is what £70 gets you (2nd hand!)



Just the small matter of transporting it 70 miles to the CX and fitting it..

The 205 was duly loaded with all the available tools, plus my brother and I, and we tootled off to the unit where the CX was stored. We both have time off work this week to get tore into the myriad projects that abound – chief amongst which was the CX.

Once arrived, we set to wrestling the old bracket off the failed hard line.



The bracket is held onto the hard line by a 24mm nut, and the brake flexi line passes through the nut into an inner thread in the hard line.



We cleaned up the parts with a wire wheel and gave them a coat of rust killer.



then it was time to build up the new line.





We got the pipe lined up, and all the bolts fitted, then reconnected the flexi to the brake line at the top of the strut.



Everything was tight, and the bleed nipple slackened off ok – time to hit the pedal!

Bugger, LHM was spraying out the caliper end where the hard line mates to the caliper.

No bother, time to tighten up the bolt.

 

KERTWAAANG! the bastard has snapped. The air was blue, the ratchet was but a moment from being hurled through the windscreen. I was not amused.

My brother and Father stepped in, and I went off to a corner to mutter and curse. Time to figure out how to sort this.

The portion that was in the caliper turned out easily by hand- it had not hit the bottom, or cross threaded – We don’t know why it failed.

Thankfully the caliper and hard line were ok – it was just the bolt that was needing replaced.

First port of call was to call some local spares shops-none of them carried anything that would replace the snapped bolt.

Next up, time to try the dealer – Citroen seem to have no parts for anything that is over 10yrs old, although the Parts chap was helpful when I dropped in later on.

A call to Pirtek (a hydraulics fitting company) suggested they may have something that would do for the purposes of stopping the LHM leaking, and allowing the brakes to be used to move the car about the unit.

An 80min round trip later, ans I had a replacement bolt. It was much shorter, but was crucially long enough to fit through the hard line and into the caliper.



Bolt fitted, we bled the brakes with no issue. A good save! and it buys me time to find the bolt I need.

Next up was an oil service – it had not been done in my ownership, and was likely overdue:

The oil that came out was like tar.





As often seems to be the way with the CX, the oil filter was far from simple to get at..



Thankfully the removal tool sat over it ok, and the old (VERY OLD!) filter spun off with no great issue.

The new filter had the seal oiled and was installed, and tightened from the top.



Lastly, the sump plug was reinstalled, and new oil was added.

With all that done, it was time to get her started and out for a test drive round the unit.

The LHM was checked and topped up, and I took her out for a drive- seemed to go well, with the front brakes performing well.

Both my Father and Brother had a shot too -I think the Da struggled to comprehend what was happening with the brakes and diravi steering, although he’s keen to take a few more runs in it to “get used to itâ€

We then went to put it in the unit and were greeted by a horrible grumble, and the sight of steam..

 

It looks as if it has decided to repay us by leaking from the waterpump!



We put it in the unit, tidied up and went home.

Before we really lost the plot!

[beko1987]

Damn, what a pisser!

 

So you lobbing a new waterpump in tomorrow?

[320touring]

Damn, what a pisser!

 

So you lobbing a new waterpump in tomorrow?

 

Indeed, but I think we did well to sort the brake issue.

 

I'll see about getting a waterpump - tomorrow I'll likely start to strip down for the pump replacement - may as well use it as an excuse to get the cooling system tip top.

 

I'll get a waterpump ordered up too.

 

I love old french cars..

[dollywobbler]

Given how shit the heaters can be, and enforced coolant flush is not a bad shout. Laid up cars can be a pain to get healthy again, but you're getting there!

[Split_Pin]

Although it seems like one thing after another, JUST LOOK AT IT! I love the space age styling of these, nothing else like it.

[320touring]

Given how shit the heaters can be, and enforced coolant flush is not a bad shout. Laid up cars can be a pain to get healthy again, but you're getting there!

The blowers don't work, never have!

[beko1987]

The blowers don't work, never have!

You need to top up the motor cheese pot, should be in the Haynes manual somewhere... It's probably some variety of gorgonzola that they don't make anymore