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[stuboy]

Fitted the uim cover to the v6 today,  seems they was not about for long so sell quickly when come up for sale... 

 

 

Any one recommend a good plastics treatment?

[stuboy]

On 11/18/2021 at 8:18 PM, omegod said:

Today I shall be changing the coilpack and HT leads on a 2.5 V6 Omega , If you know ....you know 

rear plugs on a mondeo V6  need hypermobility wrist and hand

[clayts450]

Good riddance, you ungrateful bastard

To be clear

[clayts450]

Anyway, been away a while, actually took a week off driving this week and slept the sleep of the dead for most of it. Back to work tomorrow, however, so desparately trying to catch up here.

In fleet news, the 620 was hauled out of the garage and brought back to the Close, on the day the MoT ran out. It looks terrible now - all the lacquer has peeled off the roof, and a lot off the bonnet and boot. The interior is in bits, the exhaust is fucked, the brakes are non-existant (and one caliper is stuck). Extremely likely this one will follow the 214 - cannot afford to run a fleet any more, don't have time to do maintenance, so pared it down to the 420 and the Streetwise - will not let either of these go, and indeed I'll be looking to get some work done on the 420 to keep it tip-top. For now, it's occupying the garage, as I barely get time to drive one car, let alone two.  I'll probably operate a squad rotation system and swap it with the Streetwise every so often.

The Streetwise is all good, finally fixed the sticking tailgate lock this week, so I can now finally leave stuff in it and not worry about it being half-inched.

The tool of the trade is somehow still going. It is going in to a diesel specialist in Nottingham on Wednesday to get to the bottom of the poor starting/black smoke issues. Discussing it with one of the proprietors (proper old school, time-served engineer - one of these places that doesn't need a website, all word of mouth), our money is on the high pressure fuel pump being FUBARED. Once that's sorted (and by some miracle the engine is not declared a write-off) I'll get it booked in for the front top strut mount work at the local van hire company (did a cheap and very good job with the radiator earlier this year). Toyed with the idea of buying a post-2015 Fiesta or Corsa van to add to the commercial fleet - jury still out, although I have seen a nice Fiestavan sport for around £4k which is attracting me unnecessarily.

[clayts450]

On 11/18/2021 at 6:53 PM, trigger said:

I've been feeling proper robey the last few days but did managed to make a start cleaning the van. 

A few hours with some G101 and a snow gun got it looking more presentable. 

Much better I'm sure you'll agree, the interior has come up like new too.

It's actually a really tidy little van, it's clearly been well looked after before it was parked up. I've had a quote on a new screen which is £185+vat fitted, had a bit of a mare with the battery box as the bolts that hold the clamp had snapped so ordered a new box of ebay for £14 only to find the Ecu is screwed to it and is a utter sod to get off but that's sorted now and it's now got a running fault that I've found. 

It will only rev too 3800rpm and starts chucking out whitey blue smoke that smells like diesel, not sure what is yet, its only been driven at 5 mph around a field for the last 2 years so hoping its a clogged EGR or DPF filter but I don't know yet. 

That's a bonnie wee thing. I've got my eye on Fiestavans at the moment (see above).

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 hours ago, High Jetter said:

It was lucky that you woke up. You did wake up ... in time, I hope!

It was the massive churning sensation that got me up. Normally I'm a very heavy sleeper and have slept through terrorist bombs going off.

[High Jetter]

Me 3. 87 Hurricane? Really?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Me 3. 87 Hurricane? Really?

That as well. Didn't realise there'd been anything blowing until I looked out of the window in the morning. 

[High Jetter]

Was mini-cabbing then. Oh, that tree's blown over, strange - nothing else twigged. Had a Gatwick run, A23 was blocked. Got her to her plane on time though, just!

[Angrydicky]

@clayts450- what was wrong with the 200? It looks really clean in the picture, what a shame. 
I’m not in the market for another 600 but can you advertise it here first before scrapping it please?

[Cord Fourteener]

Not much to report, me: still busy ✅

Family: still keeping me busy ✅

Mondeo estate: still flawless ✅

Mondeo Hatchback: decided to work perfectly last couple of weeks. Amount of this due to my fixering=1% (merely clearing fault codes). More of the same please ✅

Volvo: still looking pretty, needing some servicing and an mot but ready to be road worthy at the drop of a hat really, I just need some time to do the necessary and get it mot'd. Missing driving it, confident it will perform reliably.✅

[wuvvum]

Off on a collection mission.  Train 1 of 3 is rammed as the London line is closed.

[brownnova]

Hoping to have a winter daily by the end of the weekend so I can keep the Pontiac to sparing winter use to protect the underside.

Its been odd to actually look for a car without having a make or model in mind or simply stumbling across them like usual…. I’ve looked at ads for everything from hatchbacks to 4x4s and many things in between. Actual views have been interesting, and narrowed things down. 

Off to view a strong contender today, and if this isn’t the right one, the car I viewed on Thursday will be bought. 

 

[richardmorris]

The  2cv has a new friend - lowers the tone a little. ZA I think.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

The  2cv has a new friend - lowers the tone a little. ZA I think.

Yes, a Saffer plate. From KwaZulu-Natal / Durban, apparently. 

[wuvvum]

Train 2 of 3 is one of those wanky Thameslink horrors.  It echoes so badly I can hear conversations half way down the carriage. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

Train 2 of 3 is one of those wanky Thameslink horrors.  It echoes so badly I can hear conversations half way down the carriage. 

Travelling on ThamesStink? My condolences. 

[yes oui si]

Banded steels off the MG, adapters and 18" Audi 5 spokes on. Much prefer the look. 

Off on a wheel selling/buying mission tonight and tomorrow. Northumberland to Preston, Stoke, Aylesbury and more... 

[wuvvum]

Final train is a Class 171.  That's a bit more like it.

[Fumbler]

I've replaced the steering wheel

...At the cost of self-cancelling indicators.

The BX Club said "all BX wheels have removable cancelling tabs". What they didn't say was "nearly all BX wheels do apart from ones which have a die-cast aluminium frame which happen to be what Fumbler has."

Bollocks.

Fortunately, the Club redeemed itself saying the remopvable ones are held on with a circlip, and indeed there's a lip on the new wheel where one should be. Apparently AXs have the same arrangement and can be used.

[wuvvum]

It's not a proper Citroën if the indicators self cancel.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Local tyre shop hasn't seen a CX in years. They sort of remember where the jacking points are....

[grogee]

8 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Local tyre shop hasn't seen a CX in years. They sort of remember where the jacking points are....

Michelins, I hope? LJK Setright would be rotating in his grave if not. 

[wuvvum]

Collectioned. 

Wish me luck...

[Supernaut]

41 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Collectioned. 

Wish me luck...

That is spectacularly grim!

Well done!

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, Fumbler said:

I've replaced the steering wheel

...At the cost of self-cancelling indicators.

The BX Club said "all BX wheels have removable cancelling tabs". What they didn't say was "nearly all BX wheels do apart from ones which have a die-cast aluminium frame which happen to be what Fumbler has."

Bollocks.

Fortunately, the Club redeemed itself saying the remopvable ones are held on with a circlip, and indeed there's a lip on the new wheel where one should be. Apparently AXs have the same arrangement and can be used.

Being absolutely honest having had several cars over the years without self cancelling indicators I honestly prefer that!  The ones on the Jag are particularly irritating as they invariably cancel themselves at least twice whenever turning right at a roundabout.  The ones on the Merc only self cancel when turning right...my solution to that will probably be to totally disable the cancelling system if it ever gets to the top of the list.  I'm guessing it's responsible for the horrible scratchy, crunchy noise in the steering cowl sometimes.

[clayts450]

9 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

@clayts450- what was wrong with the 200? It looks really clean in the picture, what a shame. 
I’m not in the market for another 600 but can you advertise it here first before scrapping it please?

Looks good from 100 feet, but close up it was a disgrace - lots of surface rust, and the interior smelled like a tramp's vest. Engine was completely stuffed  - somewhere along the line, someone (not me) K-sealed the shite out of it, but not before some irreversible damage had been done. Never ran right, stuffed me on the M1 one night for no reason whatsoever, then when we got home on the back of a flatbed pretended nothing had happened and started first time.

I wouldn't have wished this car on my worst enemy - scrapping was too good for it, believe me.

I have a few weeks before the 620 runs out of tax to decide what to do with it. Sure if someone wants to offer me £250 (less than Motorwise) for it, they're welcome to it, but it'll need trailering due to the shite brakes and the farting exhaust. Can't see me having time to sort it out. Frankly though, the thing is done for - the paintwork is truly awful, the interior has fallen apart, cambelt roulette etc, etc. Sometimes, you just know when it's time. Can't save em all. 

[Fumbler]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

It's not a proper Citroën if the indicators self cancel.

This is true. I suppose it makes it technically safer, too.

[Floatylight]

1 hour ago, clayts450 said:

Looks good from 100 feet, but close up it was a disgrace - lots of surface rust, and the interior smelled like a tramp's vest. Engine was completely stuffed  - somewhere along the line, someone (not me) K-sealed the shite out of it, but not before some irreversible damage had been done. Never ran right, stuffed me on the M1 one night for no reason whatsoever, then when we got home on the back of a flatbed pretended nothing had happened and started first time.

I wouldn't have wished this car on my worst enemy - scrapping was too good for it, believe me.

I have a few weeks before the 620 runs out of tax to decide what to do with it. Sure if someone wants to offer me £250 (less than Motorwise) for it, they're welcome to it, but it'll need trailering due to the shite brakes and the farting exhaust. Can't see me having time to sort it out. Frankly though, the thing is done for - the paintwork is truly awful, the interior has fallen apart, cambelt roulette etc, etc. Sometimes, you just know when it's time. Can't save em all. 

Shame, looked cracking at Chumley 2019, drew quite a crowd..

Tempting at £250 but no time at the mo..

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

Michelins, I hope? LJK Setright would be rotating in his grave if not. 

TRXs may need a surgical wallet extraction. 

Just £307each!

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classic-car-tyres/citroen/cx/190-65hr390-michelin-trx.html