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[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

 

 

[Sunny Jim]

Final leg of my journey home today overland and sea from Portugal to Wales. After leaving Somerset  first stop was @Kiltoxin Gloucester where I picked up a chopsaw I'd bought off him and had a great chat about electric vehicles. Then on to Coventry to @dean36014to pick up the welder I'd bought off him and had a look round his fleet.

Lovely to meet you, top shiters both would purchase second hand tools from again.

After four weeks away my old stone cottage is chilly and damp, time to get the burner lit.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

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

Tyre technology has moved on a bit since LJKS. I use Nexen / Roadstones nowadays. Very competent tyres.

[wuvvum]

Nearly there, just stopped off in Norwich to grab some bits out of the Swift.

[brownnova]

9 hours ago, brownnova said:

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

 

The car from Thursday has it… 

Todays viewing was a Rover 75, which wasn’t bad, but I could spot a few jobs which needed doing imminently, and the underside was showing it’s 133,000 miles.

Collectioning the other car tomorrow, never owned this brand before, but do own a matchbox model of the car I’ve bought. Thread to follow. 

[stuboy]

Been up to check on the villa on the island...and this freelander never seems to move, and now its got a pallet to keep it company

[stuboy]

6 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Been up to check on the villa on the island...and this freelander never seems to move, and now its got a pallet to keep it company

Would help if I attached the image

[wuvvum]

And home.

What an absolute heap.  Cosmetically it's rough as a badger's arse, the ignition barrel is MIA and has been replaced with a universal key switch mouunted in the dash, the nearside rear wheel bearing is droning fit to bust, and the exhaust is blowing from somewhere near the front and spent the whole journey doing its level best to give me carbon monoxide poisoning.  The brakes make all kinds of weird noises at low speed, the fan belt squeals loudly every time you pull away, the boot doesn't shut properly, and I'm far from convinced that the roof is fully watertight - the seats and carpets seem dry enough but there's definitely water sloshing around somewhere in the back during enthusiastic cornering.  Oh, and the wiper blades were shot to ribbons - I've bought it a new driver's side blade so I have at least a vague chance of seeing where I'm going in the rain.  It also runs very cool and the heater is mediocre - I think the thermostat may be either knackered or missing.

Having said that, it drove 170 miles home without missing a beat, and it still goes like the clappers - I had one of these as my daily about 15 years ago but I'd forgotten just how nippy they are.  Good on fuel too.  I'm going to sort the obvious bits (tighten the fan belt, patch up the exhaust and try and find a rear wheel bearing for it) and then see how we go from there.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

TRXs may need a surgical wallet extraction. 

Just £307each!

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

 

 

Lucky not metrics on my CX. 6x14 wheels, so 195/70 R14 Korean tyres.

Tyre shop staff are a bunch of practical jokers. They've been around long enough to actually half-remember how to deal with oul Citroëns, but - in some sort of local tradition - they delegated the job to the youngest fitter. He'd never seen a CX before and was hilariously* nervous about touching it. When asked why, he said " 'cos if I get it wrong,  it comes out of my own pocket!'".

Once he'd found the front jacking points, he was still nervous. This was the last job of the day. What didn’t help his confidence were the two senior fitters plus the boss all now standing over him with knowing looks and passing helpful* remarks about torque settings and stripped threads. Also that they had homes to go to.

To be fair to the lad, he didn't put a jack wrong in the end, he learnt something useful about ancient Citroëns, and I can confirm that the wheels haven't fallen off after a 20-mile drive.

 

[brownnova]

The fella who had the 75 I viewed today also had this…. 

Hnnnnngggggg

[wuvvum]

2 minutes ago, brownnova said:

The fella who had the 75 I viewed today also had this…. 

Hnnnnngggggg

That is fantastic.  I'd give anything to own a pale blue Nissan Note.

[reb]

The Corsa courtesy car that's replaced the MG3 is on less than 6000 miles. It has a gearbox fault. Aren't moderns wonderful?

[Spottedlaurel]

Verdict in on Miss SL's Yaris:

Nothing too worrying. I drove it there and was reminded what a fun little thing it is.

Yet more work on the house, very productive. Several weeks ago we removed some trellis and overgrown bushes which were edging this bit of the driveway. Had a friendly groundworker round yesterday, after he'd removed some roots and stripped the topsoil Master SL got involved with some compacting:

Note drink in hand. Then whacking the top layer of stone:

So by early PM I coud do this:

Just some 20mm stone to move from the back garden and lay on it now, but at least it's functional. Should be ample room for the Yaris when it comes back.

What I hadn't considered is how much easier it makes getting parked-up - we can just drive in off the road forwards then back into this area, rather than the complicated reverse in backwards and manouevre around the gatepost that we were having to do (which was getting less fun on dark evenings).

It might also mean there's room for something else in the future.....

[wuvvum]

Now setting off westward on a combined collection and delivery mission.  Doing a lot of driving this weekend...

[Six-cylinder]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Now setting off westward on a combined collection and delivery mission.  Doing a lot of driving this weekend...

You can hardly travel east from where you are without a good boat!

[Supernaut]

22 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Now setting off westward on a combined collection and delivery mission.  Doing a lot of driving this weekend...

Don't bother. Nothing will top yesterday's collection!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

11 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

You can hardly travel east from where you are without a good boat!

"Harwich for the Continent. Frinton for the incontinent."

[wuvvum]

A11 is closed.   That's a good start...