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[wuvvum]

Does your missus know she's got a massive beauty spot on her top lip?

[Guest Hooli]

Does your missus know she's got a massive beauty spot on her top lip?

 

LOL that was my first thought too.

[wuvvum]

Not done much fettling today as I have mostly been fixing a digital piano and anyway the weather was shite.  However the Volvo 164 is now charging its battery at a healthy 14.3v (as opposed to 18.5) after I refitted the original voltage regulator in the place of the (apparently) knackered one which came with the replacement alternator.

 

Also, I don't think I ever got around to introducing my most recent purchase, which I've actually had for quite a while now.

 

 

Rant rant brake discs, grumble grumble wheel bearings, expletive expletive Citroën dealers, etc...

 

To be fair it has its share of electrical issues, chief among which being that it flashes up an anti-pollution fault warning and is down on power once it warms up.  It's a 1.6 petrol so I don't think it can be anything too terminal - the rear silencer is blowing like a bastard and the baffles are rattling, which I doubt will be helping, so I'm going to order it a new one.  The problem is that the OBD2 port isn't working (or at least it won't communicate with my code reader) so clearing the fault might be awkward.  Other quirks include a cruise control which occasionally forgets what it's doing, a heater fan which only works on the highest speed (although the aircon does cool the car when driving even with just the ram air effect), and a rev counter which, whilst it works, doesn't display the digits, so while I can see the revs going up and down I have no idea what revs I'm actually doing.

 

Not sure what the long term plan for it is at the moment, but I do quite like it - C4s (the earlier ones at least) are one of the few "modern" cars with enough interesting features to hold my interest.

[SiC]

The problem with those features is that they're often broken on those C4s.

 

Does the OBD port have a fuse holder near it? Renault's have a few models that do and the fuse gets knocked out. Might be worth checking that the OBD port is getting power anyway.

[wuvvum]

The code reader switches on when I plug it in, but it then runs through all the possible protocols and comes up with a linking error.

[dean36014]

I have a proper all singing and dancing and that won't connect with my newer citroen. However the 8 quod bluetooth dingle thing from ebay works perfectly in every vehicle I've tried it on. In summary try another reader if you have one

[Lacquer Peel]

Which adapter did you buy Dean?

[Craig the Princess]

 

It's happened again (on behalf of beige1100)

[richardmorris]

My dad's just called to say the battery in the merc was flat when he went to go out in it this morning. Coming up to five years old. When did they get so expensive! Some Bosch are £150!

 

Etyres weren't bad at £96 fitted for a four year guarantee. Halfords were £97 not fitted.

[alcyonecorporation]

nob_van will be collected on Wednesday or Thursday. 



Buyer doesn't want the Rallye steels so it's going on a set of dross slave boots I got with the 306 Estate and kept (for some reason). 
Suits me - I'll end up making more money by selling them on separately. I chucked in a set of door cards that were taking up some space and some (very) rough 305 correct offset steels which are otherwise straight and will blast up once the rancid tyres are taken off. 

And yes, it's jacked up because the handbrake was on. 

[puddlethumper]

Hey Alcy, is the new owner going to get it on the road ? Is it a Grd, Gld ? or none of the above ?

[alcyonecorporation]

Hey Alcy, is the new owner going to get it on the road ? Is it a Grd, Gld ? or none of the above ?

 

 

No idea. Don't care, really. Want it gone so I can get on with other things. Had to wait ages for him to pay me the balance and got messed around by the winning bidder on eBay. 

Selling off cars has been a stress fest and a logistical nightmare so forgive me if I'm not jumping up and down and whooping with joie de vivre. 

 

It's a GLD as far as I can tell. Still don't understand the "diesel, diesel, diesel" obsession within 305 circles. 

 

[puddlethumper]

I'm keeping an eye on 305 vans as my Grd is one of only two licensed. Other probs an estate.

[alcyonecorporation]

I'm keeping an eye on 305 vans as my Grd is one of only two licensed. Other probs an estate.

 

Great. We can both wait around for FOAD to tell us what a bargain they represent. 

 

I really hope you're not combing your data from HML because it's a load of bollocks. 

[HMC]

Back home in Devon after visiting the in laws in Germany. Took the long way there and visited a few places en route I'd fancied visiting for ages- Le mans, Reims, Spa. Car faultless and comfortable.

 

I didn't get any decent pics, but have a few randoms instead.....

[puddlethumper]

Not sure if I have an obsession over diseasels. When I bought mine it was the only choice in small vans for my budget, and an Xud motor is pretty good.

[HMC]

Back home in Devon after visiting the in laws in Germany. Took the long way there and visited a few places en route I'd fancied visiting for ages- Le mans, Reims, Spa. Car faultless and comfortable.

 

I didn't get any decent pics, but have a few randoms instead.....

[Six-cylinder]

Back home in Devon after visiting the in laws in Germany. Took the long way there and visited a few places en route I'd fancied visiting for ages- Le mans, Reims, Spa. Car faultless and comfortable.

 

I didn't get any decent pics, but have a few randoms instead.....IMG_2097.JPG

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Where was the poster with the Visa convertible?

[Ghosty]

Rover sold.

[Tayne]

Don't watch if you like Peugeot 309s

 

[wuvvum]

Got the code reader to talk to the C4 - turned out the issue was one of the pins in the socket that had been pushed in, so I peeled back a bit of the dashboard (aren't the plastics in modern Citroëns shite?) and pushed it back into position.  Codes thrown up were P0121 (throttle position sensor, not too worried about that one), P0141 (O₂ sensor) and P0420 (cat below efficiency).  I reckon the last two are linked as the dodgy sensor is the second one down, which I assume is the one just before the cat.  I'm hoping that both are linked to the shagged silencer as it's only 25 quid for a new one of those, so I'm going to try that first.  I cleared the codes and took it for a quick drive and it's running a lot better and hasn't thrown the EML back on yet, but I'm not expecting that to last.

[ProgRocker]

Challenge TV (Freeview channel 46) are airing 1990s shows of Bruce Forsyth's 'Play Your Cards Right' in tribute to Bruce passing away on Friday. Seems like ITV had a deal with Suzuki back in the day.

 

A few shows ago it was a Vitara soft top and the most recent one was a Baleno saloon.

[tooSavvy]

Aye... The presenter surely 'outlived' those TopPrizes...

 

I remember Nick Parsons wowwing the faithful with a Fern Green IMP... I think dealers put cars up for winning in the least spec*/colour option.

 

OK... An IMP!!

 

 

TS

[HMC]

Where was the poster with the Visa convertible?

It was at a cinema in Reims town centre.

[Six-cylinder]

It was at a cinema in Reims town centre.

 

A Visa in a film, I will have to see it.

[ProgRocker]

I remember Nick Parsons wowwing the faithful with a Fern Green IMP... I think dealers put cars up for winning in the least spec*/colour option.

 

OK... An IMP!!

 

 

TS

Sale of the Century?

 

Filmed at the Anglia TV studios in my home city. I was a bit too young to remember much about SOTS. Parsons was a bit of a demanding regular at one of the local hotels.

 

The last 'Play You Cards Right' was a silver SEAT Cordoba. Looked like the GT version judging by alloy wheels. I think by this time the prizes on quiz shows could be of a greater value so no more poverty spec Metros and Fiestas.

[MarvinsMom]

been out to the south lakes motor museum today with Rover 75 club, and took the Mini,

 

well,

 

just because.

 

 

 

weather while been overcast was dry, and the wind from yesterday had dropped.

 

so a nice day was had by all, only to be marred by me passing one of them wee twats in a van with a speed camera in Beadlam on the way back...

 

bumbhats!

 

pretty sure i was going faster than the 30 limit, wasn't really looking (at speedo) but enjoying the drive, like its no excuse.

 

still, at least the tax* raised will go towards paying off the current chief constable, or buy the next one a bigger car.

 

 

[vulgalour]

Cheers Krujoe and Mike_knight.  Today was exhausting, but useful.

 

 

 

There were two separate diversions on the way back, and roadworks, and an accident that was bad enough to close another road and have at least 2 ambulances, a fire engine and 2 police cars in attendance.  Felt like a very, very long drive home.  Also had to have Burger King because Little Chef was broken, so that was disappointing.

[brownnova]

I appear to have agreed one of possibly two vehicular purchases this week.....

 

Collections etc. to follow.....

[MorrisItalSLX]

Some unobtanium arrived in the post this morning:

 

 

I will finally be able to see what the stalks do and it included 2 sets of stickers, Bonus!