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[Eyersey1234]

16 minutes ago, Volksy said:

It's a very early '98 1.8 Zetec Ghia. Just over 120k

The seats and wheels are from a '52 plate Zetec as the originals had 'gone off' 

Chodtastic car you have there I'm jealous 

[beko1987]

Wow thats early! I remember a teacher in primary school had a brand spanker one from the local TC Harrison on a T plate, in I'm sure a sort of lilac colour. Looked amazing to 12 year old me... Still the shape I'd have now

[stuboy]

Colleague at work has not much luck with cars.. seems to buy junk looking cars.. tiding out the mondeo and found had some matt black spray and masking tape.. think its less crappy now

[Andyrew]

6 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Managed to acquire a second hand pump for the BX for £110.  Considering one part I need is £40 and the other seems to not be available, I'm hoping it's a sensible purchase.  Plan is to chuck it straight on the car, push the broken pump to one side and completely forget anything ever happend. 

EFA

[Eyersey1234]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Wow thats early! I remember a teacher in primary school had a brand spanker one from the local TC Harrison on a T plate, in I'm sure a sort of lilac colour. Looked amazing to 12 year old me... Still the shape I'd have now

The daughter of one of my ex colleagues had a S reg one in Aqua Green about 10 years ago

[Mrs6C]

12 hours ago, richardmorris said:

What does @Mrs6C say about the railway bridge?

She says it's across Anderson Street in Inverness... though the viaduct over the river Ness has been rebuilt...

 

[Volksy]

9 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Chodtastic car you have there I'm jealous 

Third/Fourth gear plane is a acquired art, defo linkage and not box.  The central locking only works if you slam the door, Oddly, and rarely the Aircon does cold, (Ghia Innit) .The wiper bushes are made of cable ties,  And given the new wheels and tyres it's quite a demon on the Leeds short circuit - aka Ring road...  

Also it was free, it came from my best mate, he's a surfer (hence the rot) and has ADHD; so he can only have a Focus Estate, but could not cope with  a petrol, He bought  a MKII Diesel Estate, and had a sprogling so NCAP ISOFIX etc. 

 

[flat4alfa]

On 5/15/2020 at 5:59 AM, paulplom said:

I have one of these in my lock up you could've had. If I ever get access to it again that is.

Perfect for copying spectrum games.

That (when found that is) needs an exposé posting or two on the shite hifi thread, where me old faithful Spectrum tape copier is featured too

[Eyersey1234]

6 hours ago, Volksy said:

Third/Fourth gear plane is a acquired art, defo linkage and not box.  The central locking only works if you slam the door, Oddly, and rarely the Aircon does cold, (Ghia Innit) .The wiper bushes are made of cable ties,  And given the new wheels and tyres it's quite a demon on the Leeds short circuit - aka Ring road...  

Also it was free, it came from my best mate, he's a surfer (hence the rot) and has ADHD; so he can only have a Focus Estate, but could not cope with  a petrol, He bought  a MKII Diesel Estate, and had a sprogling so NCAP ISOFIX etc. 

 

I thought the rot was because Mk1 lol. Nothing wrong with free, my first Fiesta was free. 

[N19]

Isolation from covid finished yesterday - still a bit tired, but able to go out and about and do things so long as I give myself plenty of extra rest.

Currently, therefore, doing a relaxing* and light duty* reorganising of my lockup to try and fit two extra sofas in there and a bed. As well as two dexion racks, a shelving unit, a cupboard and a car... WCPGW?

[Jazoli]

Double shite collection today, Tigra for the daughter and Beetle collected for @bangernomics

Had a good hoon over the moors on the way back, made myself seasick driving the beetle

Thanks to @Robson3022 for the cars, I've just waved @bangernomics off in the beetle, it's was very good VFM at 500 squids and drove really well on the way back apart from being like a mk4 golf. 

AS bought Insignia in the background too, I must stay away from this site...

And a roof race....

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Risked a short trip to put some petrol in....

[hairnet]

becuase french course it was gonna lose

 

[Robson3022]

1 hour ago, Jazoli said:

Double shite collection today, Tigra for the daughter and Beetle collected for @bangernomics

Had a good hoon over the moors on the way back, made myself seasick driving the beetle

Thanks to @Robson3022 for the cars, I've just waved @bangernomics off in the beetle, it's was very good VFM at 500 squids and drove really well on the way back apart from being like a mk4 golf. 

AS bought Insignia in the background too, I must stay away from this site...

And a roof race....

 

Yes I knew the tigra had it. I thought about finding Jimbells roof race thread and putting it on but couldn’t be bothered to find it! 
 

Pleased your happy with them!! 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Risked a short trip to put some petrol in....

Did the pipe stretch round to the other side?

[Frogchod]

I'd have that CX in a heart beat. I do miss the ones I had.

In other news, this : https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1781938935.htm/  

popped up on Leboncoin. Shit colour and it looks like the CX style DIRAVI is fucked.

6/10 tempted...

 

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, Frogchod said:

I'd have that CX in a heart beat. I do miss the ones I had.

In other news, this : https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1781938935.htm/  

popped up on Leboncoin. Shit colour and it looks like the CX style DIRAVI is fucked.

6/10 tempted...

 

How to make owning an xm in the uk more difficult? Buy one that wasn’t sold here needing parts that no one has ever heard of!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

28 minutes ago, hairnet said:

becuase french course it was gonna lose

It was struggling to maintain idle when I got back. 

Booked in next month for lengthy repair and diagnosis:

- coolant flush again plus leakdown test to confirm OMGHGF - if so, they can do the replacement as I have all the parts for it;

- new set of NGK plugs;

- brake pads and discs need checking and the handbrake needs resetting. 

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

Did the pipe stretch round to the other side?

All pump hoses on the left can reach the filler. Don't see any point sitting in a queue like all the other lazy shites in SUVs.

[Frogchod]

3 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

How to make owning an xm in the uk more difficult? Buy one that wasn’t sold here needing parts that no one has ever heard of!

I'm not in the UK, I'm in Normandie.

Not that it makes a difference. XM V6s  in my price range are rocking horse poo here.  I suspect good spare  DIRAVI units are even more rare.

Sadly only the V6 got DIRAVI here , hence I have to put up with normal steering in my 2.5TD...  wrong fucking gearbox too...

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, Frogchod said:

I'm not in the UK, I'm in Normandie.

Not that it makes a difference. XM V6s  in my price range are rocking horse poo here.  I suspect good spare  DIRAVI units are even more rare.

Sadly only the V6 got DIRAVI here , hence I have to put up with normal steering in my 2.5TD...  wrong fucking gearbox too...

There was one for sale here a quite a few years ago at the ccc meeting in Kettering, Patrick rugg was selling for a not unreasonable amount. Series one with lovely wood, black leather and metallic green paint. 

[richardmorris]

23 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

It was struggling to maintain idle when I got back. 

Booked in next month for lengthy repair and diagnosis:

- coolant flush again plus leakdown test to confirm OMGHGF - if so, they can do the replacement as I have all the parts for it;

- new set of NGK plugs;

- brake pads and discs need checking and the handbrake needs resetting. 

All pump hoses on the left can reach the filler. Don't see any point sitting in a queue like all the other lazy shites in SUVs.

Have you thought of keeping a mistress? I think it could be cheaper, and less troublesome. I do miss my CXs but not the monthly visits to the garage.

[Aston Martin]

6 years ago today I collected the sweet prince. ?

[Frogchod]

18 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Have you thought of keeping a mistress? I think it could be cheaper, and less troublesome. I do miss my CXs but not the monthly visits to the garage.

I had no problems with shitbox 100 quid CXs until I splurged 1000 quid on a four year old CX 2500 Pallas. That thing kept th AA busy. All AA  trips were due to Shite electrics.

Never had a serious problem with the green stuff which frightens most folks off.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

25 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Have you thought of keeping a mistress? I think it could be cheaper, and less troublesome. I do miss my CXs but not the monthly visits to the garage.

I have. I came to the conclusion that I couldn't put up with the capriciousness of the two-legged one.

[richardmorris]

32 minutes ago, Frogchod said:

I'm not in the UK, I'm in Normandie.

Not that it makes a difference. XM V6s  in my price range are rocking horse poo here.  I suspect good spare  DIRAVI units are even more rare.

Sadly only the V6 got DIRAVI here , hence I have to put up with normal steering in my 2.5TD...  wrong fucking gearbox too...

I should make clear that no XMs had diravi over here. Not even the v6. I do remember old top gear saying that the best estate car at any price  on the market in the uk was the xm v6. And Citroen sold 6.

[HMC]

I’ve had a bit of a SEIZE THE DAY moment again and have also become the owner of this....... WHOOPS

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

... remember old top gear saying that the best estate car at any price  on the market in the uk was the xm v6. And Citroen sold 6.

Kiss of death?

[LightBulbFun]

9 minutes ago, HMC said:

I’ve had a bit of a SEIZE THE DAY moment again and have also become the owner of this....... WHOOPS

bloody hell someones on a roll!

looking forward to seeing more on it thats for sure!  

[wuvvum]

Today I have mostly been breaking cars.

Jump started the Tempra and left it idling for half an hour or so in an attempt to get some charge into the battery (spoiler alert: it didn't work).  Checked on it after about 20 minutes and all was well, left it for another ten minutes, came back and there was a rapidly growing puddle of coolant under the engine, and the radiator fan was whirring away.  I switched off and the rad fan cut out within a few seconds so I don't think it'd got too stupidly hot, but it has a fairly serious water leak.

The source of said leak is this cable.

The cable runs from the thermostat housing down to the injector pump, and the coolant was running down inside the cable sheath and pissing out of the end.

3 questions:  What does this cable do, why is it leaking water and how do I fix it?

 

Then I thought I'd make a start on doing the CV joint on the V70.  Got off to a cracking start, everything came undone - the only awkward bit was the lower ball joint nut, but even that eventually came undone without having to resort to fire or nut splitters.  The hub bolt came undone with just a ratchet, and the driveshaft pushed out of the hub with one finger.

Unfortunately said looseness went a bit too far, and despite the fact that I was being careful (or thought I was) due to the dire warnings in the HBOL, the outer driveshaft came apart from the inner driveshaft as soon as I pulled it out of the hub.  Ironically this is going to make it easier to fit the new outer CV joint, but I'm hoping I can somehow get the inner joint back together (HBOL says it's a twat of a job), otherwise I'm going to have to fork out for a new driveshaft, which will really piss me off - I've already spent enough on this car that I could have gone out and bought a good one with a long test for the same money, I'm loath to fork out even more, and T5 driveshafts are not cheap.

On the plus side, I did manage to get the brake pad warning light to go out on the 75, although there is still a brief warning that flashes up when I first start the car saying "anomalie frein" (yes, the display is in French.  No, I have no idea why).

[tommotech]

Regarding the coolant leak @wuvvum, if it’s the cable I’m thinking of it goes to a waxstat bulb that brings the idle speed up for cold running. Not really needed in UK, you should be able to unscrew the end off the housing and fit a blanking plug (assuming you can find one the correct size). Effectively delete the cold idle device.