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[Asimo]

Those jobs you wish you never started?  Van maintenance, and a bit of paint-prep turns into massive future bill.

Other side is worse

Bugger.

 

[Cavcraft]

 

Never really achieved anything with this (apart from getting it running and cleaning it, so it went to a new owner. Collected last night after an utterly useless Shipley bloke had failed to collect a couple of days back.

 

 

 

[jonathan_dyane]

For many years my GS has lain forlorn and forgotten at my parents but I retrieved it today and shoehorned it into my garage which was my lockdown plan coming to fruition (building new workshop/motorcycle storage shed in the garden freeing up the garage).

Remarkably structurally the GS hasn’t deteriorated much further in the 16 year hibernation and getting it solid shouldn’t be too taxing but the doors and bonnet are going to challenge me!

[stuboy]

He bought it for £370, needs couple of bits but for a first car ..

 

Stuboy junior no2 posing with his bros car

[Frogchod]

31 minutes ago, jonathan_dyane said:

For many years my GS has lain forlorn and forgotten at my parents but I retrieved it today and shoehorned it into my garage which was my lockdown plan coming to fruition (building new workshop/motorcycle storage shed in the garden freeing up the garage).

Remarkably structurally the GS hasn’t deteriorated much further in the 16 year hibernation and getting it solid shouldn’t be too taxing but the doors and bonnet are going to challenge me!

Ooo , a C-Matic .   Can you still get the fluid for those ?

 

[Frogchod]

The C6 has been collected.

Many tales of woe may appear on these pages.

It made it home without smoke or flames so I reckon that's a good start.

[jonathan_dyane]

Lovely C6, you’re braver than me!

The GS started life C-matic but has gained a clutch pedal and manual box at some point which as far as I’m concerned is no bad thing!

[Angrydicky]

On 7/31/2020 at 12:46 PM, paulplom said:

Can anyone think who it was who wanted these metro wheel nuts.

They're brand new, have spinning collars and for alloy wheels iirc.

I promised to post them to someone on here but forgot all about it. I've just found them in the back of a drawer.

 

I don't know who it was but I could do with them for my Reliant Robin with 10" Mini alloys if they do happen to still be available! I'm refurbing the alloys and the nuts are quite rusty, they spoil the look of it!

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Frogchod said:

Ooo , a C-Matic .   Can you still get the fluid for those ?

I have a tin of it in my shed.  Chevronics still have some in stock, at vast expense.  I think the CCC has (or had) some too.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Frogchod said:

The C6 has been collected.

Many tales of woe may appear on these pages.

It made it home without smoke or flames so I reckon that's a good start.

What are the sills like? At least one owner over here has been horrified to find just how frilly they can get....

[coalnotdole]

6 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

a milk float?  

Close!,

Enfield 8000 ?

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, coalnotdole said:

Close!,

Enfield 8000 ?

ohh very awesome! I am very much looking forward to the thread/posts on that  

proper electric shite right there  

[paulplom]

8 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

I don't know who it was but I could do with them for my Reliant Robin with 10" Mini alloys if they do happen to still be available! I'm refurbing the alloys and the nuts are quite rusty, they spoil the look of it!

Give it a week or so and if they don't come forward, I'll send them too you. Pm me in a weeks time.

I take it you'll only nee half of them

[Angrydicky]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Give it a week or so and if they don't come forward, I'll send them too you. Pm me in a weeks time.

I take it you'll only nee half of them

Correct ?

Thanks sir!

[Six-cylinder]

13 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I’m sure local Arfur Daley @Six-cylinder will have something suitable.  Good luck, I think I’m giving up my Citroen 11BN search as it’s not a sensible time to be spending £10k on something I have no space for and no time to drive.

You only get one go at this life, don't be a "I nearly got a Traction Avant"!

[chancer]

Off on an unplanned collection mission....starting here

[Dabooka]

On 7/31/2020 at 11:58 PM, N19 said:

I couldn't for the life of me get any sort of quote returned when I tried to insure the Bluebird on a classic policy. Turns out that if you value it at £1,501, they suddenly drop all objections!

Now, I wonder if there's any way of getting a 20-year old Mondeo on a classic policy...

I managed to on my Cougar with Lancaster and actually it wasn't even twenty years old at the time. I was advised to reconsider its 'true value' by the agent and lo, the policy was approved once I estimated it at circa £2k.  Afterwards he said people think a cheaper value helps with the policy cost, but it really doesn't at all.

[LightBulbFun]

On 31/07/2020 at 23:49, LightBulbFun said:

not @Six-cylinder was it? I know he has an MG Metro on pepper pot alloys and i recall a discussion about the wheel nuts at some point in regards to it

just to confirm Im not completely losing it (hope @Angrydicky does not mind!)

On 04/02/2020 at 09:21, Six-cylinder said:

I thought MK1 had flat spinning washers?

If these are the correct ones for a mK1 with pepper pots I would like them.

 

 

On 04/02/2020 at 13:27, paulplom said:

The mg turbo alloys had the flat spinning ones. Yours look like they have an indent so these one's will be fine. Pm me your details and I'll send them out.

 

[chancer]

Glasgow central awaiting next train...

face mask already doing my box in....

[SRi05]

Doing a wee tour of the highlands over the next few days, some pics from today 

[chancer]

And home.....nice wee day out and met another cracking forum member...

[stuboy]

Stuboy junior wanted to start learning to drive so took him over to disued car park and learnt pulling away, clutch control etc etc

Only thing was battery decided to swell up, hot as fire and steam off

Radio is a crappy renault site so lobbed it in the bin..

 

Junior was ok but need a proper instructor.. the stig.. lol

[richardmorris]

10 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

You only get one go at this life, don't be a "I nearly got a Traction Avant"!

I’m very much in the “ nearly have a life” category.

 

[richardmorris]

13 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Stuboy junior wanted to start learning to drive so took him over to disued car park and learnt pulling away, clutch control etc etc

Only thing was battery decided to swell up, hot as fire and steam off

Radio is a crappy renault site so lobbed it in the bin..

 

Junior was ok but need a proper instructor.. the stig.. lol

My dad was very much in the get a professional for the instruction and then he would do experience once I was capable. He asked round his sixth form students about who in the area was good. I had Leon from Trinidad, who was always very relaxed and unfazable.

[Frogchod]

21 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

What are the sills like? At least one owner over here has been horrified to find just how frilly they can get....

I can't see much of the sills... I can see where the inner sill meets the floor and that's ok. 

I must start a thread on this...

Starting with why it's not charging ?

Internet suggests alternator pulley clutch.

Still, it looks fucking awesome sat on my drive ☺

[richardmorris]

27 minutes ago, Frogchod said:

I can't see much of the sills... I can see where the inner sill meets the floor and that's ok. 

I must start a thread on this...

Starting with why it's not charging ?

Internet suggests alternator pulley clutch.

Still, it looks fucking awesome sat on my drive ☺

They do look awesome, and I’d have loved one but my Citroen specialist threatened to ex-communicate me when I mentioned it. Rust is something I’d not heard about - I’m sure it’s not been mentioned in the CCC mag yet.

[Frogchod]

15 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

They do look awesome, and I’d have loved one but my Citroen specialist threatened to ex-communicate me when I mentioned it.

My tame mechanic didn't seem too bothered, he's used to landrovers with the same engine.

I'm sure he'll start crying at some point.

It'll be going up on his ramp this week at some point for a proper check over and diagnostic of charging issue.

I'll take him some wadworths 6x as a sweetner  (real beer's rare in Frogshire )

Have another pic of awesome car/paperweight.

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, Frogchod said:

My tame mechanic didn't seem too bothered, he's used to landrovers with the same engine.

I'm sure he'll start crying at some point.

It'll be going up on his ramp this week at some point for a proper check over and diagnostic of charging issue.

I'll take him some wadworths 6x as a sweetner  (real beer's rare in Frogshire )

Have another pic of awesome car/paperweight.

The engine is fine, it’s the suspension bushes, ball joints, electrics etc. Plus the issue of Citroen deliberately destroying stocks of spare parts. Unless your guy has a breaker car ready there could be a long wait for spares. That basically made one not feasible for me for a daily car.

[omegod]

Sunday morning hung over purchase , 2008 fiesta zetec with 88k, drives great but has an issue or 3 , may break it up ....maybe fix not really sure yet 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

Only thing was battery decided to swell up, hot as fire and steam off

Check the charge voltage when running. Quite rare for batteries to vent off like that unless over charging extremely badly! Voltage should be in the rough range of 13.8v-14.5v.

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

Radio is a crappy renault site so lobbed it in the bin..

That Renault part is the best bit of the car given its a Vauhall!

However I guess it doesn't do the display, which makes it a bit useless at tuning into any radio station...