catsinthewelder Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 If it did it's fallen off Postie handed me 4 manufacturers recall letters from Citroen this morning, fortunately addressed to the boss rather than @Schaefft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 21 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said: If it did it's fallen off Postie handed me 4 manufacturers recall letters from Citroen this morning, fortunately addressed to the boss rather than @Schaefft. I'd happily take it to the Citroen dealer and have them replace bits for free. Unfortunately no outstanding recalls for this one. And yeah, unless the label can be found somewhere else it might mean a replacement radio is in order. Probably the reason it wasn't installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Might be worth on an off chance to ask a dealer. Sometimes they do it for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Worth an ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 3 hours ago, SiC said: Might be worth on an off chance to ask a dealer. Sometimes they do it for free. Might try Croxdale Citroen when I get up north, all the local dealers are beyond useless but we do put a lot of work their way so will ask if I'm there for work. mk2_craig and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted August 19, 2023 Author Share Posted August 19, 2023 Bit of time for tinkering today, decided to address the alternator on the Dacia. The old one now puts out too much voltage so I arrived at FotU with smoke escaping from the coil and battery. The NOS replacement was listed for a Renault 12 and was £50 opposed to the £350 asked for a 1310. I should have realised it wouldn't fit perfectly after the Renault 12 fanbelt didn't fit. First issue was that at the engine end it has a mounting about 15mm wide as opposed to the 40mm of the old one. After checking that none of my redundant sockets would fill the gap some steel tube was cut down as a spacer. Next issue was that the mountings were about 10mm closer together than the old one. This is going to be tricky to solve properly but a bodge will be employed to check everything else works before I start any engineering. Strangely the 1310 fanbelt is too short and the R12 fanbelt is too long. Wiring will need a bit of love. While looking for the belt I found my stock of old car stereos. An old Grundig with Skoda branding appears to work as a radio in the XM. Can't remember what it came with as I've never owned a Skoda! I do remember that the cassette deck is dead as I bodged the wire from some old headphones into it for MP3s, phones etc but it doesn't appear to work. Radio is better than nothing though. RayMK, brownnova, HMC and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Looks right at home there catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I still have spare Opel Grundig/Phillips that might actually fit! catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Just a regular single DIN with what looks like a double DIN if you remove the cubby above it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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