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FatHarris' Citroen BX - SLIGHTLY LESS BROKEN ***UPDATED 10/6 - MINOR UPDATE AND PICTURES***


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17 minutes ago, UltraWomble said:

I like the smoked ones, but thats just me. They were cool in the 80's.

I had smoked ones on my 1.9 BX and I just knew they were cool (the indicators not the BX) - not a bad car though, liked it and I was doing an 80 mile each way commute at the time and it just sipped diesel (compared to my trusty 1.6 petrol Montego estate (whooooo)).

 

p.s. thanks for the arty pictures - I'd forgotten some of the nuances like that rear spoiler (and the single spoke steering wheel affair) took me right back to 1994 with no sign of Marty Mc Fly or a DeLorean

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One reason to swap to the earlier rear lamps is that the brake light is FAR better. On the smoked lamps, the brake lights are where the fog lights were on the older lamps, and seem to use a bulb dimmer than a TOWIE.

Also, this thread sadly confirms my suspicions that petrol carb BXs are just an utter pain in the arse. Therefore, fit fuel injection and electronic ignition. Pretty sure that's easy.

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Well, I think there's sufficient passed time for an update.

Took the BX to a local farm for pick your own, the Laguna came along as backup.


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The boy gorged himself on strawberries -

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And the BX ran faultlessly there and back, so I confidently dropped the BX off at Dan's as I am due to go away with work:

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Of course, you can all guess what happened a few hours later:

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As the kids say, 'FML'.

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Not much has happened here now, as I prepare to go away with work for a while, the BX has been handed over to Dan, who in conjunction with@twosmoke300 managed to diagnose the stalling issue to the ignition module on the side of the distributor.

Luckily, Phill is a total legend who had one to hand and, touch wood, it has behaved fine since. Not that it's getting driven much at the moment as the radiator top hose has been observed to be very swollen and at risk of blowing.

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Also, as a nicety, the new issue of Practical Classics came out today, celebrating the classics used during lockdown.

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And what would we find there?

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That's right, the BX was subjected to another photoshoot shortly after the first one when I posted a photo of it next to the aircraft. Permissions wee obtained at work to take/use the photos, which I've included below for your persual

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Next evolution will be a replacement carb coming through the mail, along with an OSR suspension unit, and radiator top hose.

Cheers for reading

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