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Picasso restoration.......a tale of idiocy and citroen fun


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2 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Putting the Nut into "secondhand walNut trim pieces".

I think they looks nice. It's always a shame when fake trees have to die in order to make our motor vehicles more executiver, but by god's beard it's worth it on this occasion.  

it's absolutely worth it!

makes it even better that i technically and knowingly ordered the wrong kit! i ordered the kit for the digital AC but i'm not that posh so i have extra pieces i will never use

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7 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Please don't say out loud how much the trim upgrades cost. That's a matter best kept between a man and his Nat West pig shaped money box. 

i don't like to think about how much i've spent on said car

it's depressing

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4 minutes ago, maxxo said:

i don't like to think about how much i've spent on said car

it's depressing

Can't be depressing if you like and enjoy it man. Imagine spending that much on a car you didn't even like or own. Like some bran-munching trouser-lord tied into a 3 year pcp deal with an optional* 7 grand ballon payment at the end. 

You're doing it right enough man. 

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3 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Can't be depressing if you like and enjoy it man. Imagine spending that much on a car you didn't even like or own. Like some bran-munching trouser-lord tied into a 3 year pcp deal with an optional* 7 grand ballon payment at the end. 

You're doing it right enough man. 

i had to do it, as i say i couldn't see it die

sometimes i get a bit pissed with him, but then i just look at the front end at that goofy face and i can't hate it

i wouldn't even know what to get on PCP anyway, nothing really seems any good for me

plus it's no fun

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Annoying misfire and hiccup when pulling away solved! Trying the cheap stuff first, I cleaned the MAP sensor with some MAF spray - no joy,  so I replaced that with a new Boschone. Then read that the coil packs on these can go, and at 80k mine was probably overdue.

Got a new Delphi one - cost a bit more than the unbranded ones on Ebay.

Pulls like a train now - better than ever during my ownership -and no OBD2 codes showing. Happy days :)

A few pics for any Picasso geeks out there - the boxed coil pack is the old one!

 

coil-pack-new.jpg

map-sensor.jpg

old-coil-pack.jpg

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11 hours ago, Prote said:

Annoying misfire and hiccup when pulling away solved! Trying the cheap stuff first, I cleaned the MAP sensor with some MAF spray - no joy,  so I replaced that with a new Boschone. Then read that the coil packs on these can go, and at 80k mine was probably overdue.

Got a new Delphi one - cost a bit more than the unbranded ones on Ebay.

Pulls like a train now - better than ever during my ownership -and no OBD2 codes showing. Happy days :)

A few pics for any Picasso geeks out there - the boxed coil pack is the old one!

 

coil-pack-new.jpg

map-sensor.jpg

old-coil-pack.jpg

job well done!

good to see the 1.6 getting some love

at least it was a nice easy job to do

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todays "fucking around" involved this spray

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and spraying tons of it down here

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but i now have a gearbox that mostly goes into 1st easily!

hopefully won't have it refuse to go into 1st, of course in heavy traffic when i need to quickly move off and embarass myself

but it feels tons better, i mean it's still vauge but that's PSA gearboxes for you

still nothing seems to have broke since may! which is a new record

keep an eye on this thread on tuesday, something completely ridiculous is happening

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1 hour ago, maxxo said:

but i now have a gearbox that mostly goes into 1st easily!

hopefully won't have it refuse to go into 1st, of course in heavy traffic when i need to quickly move off and embarass myself

but it feels tons better, i mean it's still vauge but that's PSA gearboxes for yo

 

My gear linkage just under the gaiter can be very clanky if rushing. Wondering if the linkages in there need some thick goo to quieten them a bit? They all work fine, and the gearstick moves into the right place, just a bit noisy when shifting. Perhaps they all do that? Is there a thick spray grease? I seem to remember something I used that thickened up as it dried - but that was years ago.

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10 hours ago, Prote said:

My gear linkage just under the gaiter can be very clanky if rushing. Wondering if the linkages in there need some thick goo to quieten them a bit? They all work fine, and the gearstick moves into the right place, just a bit noisy when shifting. Perhaps they all do that? Is there a thick spray grease? I seem to remember something I used that thickened up as it dried - but that was years ago.

i believe there should be something thick enough to do that

mine can also be quite clanky too and absolutely hates being rushed ........well seems to hate being touched at all

https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-40-Specialist-44217-Lasting-Grease/dp/B00KMRDEMW

this studd looks like it could work?

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Well, just got home from the garage........

for some suspension work

PROPA SICK INNIT BRUV etc sort of work

here's before, notice how his beak is stuck up in the sky.......looked comedic but started to annoy me

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and this is now, all normal and the rear doesn't look broken!

25mm lower and the ride/handling is actually far better than before, i'm very very happy with this

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hmmmmmm red so that means the springs are reeaaaallllllyyyyyyyy ffaaassssstttttt!!!!

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sure i know this is ridiculous, but that's why i did it

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ah yes, in the wonderful town of billingham today......upon entering a typically brutalist concrete 60s car park i got a nice BANG followed by a scraping noise

yes indeed i have torn off the undertray, well it looks to have mostly survived and it doesn't fit properly anyway so no real harm done

going to modify it (cut it in half) soon so i can just have it at the front to protect the belt from debris

but look how cool i am, down with the kids etc with the hipping and the hopping in my slammed innit bruv vehicle

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i have a friend, a singular friend who took this photo of me being foolish

and i hurt my back

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5 minutes ago, Out Run said:

25mm lower and you have ripped the undertray off an MPV.

How? ?

well it wasn't the healthiest of undertrays anyway........as in held on with cable ties

cue a really steep ramp and someone driving a bit too quick and bang

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5 minutes ago, maxxo said:

well it wasn't the healthiest of undertrays anyway........as in held on with cable ties

cue a really steep ramp and someone driving a bit too quick and bang

I was just talking to my mate yesterday, when we were driving down the Metro Centre multi-storey and mentioned when we had cars that used to scrape the splitters etc on the ramps lol.

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