Stinkwheel Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Ah I had wondered what happened to that little bastard! I'm the one with the filthy shirt and receeding hairline above, getting the head off was a right shit. As I recall we measured it of a fashion and reckoned the liners had sunk. Anyway if you happen upon a big metal plate that says "visa" on it in black pen or indeed a Halfords torque wrench, I'd be most grateful to have either back!Ah ha, yes, I can imagine the head was tricky. From the state of the gasket remnants. I have replaced the liner bottom gaskets, they all appeared to have the correct protudance when checked with a straight edge and feeler gauges. Time will tell for sure though.I’m afraid I haven’t seen either a torque wrench or a metal visa plate in the car at all. But I shall check under the seats etc just in case. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: Clearing away at the FoD after we had finished I don't remember seeing either of those items. I have had a look though the pictures and I am guessing the torque wrench was in this black case? I think that one may be my LIDL knock-off one with the breaker-bar. Six-cylinder and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Holy fuck, a Network Southeast hot beverage cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said: Holy fuck, a Network Southeast hot beverage cup. Not quite! It came from an open day at the network southeast preservation society. If you would like it then I will be pleased to hand it over. If I keep it it will get used until it is only fit for the bin. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 so much nerd.................................... Stinkwheel and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 so much nerd....................................You say that like it’s a bad thing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Cavcraft and Six-cylinder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, hairnet said: so much nsers.................................... FTFY! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 www.loony.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 5 hours ago, richardmorris said: I think that one may be my LIDL knock-off one with the breaker-bar. The torque wrench was a Halfords 1/2" one in a clear case, although it may have escaped in our old Berlingo. Not to worry. Glad to see the old girl is getting some love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Well, not been much progress recently. What with work and lockdown and the car being 15 miles away. But where we left off was that the rebuilt engine ran. But not well. So after much poking and prodding, something is still wrong, I’m not ashamed to say, I don’t know what as yet. But I’ve sidestepped that’s for now, say hello to one 54k one owner from new talbot samba 1124cc suitcase engineThat will be going in next week hopefully. And the saga can continue. I also bought 4 brand new matching tyres for it in a fit of extravagance.I figure now it’s got new tyres and an engine that will work, I have no excuse but to finish it. Watch this space as they say ( whoever ‘they’ are) Six-cylinder, LightBulbFun, Talbot and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Good to see this thing lives (sort of) Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Good to see this thing lives (sort of)Nearly lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 With Matt involved, it WILL live! Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 With Matt involved, it WILL live!Cheers Dave, love an optimist Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 37 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said: Cheers Dave, love an optimist You know my Dyane... Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 You know my Dyane...Bloody hell mate yes, look, once life is more stable for me, I’m coming to help you with that, that’s a promise. If you get the urge, let me know, it’s on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Tickman and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 57 minutes ago, chaseracer said: You know my Dyane... stink might as well dave wont show it any love Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Tyres went on today. Well two of them did. Then I broke my ‘el cheapo’ bead breaker, so I ordered one of those manual tyre changing and bead breaker things off amazon. I’m thinking now I should have painted the wheels. I’ll get a couple of rattle cans of silver wheel stuff and do them when I do the other two. somewhatfoolish, LightBulbFun and dollywobbler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Well blimey, more progress.... Despite pre flushing all the everything before assembly and also after flushing out the cooling system a million times (it felt like that anyway) I finally found that I do not appear to have a problem with my rebuilt original engine and the issue I thought I had was probably due to an awful lot of nasty residue left in the pipe work/heater matrix/tiny waterways in head/radiator etc causing it to look like I had oil in the water. So basically, the oil level in the engine isn’t going up or down, the water level in the header tank isn’t going up or down and I feel confident (fingers, toes and eyes firmly crossed) that it now works. I also changed the rubber steering column coupling disc, donut thing, as it was virtually disintegrated. Brave hairnet who piloted this thing round a track with that as it was. Changing that was a fun job, Citroen why did you use rivets and not nuts and bolts to hold it all together, for the love of god why!!! The replacements come with nuts and bolts FFS!!! So , anyway, after some grindy sparky action and also some drill-ey and swearing action, that was done. Anyway, can I get some love for the now mobile visa and this little clip please.... FullSizeRender.mov Coprolalia, holbeck, Six-cylinder and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Huzzah! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Huzzah! That’s very much how I was feeling this afternoon Mr Wobbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Well done dude. I always thought that this Visa was a bonny little thing. Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Well done dude. I always thought that this Visa was a bonny little thing. I can’t wait to get it MOT’d finished and driving it, only problem is going to be actually getting it registered as DVLA aren’t accepting any paperwork at the moment due to covid and distancing etc etc holbeck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Stinkwheel said: I can’t wait to get it MOT’d finished and driving it, only problem is going to be actually getting it registered as DVLA aren’t accepting any paperwork at the moment due to covid and distancing etc etc Aye. The Doovla will have all the ammo to keep it off the road till it suits them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Aye. The Doovla will have all the ammo to keep it off the road till it suits them. It’s all a devious evil plan to keep me from driving my old french chod I tell ya. I mean, who could deny this... BertiePuntoCabrio, Mrs6C, Tickman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Excellent news! I'm looking forward to seeing this lovely car back on the road again. LightBulbFun and Stinkwheel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I have to admit to a bit of jealousy Stinkwheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 I have to admit to a bit of jealousy Totally understandable. I mean who wouldn’t want a fairly rust prone, difficult to get parts for and virtually worthless old Citroen? Despite them being based on the 104 platform, they do feel properly Citroen-ey in their oddity. Which I like.But you’ve got the next best thing, a C15 is a fine vehicle. Mrs6C and holbeck 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 17 hours ago, Stinkwheel said: I also changed the rubber steering column coupling disc, donut thing, as it was virtually disintegrated. Brave hairnet who piloted this thing round a track with that as it was. Changing that was a fun job, Citroen why did you use rivets and not nuts and bolts to hold it all together, for the love of god why!!! The replacements come with nuts and bolts FFS!!! So , anyway, after some grindy sparky action and also some drill-ey and swearing action, that was done. I believe my LNA needs a new coupling disc that I have bought, without bolts. What I did not realise is they were difficult to fit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 December 2015 was when I drove @hairnet to France so he could collect the Visa from @Frogchod. I did not know Hairnet at all apart from trying to read a few of his posts, but I said I would take anybody to France to collect a Visa they had bought and he took me up on it! It was a great trip, which means my offer continues to stand, I will drive anybody to France who wants to buy a Visa! chodweaver, holbeck, chaseracer and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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