I've done a silly......CITROEN XM

[maxxo]

Monday the belt is being done 

so, I’ll be doing a 6-700 mile round trip worth of driving to shitefest and back on a brand new belt I’ve not had the chance to make sure all is okay

fantastic 

this will certainly be an adventure 

[wesacosa]

Do you have the locking tool kit?  The ones for the cam and fuel pump are just bolts but the crank locking tool which fits behind the starter motor is pretty critical I found. 

[maxxo]

1 hour ago, wesacosa said:

Do you have the locking tool kit?  The ones for the cam and fuel pump are just bolts but the crank locking tool which fits behind the starter motor is pretty critical I found. 

I don’t know I’m afriad

ill check when I get home

[wesacosa]

this is the one I bought.  

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233977477123?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yi1ojZncSxy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=8AFYP6nlRMa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[DSdriver]

Whilst he has got it apart get him to check the bottom pulley which has a flexible donut to absorb sudden shocks. This is all I know, mine was a petrol/turbo.

[maxxo]

got the blower fan out tonight

well i must say, it was completely siezed solid!

got some effort to actually crack it off

can't get it to spin freely, it does move by hand but not freely

so i need a replacement it seems

[richardmorris]

 

Citroen car club rally is this weekend . Lots of xm experience there I expect.

[maxxo]

12 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 

Citroen car club rally is this weekend . Lots of xm experience there I expect.

I’d love to attend

but unfortunately, due to the joys of adult life I’m in fact working 

[richardmorris]

23 hours ago, maxxo said:

I’d love to attend

but unfortunately, due to the joys of adult life I’m in fact working 

Me too 

[maxxo]

Fan is completely dead, worn brushes too as well as being rotten to hell

so, time to source a replacement blower fan

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, maxxo said:

Fan is completely dead, worn brushes too as well as being rotten to hell

so, time to source a replacement blower fan

PSA parts bin. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=citroen+xm+blower&_sacat=0

 

[maxxo]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

PSA parts bin. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=citroen+xm+blower&_sacat=0

 

I’ve cleaned it up as much as possible to the point it may work

ordered a new resistor pack to see if that’s dead as that wasn’t worth saving

[maxxo]

well that's the XM dropped off at a mobile mechanic's house

not in the best of area's i must admit

well, lets see how this goes, fingers crossed well

[High Jetter]

I always thought a mobile mechanic came to yours though?

[maxxo]

52 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I always thought a mobile mechanic came to yours though?

Taking it to him is the least I can do for one of my victims 

[maxxo]

Fuel leak coming from the pump/solenoid area……

2 leaks now, I’m really starting to get reluctant to take this to shitefest especially leaking diesel

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, maxxo said:

Taking it to him is the least I can do for one of my victims 

Yeabut...if he doesn't have a vehicle to drive to you...?

 

[maxxo]

8 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Yeabut...if he doesn't have a vehicle to drive to you...?

 

i decided it would be easier for him, as all his tools are there etc

 

[maxxo]

well, it's been a few hours since he's started

i know that cos i've driven past and seen him working on it

no message yet, my god might this actually be going well?

if he does a good job it'll be useful to know someone else locally who's good

[beko1987]

Hopefully he does a good job! 

When the steering rack rusted out internally in the Meriva we found a bloke in the next village who supplied and fitted the part for £350 cash. 

Cheapest I could find an used rack was £150 and he stuck a bloody clean one in. Subframe down job too. Job was really good. Took him 3 days

Hopefully he just takes pride in his work, and doesn't see it as that difficult. Same vein as why I'll smash your Dyson to its component parts and rebuilt it back up as spotless as new for under £100 as its at my house, with no overheads

[maxxo]

12 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Hopefully he does a good job! 

When the steering rack rusted out internally in the Meriva we found a bloke in the next village who supplied and fitted the part for £350 cash. 

Cheapest I could find an used rack was £150 and he stuck a bloody clean one in. Subframe down job too. Job was really good. Took him 3 days

Hopefully he just takes pride in his work, and doesn't see it as that difficult. Same vein as why I'll smash your Dyson to its component parts and rebuilt it back up as spotless as new for under £100 as its at my house, with no overheads

that's bloody cheap!

it's always good to find local mechanic's who are good

i've certainly got a decent list now for all jobs

[maxxo]

Well it’s done

collecting it tomorrow, few things he wants to show me and he’s said he’ll pick me up in the morning

wanted £150 for doing it, paid him 170 cos of how hot it is today 

[wesacosa]

was that belt and tensioner or just belt

[maxxo]

Just now, wesacosa said:

was that belt and tensioner or just belt

The lot including water pump

what a terrible way to make money lol

[wesacosa]

9 minutes ago, maxxo said:

The lot including water pump

what a terrible way to make money lol

blimey.  

[maxxo]

14 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

blimey.  

That’s my reaction……

especially after having £6-800 quotes

[RayMK]

Presumably, you have checked that the belt etc has actually been changed and that any 'old' parts removed are actually from your car.  I'm sure all is above board, but that turnaround and price is unusually favourable.

I would also have probably risked using someone I did not know for that price. It would have been handy a decade or two ago when I had a Citroen CX GTi Turbo 2 which needed a clutch change, for which I was quoted 16.5 hours plus parts by a Citroen dealer (no one else would touch the job!). I sold the car. 

[maxxo]

1 minute ago, RayMK said:

Presumably, you have checked that the belt etc has actually been changed and that any 'old' parts removed are actually from your car.  I'm sure all is above board, but that turnaround and price is unusually favourable.

I would also have probably risked using someone I did not know for that price. It would have been handy a decade or two ago when I had a Citroen CX GTi Turbo 2 which needed a clutch change, for which I was quoted 16.5 hours plus parts by a Citroen dealer (no one else would touch the job!). I sold the car. 

Drove past at work in the sainsburys van as I had a delivery down his street 

he was under the bonnet on one trip past and the next one he was wiping his forehead and smoking a cigarette so I’d certainly say he’s done it lol

if he’s done a decent job then I’ll use him again, can’t quite believe how cheap it was

[RoverFolkUs]

In times like these, It's an easy £150 for someone who has the skills and kit and wouldn't otherwise be doing anything else! Without the overheads of a workshop, let's assume 5 hours labour, ~£30 an hour cash sounds alright

(Assuming it was a cash in hand basis?)

[maxxo]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

In times like these, It's an easy £150 for someone who has the skills and kit and wouldn't otherwise be doing anything else! Without the overheads of a workshop, let's assume 5 hours labour, ~£30 an hour cash sounds alright

(Assuming it was a cash in hand basis?)

Yes

well bank transfer for ease