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Fair comment Mick!

The engine was good and hot when I was trying to get the cover off first time round. I do have a proper six point socket that fits on it - but I could both see and feel the whole lid flexing with how much torque I was applying - I'm not employing any more brute force than that until I have a spare in my hands in case it does disintegrate (at which...

One year on the C5 a brake light had failed and the tester suggested to me that he had known them fix themselves while he was answering a call of nature! I took the hint and replaced the bulb from my emergency kit in the boot in a few minutes while he was away and then down in the pit. Oddly he retested the lights when he emerged and all was well...

I trust you are now all good again after the bike incident Richard and there's no lasting after-effects...

The first time I saw the spare wheel winch and cable, on a C4 SpaceCadet, it confused the heck out of me. I found a rattle gun, used very gently, was a great way of operating it ;)

Always fancied one. I had a carbed Blackbird back in 1999. Similar specs and power, mind blowing back then. Cruised down from Hull to Derby one Sunday afternoon at 150mph (private road called the 'M'y One)
One thing I would say Mike. I pressume this is also a carb model at that age, use top end fuel with minimum ethanol in it. I also use a fuel...

Happy New Year Otter :D

Just a few more repairs yesterday. Aidan swapped out the radio and found bare loose wires behind it, just a fire waiting to happen, the radio's plastic clips were damaged where somebody had taken it apart not very carefully. He was only going to put a new bulb behind the heater controls so I could find them in the dark, fortunately I have been...

We had a Bodum food mixer with a similar finish and I think that I used isopropyl alcohol, although maybe I also used some contact adhesive solvent, as I remember it being a smelly process.

Magic :D

A quick one on the polishing. Use a fine wet and dry in soapy water to clean the places to be polished, then a sisel mop, then a stitch cotton finishing with an unstitched cotton.
I've done quite a bit of this on various bikes.This is my Kwak Zephyr 1100 at various stages.
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I did not think it was a direct swap.....

Good to see you finally opening up a blog Roger :)

Superb :D

When the garage says Not for four weeks. it might be an idea to have a quiet word with the mechanics to see if any of them do 'foreigners' i.e. top up their pay by working at home. :wink:

The proper procedure for adjusting drum brakes is: Slacken the cables right off, turn the drum adjusters up until they're locked then adjust the cables to three notches and finally adjust the drums until they're free. That's been the way since drum brakes came on the scene :) The auto handbrake though is new to me, never had the pleasure of...

Great to see you posting on here again Kev! Magic :cool:

I have tonight accepted a decent deposit on the C4 which will be collected at the weekend!! :-D

Magic :D

It has been some time since my last post - life has a habit of overwhelming us at times and in the past month I have found myself in exactly that position.
Not that the Peugeot has been laying idle - far from it.

As stated in my last post, the Peugeot was booked to have it's Warrant of Fitness inspection completed by the following Monday, 22nd of...

ps, just found your Eastment website, so are you are that guy from the ccc mag? I followed your writings with relish when I first got this car, it was the best section in the CCC mag ever! (other than Nigel's of course!).. must ask you one day to remind me of the size drill you used to convert a welded up bleed hole in CX front spheres

That's...

I tried to repeat your experience with installing LED lamps, but I had a problem.
I put the Dawnknight K5C mini lamps that I had on my second car (like these ). But when they turned the steering wheel, they just blinked three times and went out. In addition, the incandescent lamp was turned off before restarting the car. I connected a resistance...

Thanks Matt - yes I saw your new purchase, but I have not read all the updates on your thread yet (I'm on page 84).

Ah, I can waffle at a rate of knots! :rofl2:

Great stuff Dan :D

I'm still very keen to make this into an article for the CCC Citroenian magazine so lots of photos will be good ;)

I don't remember a vacuum reservoir, but I would not be surprised if there is one.

The wastegate control system is self calibrating, you don't need to do anything.

Have you checked that the little filter on the atmospheric port of the control valve is not blocked?

Hi Mike,

Yes, I have even removed it completely so there is no restrictions,...

It doesn't look much but could be problems with steering and/or suspension.
Low tyre pressure, ABS and traction control lights on. Car pushed into the kerb so either or both wheels could be affected, grinding noise from front offside wheel.

Another you may find some interest in this .

A few of posts from the FCF archives reminisce favourably about the R16's column change, and maybe nostalgically about its umbrella handbrake.

I once had the joy of driving a 16TS and I fell desperately in love with it... Fast, stylish interior and very comfy... Something a Q-Car and the column...

I believe this C5 Tourer - was originally a main Citroen dealer demonstrator...so came with most bells and whistles.
The grey leather sold it to me ...as looks more sophisticated than black and makes the interior feel lighter .

Have removed the pos.6 maxi fuse, but happened nothing. Problem still exists. Also find a 30A burned out fuse positioned into G40. One and only fuse that I found burned in the whole car.
But moving 80A fuse to pos.4 from pos.3 have solved the problem. Everything is fine. No Lexia was needed.

Is that why the police have a 10% leeway on the speed your driving, or is that because old Speedos bounce up and down quicker than a garden rake on a Saturday night?

Beware - not all Police forces have a tolerance all the time. Thames Valley for example are famous for their 'no tolerance' purges on speeding on the M4, also I recall...

Zelandeth....I doff my cap to you sir I believe that may be the culprit!

I’ve changed the thermostat and bled the car several times and now it’s running too hot. It’s not overheating but under normal conditions it’s running at 100ish and turning the heaters on keeps it at bay. The fan kicks in a bit later now. So I’m either blaming the new thermostat or it’s simply not bled correctly yet. I can get it pressure bled...

Models with the AMVAR system have 2 suspension computers. One in the BHI and the other CSS is a separate one. On these models each has a separate function, but work together with the CSS computer controlling the suspension ECU in the BHI.

It could be a bit risky as the suspension heights are retransmitted to the BHI computer, so removing the CSS...

Excellent :D

Awesome :D

I did not take pictures, but it is the wire to pin 6 on the bitron box, should be labelled 405 and is probably white.

On my car the bitron has previously been moved from its original location and sits behind the headlight, so across was easy with the headlight removed. I would have done this year's ago, but I lost the wired connector that was...

Yes it has both ecu's

Interesting work. I ended up just buying a new oil cooler from Citroen for my C6 and fitting a used one to my 407 whilst I figure out if it's going to last.

David.

Fair enough, the same place I bought my adaptor plate from now do the non sandwich version. If I was buying again, I'd be doing this and removing the water heat exchanger...

Thanks for the pictures Davie!

I did wonder if it would be at the same place. Good to see it again! The auction was August 2021, so he's had it about 18 months or so. I had a good chat with him when I was up that way and passed on some info about it.

Hopefully it finds a good home and gets the attention it deserves.

Well yes, white is perfect for that ..😂

Still got the scraper in my toolbox. :)

The Schlumpf collection would definitely be on my grand tour of Car Museums.
Silly question? How many of you have visited the Transport Museum at Alford?

Some of Casey's exploits

These are a diverse selection of his videos and are only scraping the surface of his range of activities covered.

Wow! Great work on the upholstery 😊

There must be a way to do it, if Citroen are charging 100.00 then I bet you can find somewhere for £40

I have now changed the bonnet, right front wing, bumper and headlight support bracket.
Bumper and wing are freshly painted. The new bonnet is in the wrong shade, left wing needs to be replaced due to corrosion and my painter forgot to paint the grille.
So i will get those repainted in a while...
Treated it to a polish and ceramic coat...

a new acquisition to the fleet. Old man motorbike in the form of an R1200RT BMW.. yes it has an ABS fault, and it's not been MOT'd for 8 years.. 21,000 Miles in Titan silver, no electronic suspension, no stereo, yes to heated seats! and cruise.

An odd but likeable feeling revving it, and the bike twisting sideways due to the flat twin staple BM...

Fitted the new Rear Door Restraint Arm today. Lasted all of 1 second! The moulded in studs ripped out when I closed the door.

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The arm scratched the insulated paint as well. I have refitted the old arm and await the reply from the supplier.

Started to trial fit the polystyrene...

More assembly

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I am going to combine two Johns here. One very real and one very definitely fictitious to protect his identity and all those like him.

I am also going add the caveat that if you are at all squeamish DO NOT read this post. There, I have said it twice so you have been well warned.

This is the tale of two...

Hey did this ever get fixed? Have got the exact same problem on a series 2, struggling to find a correct wiring diagram?