Xantia 1.9TD....wake up and back on the road after 10 Years

[Stickyfinger]

It PASSED its test drive, brake "modulation" now all fixed.....as good as a Xantia should be.

[CitroJim]

Excellent news Alasdair

[Stickyfinger]

Hand brake holds on my sloping drive ......which is nice..

Quite a struggle really.......strut boots (old & hard) coming off at the top all the time. They are a smaller diameter than all other Xantia's and as yet I have not found any. It would also need new struts and strut tops to use the "newer" type.
Hand Brake cable (from crapline) was to short for an early sinker (it seems/right side) so that had to be modified by removing the lock nut on the h-brake cable (gives 5/6mm more length) allowing it to release.

MOT next !

[CitroJim]

That's one very atmospheric photo Alasdair

[Stickyfinger]

I have not seen my view for over a week now Jim ......that is FOG, not smoke from the TD starting

[CitroJim]

that is FOG, not smoke from the TD starting

Yeah, yeah, that'll be right Alasdair, of course it's fog

[Stickyfinger]

I took heed of Jim's comments (near vomiting) about the interior of this car....so I took an hour this morning to wipe down the plastics/dash/steering wheel/door cards in the front of the car--.....

Ummmmm, that is rather unpleasant to look at ............. Human gravy

I hate to think what the water will look like when I get the carpet cleaner out and "Vac-Wash" the seats/floors etc

[CitroJim]

Ohh my good gawd I think you need to get in touch with Porton Down Alasdair...

That stuff is possibly more efficacious than Novichok...

Just don't take it to Salisbury

[Stickyfinger]

LOL...fully suited when I do the carpets/seats

[CitroJim]

LOL...fully suited when I do the carpets/seats

And put the relevant authorities on full alert...

Be careful, you could cause the area around you to be uninhabitable for decades...

[Stickyfinger]

It is all Farm Land Jim.....Freeze-a-Granny Starmer and his 6th form debating group will do that soon enough..........

[Stickyfinger]

Cleaned the passenger seat (only the squab so far) and the footwell carpet..........
More human soup

Colour contrast between the the unwashed driver seat and the passengers..grey or yellow seats Sir ?

& dash now treated with cleaner.

[mickthemaverick]

Yuk and great job!!

[CitroJim]

It's starting to look good And as Mick says

[Stickyfinger]

More soup with added roughage...............One rear footwell and the rear seats to go.....

I pulled out the big wet/dry vac with a new suction blade from Amazon

HOW MUCH TIME does this take ffs !