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I officially sympathise with you as that’s just the sort of thing I would do!

That will not stop you listening to it all the time and checking the down shift in the morning ....for a bit :)

Ok, it's a pretty easy job to do, but make sure you have some plastic trim removal tools similar to the ones below. You'll also need some heat shrink for the wiring once cut and spliced to repair the connection.

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Trim Removal Tools (1) Ambient temperature sensor on the right-hand
exterior rear view mirror.
Disconnect the...

Why did you get rid of the ZZR? I'm going (and getting) older now and am looking for a GEEP9, or possibly a ZX10 to keep the ST company. Having said that a mate had an MT, sold it and the prices went up, he's now got a Hardley Ferguson???

I've not got rid of it yet. Probably because it's the wrong time of year for selling motorbikes. I'll keep...

Well that was a waste of a morning.

Turns out the last email I sent to BL Autos never got through, vanishing into the aether somewhere...so they weren't expecting me to appear this morning as they'd never had the message from me saying I'd be there today. This meant that they had nowhere to put the car and their courtesy car was unavailable. So I...

I have never had to resynchronise mine despite changing batteries earlier this year and before that taking it to bits to clean and removing the batteries to do so - actually worked better after that for a while until the battery died altogether.
May be different for you but I didn't and often bother locking it. No-one would swipe this heap anyway,...

I'm taking it up on Friday to see what they can do - but if it's not completely clean, then I will loudly be campaigning for a replacement!

The local rag may be hesitant to make even veiled accusations of police impropriety but Facebook/Titter won't have the same restrictions.

Welcome to the forum :supercool:

I am sure that there will be a lot of interest in your project, so I have moved your topic to the Blogs forum, as it is a better place for it..

Please give us some pictures!

Some more photos of it in action... possibly taken in the winter of 46/47

I think the bike on the right is the Velocette, with my Gran aboard; not sure what the one on the left is, but that's my Grandad.

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Note the headlight diffuser still fitted on the other machine. Maybe the light on the Velo is so dim it doesn't need one...!!...

The long road to reach cell balance continues... :twisted: Still 30mV out when fully charged, with the car continuing to perform balancing for about 3 hours after reaching full charge.

Normally I get home and plug in around 6:30 to 7:00pm and the charging is finished by 10:30pm at the latest however due to the balancing it is still going until...

Corroded discs will still work - & will improve with use, if it's just surface rust from being left standing, even if they're really badly pitted it'll only knock out the pads quicker (just think how much people pay for dimpled discs!). Seized calipers can often be freed simply by pumping the piston out (use old pads to stop them coming out...

Could be a wiring problem, will need to check in a few days as car is at the local garage having a new ERG fitted.

Well depending on what happens with my Son's new car, if it is classed as a write off he will be driving the Xantia, the good lady is driving the C5 we just bought off him, i will be driving the C4.
If his new car is repaired then unfortunately i will be looking to sell the Xantia. As much as i love it i have to be realistic, the C4 is worth next...

Lets hope it is not the latter... but if it is. Que sera sera. I will replace the dieselfilter in anycase. I do not have a leakdown testkit. I will take her for a drive again tomorrow. I am hoping it is just air somewhere in the system that finally escaped.
Then again. Injectors were disconnected and fuelrails removed. Possibly some leakage it a...

Good to hear you still have atleast one Citroen :)

The Xantia has not had anything to write about this year, it has been driven to the supermarket a few times and once to Chalons-sur-Saone, probably totalling about 100 km for the summer.

Last week, the front suspension did not feel right when cornering, and a bounce test today confirmed a failed sphere, and it certainly has a ruptured diaphragm....

I think I remember that bloke on the TV as a kid - and switching channels! :-D

You heathen!! :-D

Thanks mate, only asking as a guy asked me what mark it was today when i was doing shopping. He was well in love with her 😂

Interesting that you've seen a C15 recently, as I've noticed they seem to be coming out of the woodwork of late (though I doubt the one I saw in a fairly remote part of Lewis will ever escape the long grass into which it had been pushed).

In fairness, it's really the Xantia that's been earning it's keep - as an uncomplaining family hack (not that...

Well done squeezing that in - looks like a really neat job and like it should have been there all along!

What did you do for engine management and have you managed to integrate it into the rest of the cars ECU system?

Nice, although the handbrake remark... In my experience drums are just as much a pain as discs! If you're going to be using the car regularly and driving hard then I'd think again about discs, regular use will keep the handbrake in line.

If there are any on the electrical diagram not on the list, pop them up here.

After a great deal of welding, parts, painting and labouring the dampervan has been returned to her former glory...

Nice link....

Happy Birthday, Jim. I am glad you had such a brilliant day.

A good choice of oil coolers and fittings here...
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I have a Setrab Proline STD fitted to our XM 2.5 as engine oil cooler*, and mounted up-front ahead of the other radiators. Has been on the car for 11 years now. Braided pipework and sandwich (take-off) plate from the same folk.
* replacing the unreliable aluminium Valeo water-oil heat exchanger

It has been commented (elsewhere on this forum, but posted today) that the CAT on the V6 engine is too good, and takes time to get warmed up. IIRC it takes two minutes at 3,000RPM for the cat to get hot enough, and then the emissions magically drop to zero.

Last page of this thread;

Reminds me of something done a good while ago...

20-litre container, one horizontal (jigsaw) cut:
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Makes one draining container, with emptying cap and grab-handle
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And one tool/bits tray
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We are back in France now, so the 308 CC has been put away for the winter. It just ticked over 60,000 km on the day we left.

On reflection, we still really like the car, despite its poor reliability. It has required, on average 2 engine repairs per year since we have had it, compared to the XM, which doing similar duty has required exactly none.

Still can't bring myself to put this up for sale so finally (1000+ miles overdue) had it serviced today (incl much needed new strut leak-off pipe) and mechanic spotted more wetness elsewhere. Initially, he pointed to staining on that low-hanging hydraulic pipe on the offside but further inspection found copious fresh fluid under the power steering...

Very similar to mine - I had the black full leather and the RT3 with colour sat Nav with the voice commands that sounded like she had 10 cans of barley wine and a bottle of gin before announcing a call or giving the street name. Lovely car the MK II.

yes i know :D we talk about it, no worries :D
we talked about when it comes to us (law like urs-do not remove dpf .... ), how the DPF filters will be back, but our genius experts have managed to figure out how to solve it, because we are still a tomb of German diesel vehicles, it was supposed to be delivered somewhere and Croatian Bosnian Serbs...

cornesoutafrica, photos on your webpage are awesome! :)

I'm still around Chris although I've not had anything French since the 406 V6 coupe nearly 4 years ago , since then it's been 2 Landrover Freelander 2's . The first a Td4 which sadly got written off by a twit in an Audi , the second an Sd4 auto which I absolutely love , your fleet has certainly been varied . Love the Volvos btw .

Mark

LNA.... a re-badged 104.
PC: Practical Classics

Yeah, I'd like to put one like yours, but black, on my VTS :)

So, ex-Shalford Green Gatage Barry finally retires. He did work on our BX19RD, and introduced me to re-gassing.
Tom, a colleague of his, still works for the 'new' SGS, now at Dunsfold aerodrome.

Miked, it is not against the rules (AFAIK) to name a garage/service that has done a good job. In fact, there is a dedicated section for such;

So today (I got the car in August!) I finally got to drive it! Since the MOT owner offered to buy it off me, I've been itching to have a go.

There were a couple of niggling doubts due to the charging issue mentioned above and wondering if I was going to get a tug off an ANPR car (if the MID hasn't updated yet) but it was an all round ok...

Was in the UK for a couple of weeks, so hadn't done anything on the car.

Today, I decided to attempt the headlight restoration, and am rather pleased with the results - I still need to put the paint protection film on, but it was very windy today, so might do that tomorrow if the wind dies down, or clear up the garage a bit so I can get the car...

On the canals the 'step' that the upper gates rest on is called the 'cill'.

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What's worse than having 2 broken Activa's....?

Why, having THREE, of course.

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Things have been at a standstill im afraid to say. My best friend reversed her focus into a pole so I have been fixing her dent, along with the rusty front wings which every mk2 focus has. She was annoyed when i took the sander to the wings that there is already about a whole tin of filler in each one! She has had the car for 4 years when it was 6...

This car is up for sale BTW, look in For Sale for details.

Thanks Jim

I am always lurking just do not have time to post much on here, Working again today off to Scotland, looking forward to retiring and have more time to myself.

Only 6 years to go.

I'm looking forward to getting my Activa on the road again now. I was going to do it last month but realised that I was 3 weeks through the month and refused to loose a months tax... in hindsight I wish I had done as it's now MOT time and she's not moved since last year so I'll be going the very long route to MOT to give her a bit of a workout on...