Aaarghhh! Bl**dy clutch clip just went ping on my GF's Xant

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Aaarghhh! Bl**dy clutch clip just went ping on my GF's Xant

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Oh no, not again!
This is my GF's 2nd Xantia. She has neck and spinal injuries and finds the smooth ride to be beneficial when driving. Her 1st one broke a clutch clip and I managed to repair it for her. How I'm not quite sure as I'm 6'3" and not too flexible (I'm 52 now as well). I do remember I never managed to get the spring back on properly but It didn't seem to matter that much.
Anyway, that car had to go for one reason or another, and she recently decided to get another :shock:
Unlike the 1st one, this a Mk2, a 1.9TD SX Estate. (Different Clutch mechanism?)
I really don't feel I could cope with the angst involved in sorting this one out, especially given that the Mk2 is more difficult( I think) with the automatic adjustment.
We don't have enough money to pay a Citroen Stealer to do it, so I'm wondering if anyone here can give her a price to do it instead. The car is in Folkestone, Kent.
Any offers of help for the poor girl? (I mean both my GF and the car!)

Thanks for any feedback.
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You're not too far from Malcolm (citronut) in St. Leonards-on Sea.
I'm sure he would be delighted to quote you a price and you can be absolutely certain he knows his way around Citroens :)

Click the link for his profile and contact by PM or email.
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myglaren wrote:You're not too far from Malcolm (citronut) in St. Leonards-on Sea.
I'm sure he would be delighted to quote you a price and you can be absolutely certain he knows his way around Citroëns :)

Click the link for his profile and contact by PM or email.
Wow! We bought the car from St.Leonards! Maybe he knows it?
Will send a PM.
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pete the bus wrote:(I'm 52 now as well)
a spring chicken then as im of a 53 vintage, thats 1953 (no thats not my age) although i feel it sometimes :roll:,


its most odd the car is in Folkestone and came from St Leonards on sea,

as im originaly from Folkestone and now live in St Leonards on sea,

my dad used to own.run Prima Pottery which was at the top of the Old High street,

and yes i can give you a quote via a pm. also with my contact details,


regards malcolm
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I'm 52 as well...
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How strange I'm 61 but only 50 :lol: .
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so you mean you have got your bus pass already Steve :shock: :lol: :wink:


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They asked me to apply for one three years ago.
Couldn't download the application form so sod them, they can stick their bloody buses! :twisted:
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I did mine last year at the age of 76just get a nice thick piece of foam or several layers of blanket , a glass of rum and get on with it.
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OK, OK, so you're trying to say I'm nowhere near old enough to be pulling out of this job! But last time I came away feeling five years older than when I started it - and I feel I'm ageing too fast already! :D

Malcolm, thats very kind of you, will send a PM shortly. My GF is wondering if you have a sister called Stella? She seems to remember going to school with a girl who's parents owned the pottery...
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Yes I am 52 as well! 2 clutch clips under my belt but still a xantia heater matrix virgin! I dismantled one from my old car and its in the shed but I don't think that counts as the full job.

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There's a sizable number of us who are 52 then :D 1959 was a good year...

You're not a fully-paid up member of the Xantia spannering club until you've done a clutch clip, a heater matrix AND an Activa exhaust manifiold gasket :lol: :lol: :lol:

My bloody back lets me know how old I am sometimes :evil:

Doing a heater matrix this weekend, reassembling the front end of an XM and replacing the auxiliary belt on my V6 has left me in no doubt :lol: :lol:
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pete the bus wrote:My GF is wondering if you have a sister called Stella? She seems to remember going to school with a girl who's parents owned the pottery...

i certainly do Pete small world isnt it,


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With so many in our early 50's I wonder if there is a shared musical heritage.

I was at a recent gathering of the roughly 50 ish club otherwise known as a Nearly Dan concert at the Sage Gateshead.

Really it was like having Steely Dan play in your front room.

They are at "The Stables" at Milton Keynes if anyone knows it on October 8th.

Well worth it

Apologies nowt to do with clutch clips!

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