What second hand spares to keep for a C5 2l hdi

[hirameuser]

And before you post back an extra 2 C5's, I will explain further I live in a village 12 miles from the nearest motor factor or scrap yard and we only get for when 3 buses a week. After fun and games earlier this year when a 2 year old starter motor packed up after the nearest factors had closed for the weekend. I am compiling a list of what to keep close at hand for when something else goes phut! What do you suggest I add to the list below of second hand bits to aquire as they are not common in scapyards around here?

Lexia got this

Starter motor
Alternator
mosfet for heater control = got 3
drivers electric window switch
air mass unit
egr valve
both fuel pumps
spare alloy wheel


What are your suggestions

Cheers

Phil

[jgra1]

injectors phil
turbot ?
some ecus? BSI..

[Northern_Mike]

And before you post back an extra 2 C5's, I will explain further I live in a village

Then you may have space for an extra 3 C5s, rather than two, which IMO is not enough.

I'd add a suspension pump, and the fuseboxes/relay bits and pieces that are by the fuseboxes to that lot, turbo induction pipes - the big rubber ones, and a comms 2000 unit.

[Xantidote]

As you see the list getting progressively longer, maybe the idea of a 2nd C5 for spares isn't such a bad idea, assuming you've somewhere to keep it.

One problem with keeping a load of spares is that in the end, for all the spares you keep in store, you will probably only use 1 or 2 items. Problem is, you don't know in advance which spares you'll need

It's a good insurance though, as it will persuade your C5 to be well behaved and reliable

[citroenxm]

The real answer EVERYTHING... as said above you never know when you will need or what bit..

Ive found that if you strip a car and keep everything you wont need it!

[Peter.N.]

The main problem is that whatever parts you stock they are rarely the ones that fail. We live in a similar situation but have two cars so unless they both break down at the same time we are covered. A spare car is certainly the best way, we ran XMs for 15 years or more and I had to chase about for bits for them until my wife wrapped one round a bus shelter, from then on we had an almost complete set of spares. I used to keep a spare CX here when we ran them and that was very useful.

I now get most of my spares from ebay- yes the postman does deliver here, there are usually several listings for the same part so you should be able to find one at a reasonable price. We do have a scrap yard about 10 miles away, he only had one C5 but I just managed to salvage an in tank pump and a steering column (u/j's worn) before it was hauled onto a lorry for scrap. I then realised I also wanted a MAF

Peter