GEEEE'z what an adventure!

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 05 Jun 2010, 16:10

Here are pictures of the newly pivoted front and rear height corrector linkages. Used turned down M14 bolts with a 3cm shank, tapered one end and tapped it in the increased sized hole where the rivet used to be.

Post by **CitroJim** » 06 Jun 2010, 11:42

Excellent stuff Kev

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 19 Jul 2010, 22:06

This one's not quite Citroen related but still, none the less worthy of a post. Just finishing off my morning shower and I hear sudden shouting and screaming from downstairs. This prompts me to jump out and see whats up. I go down to find water streaming out of a couple of light switches, mains electric sockets and dripping from a large area of the ceiling. The pressure of the water had flicked the switch and turned the light on. In the immediate panic, rash thinking and all that, mum had tried to switch the light switch off and gained a minor electric shock.
We immediately turned the electric, mains and storage tank water off and gradually the flow was decreasing. Once the flow near as dammit stopped, photos were taken and the cleanup started.
Bear in mind that we for the first time got someone else to fit a new bathroom about 9 months ago as usually we do house refitting ourselves.
British Gas turned up to asses the situation and put it down to poor workmanship on the part of the subcontractors of B&Q who had botched the poor thread on the bath tub waste water pipe with lots of PTFE tape. Selfish, cheapskate bar stools. It just goes to show that you need to watch and verify everything anyone else does.
I've taken my Xantia to garages a total of 4 times, 3 times I've needed to go back as I wasn't happy with the standard of work. Firstly, the air con regas. That went swimmingly. New tyres and tracking - steering wheel miles off centre. Clutch - gearbox oil leaking (identified by Jim's hawk eyed Dad!) due to them catching the brand new diff seal when putting the drive shafts back in. Windscreen - scuttle lifted off the windscreen as it didn't bond.

Once again. The moral of the story, if a job's worth doing, do it yourself (or of course with your mates

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Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 21 Jul 2010, 10:54

That sounds a bit hectic there Kev. Doesnt sound too unfamiliar from what happens in our house

I hope the people who did the work are going to sort out the problem and the mess its caused?

We had a new bathroom about 2 years ago, we are still having problems with it now. We also had a leak which emptied all of the bath water into the kitchen through our new ceiling and lights. Then another leak from the shower which the shower tray had to be taken out and replaced.

Talking of floods, we had severe rain most of yesterday evening from 5.00 onwards. I was at work and the rain water was flooding in the fire doors creating all kinds of problems inside. I was trampling around in a few inches of water trying to move electicals off the floor.

We have never hd a job done right either, it could be with the house or the cars but nothing is ever right first time. I think its just the way it is

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 25 Sep 2010, 12:50

Well, I attended a wedding yesterday, all very good as weddings are but something that made this one extra special was that I was asked if I could drive the bride from her parents house to the church "in your lovely white Citroen"

So all of that polishing hasn't gone to waste

Post by **CitroJim** » 25 Sep 2010, 16:04

Kev,

That's fantastic

Wonderful!

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 25 Sep 2010, 16:44

Xantias make great wedding cars.
Cassy for instance was called into service when at a friends' wedding it turned out the taxi firm had lost their booking so they had no way to get to their hotel.
Chris, the groom, is over 6'5" and his bride Jenny is also quite tall, yet they had plenty of leg room.

Runn does look good with ribbons, so maybe you've found a new weekend earner Kev

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 25 Sep 2010, 17:27

Well maybe Xac

Trouble is, that I would have to buy a Traction for the traditionalists aswell

Maybe I could employ you Xac to drive the bride to the church?
The whole tradition about brides being late to weddings would be turned into a myth especially if you were to drive Jenny

Also, do note my programmed in lack of trust of hand brakes, in gear and wheels turned away from the pavement

Though, if you could spot that it's in gear I would be impressed!

Post by **CitroJim** » 25 Sep 2010, 17:47

red_dwarfers wrote: Maybe I could employ you Xac to drive the bride to the church?
The whole tradition about brides being late to weddings would be turned into a myth especially if you were to drive Jenny

Just what I was thinking

It might well be the highlight of her wedding...

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 25 Sep 2010, 20:22

Well i knew you mentioned it the other day but i didnt realise it was so soon. Your Xantia certainly suits the ribbons

Lack of trust in your handbrake hey? I thought wheels turned to the curb is the idea, so the car bumps the curb and not running away into traffic?

Ive been having to leave ,y C5 in gear recently as the handbrake got stuck on if i used it, thank fully thats fixed after today, but i didnt like leaving it in gear and made steep hill starts a bit tricky.

You could be onto a good little earner there Kev, better than any Merc of BWM!

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 13 Oct 2010, 17:39

Thanks to Chris570 I've now got a variable intermittent wiper system in place so that I can have anywhere from 5 to 13 second gaps between wipes

It will come just in time for the days where the rain can't make up its mind. All it involved was replacing the stalk so it seems that there is a variable resistor in there that does all the business, proper job!

Chris570 · Post by **Chris570** » 13 Oct 2010, 18:32

oh i'm glad it was as simple as plug and play

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 14 Oct 2010, 17:36

A very nice little mod Kev, I like easy to fit mods! Definitely worth having, they are a good idea.

Post by **CitroJim** » 14 Oct 2010, 17:50

Excellent stuff Kev

Delighted it all worked out a treat!

red_dwarfers · Post by **red_dwarfers** » 05 Nov 2010, 18:51

I've had the cause to use the intermittent wipers the last couple of days and I really can't help but wear a big wide grin when I need to twist it slightly

rather sad I know!

If all goes well my rims should be making their way westwards this weekend so that I don't have such an epic roadtrip. Its all good!