So seems like a good moment to start a blog...
It's a September 1992 (RP 5800) BX19 Millésime, XUD9A, N/A, with A/C, LHD, in light gold (champagne).
Has covered 170k km (106k mi), which is pretty gentle stuff for all those years. Almost everything on it is original, and it has obviously been well looked after: no rust, and only one small ding on a front wheel arch, and no fluid leaks!
My guess is that the car has been sat garaged for a good while. Although the inside and bodywork have obviously been valeted, and the underside steam-cleaned, a few interior nooks and crannies (eg under the headrests) had a decent layer of dust. Interior is two-tone grey velour, dark charcoal dash, and in lovely condition, as are the seats and boot.
Tyres are passable (or maybe not) - some Uniroyal Rain-somethings at the FF, and Michelin Energy at the RR. They'll all get replaced with Michelin.
The car is drivable, and after a brief road test in France, I did the 4km local road hop from our village (where the trailer decanted it last Friday), but putting it on Spanish plates, and insurance (with temporary green plates), are still to be done.
Now, I say drivable, but the short trip from the village was a tad nobbly
. All the spheres are genuine Citroen, but obviously in need of regassing or replacement. Even the Accumulator had seen better days, with the pump clicking away every few seconds.So that was job #1, pretty much. All five spheres got removed and fitted with Valprex valves. The Acc was shot (ruptured) and replaced with a spare XM Hydractive centre, and gassed to 62. Incredibly, all four wheel spheres were the correct ones, but had not a lot of gas left in them, but just enough to try regassing. Looks as if this has been successful, as I now have lots of lovely give FF and RR, and the pump is only clicking once every 30+ secs. We'll see...
And then a start has been made on the list other jobs, some of which were remembered from our previous '89 BX19RD:
- New 096 battery fitted (to replace the rather small one it came with)
- Tyre pressure check. Some tw*t had pumped all four up to 3.2 bar! Nobbly guaranteed.
- Check on LHM (it was clean, so being left for time being) and coolant (clean, no oil in there, but will get renewed)
- Engine oil/filter change (guess who's got a missing dipstick top...)
- New gearbox oil
- New cambelt/idler/tensioner/water pump kit, arriving this week
- New aux belt
- Headlights: yellow H4 bulbs to come out, and have now fitted relays (and fuses) on both dip and main beams
- A relay to be fitted to the starter solenoid supply (a very handy bulkhead relay bracket, which can take several extras)
- A check on the twin cooling fans:
Some chump had wrongly positioned one of AC hoses to the compressor, which had forced the radiator thermo-switch connector upwards, bending the switch pins, and effectively disconnected it. Spotted, thank goodness, and now fixed and tested. Both fans now do the correct stuff - slow and fast.
- Replace the glow-plugs. Only taking 25A total for all four, so guess that two are not working. GP relay cleaned, and ok.
- Check out the handbrake cables: lever not staying right down, so parking brake light pops on.
- Only cosmetic, but have changed the steering wheel for a BX large-pad type, rather than the four-spoke 'sport' wheel it came with, which I really do not like.
- Lifted the rear of the driver's seat by 2.5cm, to give a more comfortable, less laid-back, position.
- Jobs for later include a new radio and a good few instrument bulbs, a towbar (our RAV4 is to go), mudflaps, a good application of wax to cavities and the underside, and convert the AC system from R12 to R134a.
So, a project it is. Already enjoying it
.I need some help with a couple of tech/parts items, but will post those separately.
Looks lovely and a great project 
I shall be following with great interest and enjoyment 
!