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David
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by David » 09 Apr 2009
docchevron1472 wrote:woble head somehting rat shit doobery twirly open enders
*brandishes said tool*
Actually, floppy-end rat-shit spanners do indeed make this job a fair bit easier. Still a pig, but not the sort of job that makes you look at a gallon of petrol and a lighter and think "yep. Fukkit."
... all landings are in fact controlled crashes, and any crash you can walk away from is a good landing. The definition of a good pilot is a man with the same number of landings as take-offs.
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docchevron132
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by docchevron132 » 10 Apr 2009
Erm, hve you got a piccy of said spanner David?
I may go buy one, or make one, since I'm bloody sure them two fucking arsehole to get at unions will leak like a sieve when I fire the thing up tomorrow.
1989 BX 17TD P2 Hybrid
1990 BX 16V It's got big hairy bollocks
1971 BL 350FG ambulance
1993 Dennis Lance 132 It's got mahooosive hairy bollocks!
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CitroJim
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by CitroJim » 10 Apr 2009
I saw somewhere you said that the rack job was such a bugger it almost made you want a Xantia...
Don't! A Xanita is likely to need a new heater matrix and to replace one makes a BX rack job seem like a sunday afternoon stroll in the park
Jim
Lots of Citroens beginning with the letter X but not including the letter M
One has a letter V and a figure 6
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docchevron132
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by docchevron132 » 10 Apr 2009
I duno mate, I've done a few xanty heater matrix's now, they aint too bad.
Better than being buried under a shitty old french pile of crap all day with green blood pissing into your eyes, down your sleeves, up your nose and everywhere else!
Still, tis done now, bar a bit of fiddling with the tracking, and it no longer knocks like a 79year old hooker, so all is well.
Christ does it ever feel slow compared to the valver though!
1989 BX 17TD P2 Hybrid
1990 BX 16V It's got big hairy bollocks
1971 BL 350FG ambulance
1993 Dennis Lance 132 It's got mahooosive hairy bollocks!
Euthenasia, because enough's enough already.
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Bx Bandit
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by Bx Bandit » 12 Apr 2009
I did a rack today - took about 30mins - don't know what you're moaning about doc.........oh, what the haynes doesn't tell you is to remove the engine first!
....There he goes, one of God's own prototypes, a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production......too weird too live.....and too rare to die
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docchevron132
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by docchevron132 » 13 Apr 2009
Amen to that!
If I have to do another one, I'll just drop the subframe down a tad, that makes life much easier, or yeah, take the engine out!
1989 BX 17TD P2 Hybrid
1990 BX 16V It's got big hairy bollocks
1971 BL 350FG ambulance
1993 Dennis Lance 132 It's got mahooosive hairy bollocks!
Euthenasia, because enough's enough already.
