- smiffy
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Umm, don't laugh.....
I've just spent a long time pricing up all the bits I might need to rebuild the front suspension and steering on my CX turbo!
Last time I drove it, the front arm bearings, ball joints, and driveshafts were totally FUCKED!!!
Luckily I have a pair of ABS shafts from a car I scrapped ages ago, so the roll bar link arms are £50 each, top ball joints are £48 each, bottom ball joints are £35 each but track rod ends are £90 each! Ohh, and I will need some tyres if I can find some second hand 390 metric ones....
I've got a rough idea now, and I just might be bringing myself around to the idea of taking the engine out of it, so the clutch can be done, and at the same time clean up, and get some nice person to weld the battery tray as required!
I'm thinking just as soon as it gets a little warmer....late march perhaps?
I miss my CX!
Last time I drove it, the front arm bearings, ball joints, and driveshafts were totally FUCKED!!!
Luckily I have a pair of ABS shafts from a car I scrapped ages ago, so the roll bar link arms are £50 each, top ball joints are £48 each, bottom ball joints are £35 each but track rod ends are £90 each! Ohh, and I will need some tyres if I can find some second hand 390 metric ones....
I've got a rough idea now, and I just might be bringing myself around to the idea of taking the engine out of it, so the clutch can be done, and at the same time clean up, and get some nice person to weld the battery tray as required!
I'm thinking just as soon as it gets a little warmer....late march perhaps?
I miss my CX!
They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away...
but now that most of them are muslim, I find bacon and sausages work better!
but now that most of them are muslim, I find bacon and sausages work better!
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
You're going to take the engine out, all on your own?
Blimey!
You're a tad of a lieghtweight really mate, I've been up there in all weathers, including many degrees below zero.
Pull your finger out, get the bike sorted, then get on with the car. There is no excuse.
By late March there will be even less of it!
Blimey!
You're a tad of a lieghtweight really mate, I've been up there in all weathers, including many degrees below zero.
Pull your finger out, get the bike sorted, then get on with the car. There is no excuse.
By late March there will be even less of it!
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
What's wrong with March??? It's all virtual reality anyway. He may as well say feb of june.
The only place it;s gonna get done is in his head
The only place it;s gonna get done is in his head
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
assuming JDizzle can stay awake long enough, I think it's plausable!
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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.
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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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Where the FUCK are you getting prices from?smiffy wrote: the roll bar link arms are £50 each, top ball joints are £48 each, bottom ball joints are £35 each but track rod ends are £90 each!
My local factors has most of the ball joints for the front of a CX at sensible prices (eg bottom ball joint for £8 last one I bought)
I'll get some other prices too. There's also a complete CX here for breaking with good suspensions and other bits on. (which I need to break soon, so if you want bits, get down here!)
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Well, there's a sterling offer you cannot refuse JD!
Get to it, summers on it's way, and that cars been laid up way too long, I mean, go look at it, it's crying FFS.
Get to it, summers on it's way, and that cars been laid up way too long, I mean, go look at it, it's crying FFS.
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1990 BX 16V It's got big hairy bollocks
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Euthenasia, because enough's enough already.
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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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Bear in mind I've also offered to sort out the mess of wiring for the GTi Turbo too.
Thy has no excuse now.
Thy has no excuse now.
... 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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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Smiffy has more offers of help than he could possibly handle. I don't think it would be impossible to get everything done in a single weekend, but time will tell!
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Have any idea what you've let yourself in for??David wrote:Bear in mind I've also offered to sort out the mess of wiring for the GTi Turbo too.
Thy has no excuse now.
Still, be good to see you again!
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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.
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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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Need to start by removing the engine..... before any re-wiring needs to be done!
They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away...
but now that most of them are muslim, I find bacon and sausages work better!
but now that most of them are muslim, I find bacon and sausages work better!
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Well what you waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
I'd seriously consider giving the thing a WASH before doing anything else!
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Do you want it to fall apart completely???
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Now XBX And into HDI.....as well as other ...err.... things.
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
So, thats an afternoons work then....smiffy wrote:Need to start by removing the engine.....
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.
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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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Or decades maybe, if you really REALLY tried..
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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1971 BL 350FG ambulance
1993 Dennis Lance 132 It's got mahooosive hairy bollocks!
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
I reckon no more than 10 minutes work! If 4 of us lifted the body, with that cow shit and rust and everything, the engine and box would stay where it was.
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Re: Umm, don't laugh.....
Don't let those mocking bastards get you down Smiffy Prove 'em wrong!
....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