Citroën BX – XPO – Wheel Arch Repair – Eps24
7 min read Just when I thought I was done with welding, I realised I had best tackle the wheel arch repair before committing to paint. Continue Reading
7 min read Just when I thought I was done with welding, I realised I had best tackle the wheel arch repair before committing to paint. Continue Reading
8 min read While the big cut hadn’t gone quite as I hoped, welding in the repair panel goes a little better. Quickly the car comes back together. Continue Reading
8 min read I simply couldn’t put it off any longer. Time to put on my big boy pants and fire up the grinder. The day had come for the Big Cut. And after all the build up, it could have gone better! Continue Reading
8 min read Oh my, oh my! Yet another six months have passed since the last XPO update back in June. This is only the second update in twelve months. Frankly, you’d be forgiven for thinking XPO may have been scrapped. Sorry, my… Continue Reading
10 min read Legend has it, that BX doors regularly fall off. They don’t, but its often close. Let’s tackle a Citroen BX door pillar repair, and keep that door firmly fixed to the car! Continue Reading
10 min read In this article, I tackle an inner A-pillar repair to the donor body panel. Now the Mega Shed is built, I can plough on with the XPO project. Continue Reading
6 min read After releasing the Ender5 article last month, a few people have contacted me about making parts. The first one I’m tackling is the BX boot door trim clip.
#bxproject #Citroen #CitroenBX #carrestoration #Ender5 #3DPrinting Continue Reading
6 min read At last the final scuttle repair can begin. This seems like a simple piece to weld in, but for the next panel to align, it needs to be neat. Continue Reading
7 min read With the suspension turret repaired, I could turn my mind to making repair pieces and welding up the scuttle. Using the highly technical process of CAD. Continue Reading
8 min read Non-structural repairs seemed a good place to start the welding, but rot in the suspension turret panel soon changed that! Continue Reading
8 min read A good independent motor factor is a joy, but with so few left I’ve had to turn to AutoDoc for elusive French servicing parts. Continue Reading
7 min read Before I can put the engine back in to XPO, I need to tackle the body work. I’ll need to take a body cut from another, but how much will I need? Continue Reading
8 min read With the head and bottom end restored, I could finally complete the MI16 engine assembly. But it wasn’t going to go completely smoothly! Continue Reading
7 min read In part three of the series, we will disconnect the heater matrix and remove the heater tap so it can be disassembled and refurbished Continue Reading
11 min read Back In 2012 I wrote an article on the removal of the heater tap over on the BX Club Forum. It’s never felt quite finished so in this article series I’ll revisit the original post. Hopefully the updates and additional insight will help you with problems with your Citroen BX heater tap. Continue Reading