BX bringing you down? just don't have the right spanner? perhaps our counselors can help . . . actually i doubt it, but ask anyway!
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by docchevron132 » 07 Oct 2010
Stinkwheel(Matt) wrote:Cummins <giggle>
Can't say they make me giggle, they do however give me a full on robot chubby!
PHWOAR!
763KG's of Cummins Diesel Power! Fuck off great Holset Turbo and a Bosch P7100 pump, what more could a man want eh!
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by smiffy » 07 Oct 2010
Perhaps a nice L10??
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!
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by Way2go » 07 Oct 2010
A Challenger Tank would complement the collection nicely.
It's diesels must have some major grunt!
Actually, if you don't want a tank with a gun then the Challenger Recovery Vehicle is a serious piece of logistic kit. No problem in the future for when other things then sink up to their axles in cowshit!
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by Stinkwheel(Matt) » 07 Oct 2010
Right, can i just say...............
Track rod end, bottom ball joint and some fairly serious front inner wing and strut area welding. Hmmmmmmmm so much for low mileage tidy cars having easy lives.
If it doesn't pass tomorrow I'm gonna punch the tester and set fire to it
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by Father Ted » 07 Oct 2010
did this one come of Tim? He had a st tropez didnt he?
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by mat_the_cat » 07 Oct 2010
You're right, via another Matt.
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by Stinkwheel(Matt) » 07 Oct 2010
TRUE.......it went.................
Some weird freeelance motoring journo, Tim, Phil C, Matt C, Me.
And guess what, It was MOT'd at a well known VW dealers (im guessing anyway) That welding didnt come round in one year thats for sure.
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by Philhod » 07 Oct 2010
Well everyone on here knows that the knob polisher is unconcerned with mechanical or structural integrity and there are enough of uz on here that know where the tin worm hides, to attend when buying if anyone needs it.
Once the front wing is off its easy enuff to weld up the inner as it doesn't matter what it looks like really and waxoyl can be liberally spread too.
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by Stinkwheel(Matt) » 07 Oct 2010
Philhod wrote:
Once the front wing is off its easy enuff to weld up the inner as it doesn't matter what it looks like really and waxoyl can be liberally spread too.
Exactly what i did Phil
Those bottom ball joints are fun arent they, big hammer, big chisel and punch. SMACK IT. jobbed.
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by Philhod » 07 Oct 2010
I've made a tool for those. Burnt it out of a piece of 3/8ths plate with a Y only with a rounded shape, at the end, drilled a hole through the tops, welded a piece of hard steel in one end and tapped the other for a hard screw
Just adjust it between the castelations and with a 2ft handle it just unscrews. You just got to make sure you un peen the the peened in bitz properly, or you can be at it a while.
even with the socket tool.
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by docchevron132 » 08 Oct 2010
I've always used the cold chisel / big fuck off and die hammer method. Rarely fails.
Just opted for the tool since it was cheap and I aint bought any tool shit for a while.
Low mileage / well cared for is all bollocks.
Show me ANY BX and I'll find rot in it, they all have some somewhere. Fact.
The biggest bugger with BX's is that they can hide it really fucking well..
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by Philhod » 08 Oct 2010
Yeah! when I dropped the exhaust and back bumper off mine, there was no rust at all till I started banging. Fortunately it is only in the outriggers and easily fixed. Encouragingly there was none in the usual rear end places, at all!
It was well waxoyled in 1997 but still good and has had another coat after the repairs. The sills were all good except for the metal bungs at the rear end, which disintegrated with a finger poke.
The rubber surround had stopped it spreading to the sill hole even. I'll get a full rubber one to replace.
Back end back together now and moving towards the front with no issues up to now. Waxoyling in all the box sections as I go.
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by Stinkwheel(Matt) » 09 Oct 2010
Well, luckily it passed yesterday, so another 12months ticket for the toal outlay of 60 quid. Cant complain really i suppose.
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by docchevron132 » 09 Oct 2010
Not bad adrts for a 12 month of swearing and green drips!
Congrats
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by Philhod » 09 Oct 2010
Yeah. even newer cars can cost more than that to get through.
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by Stinkwheel(Matt) » 20 Oct 2010
Funnily i bought one of those ball joint tools anyway, cant see me getting shot of this BX for a good while, so thought might as well have one for next time
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by mat_the_cat » 20 Oct 2010
I ordered mine but got something totally different in its place! I've sent it back but not got my tool yet
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by docchevron132 » 21 Oct 2010
oh, I got mine ok!
You're welcome to borrow it should the need arise mate.
They are known to fail though, the tool that is, it's a Sealey unit, and I've killed a few of them in the past down the garage, hence I always use chisel and hammer method on mine!
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by Stinkwheel(Matt) » 21 Oct 2010
Actually Sealey, i have to ask. Why just put the big 32mm or whatever Hex on the bottom, surely a nice square socket drive would have been an idea, jeeeez tool companies.
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by docchevron132 » 21 Oct 2010
ahh, but if they did that they'd have had to have made the tool deeper, using more raw material to allow the taper through see.
The Blue Point (I think) version is long enough to do this and has a 1/2" drive square in it!
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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