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Re: Scabby old Citroens.
It had a fair run and there's a fairly long, steep hill on the way to the test station which I'm sure will have helped. It started first touch of the key, other than that it's got the standard hanging handbrake cable. He just handed over the money and drove it away, TBH he doesn't give a fuck what he's driving as long as it gets there. I remember being in a Mk2 Escort van as a kid he'd been given for spares. He ran it till the MOT was up. The passenger seat was balanced on bits of wood and I had a fairly clear view of the tarmac passing underneath as we travelled down the road.
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Re: Scabby old Citroens.
That's not too bad (easy to say when I'm not doing it, I know). I do like seeing stuff like this living on.
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Pretty sure it'll die with him but you never know? He used to be good with old nails, always checking the oil and water in them as it's their life blood after all. Sadly he's let that habit go over the years. He had a Terios, great little truck, especially for where he lives in the winter. The daft cunt did 55K in it without having the oil changed, just ran it, when the light finally came on he went in a garage and saw the price of oil. The 20/50 he bought as it was the cheapest there pretty much finished it off.mercrocker wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:43 pm That's not too bad (easy to say when I'm not doing it, I know). I do like seeing stuff like this living on.
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Re: Scabby old Citroens.
He upped the value of it by 50% this afternoon by filling it up Looked at the clocks earlier and turns out it's only got 76k on it.
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Re: Scabby old Citroens.
I've often wondered why the French insist on such shitty connections to things.
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Re: Scabby old Citroens.
Nowt wrong with a M6 nut.
Baffles me why you didn't turn up with a quality 8mm spanner.
Baffles me why you didn't turn up with a quality 8mm spanner.
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Re: Scabby old Citroens.
Maybe because my old man doesn't believe in quality tools and I forgot my cheapo but great little socket set. If you look at the photo of the m8 closely there are two little tabs, these were stopping me from getting anything properly on the bolt, a gentle* levering/hammering/butchering allowed me to get a bit of purchase on it. I used a 16mm spanner on the end of the 8mm as a lever in the end before it let go with a satisfying snap. Bloody tight!Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:44 pm Nowt wrong with a M6 nut.
Baffles me why you didn't turn up with a quality 8mm spanner.