Changing a sun visor (fail!)

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Changing a sun visor (fail!)

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Okay - I finally decided to do the job yesterday, after a year of procrastination (and trying to balance the said visor so I could see to drive).

Spent an hour assembling the tools (mainly a torque(?) drive) - took the broken one off - this mechanics lark is easy-peasey. Fail, it's the wrong type of visor (too short). Pulled the bracket out of the old one and it seems to work just by friction - so another half an hour borrowing a pair of pliers (mine have disappeared) and a good, grunting squeeze and hey-presto it stays in place now!

Took off the exhaust shield too, which was rattling like a demented pneumatic drill.

I think I will get the garage to fix the rattle from the front suspension ;)
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Think i have a rattling exhaust heat shield as well, sounds like the front one. Was it easy to remove/repair?
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scarecrow wrote: Took off the exhaust shield too, which was rattling like a demented pneumatic drill.
If it's the one that protects your Hardy disc, I hope you replaced it as you don't want to be cooking that rubber! :shock:
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What's a hardy disc!?! I asked the Citroen mechanic who looks after the car and was told it'd be okay to take it off... It's not really a shield - more of a preheater for the air intake - but as I have Konan the Barbarian air filter thing on top of the Carb now it was pretty much redundant.

The thing rattled because one of the bolt holes was corroded - a big washer would have fixed it. It's located over the front inlet manifold and there were three small bolts holding it on that looked corroded but came out easy enough.
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The Hardy disc is the semi-flexible steering column coupling behind & just below the exhaust manifold.
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Ahh yes I know what you mean now - thanks. No this is right at the front of the engine.
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Way2go wrote:The Hardy disc is the semi-flexible steering column coupling behind & just below the exhaust manifold.
Not on the 1.4 engine, to be pedantic... :wink:
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mat_fenwick wrote:
Way2go wrote:The Hardy disc is the semi-flexible steering column coupling behind & just below the exhaust manifold.
Not on the 1.4 engine, to be pedantic... :wink:
No Hardy discs on any of the engines to trump your pedantic. :wink:
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:lol: Groan...
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Does it matter if there's a tiny bit of seepage --- from the Carb. ? I noticed it was a bit bit moist around a middle gasket, getting yellowy too.
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