Crazy Frenchman repairs BX with old shoe...
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Very good now thats using your nogin but i do agree the correct mount is not that expensive but he may not be able to get one i can also say that when they get to that point they bang like a goodun I know thats why i had to do mine which is now sat in the boot of billy's old estate on my old engine.
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Doc Martins !!!! What a waste.
Seriously - one of the justifications that the 'mad Frenchman' made for doing this was that the OE rubber bush is not oil resistant and therefore fails prematurely on a leaky engine. His sandalettes had oil resistant soles and would thus do their job for much longer.
Personally I admire anyone who goes to these lengths to improvise another way/approach of doing a job on a BX and to show a photo history - comic strip style almost - of all the stages.
This is not to say that I would ever follow that route though, in case you were wondering
Seriously - one of the justifications that the 'mad Frenchman' made for doing this was that the OE rubber bush is not oil resistant and therefore fails prematurely on a leaky engine. His sandalettes had oil resistant soles and would thus do their job for much longer.
Personally I admire anyone who goes to these lengths to improvise another way/approach of doing a job on a BX and to show a photo history - comic strip style almost - of all the stages.
This is not to say that I would ever follow that route though, in case you were wondering
The Joy of BX with just one Citroën BX to my name now. Will I sing Bye Bye to my GTI or will it be Till death us do part.
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As it happens, there may have been method in his madness. I went to my local Citroën yesterday to find out how much the part in question would cost. The answer was two hundred and... my ears blocked on the two hundred, and I asked if he was talking in Francs or Euros. Yes, Euros, we're talking about a hundred and fifty quid or so.Jaba wrote: Seriously - one of the justifications that the 'mad Frenchman' made for doing this was that the OE rubber bush is not oil resistant and therefore fails prematurely on a leaky engine.
The excuse was : now, they don't sell the rubber bush separately, it comes complete with the alloy housing. Which must be eternal, barring accidents.
Anybody have platform shoes for sale ?
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Maybe Mondeo owners could do with some help from the Mad Frenchman too! See link:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MONDEO-MK3-REAR-S ... dZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MONDEO-MK3-REAR-S ... dZViewItem
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