Some bits i'm after

saintjamesy89 · Post by **saintjamesy89** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:47 pm

Hi Guys,

I had a good 'ole poke around the BX this morning and have come up with this list of stuff i need.

Screw - that secures the plate the coil and the plastic air feed pipe thing are attachged to, it's on the front of the plate and looks about 8/10mm wide, not sure how long. Screws into a metal extension on the RHS of the rocker cover.

Plastic part that connects the carb to the air filter housing, oil breather also attaches here. It is only held by the bolt on the front, and is loose.

Ducting from the exhaust manifold shield to the air intake pipe.

I think thats it for now!

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Post by **Tim Leech** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:59 pm

The pipe you can get from most places tom and cut to fit.

saintjamesy89 · Post by **saintjamesy89** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:12 pm

Places such as homebase/B+Q etc?

I also need a govebox lid, the hinges are snapped, and it's being held by the latch!

electrokid · Post by **electrokid** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:47 pm

My first BX didn't have a glovebox lid.
My second BX didn't have a glovebox lid.
Four and a half years ago I bought the BX I have now - that didn't have a glovebox lid either.

After a couple of years I decided to do something about it and got one from a scrapper... It was so long sculling around in the garage that the hinges got broken on that one as well.

Last year I decided to really go for it

and got another one - that too spent too long in the garage and one of the hinges got broken.

Finally, this year, I got fed up with all this messing about and carefully carved the lid and the box with a Dremel and a very thin B&D cutting disk to accept brass hinges - screwed into the thin plastic that's available then 'blobbed' with aluminium loaded epoxy.

I've got a glove box lid now

KevR · Post by **KevR** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:54 pm

What colour's the trim - I've got a good brown glovebox lurking.

saintjamesy89 · Post by **saintjamesy89** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:09 pm

Wow electrokid, thats an accomplishment, 3 BX's and two broken lids... Unfortunatley mines grey, thanks for the reply though!

KevR · Post by **KevR** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:11 pm

saintjamesy89 wrote:Wow electrokid, thats an accomplishment, 3 BX's and two broken lids...

No, that's perfectly normal - in fact it's more likely to have two BXs and three broken lids...

electrokid · Post by **electrokid** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:33 pm

No, that's perfectly normal - in fact it's more likely to have two BXs and three broken lids...

true

I think what I was getting at is - if you get a decent glove box lid you still have weak hinges - it's just possible with a great deal of care to fit brass 'hidden' hinges to it.

Ok - and I was showing off that I've now got one

Post by **Defender110** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:15 pm

I've heard this many times before but all 8 of my current/previous BX'x have all had intact glovebox lids with no problems

, in fact I've never seen one without.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:40 pm

Ive got 5 and mine all work so nah na na nah naaaah!

electrokid · Post by **electrokid** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:44 pm

That must be some kind of record Kevan

Ducting from the exhaust manifold shield to the air intake pipe.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trks ... ir+ducting

You need 'high temp' - most of these products should have the temperature spec quoted - aluminium should be fine and also most silicone - but not neoprene.

saintjamesy89 · Post by **saintjamesy89** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:36 am

Roverman wrote:Ive got 5 and mine all work so nah na na nah naaaah!

Well Tim, thats just selfish

I'm also looking for an instrument panel with a tachometer if anyone has one??

Post by **Tim Leech** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:37 pm

Im sure I do somewhere!

Mk1 or MK2, veglia or jaeger dials, grey or black.......

saintjamesy89 · Post by **saintjamesy89** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:32 pm

Mk2, whats the difference between veglia and jaeger? Grey please to match my interior.
Ta

Post by **Tim Leech** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:38 pm

I'm going to my store later in the week, feel sure I have one knocking about, think its from a 8v GTi so will have the other gauges too.