They say that breaking up is hard to do

cauchoiskev · Post by **cauchoiskev** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:54 pm

... is it ? I'm very tempted by this to break for parts :

http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/40678889.htm?ca=11_s

It's only about a mile up the road from my workshop. I gave it the once over, looks clean apart from a shock at the left front end bonnet, wing and headlamp bust. Same interior as mine, very low mileage for a diesel this age in France, so loads of useful stuff to recuperate. Different colour of chassis though.

Problems : broken engine (cambelt, bet it was the original), so no hydraulics. There is a severe dip to enter the courtyard where I have my workshop, all the modern cars bottom out, it will be a problem towing in a low BX. Has anybody towed a "hydraulic-less" BX ?

Also, how hard is it to angle grind a BX shell to death (never done this before) ? How big a pile of junk are you left with ?

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:10 pm

Has anybody towed a "hydraulic-less" BX ?

Billy and Vanny be your guides here. Somewhere there's a report of their collection of a disabled 4x4 BX. Ease it onto a trailer using blocks of wood to gradually raise the front.

Also, how hard is it to angle grind a BX shell to death (never done this before) ? How big a pile of junk are you left with ?

Sounds like a good project! You could be the first, and then we'll know how long it takes!

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:51 pm

Yup, I've towed them without hydraulics, just make sure all your fillings are well fixed in before you start

I've never cut one up but I've stripped lots of them, and yes it's an extremely large pile of bits you end up with, never mind the shell!

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:07 pm

It might be possible to spin the HP pump with an electric drill, just to raise it up. It should keep its height for a while afterward for you to tow it back.

cauchoiskev · Post by **cauchoiskev** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 5:22 pm

You mean like this ?

http://www.dailymotion.com/bricofoy/vid ... _lifestyle

The mad frenchman strikes again

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I wonder what he fixed on to the drill as a pulley ?

toddao · Post by **toddao** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:25 pm

Excellent film! It looks as though he's got a pulley off another pump fixed onto his drill. He levers it off the top of the wing to get tension, you'd probably have to put some kind of bar across the engine bay on the BX to get some leverage?