Mulley's New 19TXD

Tell us about life with your BX, or indeed life in general!
Post Reply
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

Alfa_man wrote:I have a polo that needs quite a lot of that kind of work. :roll:

Looked well this morning though 8)
Once i get a dremmel thingy for xmas i'll be having a go at doing some of the other minor rust on my car. If it goes well you'll have to pop over & i can show you how to have a go, unless you already know of course & in which case you can give me a hand on mine :wink: :lol:
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
Defender110
Over 2k
Posts: 5917
Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:02 pm
Location: Harwood, Bolton
My Cars: Land Rover Discovery Series 1 200tdi 3 door
Land Rover Discovery Series 2 Facelift TD5
2020 Fiat Panda cross 4x4 twin air.
x 27

Post by Defender110 »

MULLEY wrote:Once i get a dremmel thingy for xmas i'll be having a go at doing some of the other minor rust on my car.
O no! I can just see it now; cut and shut!

'Kevan can you just bob over and weld my TZ/XD together??? :roll:

Remember Matthew the secret to using a dremmel successfully is the same as painting with a brush;

You have to decide where you're going to finish BEFORE you start :!: :wink: :lol:
Kevan
1997 Mercedes C230 W202
2003 Land Rover Discovery Series 2 Facelift TD5 - Daily driver / hobby days and camping.
1993 Land Rover Discovery 200tdi Series 1 3 door - in need of TLC
2020 Fiat Panda 4x4 Cross Twin Air.
User avatar
citsncycles
Over 2k
Posts: 3224
Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:14 pm
Location: Dursley, Gloucestershire

Post by citsncycles »

You know you've jot a job on your hands when you start cutting rot out the left door shut and end up at the right sill :shock: :lol:
Mike Sims
BX 19RD Estate Mk1 - Timex!
BX 4X4 Estate - Oh god, I've done it again!
BX 17RD MK1 - it called to me!
BX14 TGE, - SOLD
XM Turbo SD,GS Club Estate,Visa 17D Leader,HY Pickup,Dyane Nomad,Dyane 6,2CV AZL,Falcon S,Trabant P50,3x Land Rovers (88" series 1,109" series 2a FFR,series 2a Marshall ambulance),DKW F7, Lambretta LD150 x 1.5,Mobylette SP93,Ural Cossack,Ural M63,CZ 250 Sport,Honda Varadero 125,lots of bicycles & tricycles including (but not only) Sunbeams,Higgins & Bates!
Alfa_man
Confirmed BX'er
Posts: 56
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:32 am

Post by Alfa_man »

messerschmitt owner wrote:
Alfa_man wrote:I have a polo that needs quite a lot of that kind of work.
I can guess that your Polo isn't a mint one then?
Far from it....

Image

Image

Image

I have never attempted body work, you can come and practice on mine if you want :lol:
Daily hack: Suzuki SV650 Sport.
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

I wondered who that nutter was behind me tonight :lol: At least i've seen your face without the obligatory bike helmet.

Polo's for some strange reason always seem to rust in the places where your's has, especially the doors & sill area, most peculiar. Once i get some practice in, you'll have to pop over & i can give it a go. I really hate rust even when its hidden from general view, & it can make a perfectly presentable car in a very short period of time become a scrapper if it gets into any structural areas.

Have you had a look underneath your car yet? Fingers crossed that there aren't anymore horros :shock:

Is yours the obligatory 1.4 8valve engined model?
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
Alfa_man
Confirmed BX'er
Posts: 56
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:32 am

Post by Alfa_man »

I have had a look underneath, it's solid enough thank goodness!

It is the 60hp 1.4 8v. I need to get to the bottom of a few issues, but I'm pleasantly surprised on how well put together most of it is and the engine is a really peach, well geared lots of torque and 40mpg!
Daily hack: Suzuki SV650 Sport.
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

Alfaman, I've driven one of these motors & i quite liked it :D Shame it was that hideous grape colour thought, what the hell were they thinking :lol: They also did a horrible green & peach colour as well, which are even more disgusting than the grape.

Need to get some kurust on that rust asap before it gets worse over winter.

Paul296 has done his magic work with the spray paint, its looking ace, just needs finishing off with laquer & thats job done, cheers Paul :D

And i hope the war wounds heal quick (Paul unfortunately walked into my garage door which due the wind had come down & was at face height :shock: ). A bit of disenfectant & some plasters later, all was sorted luckily no stitches, i felt quite bad about it really :oops:

Fitted some new Headlight bulbs, Osram Nightbreaker Plus & they certainly are better than my last set of bulbs which i thought were a big improvement over the originals. It would seem that bulb technology has improved even over the last 4-5yrs.

I also got some sidelight bulbs as per the link below & low & behold they're the wrong type :x I went onto a website & it said that these would fit the BX. Anyone know the exact model number/type that i need please?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Osram-Cool-Bl ... 43ab56f38b

Frontlines checked the suspension to find the knocking sound, now'ts wrong, so it must be the strut :cry: They did adjust the brake switch for me, so now i've got correctly working brake lights :D
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
Alfa_man
Confirmed BX'er
Posts: 56
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:32 am

Post by Alfa_man »

Glad things are working out for you!

Sadly my car has let me down, only a CV joint but I'm going to get the other bits addressed at the same time...
Daily hack: Suzuki SV650 Sport.
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

Alway's annoying when cars need work, but then again these are old cheap depreciation free motors, so a few repairs along the way in the big scheme of things isn't too bad.

What makes me laugh is that most people as soon as their car needs to go to the garage for the 1st time to get any work done on it (usually telling me its been trouble free for years & years :lol: ) at the 1st sign of any expense, they get it fixed & then get rid :lol: & usually say it was costing them too much money & then they go out & replace it with a much more expensive motor at this works out cheaper :roll: Erm, no, i presume basic maths isn't used much these days....

Are you doing the work yourself on the Polo?
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
User avatar
Paul296
Over 2k
Posts: 3483
Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:39 pm
Location: Newark Nottinghamshire
My Cars: Citroen BX 17 TZD Hurricane
Citroen BX 17 TGD

Post by Paul296 »

MULLEY wrote:Changed the fuel filter today & topped up the oil.

Paul296 kindly came over to sort out my rust rear door shuts. Really glad as he managed to uncover the driver side one which eventually yielded a rather large hole. If i'd left if any longer it could have gone into the sill which would then have been a massive job.

So today he ground out all the rust, kurust'd the areas, used filler & bridging mesh were required & sanded it all down & got some primer on. He'll kindly be coming back next Sat to sand them down again to get them looking like new & re-primering to follow with painting them so that they look brand new.

Cheers for your help & good company Paul, learnt a lot & will be getting a dremmel for xmas so that i can tackle the other bits on the car that need doing.
Still needs lacquering and polishing of course. Speaking of polishing; showing the rest of the car the business end of a bottle of T-cut wouldn't go amiss! :D
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

Cheers for volunteering for the T-Cutting day :wink: :lol:
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
Alfa_man
Confirmed BX'er
Posts: 56
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:32 am

Post by Alfa_man »

The polo is going for a MOT tomorrow @ Formula 1 in Chesterfield. The results of which will determine whether the rest of the bits will get done.

Formula 1 will look after the repairs :oops: if the list isn't too long....
Daily hack: Suzuki SV650 Sport.
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

An update please :lol:
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
Alfa_man
Confirmed BX'er
Posts: 56
Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:32 am

Post by Alfa_man »

scrapped it, 3 pages of nasties!! :roll:

I have no car, so back on the bike...
Daily hack: Suzuki SV650 Sport.
User avatar
MULLEY
Over 2k
Posts: 8406
Joined: Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:10 pm
Location: Derbyshire
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern
2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN
1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
x 8

Post by MULLEY »

Oh Dear :shock: Luckily it was just a Polo :wink:

Are you mechanically minded at all? Would be interesting to have had a look at the list to see exactly what needed doing, i suspect welding was required in a number of places? Shame as on the face of it, it seemed ok apart from the bodywork rust.
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

I'm not just a username, i'm also called Matthew.
Post Reply