I despair.
- mnde
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Yes, it's not as though I hit it very hard, and I selected the rubber tent-peg mallet for a reason. Perhaps the word "tap" rather than "hit" would have been more appropriate. I'm certainly grateful it did work, because it was a bugger driving places in the rain with the window open! And it still works
Mark.
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One third of a three-spoke BX columnist team for the Citroenian magazine.
CCC BX registrar: The national BX register - click to submit a car!
1983(A) 16TRS (Rouge Valleunga)
1990(H) 16Valve (Rouge Furio)
CCC BX registrar: The national BX register - click to submit a car!
1983(A) 16TRS (Rouge Valleunga)
1990(H) 16Valve (Rouge Furio)
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Yeah, I wondered who'd be anal enough to pick that up first
Although in honesty, it was me as I put it up.....I was hoping it wouldn't make me look dumb...sadly it has
Although in honesty, it was me as I put it up.....I was hoping it wouldn't make me look dumb...sadly it has
One third of a three-spoke BX columnist team for the Citroenian magazine.
CCC BX registrar: The national BX register - click to submit a car!
1983(A) 16TRS (Rouge Valleunga)
1990(H) 16Valve (Rouge Furio)
CCC BX registrar: The national BX register - click to submit a car!
1983(A) 16TRS (Rouge Valleunga)
1990(H) 16Valve (Rouge Furio)
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' A hammer is not a tool in electrical engineering',
I can still hear my college tutor uttering these words, some of the many i failed to take on board.
One of the things i love about the BX is they are ideal for novice/wannabe engineers like me, try it, if it breaks a replacment is probably free on here or dirt cheap on ebay or at your local scrapyard.
I know this is the wrong attitude but you'll never get the curiousity out of me & i will always take things apart. as i get older i learn my limits, gearboxes?, best left in one piece, 3 phase electrics?, don't touch.
I've read quite a few 'fixes' on here that you certainly won't find in any manual, & in my opinion this forum & engineering in general is a better place for that.
I can still hear my college tutor uttering these words, some of the many i failed to take on board.
One of the things i love about the BX is they are ideal for novice/wannabe engineers like me, try it, if it breaks a replacment is probably free on here or dirt cheap on ebay or at your local scrapyard.
I know this is the wrong attitude but you'll never get the curiousity out of me & i will always take things apart. as i get older i learn my limits, gearboxes?, best left in one piece, 3 phase electrics?, don't touch.
I've read quite a few 'fixes' on here that you certainly won't find in any manual, & in my opinion this forum & engineering in general is a better place for that.
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- DavidRutherford
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.... as I mentioned earlier.... simply needs new brushes. Unlikely you'll ever find any on their own, but being made from soft carbon, you can file down larger brushes to make them fit. Done this many times with 3-phase motor brushes to make them fit in some alternators.MULLEY wrote:going over a pothole or a sure guarantee of working is to go over a speedbump. So i have presumed mine is knacked
Bit messy though.
this might be a signature
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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