The BX has taken a bit of a back seat these last few weeks cos I have spent bloody weeks rebuilding my Red and White 2CV in readiness for the 2CV World Meeting in 7 weeks time.
Anyway... Not far off now
The 'to do' list is still sizable and it's booked in for an MOT in 7 days
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'81 2CV 007 Drummer
'82 HY Shorty
'77 Smurf blue Ami8
'92 TZD Hurricane (keeping it safe for a mate)
Well update time on the ups and downs Citroen life at Sadler Towers...
The BX front, things have been pretty quiet... I have been on Holiday for the last couple of weeks (more on that in a moment) and on my return we have had a death in the family so car stuff has been the last thing on my mind.... Untill this afternoon when I managed to steal a couple of hours outside tinkering.
I am still not happy with the BX's lack of enthusiasm to spring into life so I decided to check the connections to the ignition module and the dizzy cap/ rotor arm. The connections to the module were a little dull but it was the state of the dizzy cap that was the real eye opener (I am more or less convinced that these are the original 22 year old parts)... The tip of the arm was jagged with corrosion and each of the contacts resembled a submerged anchor.
I popped to my friendly local motor factors with the intention of ordering said items and was amazed when the bloke behind the counter replied "we've got those in stock mate!" He returned from the stores with a couple of dusty boxes with new old stock dizzy cap, rotor arm and a set of HT leads... Marvellous
10 minutes of action saw the parts fitted and the ol' boy sprang into life at a turn of the key... I report on if things have improved over the next few days.
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'86 2CV Dolly
'81 2CV 007 Drummer
'82 HY Shorty
'77 Smurf blue Ami8
'92 TZD Hurricane (keeping it safe for a mate)
The red and white 2CV's resto is well and truely finished...
But I can't say that things went smoothly towards the end. On driving it for the first time after the MOT, the sincro ring failed on third gear (a common fault) so a replacement 'box was dropped in (sounds so simple doesn't it ). This 'box was worse than the original so that was removed and I took the expensive plunge and bought a recon 'box. This was fitted and all was well... Good job really as 1 week latter it was on a ferry loaded with camping gear and on its way to the 2CV World Meeting in France (the forth one both the car and we have been to).
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'86 2CV Dolly
'81 2CV 007 Drummer
'82 HY Shorty
'77 Smurf blue Ami8
'92 TZD Hurricane (keeping it safe for a mate)
Don't worry... There is a BX link on the horizon...
You may remember that my good mate from the 2CVing world Charles Vacy-Ash bought a white BX 17TZD estate shortly after I bought mine. Well his 2CV and H Van deserved a rest so in the interest of making savings in fuel, Chas decided to use his BX take his Family and tow his Dandy the WM.
Here we are just joining the 8mile (yes 8mile) queue to get into the meeting...
The Green H belongs to another good mate of mine, Darren Arther and is somewhat far from standard... (powered by a rover V8 )
Anyway! The WM was attended by about 8000 A series (and at least 3 BX's that I saw). The atmoshere was fantastic... The toilets less so!
After the WM we all headed south to Provence for a further week taking in the Millau bridge on route...
'86 2CV Dolly
'81 2CV 007 Drummer
'82 HY Shorty
'77 Smurf blue Ami8
'92 TZD Hurricane (keeping it safe for a mate)
Erm... Not much to report really. Normal boring reliable daily hack stuff. Untill this weekend that is
Today was the annual 2CVGB Raid Tan Hill which is the highest pub in England (the 2CV lot have Raids to the Highest Pubs in England, Wales and Scotland on three consecutive weekends in January).
We (the Sadler Family, Vacy-Ash Family, Matt (Stinkwheel) Smith and ,good mate from 2CVGB, John) decided to make a weekend of it staying in Thwait and gate crashing with a trio of BX's.
470ish mucky-miles-in-a-couple-of-days later and the BX completed the round trip from Northamptonshire to North Yorkshire and back with no problems.
At The Tan Hill Inn:
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'86 2CV Dolly
'81 2CV 007 Drummer
'82 HY Shorty
'77 Smurf blue Ami8
'92 TZD Hurricane (keeping it safe for a mate)
There's no time to rest though as hopefully it will be off to Somerset next weekend to tow back the Red n White 2CV after a spot of accident repair work (don't ask!) collect our new toy at the same time... More news soon
'86 2CV Dolly
'81 2CV 007 Drummer
'82 HY Shorty
'77 Smurf blue Ami8
'92 TZD Hurricane (keeping it safe for a mate)