I would like to introduce you to Bertie.
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Some of you might have seen something about him already on facebook and I've had a few posts on the forum.
In short Bertie came into my life when I was looking around on ebay when my Volvo 480 was showing it's age a bit to much and it would be to much of a hassle to get it registered on UK plates and get it MOT'd and moved from the top of Scotland down to Edinburgh.
Although there has always been a curiosity to own a BX I wasn't necessarily looking to buy. But after a slightly intoxicated minimum bid on ebay it turned out that nobody else had bid on it and I bought a '87 BX TRS auto estate for 400 pounds, sight unseen.
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It actually seemed to be a good deal with a years MOT ,allegedly 4 new spheres, 80.000 miles and little rust.
After the 500 mile trip to Sheffield and picking up the car it only took me 3 days to bring it back up north again.
There were some minor hiccups.
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There was a lack of LHM, a couple of leaking points and a substantial fuel leak.
Coming unprepared without LHM or some rubber hoses it was waiting a night at a Services after being picked up by a tow truck driver.
The following day we managed to fix some of the problems and carried on halfway to go and fix some more problems.
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Eventually it made it all the way back up North.
Having come home it turned out there was a leaking octopus.
That took a while to fix. Other problems that I've fixed were a stuck heater tap and I did a massive cooling system flush.
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It helped me move down to Edinburgh where the oil cooler decided to be leaking. Which was in an absolute horrible state.
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I'm urgently looking for a replacement after false promises from somebody who would supply me.
Can anybody help me out with one?