ATHENA
ATHENA
Right anyone whos read my post in bx chat knows that my beloved 16v is rather rusty and will need some surgery to make it sound again, having spent my spare cash on my newest addition that will have to go so I can recoup what I have spent and get the 16v welded up.
MOT until end of June but I can put 12 months on at whatever the cost is, no tax, 65k perfect runner any trial, few dents here and there, had a service last week including new filters and plugs, 2 new michelin tyres, recent new front spheres, heater control on a strut return pipe are the only faults I know off. Even all the dash bulbs work!
Sensible offers around £150 please bearing in mind I spent £90 on parts and labour servicing it less than a week ago.
MOT until end of June but I can put 12 months on at whatever the cost is, no tax, 65k perfect runner any trial, few dents here and there, had a service last week including new filters and plugs, 2 new michelin tyres, recent new front spheres, heater control on a strut return pipe are the only faults I know off. Even all the dash bulbs work!
Sensible offers around £150 please bearing in mind I spent £90 on parts and labour servicing it less than a week ago.
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Well it made it back Tim but not without a slight hic-cup.
After about 80 smooth miles the dash lit up like a christmas tree and when I opened the bonnet the radiator had boiled and covered your nicely cleaned engine bay in rusty water. It appears that the cooling fan isn't working but after a short wait and a bottle of evian it recovered sufficiently to get me home.
Lovely posh BX though took me a while to work out that the lights remaining on in the cabin when I got out wasn't a fault but in fact a courtesy light that went out when you locked the door.
Is the faulty strut return pipe the r/h one as there is a small creak coming from that side now it has hit the mountainous traffic calming of south London!
Thanks for your patience today, you're a true gent.
After about 80 smooth miles the dash lit up like a christmas tree and when I opened the bonnet the radiator had boiled and covered your nicely cleaned engine bay in rusty water. It appears that the cooling fan isn't working but after a short wait and a bottle of evian it recovered sufficiently to get me home.
Lovely posh BX though took me a while to work out that the lights remaining on in the cabin when I got out wasn't a fault but in fact a courtesy light that went out when you locked the door.
Is the faulty strut return pipe the r/h one as there is a small creak coming from that side now it has hit the mountainous traffic calming of south London!
Thanks for your patience today, you're a true gent.
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So good, I cooked it twice!tim leech wrote:OK Ben no worries, I would check the thermoswitch connection, and get the cooking system flushed aswell.
Glad you liked the car, you have bought yourself a bargain!
Smokes lots, because enough's enough already!
Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...
Far too many BX's, a bus, an ambulance a few trucks, not enough time and never enough cash...