Since Friday, with Phil Boxall working hard with me trying my best to be useful (making coffee and buying parts counts, yes?!

) the following work was done by the end of the weekend...
Replaced all dash bulbs incl. heater controls
Got the rear foglights working
Replaced fuel feed and return lines
Gave the underside a tidy up and Waxoyled
Sorted out some low pressure return pipe tangles
Replaced the extremely worn front discs with new, (drilled out and tapped disc securing screws and replaced with new)
Fitted new Citroen front pads
Fitted new passenger side front strut top
Replaced both front struts with new, complete with genuine Citroen return pipes and clips
Drained LHM, cleaned tank (yuk!) and filters, refilled with Total's finest and bled system
Repaired front splitter
Replaced front wiper motor with repaired/rebushed one
Repaired damage to tailgate, painted and fitted new badges.
Put new seals around intercooler duct
Replaced TZD decals with new ones
Fitted new front foglights
There's still work to do:
Replace front callipers, (current ones have seized bleed nipples - I have access to a pair which are OK), bleed system and fit new flexis.
Replace rear discs pads and callipers (one's very sluggish)
Replace rear spheres
Replace back box and remove centre box (Phil has a flexible pipe to take its place - from the Green Hornet)
And...
after today's fun and games, new speedo cable and possible new instrument pod/ABS computer.
So what happened? Well, driving along quite happily in the BX and suddenly the speedo stopped working. To be followed fairly soon by smoke curling out from the vents along the top of the dash...
Strong smell of burning plastic and so, I quickly pulled into Sainsbuy's service station - well, I thought if my BX is going to burn I might as well take a few lesser cars with me lol - parked up. So, ignition off: no smoke. No fire. Phew.
AA man came along (I had already started to dismantle dash) and we found the the speedo cable had sheared off, sprung back and dislodged some previously undiscovered wiring that had been pushed into a dark corner somewhere. This, it transpired, had been live and was now shorting out. This brings me to the ABS question; Phil and I were pretty sure the ABS light had been removed but found no bulb holder unit making us think maybe the pod had been replaced. But the MOT history suggests the mileage is kosher and the pod original... So the wiring which smouldered so nicely must be the requisite part of the still live ABS circuit, carelessly tossed to one side without so much as a sniff of insulating tape...
Anyway, still speedo-less, but at least smoke free, the BX continues sans ABS....