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by Geoff Lebowski » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:05 am
Ah ha KP is on here! The dot matrix fixes won't work KP, I've tried them. I did have it 95% at one point but you have to press VERY hard on the contacts which on the ribbon are quite poor. The PCB contacts however are good. If you can get the french solution which I think Jan Hendrick has used then you'll be ok.
Paul is on here too - he says he has an auto box, which will probably see the car mechanically sorted (oh - apart from the ABS. It's not a sensor issue and it's not an MOT failure, but what happens is that the ABS kicks in at about 10mph, thus PROLONGING your stopping distance. I didn't think this too much of an issue until I needed to stop a little sooner than anticipated but the ABS kept letting me creep forward! No damage done, but I pulled the fuse. If you do take her on, you'll have good access to the ABS block with the Auto box out and it may be worth considering an ECU swap as I couldn't de-couple the ABS ECU when welding.)
The interior is very good, there has been, before it was put into Battlescar, what looks like a very well done repair to the stitching, not in the leather itself, but a seam resewn by about an inch. You have to look for it really. If you want heated seats, you'll have to run the looms for it. All the wood is there and no marks on it. The door cards are all good too. One think I never got round to buying were the plastic clips that locate on the door locking 'spigots'. So, if you want to lock or unlock from inside, you have to pinch the spigot and push or pull. IIRC, they are about £5 each from Cit. The roof lining however is grubby, partly from it's previous owners (not Charlie) but also from mildew from having been sat around for so long. She's not wet now by the way, in fact I've taped up the sunroof, a temporary measure to prevent water getting in the car until I had the time to investigate/clear drain tubes etc. But at least the rain doesn't get in and make her all damp and smelly. It's got an original Citroen/Philips radio, one of the bulbs is gone in the display but I'm assuming they are easy to get at and replace.
What else - I'm trying to think of all the negatives! There was once a CB aerial fitted to the rear of the roof. I have removed this but clearly there is a hole (taped over for now). I was going to look for an appropriate substitute. The front Aerial is missing also, but I *may* have the one off my Xantia if I can find it.
The door mirrors move and the n/s indexes ok, but I don't think the heating is working on them, even though the facility is there.
To get a useable and reliable motor you'll need to:
Sort the auto box
Sort the ABS if you want to
Replace the drivers seat forward and aft switch
Sort the exhaust (catalytic converter flange like frilly knickers but you can have my old Xantia one to cut'n'shut as it's flange is good)
If you don't go for the Mk1 Alloys and have the correct Exclusive alloys, you'll probably need a full set of tyres (maybe one or two are good but I can't remember). The spare is present but has slow puncture, I think it just needs refitting.
After that, you may or may not want to:
do the anti sink sphere (all others are new)
sort the surface rust on the lower section of the rear wheel arches
sort the rust on the boot lid (bottom lip - only visible when boot lid open)
The underside of the car is sound but does have surface rust which personally I would treat this side of winter.
Have a look in the for sale wanted section for a topic about strut tops wanted - there's a picture of the strut tops on Battlescar.
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