1979 Trouble Spitfire

[mercrocker]

Normale?

[SiC]

We are all quite normal. Ish.

Not really disproving my point there.

[panhard65]

I haven't had that many Citroens and only one sinker. I still fancy a DS or SM one day but Peugeots have been my thing lately 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207. I have a couple of gaps to fill there before moving on to the 3's

[SiC]

I quite fancy giving a modern sinker a go. I drove Mr6C DS at a previous shitefest and found it the hardest car to drive that I ever have driven. LHD, column shift, self centring steering, binary hydraulic brakes, foot handbrake and an expensive car all would have been fine alone or maybe a few of them. But all of them made it almost like learning to drive again.

[AutoshiteBoy]

I haven't had that many Citroens and only one sinker. I still fancy a DS or SM one day but Peugeots have been my thing lately 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207. I have a couple of gaps to fill there before moving on to the 3's

There was a 607 2.0 manual petrol for auto trader the other day for £795. An old school, large saloon car without a 'premium' badge.

[SiC]

Yesterday was a year that I've owned this. Where the feck has that time gone. Funnily enough I was up at storage collecting the old MGB GT wheels today. Had a peak in and the mouldy steering wheel has actually sorted itself.


Plan is to give the garage a tidy up and pull this back out now the weather is finally improving. Speedo needs fixing. Probably send it off to someone recommended on AS. Any other recommendations would be good.

[SiC]

I awoke her from her slumber 


Took a fair bit of cranking but then that's to be expected from a mechanical fuel pump.


Left a bay in storage free for something else in the near future (hopefully)


And back home!


Drove alright even if the Speedo was completely dead. 

Jobs:
 - Clean all the shite off that falls from the old battery chicken cages above in storage. 
 - Tighten up the battery clamp wire screws as they're pretty loose
 - Oil + filter change
 - Grease points (need to remember where they are...)
 - Replace the Speedo cable and remove the Speedo to send it off for repair. Dig out the old Dolomite Speedo and plug that in as a temporary replacement.

[BenHar]

 - Grease points (need to remember where they are...)

The only "grease" points are on the trunnions, and they need EP90, not grease.

Ben

[SiC]

Some say grease, some say gear oil. An opinion splitter.

I think the previous owner put in gear oil. I'll probably put grease in as it's what is in my gun.

[Hooli]

 - Grease points (need to remember where they are...)

The only "grease" points are on the trunnions, and they need EP90, not grease.

Ben

Two on the prop UJs too I'd have thought?