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richard1994
26th February 2012, 16:49
hi all

have just brought my first car a lovely 1999 Citroen Saxo 1.1X with 80,000 miles

i work at a garage and its blew the head gasket good and proper lol

ive decided to start the work on it
- rebuild the head, re-lap the valves
- valve stem seals
- cambelt kit
- water pump

just to make sure its completely perfect for starting my mods

it has the 3 stud wheels on it and im not too keen on them to be honest lol
i am planning the put new 4 stud drums on the rear and change the front hubs for brand new 4 stud hubs pressed in the original hub carrier, anyone done this before?

any other suggestions for converting it?

Cheers
timmythechef
26th February 2012, 19:59
Ahoy there.
link_heroz
26th February 2012, 20:31
Welcome (:

Got any pictures?
richard1994
26th February 2012, 20:45
will post some pictures tomorrow of the mess the head gaskets done got a long way to go cleaning out pipes etc lol

what does anyone think to the stud conversion? i think itll work
richard1994
26th February 2012, 20:55
Haven't figured out how to post pictures yet lol
richard1994
27th February 2012, 21:54
http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh524/richarddawes1994/IMG-20120217-00065.jpg

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh524/richarddawes1994/IMG-20120227-00084.jpg

Have stripped the head off, in the process of cleaning the block out and re-building the head : )
piranhamatt
27th February 2012, 23:25
will post some pictures tomorrow of the mess the head gaskets done got a long way to go cleaning out pipes etc lol

what does anyone think to the stud conversion? i think itll work

Should be a straight forward swap, other members have done it on here
gdillinger
28th February 2012, 07:50
Well hello there! I would like to welcome you to the forum though I am new here as well. It is funny how there are just some people who are not familiar with the inner workings of a car and a couple of days back, my dad's boss actually sold a car which he said isn't totally running for just 300dollars. And while we were never really unsuspecting of it, we bough it thinking that we could use a couple of its parts for our own project. Low and behold, the fuel gauge was just faulty.
richard1994
29th February 2012, 12:54
Yeah I bourght mine for £80 with a blown headgasket