Saturday 10th November
Well i managed to get a few things done this afternoon after work as the darkness started to draw in.
First things first, The few original parts left on the car reached the grand old age of 100,000 miles, letter must be due from the queen and/or the Chief Exec of Citroen for the achievement..
Note that i was being a good boy and had pulled over
Secondly Lee_VTR kindly dropped my rocker covers back off to me today after he'd polished them up for me, he's done a good job even though he wasnt too impressed with the quality of the metal. Cheers though mate
As id got these back i thought it would be ideal to see how the Carbon coil pack cover looked fitted between them- typically with nothing being easy though:
The 6 bolts wouldnt fit all the way into the holes, no muck was in the cam cover holes, and the bolts were new parts with the exact correct part number. So i had to shave off a fair chunk of the thread.
Secondly the Coil pack cover didnt fit, there was parts that needed shaving back all round it, this took the best part of just over an hour to sort out- thank god for the Dremmel rotary tool!
Still the job was done and this is how it now looks:
Looking forward to receiving those badges this week now, should finish it off nicely with the yellow/black one. Also waiting on a new oil filler cap to arrive.
Last task of the day was to sort this out: what citroen describe as the distribution chamber. It was a mess, tried wire brushing the surface to get rid of the corrosion, also metal polish. polishing it with the dremmel worked to some effect but in the end i decided to paint it...
Before:
After:
sanded down all the surface corrosion with fine paper. The silver bit still needs cleaning up a bit before i refit it with new oil filter and seals etc
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