Half of the 30K gearbox oil

Xant ride height..

xant clutch cables

Late (auto) and early (manual) xant clutch cables.. TD . they are reversable....

Rear Xantia ABS sensor, exposed!

WVO and Fuel filters

8 or so years since this pick up was put in tank by Citroen, this is it after it's first 8 months of Straight and Used veg oil.. shall make a regular habit of cleaning and checking...

few weeks on, fuel starvation caused by a blocked filter and also a blocked pick-up..

A £5 part caused a breakdown and a long trip home...

First week after rebuild...

Well.. a few days have passed. Xantia has done maybe 100 miles with no issues. Oil and water fine, have found some evidence of an oil leak but not looked into it.

Powersteering never worked.. removed the valve from under the car, a tough job, and disassembled, two of the new seals were broken already.. was suffering from a motorbike fall on the Monday morning, but stuffed two old seals in and put valve back on rack... Power steering now available for left hand turns :)))

more to follow.......

Sunday...

Ok, the rest of day was slightly frantic... from 4 till 10, two of us put back all the bits that took me 4 hours to remove, a fortnight before.. Bottom Rad hose, a thin coolant pipe into head, LHM reservoir, and general routing all gave small headaches...The intercooler pipes got in the way a bit... Engine in, ready to try, hub nut needs tightening and wheels refitting.. Monday beckons...

New ones on..will apply paint to bare metal, and may try to cover exposed threads, to make life easier next month when these are worn out again... (tip : injecting more grease in is supposed to prolong life)

This method is nice too.. I think without a grinder, a very tough amount of hacksawing lasting ages..difficult access to.... This way, both links off in about 5 mins..

Removing 10 year old drop links... Worked for almost two 'nut' revolutions !...

Enlisted a top crane operator !.. she had not quite done this kind of work before, but as shops were generally closed, she was free! About 1 hour of gentle persuasion got us to gearbox mounting bolt in :) very satisfying. This angle of lean seems ok, a bit more may have been better..

Because patio is only 16 slabs, it's only big enough to have front of car on, whilst engine is way up in air.. I had to push car up over the slabs towards crane, alone, whilst making sure the bonnet didn't shut with the motion :O (it would have crashed down onto hoist) this was my risky bodge.. ;)

Today.. engine must go in and all be connected...fluids to add, drop links to replace

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