Show us your Christmas hauls

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:28 am

Ok guys, who got what that interesting car or prelude related presents for Christmas?

All self-bought I add, so it's a bit of a cheat

but hey, I needed to treat myself!
(the lilac microfibres are the free MCM JDM gift btw

)

The electrical fault finding stuff has all been put to good use already, helping to suss out why the spare C2 won't crank and the breaker Xantia full pump won't run

Big help over just having a multimeter.

Oh and as for the battery tester...

drokk knows how my C5 still manages to start!!!

Post by **Gayno** » Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:05 pm

Battery tester is all well and good, but with the age of some of your cars, shouldn't you also have a tester for analogue batteries?

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:25 pm

Power probe.

one of the most useful tools for electrical fault finding.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:21 pm

Gayno wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:05 pm
Battery tester is all well and good, but with the age of some of your cars, shouldn't you also have a tester for analogue batteries?

Joking aside... A storage scope is next on the list. It's the only way of diagnosing some things properly on the lides and the ONLY way of diagnosing stuff on my CXs (all electronic but no in built fault diagnosis/logging at all). I have already tracked down a full set of oem Citroen breakout cables and boxes that run up to end of production of Xantia/XM

(thereafter for the C5, back probing will suffice)

Problem is finding a balance between something fast enough for can-bus (Xantia and C5) and sensibly priced.

Stevee99 · Post by **Stevee99** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:21 pm

Dynax S-50 750ml from my in-laws. A great improvement on the book from last year

sol-lude · Post by **sol-lude** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:32 am

erm very lucky haul this year I intended on getting new boxes however got the top from fiancé and son and bottom for the father in law.

Quickly filled

and put in place

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:03 pm

I hate to be the pedant, but "Don't don't even look at 'em"?

sol-lude · Post by **sol-lude** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 1:30 pm

Shiny wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:03 pm
I hate to be the pedant, but "Don't don't even look at 'em"?

I like you guys ill let ya look at 'em

Dino · Post by **Dino** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:34 pm

My car has eaten too much over Xmas...so she is going on a diet

Post by **Vtecmec** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:02 pm

sol-lude wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:32 am
got the top from fiancé and son and bottom for the father in law.

That father in law is a keeper.......

Lude Generation