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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am Posts: 3675
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Renault? Russell wrote: What sort of 2cv derivative are they off then?
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October 7th, 2011, 12:30 am |
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Tom Duckpower
Firing on two.
Joined: August 18th, 2009, 10:31 pm Posts: 1244 Location: Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands
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 1986 Citroen 2CV6 Special Pick-Up 1964 Solex Oto Van der Heem
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October 9th, 2011, 1:21 pm |
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Smiffy
Firing on two.
Joined: October 23rd, 2009, 10:41 pm Posts: 2356 Location: Worcestershire
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2CV City's old show car: http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/cla ... rno/148936Still expensive at £4k, but wasn't this sold by them for £7k+ not so long ago?
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October 11th, 2011, 11:29 am |
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FourStar
2CV Fan
Joined: December 6th, 2009, 3:58 pm Posts: 47
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October 11th, 2011, 11:47 am |
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tfaerch
Firing on two.
Joined: February 9th, 2009, 11:27 am Posts: 181 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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October 11th, 2011, 12:47 pm |
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Smiffy
Firing on two.
Joined: October 23rd, 2009, 10:41 pm Posts: 2356 Location: Worcestershire
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October 11th, 2011, 5:00 pm |
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Bugster
Firing on two.
Joined: August 19th, 2011, 1:24 pm Posts: 158 Location: Warwickshire UK
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Interesting. Why do their wipers always seem to park so neatly at the bottom of the screen 
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October 11th, 2011, 5:19 pm |
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Joe
Firing on two.
Joined: July 23rd, 2009, 4:03 pm Posts: 1019 Location: Bournemouth
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Bugster wrote: Interesting. Why do their wipers always seem to park so neatly at the bottom of the screen  A combination of adjustment in the wiper motor and cranked arms? Mine would park like that if i had some cranked wiper arms.
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October 11th, 2011, 5:31 pm |
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ken
Agony Aunt - You have a car problem? Speak to Ken
Joined: March 6th, 2009, 1:40 am Posts: 3675
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Because they were designed for a LHD setup and Citroen couldn't be bothered to do a proper RHD version? Instead, they fitted the crank to the motor at 180* to how it was mounted on a LHD setup, so that the wiper arms parked 'upright'. They'd have been better leaving them as they were, but minus the cranked arms, in my opinion. Edit. That's how any 2CVs I work on end up, especially since the switch to park on the left can be accomplished through the vent flap opening... ken Bugster wrote: Interesting. Why do their wipers always seem to park so neatly at the bottom of the screen 
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October 11th, 2011, 5:39 pm |
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Joolz
Firing on two.
Joined: January 5th, 2009, 5:48 am Posts: 1687 Location: Haven't a clue
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So let me get this straight, on a LHD car the wipers park in front of the driver. Then when Citroen designed the RHD version they moved the crank arm so that they still park in front of the driver, but thanks to the straight arms, obstruct the view even more! What kind of perverse french logic is that? I'd always assumed they were badly positioned because they hadn't bothered to change them from the LHD set up. On account of preferring to see the road ahead when I look through the windscreen, my wipers park on the left with cranked arms, exactly as the would have been before Citroen saw fit to change them. 
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