OK, here we go with my first post on the new, all singing and dancing forum.
Looks great by the way GibGib, and thanks for all you do here.
To the meat. Having discovered that GiSelle has been suffering a small amount of green incontinence, I decided to seek the source of the dribbling.
It seemed to concentrate around the area where the return lines all congregate, just between the right brake assembly and the inner guard, and down low level or below the subframe.
I removed everything that I could see was in the way, and discovered that a pipe appeared to have slipped slightly off the moulded collector, exposing a virginal bit of pale plastic. More on this a bit later.
Thinking that it would be good to get as much access to the area before cleaning and rectification, I proceeded to unbolt the RH guard with the intention of unbolting the RH inner guard. I based this action on the spare inner guard I have from the Stash which is clearly an unbolted panel.
Mr Citroen never ceases to amaze me at the way he can put the kibosh on one's best laid plans. GiSelle seems to have been welded together, presumably at the factory. The inner panel is different as chalk and cheese from the spare.
Some more research in the parts book and Marc Stabel's excellent GS book has failed to shed any illumination on this conundrumation. Nowhere is there diagram or mention of a change from bolted to welded, or vice versa.
The spare panel bears a body number of GXGB 23GB xxxx which, from Bruce's database, seems to indicate it came from a 1974 car. (GerryPro may be able to elucidate since the panel came from him originally). GiSelle is a 35GB and is nominally a 1975 car, first year of the Pallas series. I'm assuming that perhaps the bolt on panels came first, then it was decided to weld them in.
Anyone care to enlighten us all on this?
Anyway, After a thorough de-grease and wash I was able to actually slide the offending pipe back up to it's proper position and she seems to have got over her "lack of control" in regard to fluids. The pipes onto the collector all seem to be originals in that they have those godawful bands with the split pin in them. I've chosen to not try to tighten or replace them for a couple of reasons, not the least being a lack of desire to delve that deep at present and also a reluctance to disturb what is not currently leaking. I guess that down the track if I ever remove the mechanicals and or the subframe would be a good time to address it, but for now I'm happy with a temporary fix.
The photo below shows the virginal bit of exposed pipe and is before the cleaning process.
Looks great by the way GibGib, and thanks for all you do here.
To the meat. Having discovered that GiSelle has been suffering a small amount of green incontinence, I decided to seek the source of the dribbling.
It seemed to concentrate around the area where the return lines all congregate, just between the right brake assembly and the inner guard, and down low level or below the subframe.
I removed everything that I could see was in the way, and discovered that a pipe appeared to have slipped slightly off the moulded collector, exposing a virginal bit of pale plastic. More on this a bit later.
Thinking that it would be good to get as much access to the area before cleaning and rectification, I proceeded to unbolt the RH guard with the intention of unbolting the RH inner guard. I based this action on the spare inner guard I have from the Stash which is clearly an unbolted panel.
Mr Citroen never ceases to amaze me at the way he can put the kibosh on one's best laid plans. GiSelle seems to have been welded together, presumably at the factory. The inner panel is different as chalk and cheese from the spare.
Some more research in the parts book and Marc Stabel's excellent GS book has failed to shed any illumination on this conundrumation. Nowhere is there diagram or mention of a change from bolted to welded, or vice versa.
The spare panel bears a body number of GXGB 23GB xxxx which, from Bruce's database, seems to indicate it came from a 1974 car. (GerryPro may be able to elucidate since the panel came from him originally). GiSelle is a 35GB and is nominally a 1975 car, first year of the Pallas series. I'm assuming that perhaps the bolt on panels came first, then it was decided to weld them in.
Anyone care to enlighten us all on this?
Anyway, After a thorough de-grease and wash I was able to actually slide the offending pipe back up to it's proper position and she seems to have got over her "lack of control" in regard to fluids. The pipes onto the collector all seem to be originals in that they have those godawful bands with the split pin in them. I've chosen to not try to tighten or replace them for a couple of reasons, not the least being a lack of desire to delve that deep at present and also a reluctance to disturb what is not currently leaking. I guess that down the track if I ever remove the mechanicals and or the subframe would be a good time to address it, but for now I'm happy with a temporary fix.
The photo below shows the virginal bit of exposed pipe and is before the cleaning process.