About time I got a thread started for this car before the for sale thread got too long
We have been looking for an XM for some time, as my wife is not 7 months pregnant and we need a family car. Believe it or not, this car was not my idea! After going through the options she came to the conclusion that an XM would tick the most boxes (we have had two before).
This one turned up on ebay and we jumped at the chance to have a look and possibly buy it, and as you can probably tell we walked away with it! It has been sitting in a garage for two years with the last tax disc running out in 2010, there is a partial service history, but it seems to have been well looked after.
So this is one of the for sale photos -
A rather tidy manual 2.1 derv XM, with velour interior too
Plans to start -
Cambelt and water pump, two years sitting still won't have done it any favours!
Aux belt, this is looking VERY tired!
Window regulators / cables, drivers front and passenger rear are both dropping into the doors.
Full service, oil, coolant etc
Paraffin in the LHM tank, around 10% to start cleaning out the settled crud.
Dismantle the front struts and inspect the top mounts, not feeling too hopeful about this one?
Waxoyl the currently spotless sills!
Damn good wash, clay, polish and wax, stop the dreaded lacquer lift
It has been dark every time I have got home so no time to have a proper play yet, but I did get a couple of photos of the strut tops tonight, what do we think?
Some slightly better pictures below, although my flash and my lens are interfering with each other!
The passenger one appears to be quite rusty under the rubber skirt, the drivers side seems quite solid, with the skirt intact and still bonded to the steel.
I have measured them both at 27mm +-1mm both sides, so no difference there? The passenger side does appear to have contacted the valence at some point with a little witness mark to prove the point
They will be coming off at the weekend so i can attack them with a wire wheel
More tomorrow
J
