time machine...

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Fri Nov 19 03:46:23 2004

Tony Duell wrote:
>>My mate who has a PDP-11/73 (we think, it's an OEM thing) has two RL02s.
>>The intake air filters have been replaced by cut-down Citroen XM air
>
>
> Which model of XM (I can't believe they all take the same air filter, I
> know for a fact that the petrol and diesel BXs take totally different air
> filters, for example). I might well want to give this a go...

Series 1 2.0Si, LE-Jetronic, non-turbo. The space it fits in at the
front of the drive is a little tight, but I cut a tall enough bit off
the filter and it *just* squeezes in. How well it actually works I
don't know.

> I am already know to be mad by the local Citroen dealer. I'm the guy who
> orders all sorts of little parts rather than a complete assembly (my time
> doesn't cost anything, so it's worth me rebuilting a unit rather than
> replacing it). The thought of getting an air filter and telling them it's
> for my computer seems rather fun :-)

Heh. I went in to get bits for my 1989 Citroen CX 22TRS, and the spotty
oik behind the parts counter had never ever *heard* of those. He *did*
know that some had "that funny air suspension that goes up and down" but
he wasn't allowed to work on those.

It's funny, there seems to be a correlation between retro computing and
unusual cars, doesn't there. This thread is about to go off-topic...

Gordon.
Received on Fri Nov 19 2004 - 03:46:23 GMT