2CV6, and Acadiane In Australia

craigrk may just have owned a few of these.

He may have some info and advice.

Congrats on pulling the trigger on this one.

The big day is here. Picked up our new car!!


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First rusty photo

We had a massive day yesterday. My son got the key to his house and we helped him move all his gear.
What a day it was. This morning I cleaned out the garage, moved the jetski's making room for the 2CV.
It fits!!

Wazzz thizzz thing?

Not sure if this is a trick question after you've said you've had them for so many years before... that's your coil!  Have a look on ecas2cv parts website and consider upgrading to the yellow Harley coil, much more reliable - equally try to only use the ignition leads that come with that or bougicords.  Strictly NGK plugs and you might consider a 123 electronic ignition to replace the points.

You've probably seen my supercharged BMW flat twin powered 2cv on the forum here (due a mega update on the thread soon after some legal wrangling I'm in at the moment) but I've had it since I was 16 as a 602 for 12 years before big BMW power.  Still got a 602 in another machine so pretty up to date with all 2cv upgrades and the best way to keep them alive.

I am curious, is yours a French or Portuguese built one?

Where will you source your replacement panels from?  Do you have a 2cv parts supplier in Aus or do you buy from abroad from Ecas / Cassis?

No worries, hit me up with any other questions, I'm offshore for a month so plenty of time to answer and the forum is keeping me sane, I've almost certainly been there and done that with most aspects of a 2cv - probably more than once or twice to - 19 years of ownership now!

Most probably earths for the electrics.  A note on headlights once you come to those, don't be tempted to upgrade to modern bulbs (from the 40/45 watt originals) as there are no relays in the system it all goes through the headlight switch - this can take a light upgrade (no pun intended) to these 55/60 watt but no more or else the headlight switch itself will get too hot, start smoking, fill the car with smoke and melt the wires - ask me how I know:

ecas2cvparts.co.uk/collections/light-bulbs-12v/products/bulb-headlight-halogen-high-power-556watt-p45t-flange-all-2cv6-also-available-in-pack-of-4-see-notes-phb12

With the fuel gauge there is a join as the cabling goes through a grommet in the floor behind the rear seat close to the inner wing on the passenger side (inside the car).  It's probably come apart or needs a little cleaning of the join with some rolled up sand paper - or the earth on the tank is rusted to curse word.  If the gauge is inaccurate or stuck at one point then it is the metal tangs on the float level of the sender unit - I replace these once every couple of years I'd say - ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS buy the Valeo sender unit - this is the OEM one citroen used, all the others are poor quality replacements and never last.  It will be a pain getting this out of the fuel tank though as the screws are always rusted to curse word.  Get new screws and gaskets - also always replace this bit of fuel line here as it always gets forgotten as it's tucked out of the way.

Make a really thorough inspection of the brake lines when you are back here too, the one you can't see is the curly coiled up one inside the rear axle tube - best to replace with the body off the car but doable with the body on.  Rear drum cylinders probably need replacing too, easy enough job, hopefully your adjusters are also not rusted to curse word.

Have you inspected the toe board on both sides (where the floors come up to the front bulkhead) this is a two piece inner and outer panel and loves to crumble away to rusty nothingness - a body off job.  Also the rear seat belt mounts and where the inner rear wings attach to the bodyshell near the main strengthening hoop.

Otherwise a check of the kingpins - do they need replacing - at least a thorough greasing - and the same with the track rod ends (take them apart fully to grease them).

Redline light weight shockproof gear oil (the yellow bottle) recommended for the gearbox - it's keeping my supercharged BMW powered box alive and I use it in my other 2cv boxes too.

Good to know about the 2cv clubs and parts supply situation over there - if you get stuck I would recommend ECAS 2cv parts in the UK and 2cvGB club for info and cracking magazines and publications available - some great owners guide.

Ha!  Ahh great, I am honored!  Please say thanks.  That is funny, Green Car is my favorite possession and creation.  Check out immersion eleven racing on youtube, there are a few videos there.

I haven't done much with the Citroen at all. I still can't get the wipers to work.
I found out that the hazard switch is faulty/broken. This might be linked to the indicators
not working.

I have found someone about 2 hours North from my place that speaks 2CV6. I hope to catch up with him
next week. He has offered me a very rusty 2CV6. It's apparently complete but very rusty.
He wants 5K for it. If it was 1.5K I would have been in the car already. I can by a lot of new parts and
import them from GB and NL for $5000.

Anyway, I have 3 bedrooms waiting to be painted before the new carpet goes in. Then I need to move some furniture around. When that is all done my darling will be very happy with me and I will have some time to play with my new toy.

Ohh, I forgot I bought some Citroen books that might come in handy.

Our house got hit hard last hailstorm. As we have a tin roof we ended up with many many dents in our roof.
The insurance paid us out and we replaced the roof. Then we painted 3 bed rooms and a bathroom, got new carpets etc etc blah blah...so no time for this girl.
Well today I had another bit of a look. She needs some work and rectification. She has been restored in the past.....by blind Freddie and his mates





This is somewhere towards the front underneath the car

Just caught up with this. Be interested to see which way you go with it.