Thats @djvu205 - good advice.
If it was mine, I'd find a worn DKZ cam and have it reground by someone like Crow Cams. Alternatively, just buy new Catcams, Piper or Kent from the UK. The latter will cost a lot more.
If you are trying to keep the budget under control, I would avoid reupholstering the seats. It will cost thousands and very few people seem to be able to get the front seats quite right on a 205 when they recover them. That money would pay for engine management and tuning it. Si front seats periodically come available in good condition. Graham may even have some from the rally projects he strips out. As Schlitz says, if necessary you can use a passenger base on the driver's side and get a good driver's seat that way for not much cost. Even buying another Si with good seats and swapping them into your car then reselling the donor will cost much less than recovering originals. If necessary, you can buy new foam bases in Europe.
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I’m about to do an oil & filter change this weekend. Is there a trick to getting the filter off. Space looks super tight, has something else got to come out?Day 9 - Basic maintenance begins
The car came with a pile of receipts - and it looks like servicing and maintenance may not have been kept up to date. A key quote:
"The temperature gauge fluctuates, on road test it settles when decelerating. Possible gauge problem"
I did not notice this - however the oil temperature sender at the rear of the sump appears to have been disconnected (no wire in sight) and the wire to the radiator sensor had been unplugged. Also, the lamp in the coolant temperature indicator does not light up when starting the car. This will need some more investigation and tracing to see what may or may not be missing/unplugged/??
Hopefully the weather stays dry and I can sort this out this week.
The oil was another matter. To cut things short, it was filthy, bitter and had a light odour of fuel. So cut to 'Plan B' and stick to changing the oil, and change it again after 100Km or so and replace the oil filter then (I know - I'm avoiding it but if you know where the filter is you'd understand why).
Changing the oil was new - first time I've done this on a French car and first time I've seen that kind of sump plug.
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For those who are in a similar position to me, the plug is rounded and the only way to safely remove it is with an 8mm square driver (included in 3rd photo) the receipt lists as "AP DRAIN PLUG KEY 8mm SQUARE 3/8 DRV". You'd think these are reasonably common but no (I tried four different retailers without any luck until one pointed me to MWS). If you are near Hobart I can recommend "MWS Auto Tools" in Gormanston Rd Moonah - the guy was heading out back to grab one off the shelf before I finished explaining what I was after. Only $15 and problem solved (although his shop had some nice things).
For those of you with keen eyes - no, there's no washer on the sump plug. I'll be buying a new plug and washer as soon as practical.
Oil was filthy - so well overdue for a clean.
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I'll read back through some of the posts on the site on wheels. Currently the Si has the original stock 205 Si alloys (5.00B13FHH28) and it irks me to spend money on new tyres for rims I intend to get rid of as soon as possible. Starting position is a set of 306 alloys (there has to be some with a wrecker somewhere now) with spacers on the rear, while I test my patience looking for some 205 GTI SL299 alloys. I can borrow a couple from someone I know who has a GTI to check clearances and see if a set of Rallye arches will be sufficient.
On costs to date, excluding some tools I needed I'm $137 into this and that includes stuff like 6 cans of brake cleaner, 10L of coolant and 10L of oil so I'm happy so far. Useful parts like fuel and air filters, sump plug and things more Peugeot specific may accelerate things
Again, thanks everyone for your advice and patience.
Sean
Cheers Schlitz- would a handheld kitchen/cooks burner do the trick?
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Not the prettiest but seems to be holdingDon't know what that is, but if it has a concentrated adjustable flame should work.
I use a crappy butane torch like this:
Gasmate Butane Fire Lighter Torch
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Mine is even crappier than that.
Give it a good clean up and a coat of paint it will look great.
Doesn't look that bad, but the way it is convex like that, there is doubt about how well it has adhered to the mated parts. I would say especially on the right side in your picture where it looks like that blob doesn't actually touch the spout. Give it another try. Try to reflow it - re-heat and brush away some of the solder with a wire brush, let cool, clean with wire brush and then scotchbrite to shiny, then heat again and add solder but only when the whole thing is hot; solder will wick in by itself . When it is well and truly soldered you should see a concave bead running evenly around the join. Best take it off and clean to shiny the inside of the join on both parts. That will ensure the solder flows inside the join.
Get a pair of used 306 rear shocks they will be much better than anything you can buy. Hope you didn’t order bolstering b4
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