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  2. Wallby

    What Have You Done To Your 205 Today?

    Wallby replied to acox99's topic in General Car Chat

    Yes! I track mine but have noticed that the number of 205s at trackdays has dropped. I live not far from Combe so have driven it a few times!
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  6. PhilNW
    Had a smaller one on mine for a while, no problems to date
  7. Gohn

    Rear Seat Latches

    Gohn replied to drj545's topic in Body, Interior & ICE

    for ease of removal, I drilled my rivets out and put in some large pozi screws
  8. Tom Fenton
    Don't just order that part number, that is just my best guess from the catalogue! I'd speak to them first.
  9. Tom Fenton
    You can leave it off, you won't notice any difference.
  10. Ren89 started following Starter motor bracket?
  11. Ren89
    Hi, I was just wondering is the starter motor bracket necessary? I have a new starter but it's a smaller one compared to the fat starter so the bracket does not fit. It fits the car fine though. Thanks Craig.
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  13. Duroc started following What Have You Done To Your 205 Today?
  14. Duroc

    What Have You Done To Your 205 Today?

    Duroc replied to acox99's topic in General Car Chat

    Drove my 205 (1.9 Mi16 M45) round Castle Combe today. Anybody 'track' 205's these days. apart from those few that race them in stock/hot hatch etc?
  15. Pierre_b

    Xsara Vts Rack Steering Column

    Pierre_b replied to Tom Fenton's topic in Brakes, Suspension & Steering

    Hello, Thank you for your advice, here some picture of the weld I did tonight before putting a lick of paint : I hope that I will stay attached. Pierre
  16. chris 417 mi
    Yeah it does , this is true but .... at least you know its looking its best . It did with me, the one that was at ICI when i was 18 with my graphite grey 1.6 made me want to swap right then, didn't see another that colour for 2-3 years after. This and the miami blue suits these cars so well.
  17. chris 417 mi
    Didn't actually get a photo of the cambelt after fitting . Waterways didn't look too bad at all ! Good chance to clean the cambelt cover before refitting ... fairy liquid works wonders . So im at the stage now of fitting the Bakers thermostat housing and new stat and awaiting the arrival back of the vts box ! The plan now will be deciding what to do with the power steering pump and rack i've bought .... still need the hoses and brackets to fit and ofc a new alternator belt etc if i do go that route.
  18. chris 417 mi
    Few more things happened this weekend, i had planned on getting the subframe off after doing the water pump and cambelt and cleaning all the electrical connectors on the lighting plugs ... but amazon said no you can wait till monday for the connector cleaners. The subframe got looked at too late in the day but al least the cambelt and water pump got changed ! Getting the engine off the stand onto the crane was skittish on my own ... it wanted to fall to the left more than once .
  19. brian j
    Thanks Tom. I’ll get one ordered and update with some pics when I get it sorted.
  20. Tom Fenton

    Rear Seat Latches

    Tom Fenton replied to drj545's topic in Body, Interior & ICE

    Riveted from the factory
  21. drj545

    Rear Seat Latches

    drj545 posted a topic in Body, Interior & ICE

    Can anyone tell me if the rear seat release latches are riveted to the shell, or screwed on? I know they bolt onto the C pillar trim (through the parcel shelf brackets) but not sure how they’re fixed to the shell at the wheel well. Thanks.
  22. Foxyn
    Thanks both, I cleaned the starter mating surface when I fitted the new one, battery terminals have been cleaned up and are tight. Tom, I think you could be right about the main battery lead so will look to replace it in the near future. I can see bare copper where it enters the terminal clamp, so potentially the connection isn’t good there. I’m assuming when I was trying to get the jumper lead onto the started I disturbed something that ‘re-made’ a loose/high impedance connection. (Oh and the tachy relay was a red herring. I’d unplugged it while fault finding and forgot to reconnect it!). Cheers.
  23. Tom Fenton
    https://issuu.com/cargift/docs/autoleads_catalogue Have a look on here page 86/87 My 206 is a 1999 car Helpfully in the true Peugeot style there are a few different options all applicable to the 206 98/99/00!! However it does give reasonable diagrams of the plugs so you should be able to match up I would say its PC99-X26 you need. But there is a technical helpline email and phone number at the front of the catalogue so probably worth emailing them with a photo of your connection to be sure.
  24. brian j
    Agreed Tom. It’s totally a first world problem… On the other hand I’m really chuffed the 205 is behaving well enough to be thinking about first world problems! Like you say, the early ones are 4 micro switches and the later ones are normally resistance based. There is a power, a ground and a signal wire and the voltage returned on the signal wire varies according to which switch was closed because each circuit has a different resistance. i will totally need a new interface box. I just need to work out which one and how to wire it. @Tom Fenton if the later stalk is the same as the one in your 206 GT do you mind telling me what year yours is? It gives me a starting point for wiring and adapters.
  25. Tom Fenton
    I'd think about replacing the high current wiring from the battery to the alternator and starter. It may look OK, and even continuity test OK, but be high resistance when load is applied to it. Often they are very much past their best by now.
  26. Tom Fenton

    Xsara Vts Rack Steering Column

    Tom Fenton replied to Tom Fenton's topic in Brakes, Suspension & Steering

    You need to do something to ensure the bearings are retained. There is quite a bit of load on them when steering the car. If one comes out you could suddenly lose steering which will likely not end well. If I did it again I would probably make some washers to hold the bearings in and then tack the washers to the coupling.
  27. Tom Fenton
    I'd say from the number of wires, the early type is just 4 switches inside the housing, the later type is more complex as there are only 3 wires to do potentially 6 functions. I don't think it will be easily compatible but you never know, the later one is the same as the one in my 206 Grand Tourisme, so you may be able to find an interface box to convert the signal to whatever your head unit is. Bit of a first world problem though having to reach to press a button on the head unit! I will say that the later stalk as is in my 206 is a really nice thing to use, you can do the majority of regularly used functions from the stalk.
  28. brian j
    A long time ago I retrofitted a 306/early 206 radio stalk in the 205. It’s been there for years and I quite like it, seeing as the radio is so low in the centre console. One of these: It is the 4 way stalk so just has volume up/down and track up/down. It is useful but I find it annoying to have to reach down to switch source from Radio to Bluetooth etc. I noticed that some later 206/406etc had a similar stalk, but with an extra rotating collar to change the mode (source) and another function so I bought one on eBay. One of these: but now I have it, it’s clear that the plug is very different and the lead is much shorter. Old plug: New plug: The old lead ran direct to the radio, but given the length, I’m not sure the new one can have. can anyone help me with how this style of stalk was originally wired? If it went to a loom what was the radio plug like and what is the pin out at both ends so I can extend it? what year car was it fitted to or even better what autoleads/connects2 adapter do I need to use it? any help would be really appreciated. Thx
  29. Pierre_b started following Xsara Vts Rack Steering Column
  30. Pierre_b

    Xsara Vts Rack Steering Column

    Pierre_b replied to Tom Fenton's topic in Brakes, Suspension & Steering

    I am doing the same modification (xsara rack and saxo pump) so I tried and order this exact column that was available on autodoc. It's the same a the one that was on my 1985 non pas 205 GTI. The three colum are aligned at the pivot, from top to bottom, the xsara one (longer on the driver side and shorter on the rack side, and too big for the boot), then, my stock 205 non pas square one (too long to fit the xsara rack), and the sasic one, it's the same as my non pas one. I think that there was no square pas column on 205 (I have one pas rack, and check a lot of ad picture with no luck). So I tried the "Tom Fenton method" (I was a bit tricky, and I am not sure that I did it the right way) : And voila, my stock one, and below, the mix of the sasic and the xsara : The bearing suffered a bit, but, it's still smooth. I didnt do the welding spot yet, it looks pretty stuck in there. Thanks Tom, I would never I have think or try it if you hadn't documented it. Pierre
  31. dannydub

    What Have You Done To Your 205 Today?

    dannydub replied to acox99's topic in General Car Chat

    Drove it to a local wheel specialist open day. Alternator seems to have stopped working as battery at 12.3v with engine running or not. After checking the battery, it wouldn’t start at all. Check plugs and injectors, all fine. Then it started 1st time! Thinking maybe an earthing fault?
  32. lagonda
    It could simply be a poor connection at the battery. You would still get volts reading at the starter, but it's the amps that matter, and if they don't get through, nothing will happen. Check the main battery leads to ensure the cabling is making good contact with the terminal loops/ends. Do make sure the mating surface where the starter bolts to the clutch housing is clean on both starter and housing. Regarding the tachy relay ... I've found you can often revive a dud by resoldering the connections on the relay ... "dry" solder joints aren't immediately obvious, better spotted using a magnigying glass. A ring of grey instead of shiny silver gives the game away.
  33. welshpug
    No crank sensor on a 205 that has a signal wire from the dizzy to the ignition amplifier. You will not get fuel injector trigger if there is no spark. Has to be an ignition amp or trigger wire issue if you have power to the coil, could also be the coil itself.
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