Heater Rheostat / Resistor?

[jason7579 5]

I haven't had the fan working in my 205 since I got it. I took out the heater resistor (the card type thing with the little metal disc) and its not in the greatest of conditions. While trying to clean it the spring that holds the disc disintegrated. I asked at GSF and they told me they don't have any in stock and its not a part that can be ordered anymore.

 

A few questions:

 

Is it possible to solder the spring that holds the silver disc down directly to the card and leave the disc out?

If not is it ok to solder the disc to the board then the spring to the disc?

What does the disc do?

Do peugeot still sell these and if so how much for?

[Atari Boy 11]

My heater also stopped working, I bought one from a scrap yard for £2. Peugeot do do them but they are sill money.

Might be worth a look on ebay as I have seen second hand ones there also.

[jason7579 5]

Thanks. I thought of scrappies but was thinking that most 205's in the breakers would have dodgy ones too as it seems a fairly common problem. If it can't be repaired / bodged then I'll put up a wanted ad on the forum, as long as it gets fixed before winter I'm not fussed

Edited August 18, 2009 by jason7579

[welshpug 1,683]

I would look into fitting one from a different car, say a 306, or a VW golf or Ibiza, I remember replacing one in my sister's Ibiza and that cost something like £20, its only a resistor after all.

[jason7579 5]

  welshpug said:

I would look into fitting one from a different car, say a 306, or a VW golf or Ibiza, I remember replacing one in my sister's Ibiza and that cost something like £20, its only a resistor after all.

 

I may do a bit of homework and look into fitting one from another car - I take it that it won't ba a simple straight swap? I'm not scared of a little hard work as long as I see the results afterwards.

[jason7579 5]

Does anyone know what each wire does that goes into the resistor?

 

Does the resistor card make contact with anything in its little cubby hole? If I was to replace it could I put the resistor somewhere else without slotting it in?

 

Seriously thinking about Welshpugs replacement idea and am trying to get a basic understanding of how it all works before I go chopping wires