[car_overhaul] Nickaliath's 205 GTI Overhaul

[nickaliath 22]

Hello all,

 

Its been a long time since i did a Peugeot 205 Project, So i thought its about time to do another (plus i missed it).

 

I have bought a pretty standard 1.9 GTI, had some different wheels, exhaust and twin 40's on it but these are all being sold off.

I have also purchased a Gti-6 engine, ecu, loom and other bits for the engine, which is going to be delivered this week. Its the first time ive encountered a gti-6 engine to work on but shouldnt be too much of a hassle as its still an XU.

Bodywork is gonna be pretty much standard, previous owner has done a poor job of smoothing locks out and rear wiper etc. i will be sorting all this out, and tidying any dents etc.

wheels will probably be painted white, currently polished type.

Im aiming for a street sleeper, once ive got the gti-6 engine in there i will plan the future stage of turbocharging the engine, but this wont be until all other work is done.

Im not too sure about interior yet, time will tell. although two front seats need replacing.

Brakes will all be uprated types, with bigger calipers and discs on front if they will fit under the standard wheels?!

 

anyway hers some pics to get my project page started.

 

[DrSarty 90 1 Cars]

Quite a tidy car that to start with.

 

Will watch with interest.

 

Welcome back.

[nickaliath 22]

yeah its not too bad really, perfect for a project car .

[Galifrey 1]

If you go into that engine bay pic in photbucket you can edit, rotate 90 degrees, overwrite original, and we can save our necks getting cricked!

 

Nice project car, make sure you treat that tinworm in the engine bay, stop it getting a hold!

[danpug 1]

I loved the sound of my old 1.9 8v on carb's

[nickaliath 22]

image adjusted

[omega 82]

"wheels will probably be painted white, currently polished type."

 

 

well i think the wheels look good polished and if you where closer i would have them off you

Edited November 1, 2009 by omega

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Looks like a nice project, but more importantly where are the pictures of this?

 

Current cars:

Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9 (project car)

Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5 16 Evolution, No 257 of 502 Made in the world ever!

BMW 330D Touring m-sport 2002

[nickaliath 22]

funny, people tend to notice that

 

[CosKev 16]

Nice 205 project

 

Very very nice Retro Merc

 

How much better do they look with the arch extensions

[nickaliath 22]

Gti-6 Engine turned up today along with ancillaries.

 

Hoping the weather will b ok on saturday to get on with getting the engine in!!!!

[nickaliath 22]

Got the 1.9 gti engine out today, although the weather was crappy!!!!!

 

Ive got to get the gti-6 engine ready now to into the car. Hopefully it will be ready next weekend

[shalmaneser 26]

God i love those mercs!

 

looks like a good project, good luck!

[nickaliath 22]

yeah i was toying with the idea of selling it, but dont think i could bring myself to do it.

 

Anyway back to the project 205.

 

I havent been able to do alot as the weather is rubbish at moment, but did remove the aftermarket sunroof and clean it all up. roof will need to be painted to remove the rust around the lip.

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Got some pics of the progress?

 

What's hapening with old throttle bodies, are they 45's?

 

Nice pics of the Merc

[nickaliath 22]

yeah ill get some more pics up, im hoping this weekend the engine will be put in.

 

Twin 40's are going to be sold, although one of them is missing a venturi by the looks of things.

[nickaliath 22]

Got the engine sat in the bay yesterday, although it has to come back out as need a different clutch which i found out after .

Got soaking wet as it was pooring down with rain!!! my feet were like i had jumped in a foot puddle!.

ANyway i will have to take it back out next saturday hopefully if weather ok and fit the mi-16 clutch, also i will have to re-angle the exhaust manifold to fit down tunnel.

 

I will update some pics a little later.

[nickaliath 22]

just pop out to get a quick pic

 

 

looks a bit tatty in there at the moment, but as i just want to get it fitting for the moment this is not a priority

[nickaliath 22]

just went out to rip the dashboard out, mainly to get to the wiring underneath for the twin brown plugs.

 

 

 

[nickaliath 22]

Was going to get the engine bolted up this weekend but didnt want to risk the wet weather again, although it didnt rain once!!!! typical.

 

I started to put the interior back together as the previous owner had stripped it out.

 

My full leather seats arrived so the rears went in yesterday and the fronts will hopefully be put in today.

 

I also started to put the upper part of the dash in the car, i got to the cluster wiring and found a single pin wire which i cant for the life of me find where it goes!!!! its bugging me as im sure it goes on the back of the cluster!!!

 

 

I have got all the necessary engine loom wiring out, so i hope that i can make a start on it today!!!

Edited November 29, 2009 by nickaliath

[BusEngineer 7]

That looks like an earth to the steering column but i could be wrong

[jackherer 543]

That looks like an earth to the steering column but i could be wrong

 

No, its the wire for the choke light, it should just be left disconnected behind the clocks on a GTI. If you earth it the choke light will be permanently on.

[nickaliath 22]

excellent thanks for the replies, couldnt see where it went for the life of me!!!! LOL

[nickaliath 22]

Started to get some of the engine wiring joined to the two brown multiplugs.

 

I have so far connected as follows.

 

 

GTI-6 19pin round plug - 205 brown multiplug

 

Beige 401 coolant temp sender - Red 47a coolant gauge

Yellow 410 oil level gauge - Purple 30 oil pressure light

Red 411 oil temp sender - White 30a oil temp gauge

Grey c120 reverse light switch - Dark grey 52 reverse light

Orange 220 reverse light switch - Purple 53 reverse light

Dark brown 1070 alternator warning - Dark grey 7a alternator light

Thick White 120 Fuel pump - White 76 fuel pump

white 400 coolant temp gauge sender - yellow 47 coolant light

 

 

 

If anyone thinks this is incorrect then please dont hesitate to correct me , also any further wiring help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Edited December 1, 2009 by nickaliath

[welshpug 1,661]

GTI-6 19pin round plug - 205 brown multiplug

 

Beige 401 coolant temp sender - Red 47a coolant gauge

Yellow 410 oil level gauge - Purple 30 oil pressure light

Red 411 oil temp sender - White 30a oil temp gauge

Grey c120 reverse light switch - Dark grey 52 reverse light

Orange 220 reverse light switch - Purple 53 reverse light

Dark brown 1070 alternator warning - Dark grey 7a alternator light

Thick White 120 Fuel pump - White 76 fuel pump

white 400 coolant temp switch - yellow 47 coolant light

 

Purple 30 if it is the oil pressure, should be to the oil pressure sender not oil level

 

though I think you have got the wire number correct, as 414 and 415 are for the oil level in my information.

 

all correct as far as I can remember apart from that one

Edited December 1, 2009 by welshpug