What Have You Done To Your 205 Today?

[Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars]

Started to reassemble the engine, looking OK so far, apart from grubby finger prints everywhere

 

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

Been taking advantage of the decent weather these past 3 days to try and get to the bottom of the running / cutting out issue i had last year.  

 

Did the car replicate the issue?  Of course not - turns out as the weather is now so nice / warm, etc, it seems the car is very happy to drive, run and do pretty much whatever for as long as you want it too perfectly fine - which i guess is a good thing.  Just not ideal for figuring out why it didn't run well in the cold (sub 10degreesC).

 

I guess the only conclusion is that the car is effectively just like the rest of us and doesn't like going out in colder or crappy weather 

 

Ah good ol' classic cars - such fun.

 

Just need to get it cleaned up and prepped for an oil / filter service, MOT before the end of the first week of May next.

[205Rallee 59]

At the Isle of Man Classic 3 day Hillclimb on closed parts of the TT course

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

Had the car detailed on Wednesday - nice and shiny again   Well for 1 day at least anyway, as by the end of Thursday & also after today it's already gained a new coating of saharan dust / pollen again

[Crescent205 11 1 Cars]

Getting YUT ready for the Curborough sprint later this month, had a few hours spanner checking and tidying.

[SweetBadger 94]

Drove it... Finally... 

 

Well not today, but last Tuesday at Silverstone. Car ran flawlessly for 4+ hours on track, had a lot of fun! Bit of confidence that we can get through some long endurance races this season without breaking down!

 

The gearbox I brought from @brumster really completes the car (hybrid box with 1&2 from a 1.9 gti and 3,4,5 from Gti6 with 4.4CWP). Was just hitting the rev limiter at 8150rpm in fifth at the end of Hangar Straight, so perfectly geared for the track, and the short 3rd 4th & 5th works brilliantly.

 

406 Brembo 4 pots worked really well too, and the pads didn't come out wedged like with the old 306 hdi setup we used to run. 

[karabas 21]

On 3/22/2019 at 9:37 AM, Telf said:

Discovered it apparently takes a week to fit all the components in the engine bay when you have no idea what nut/bracket and bolt went where!!!

What a great job. Hope I'll do some day. Want to ask 2 red head wires under the inlet manifold. I thought only one goes to alternator.

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

On 5/5/2019 at 7:21 PM, karabas said:

What a great job. Hope I'll do some day. Want to ask 2 red head wires under the inlet manifold. I thought only one goes to alternator.

One is the alternator the other for the start solenoid

[karabas 21]

Before&After story.

 

[chris 417 mi 34 2 Cars]

Bought one :p

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

Not today but earlier in the week.  Service & MOT with Miles with nothing more than an advisory for the usual headlight alignment due to the Morette's.  Also got some decent exercise wandering around Salibsury for a few hours

 

Give it a few months and hopefully get it booked back in over the Autumn or Winter to get it converted to aftermarket management and a few other bits & bobs too.

 

Started to make inroads to get my EXIP alloys refurbed, but still having issues finding someone to try replicating the centre caps via 3D printing for a decent price.

[Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars]

Nothing done to mine but moved 2 for chris

[Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars]

Picked it up from the body shop after 3 months. Getting wing tomorrow as wasn't quite right.

[Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars]

[Doc 205 6 1 Cars]

Technically speaking I didn’t do anything, but my horn started working again randomly, which was a pleasant surprise. One less thing on the MOT list. Just the windscreen skooshers and reverse light to do now. 

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

Reverse light not tested.

[Doc 205 6 1 Cars]

45 minutes ago, Tom Fenton said:

Reverse light not tested.

Seriously? Sweet. Windscreen skooshers it is then!

[jackherer 543]

12 hours ago, Tom Fenton said:

Reverse light not tested.

Not on a 205 but it has recently been added for cars made after 2009!

[Doc 205 6 1 Cars]

Checked my windscreen skoosher pump to make sure that it was getting power. Was getting 12v, so have ordered a new pump. 

 

My engine was also hunting quite badly when it got up to temperature so I messed around with carbs and got it idling a lot lower. Will get it to a rolling road shortly to get them properly set up. 

[karabas 21]

Heater control panel reconditioning done.

After solving the engine problem with Damir's valuable help and now it's time to put the stuff back on car.

 

[dale205mills 39 7 Cars]

• I painted inside of panels and pulled car out of workshop and I even took a look at the car I'm going to brake for parts as it ended up in a ditch and twisted the front of car

Edited June 1, 2019 by dale205mills
Wording

[AlexRS2782 136 1 Cars]

Last week - took delivery of yet another Momo Corse steering wheel - this time a D35 3 spoke and also got hold of a period correct Corse centre cap.  Added to the collection of a D32 3 spoke & D36 4 spoke i already have but still haven't decided which of them i fancy using for a bit of early '90's retro modding.

 

Spent Saturday cleaning off a fair amount of dried on cement residue that had stuck to the underside of my car.  Thankfully having the dealer fit kit means most of it was stuck to the skirt instead of the sills.  I have a local construction company to thank for that as they're building a new house nearby but have decided the best thing to do is pour all of the cement mixer washout, etc, into the road rather than keeping it on site.

 

Today - removed the original speakers from the car.  Unsurprisingly every single one was either cracked, split or falling apart so no wonder they've never worked very well (if at all) in the time i've owned the car.  Also discovered that the retro Kenwood cassette head unit i'd fitted back in early '09 appears to have finally died as the wiring shows a live feed but it's no longer powering up so off to find another (more modern) headunit to drop into the car alongside the new slimline front speakers i bought a year ago.  Decided there's not much point in fitting new rears as i can't see them doing much tbh.

 

Hopefully get the new speakers in at some point in the next week or so.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Started it up for the first time in 2 months -  

Rubber fuel hose completely perished - solved the problem of me trying to track down the smell of fuel for the last year.

 

[chris 417 mi 34 2 Cars]

Opened the garage door, Looked at it, cried at how much needs to be done in the coming months and shut the garage door again 

[Telf 224 2 Cars]

Picked up my seats after a leather refurb..