Project sensible take 103

[maxlee]

as my 106 is getting more and more tired (231K) and a little battered its time to replace it end of last year i bought a tatty ph1 dturbo to mess about with
(never got done) debating what to do i come across this tidy ish d turbo last month

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-PEUGEOT-3...true&rt=nc
got a very inpressive hole in the engine block/sump so i plan to put the ph1 engine in it
and build a sensible car to use evey day and keep the toys
(off road prepped discovery, 2.5 e36 copmact) for the weekends

so plans are to lower it a little, chuck the sxi alloys (in white) on it that i picked up last weekend and go from there

i'll up date with some more pics soon and progress as it needs to be on the road for the end of the month

[maxlee]

time for some pics!

had a sort out last week

1st off this went so the 306 could have a place to be sorted




wile this was happening i got a message and £200 later this arrived


witch was handy as gave me a table to put stuff on

so plans at the moment mot the silver one (fixed diesel/air leak) tax it and use that for a month wile i sort the red one out,


got the engine out the green one to go in the red one want to do gaskets, filters belts and clutch before it goes in also sort turbo out etc

[Poodle]

And so the addiction sets in...

[maxlee]

i might have bought anther 2 306's tonight need a fork lift to start stacking them as i am out of room the silver one is booked in for mot Friday, still not got it running right though think there's still a air leak some were do the glow plugs only say on for so long or till the engine warms up a bit?

[maxlee]

silver one moted and up for sale

got a set of wheels and a bonnet coming for the red one tomorrow and the one the engine come out off is off to the scrap yard

[Poodle]

Are you a hobbyist trader or something? This is crazy, fair play though, you're not too far away so expect you to start turning up to some of the southern meets.

[maxlee]

hobbyist trader lol haven't herd that saying before

my main car/love/hobbie is this
stripped out rwd fun lights the wheels up in 3rd wilst building this i had 2~3 e36's then and the car ows me in that picture £40 now ows alot more with the mega squirt ecu etc girl friend runs a standered e36 compact (only coz she wont let me near it)
but i now have a driving job (grew up a little not much)so need my licence so this is now laid up looking ruff (90 day red)

so i bought this

put £20 in it go out have a bit of fun laning and still have tyres and a driving licence at the end of the day

both of the above are no good for going to work bmw cost me £8 one day i took it and that was doing 55mph down the motor way

so the 106 d i use at the moment do 200~230 miles to £20 but its old and tatty and on 231k still dose the job
so found the green and blue pug bought that then the red one come along with a hole in the block so i bought that then the silver one come up so i thought i would by that for the g/f to as it dose better mpg then the bmw but she didn't like it looked to old so thats how it goes then i found a bonnet and a set of wheels so bought them (pics to come tomorrow) also forgot how easy the 306's were to work on ok to drive and cheap to run so back in to them should end up with a tidy d turbo thats good for the work run and when i go out with the misses etc hence project sensible

i use to be a mechanic had a unit etc but people want every thing for nothing these days and got sick of being covered in crap finishing at 8pm some times doing all nighters when getting carried away with bmw's mates tunes etc so gave up

local meets? whats the avrage age lol think i might feel old

[maxlee]

got my new wheels and bonnet today



they sort of come attached to anther 306 tho

also left the engine doner at its new owners

[Ricky]

Should have kept the Citroen van and XUD'd it, that's what I want to do with one anyway.

[maxlee]

almost did as van was a clean 27k shell but I drive a van all day at work so to then drive one after etc etc

[Poodle]

Don't know if it came from anywhere really lol, just seemed a good way to describe it.

And another one haha, you must be getting these cars cheap!

Average age at meets... 25? Don't know tbh, i'm 27 myself.

[maxlee]

win win same here so i wont feel old then

wouldn't say cheap defo above scrap money i might have anther one to pick up weekend needs a steering rack (pulled from green one) so wate and see
need to get on with mine instead of getting involved with others really lol

tempted to go ofter a 4 door 1.4 ph2 i see for the g/f but no space at the moment

[silverzx]

You don't hang about, impressive progress.

[maxlee]

should have really had the red one done by now but other ones keep coming up want it on the road by the end of next month

started pulling the front off last night ready to get the engine out fail is the sump is different because of the air con so going to have to get one of them or delete the air con wich i don't really want to do as would be nice to have a car that every thing works on it unsure if to sell the front lights or not sort of grown on me but at the same time not my style

front bumper bolts on the passenger side wtf its hiddin!! called it a night will try find it tonight

trip planed to andover with my mate in his recovery truck sunday woinder what we'll come back with

[maxlee]

how it sits after a bit of play tonight

going to delete the aircon now as well as needing a sump looks like the air con rads rotten/dead to. so on the 3 hot days we get a year I'll just open a window and drive faster

[puglove]

Have fun, this is a wankjob


How my sigma currently is sat outside lol

[maxlee]

lol looks like we are at the same stage that engine on its way out the bay?

[puglove]

Well it is that pic but. Its sat exactly the same at the mo with the new engine in.

[maxlee]

i got a fair way to go before i get the same picture with new engine in got distracted today with pulling the wheels of the ragtop and putting glow plugs in the silver one to try and sort the starting cold running problem needless to say buying a glow plug spanner tomorrow

[maxlee]

might have come back from a little road trip to day with one more ph2 d turbo s pics to come

[maxlee]

slow progress all thats changed is the number of 306's

picked this one up few weeks back


trying to sell the soft top one and the silver on e has turned in to a right fail
thinking if the red ones are finished and the silver one is still about i may sell the red ones and just keep the silver one and lower it and do some mods to that

[maxlee]

silver one sold by the looks of it

the one above is almost sorted and ready for mot oil's just draining out of it now, might tax and drive this one about and sell the 106 wile building project sensible up

one of my mates gave me this
so will be pluming this in wile engine is out

[maxlee]

Up date time

Silver one set off to its new home tonight


wile wating for the bloke to turn up (3 hours late) i stripped and cleaded up the front brakes on the other red d turbo
power steering leak fixed and oil and filter changed so just a case of cleaning up the back brakes and in for mot looks like this at the moment


and the bigest car up date (not pug related)
this arived tuesday

[Eeyore]

Whats the silver box?

[maxlee]

its got 2 glow plugs and a heat switch coolant goes in the bigger tubes and fuel/oil goes in the smaller ones

[maxlee]

onther one sorted for mot next one to do is project sensible one above will be having the full set of wheels thats shown on the back can't make up my mind to do them gloss black or white tho

keep getting out bid on turbo's on the bay

what clutch kits have you guys found to be good with out spending £100's

Edit red one above now moted

[maxlee]

super slow progress sold the one above in the end now project sensible has got a bit fatter grown 2 more doors a bit more glass but its running moted taxed and works


bought off Smiley69 yesterday owned it 24 hours and haven't changed any thing yet

[Smiley69]

Anything changed YET?????????????

I'd have lowered it by now!!!!!!!!!

[maxlee]

nothings changed as yet mate only the date on the tax disc in the glove box it did do 5 full tip runs today tho
going to sort out the rad then get involved i did fit dog guard in at 11 at night friday (rock and roll life style)

umming are aaaaring to get cheap coilovers or a set of springs did look cool with the back lowered today lol

i'm finding it quite nice having a car thats clean in side so after tip run whipped the hoover round to keep it that way whats happened to me!
watching some leather on ebay to

[Piggy]

I got some cheap leather and matching door cards if interested!?

I be heading to Swindon next tuesday eve if helps as bit closer