11-12-2014, 03:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-12-2014, 03:26 PM by dieselgeek.)
Its so poverty spec that it doesnt even come with a '1.8d' badge! Just says 205 on the back. Tbh I think I'll stick the Hdi badge on it as I'm going to re-register it as a 2 litre. When it was on the road it was on the original mot and insured as the standard car - now I want to do it properly and legally so I've got no worries about being pulled.
Just nipped down to the lockup to get some more pics.
The front brakes got the same service/strip/paint as the rear and threw some new pads at it, new discs will go on in time for the mot but no point splashing the cash yet. Need to put a new brake line connector on, the old ones been taken off as it had started to round.
The inside of the wheelarches have all been cleaned up then waxoiled. Got brown waxoil for free but might strip it off and put clear stuff on instead so the blue paint shows through...
There was no way the 306 servo and master cylinder combo was going to fit, so I used the 205 servo and the 306 master cylinder which is a straight swap no mods needed. But the front of the cylinder is **** close to the cam sensor. I trimmed down the excess plastic of the clip for the cam sensor which gave a few mm clearance then sealed it with lots of layers of that plastic electrical sealant spray. It wasn't enough clearance for if the engine rocked back really hard so I ground down the end of the master cylinder as well.
I was worried about how far I could trim the cylinder without getting to close to its important bits, so I took the 205 master cylinder which is almost identical and cut it down 2.5mm at a time until I found the point of no return. At 10mm the spring started to appear, so I reckon a 5mm trim was absolutely reasonable, which still leaves 5mm of aluminium at the very thinnest point, and the full 10mm at the top.
Just nipped down to the lockup to get some more pics.
The front brakes got the same service/strip/paint as the rear and threw some new pads at it, new discs will go on in time for the mot but no point splashing the cash yet. Need to put a new brake line connector on, the old ones been taken off as it had started to round.
The inside of the wheelarches have all been cleaned up then waxoiled. Got brown waxoil for free but might strip it off and put clear stuff on instead so the blue paint shows through...
There was no way the 306 servo and master cylinder combo was going to fit, so I used the 205 servo and the 306 master cylinder which is a straight swap no mods needed. But the front of the cylinder is **** close to the cam sensor. I trimmed down the excess plastic of the clip for the cam sensor which gave a few mm clearance then sealed it with lots of layers of that plastic electrical sealant spray. It wasn't enough clearance for if the engine rocked back really hard so I ground down the end of the master cylinder as well.
I was worried about how far I could trim the cylinder without getting to close to its important bits, so I took the 205 master cylinder which is almost identical and cut it down 2.5mm at a time until I found the point of no return. At 10mm the spring started to appear, so I reckon a 5mm trim was absolutely reasonable, which still leaves 5mm of aluminium at the very thinnest point, and the full 10mm at the top.