Bonjour Marie!
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Good evening all,
Say hello to Marie.
A Peugeot 207 CC we have just bought as a ‘family’ car.
My eldest is learning to drive, but I have a Range Rover & my wife has a Mercedes EQC, neither of which are sensible for a learner. So it’s a car anyone in the family can just jump into & drive.
Luckily my nephew’s girlfriend offered this little bijou bundle of fun for 40 purple notes.
It needs some bushes, discs & pads, but honestly looks tidy, is genuinely low mileage & not abused.
The plan is Mrs Stick Legs will own it, I shall maintain it & Stick the younger can use it when not at uni.
I’m actually looking forward to the simple pleasures of shed ownership.
Say hello to Marie.
A Peugeot 207 CC we have just bought as a ‘family’ car.
My eldest is learning to drive, but I have a Range Rover & my wife has a Mercedes EQC, neither of which are sensible for a learner. So it’s a car anyone in the family can just jump into & drive.
Luckily my nephew’s girlfriend offered this little bijou bundle of fun for 40 purple notes.
It needs some bushes, discs & pads, but honestly looks tidy, is genuinely low mileage & not abused.
The plan is Mrs Stick Legs will own it, I shall maintain it & Stick the younger can use it when not at uni.
I’m actually looking forward to the simple pleasures of shed ownership.
So Marie was roused from her slumber and dragged over to my mate’s garage.
Where we proceeded to work through the fail sheet:
The calipers were not siezed, in fact they pushed back by hand.
The discs & pads were goosed.
Lots of lovely new parts to go on:
Fiat locking wheel nuts don’t fit Peugeots!
Some people shouldn’t be let near a flat head screwdriver let alone a socket set!!!
All loaded up & ready to head home.
And she passed her MOT this morning so back on the road today.
Where we proceeded to work through the fail sheet:
The calipers were not siezed, in fact they pushed back by hand.
The discs & pads were goosed.
Lots of lovely new parts to go on:
Fiat locking wheel nuts don’t fit Peugeots!
Some people shouldn’t be let near a flat head screwdriver let alone a socket set!!!
All loaded up & ready to head home.
And she passed her MOT this morning so back on the road today.
Edited by Stick Legs on Monday 15th July 11:01
Excellent work. The only thing is that Marie's rear wheels are perilously close to the end of the trailer. I just hope you know what you're doing with ratchet straps. But knowing what you do for a living (I'm not a stalker - honest!) I'm sure that if anyone knows how to secure something with a long flexible piece of material, it's you. And I'm doubly sure you uttered something along the lines of "That's not going anywhere" after your work was done. How do I know? All persons of the male persuasion say this when tying down any load to any trailer or roof rack or pallet.
Looks good, what engine does it have?
FYI and if you are not aware of it already, there is a very handy app on the Amazon app store called "FAP" for Android devices that can offer some detailed diagnostics if needed for the major ECUs of PSA cars. As close as you can get to Diagbox on a mobile device.
FYI and if you are not aware of it already, there is a very handy app on the Amazon app store called "FAP" for Android devices that can offer some detailed diagnostics if needed for the major ECUs of PSA cars. As close as you can get to Diagbox on a mobile device.
drdino said:
Looks good, what engine does it have?
FYI and if you are not aware of it already, there is a very handy app on the Amazon app store called "FAP" for Android devices that can offer some detailed diagnostics if needed for the major ECUs of PSA cars. As close as you can get to Diagbox on a mobile device.
Thanks for that. It’s the 1.6 petrol naturally aspirated so quite fun without being too fast! FYI and if you are not aware of it already, there is a very handy app on the Amazon app store called "FAP" for Android devices that can offer some detailed diagnostics if needed for the major ECUs of PSA cars. As close as you can get to Diagbox on a mobile device.
LunarOne said:
Marie's rear wheels are perilously close to the end of the trailer.
Well you wouldn’t want it moving an inch regardless of the length of the trailer.But yes, the ratchet strap set up was carefully considered. 4 straps. Each running around one wheel with a long lead.
The straps are working against eachother so the car won’t move forward or aft.
The tension on them will prevent sideways movement and the only thing it would be vulnerable to is vertical movement but this should be limited.
The roads across Somerset are quite bumpy but she stayed put.
In an ideal world I’d use a car trailer & wheel straps, but when I can grab an Agri trailer with ramps on demand for free from my FiL’s farm you can’t really complain.
LunarOne said:
Excellent work. The only thing is that Marie's rear wheels are perilously close to the end of the trailer. I just hope you know what you're doing with ratchet straps. But knowing what you do for a living (I'm not a stalker - honest!) I'm sure that if anyone knows how to secure something with a long flexible piece of material, it's you. And I'm doubly sure you uttered something along the lines of "That's not going anywhere" after your work was done. How do I know? All persons of the male persuasion say this when tying down any load to any trailer or roof rack or pallet.
Close? If he was intending close, that's an amateur attempt with miles to go.. So an afternoon that started successfully.
I fitted the stereo that came fitted to my TVR to Marie, this is to enable my daughter to have Bluetooth connectivity for music from her phone & although she’s not meant to take or make calls while driving since when did teenagers ever heed parental wisdom?
First job was to remove the A-Pillar trim to fit the microphone.
I cheated a bit by using the Audioleads Pug-ISO adapter and I was delighted that I found a colour that compliments the Peugeot lighting.
Quite neat if I do say do myself.
Went away feeling happy & made myself a celebratory cuppa…
I fitted the stereo that came fitted to my TVR to Marie, this is to enable my daughter to have Bluetooth connectivity for music from her phone & although she’s not meant to take or make calls while driving since when did teenagers ever heed parental wisdom?
First job was to remove the A-Pillar trim to fit the microphone.
I cheated a bit by using the Audioleads Pug-ISO adapter and I was delighted that I found a colour that compliments the Peugeot lighting.
Quite neat if I do say do myself.
Went away feeling happy & made myself a celebratory cuppa…
However.
After an hour or so I started Marie to move her out of the way of my car, and the stereo has lost all of it’s settings.
Grrrrrrrrrr.
So I pull it all out & start tracing wires.
Yellow goes to yellow.
Put a multimeter on it.
Ignition on, Red is +ve & Yellow is +ve.
Ignition off, Red is zero, Yellow still +ve.
Start doubting the head unit so I put it in the TVR (which I fitted ISO plugs to when I fitted the Tape deck to that) and it worked fine, even if left for an hour.
So I go back to Marie & re-test the Yellow wire…
…sure enough, Zero.
FFS.
Only the French would give you a constant +ve that turns itself off after 3-4 mins.
So off to get some wire & an inline fuse & I’ll create a new 12v +ve live.
The fun is learning new things I suppose.
After an hour or so I started Marie to move her out of the way of my car, and the stereo has lost all of it’s settings.
Grrrrrrrrrr.
So I pull it all out & start tracing wires.
Yellow goes to yellow.
Put a multimeter on it.
Ignition on, Red is +ve & Yellow is +ve.
Ignition off, Red is zero, Yellow still +ve.
Start doubting the head unit so I put it in the TVR (which I fitted ISO plugs to when I fitted the Tape deck to that) and it worked fine, even if left for an hour.
So I go back to Marie & re-test the Yellow wire…
…sure enough, Zero.
FFS.
Only the French would give you a constant +ve that turns itself off after 3-4 mins.
So off to get some wire & an inline fuse & I’ll create a new 12v +ve live.
The fun is learning new things I suppose.
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