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Jacquot - 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

Couple of pics just to get the thread up and running...







Re: 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

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Been working away in the engine area after discovering that some of the wiring for the lights / indicators etc. was a bit of a bodge.

Apparently 205's can suffer from problematic negative 'blocks' as they're sited below each of the lights on the front panel and eventually corrode due to exposure to road dirt.

A recognised fix is to remove the blocks altogether and wire all the negatives up to a central ring terminal... unfortunately a previous own probably made it worse with their ham fisted efforts. Well meaning, but a dogs dinner.

All sorted now and back to factory, even new cloth electrical tape on the looms throughout.

Found these on eBay, a Serbian seller who does the complete set of engine and interior stickers. They can be tailored to your specific engine spec. and year of manufacture.

Discovered some I didn't even know were missing.

The P3KB (Cherry Red) one is a thick card template to spray the paint code to the slam panel... must be laser cut (if you can do that with card?), quality is top notch.



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 Been away from things for over a month now, so very little done with any of the cars.

Weathers not the best here anyway, far too cold to be working outside... I'm soooo looking forward to the better days.

Definitely going to have the car ready to attend some shows this year, anything I'm doing is more tidy up work than major off the road stuff.

Keep an eye out for the car at some of them Bill, you're welcome to a drive!

Did manage to pick up some front/rear mudflaps from a guy in Italy of all places. Old 1980's stock 'Metalplast' items, tailored for the 205 so molded to the shape and no drilling required because of the clever brackets.

A few of you'll likely recognise that name and have some of their bits on your MK2's, heckblendes, air scoops and the likes.

Still surprises me how relatively easy it is getting bits for 205's, being used to having to hunt high and low for MK1/2 stuff.

There's a guys been reproducing quite a few 205 badges etc. including copies of the original GTI mudflap ones I used below. Just so happens they're exactly the right size to cover the existing '205' script.









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Just a small fix in readiness for getting the engine bay area sorted, plus there being a new replacement one for the jack with the engine bay sticker set it'd be a shame not to...

It (and the original brace) came with the car, but being stored under the bonnet in an exposed corner for 30+ years it was looking a little tired.

















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Mentioned elsewhere that for some reason the 205 came less its electric windows.

As hoped the wiring looms into both doors and back to the fuse box were all present and working, it was just a case of sourcing replacement electric motors / switches etc. and plugging them in.

Again it surprised me just how easy it was to find the bits and for small money.

Judging from the original work I suspect they were taken out early on in the cars life... the replacement manual parts are all genuine and somebody took care to fit them properly, but they'd been there a long time.

Perhaps one packed up when 2nd hand parts were yet to become plentiful and it was cheaper to fix this way?

The interior metal skin on 205's is much more enclosed than MK2's, there's just a couple of apertures for access and a speaker.

I'd some 2mm, one sided adhesive foam I use for small gaskets and such, which when cut to shape makes a perfect weatherproof seal.

Cheap, easy to work with / apply and permanent.

The inside of MK2 doors are probably too large and open for this to work and replace the plastic weatherproofing sheet, but might suit smaller areas? 







Re: 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

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Apparently the slam panels on certain model years are this non-descript beige colour, seems odd but rather than give into temptation and tidy it up in body colour I went with what was original.



Eventually found a near perfect match in 'Ford Dove Grey'.

The bonnet latch and striker plate would have started life yellow zinc, but that's now long gone.

Had a go at 'faking' the original finish as even after cleaning it was badly stained and I didn't want to just do it in silver or black.

Should have taken a piccy before I began, but I was winging it with left over aerosols in the garage. Came up alright I thought.

I've another small bracket to do, will try and hopefully replicate what I did!

The bolts are new / real zinc coated.





Re: 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

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There's only two or three mickey mouse bits that could do with a re-zinc.

Was going to get a kit and do it myself, apart from anything else it'd be the better way to apply anti-corrosion than paint, but it was a spur of the moment thing.

I'll have a stab at the bracket over the week-end and take a few pics.

Here's some more of the repro. stickers from the Serbian guys set pictured earlier, I have to assume he knows what goes where and followed his guide.

For every image you find on the inter-web of a 205 engine bay there's as many different positions (and types) for them.



Re: 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

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Found a 'before' photo of the slam panel I had on the phone to use as a comparison with potential paint colour matches.

The bracket's in much the same state as the striker plate was.

Re: 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

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Had a go at the bracket today... it holds the relays for the upgraded Turbo Diesel twin fan radiator which is all off the car at the moment so I can't show you it in-situ.

I'm not as happy with the finish this time, but perhaps when I see it fitted that'll change, the striker plate definitely looks more effective when on.

All very straight forward if you want to have a go.

First few pics are self explanatory and show rubbing down, some anti-rust and priming.

I gave it a lick of silver which isn't that obvious against the grey, then a very light dusting of red. If you look at something with a yellow zinc plate there's a pink sheen in certain lights.

Over that is a thin layer of light gold that you gently rub down with wire wool to expose some silver/red.

To my eye, if you particularly rub the edges or a raised area almost down to the original metal it gives a weathered look.

A few coats of clear lacquer brings the silver/pink out even more and protects things.
 
It's not going to fool anyone on close inspection, but at first glance it's effective enough... for me it looks much better than it did, plus it's only paint so if I ever wanted to do it properly, no harm done.













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Doing a stack of smaller jobs, mainly on the dismantling / cleaning side and replacing little things like dash bulbs and bits of trim that'd broken or cracked over the years. Massive variation in the quality of plastics originally used, some are so brittle they're starting to crumble just with age while others will probably outlast my current daily. 

Put up a post else where about tightening up the seat belt inertia reel action that'd become slack with three decades of use and noticed the makers sticker with what is I presume the date of manufacture...



I'm just guessing, but I think 'G' is for gauche (left) and elsewhere there's 'D' for droit (right)

Nice to see so far that most of the major components are original to the car, suggests it's not had any 'incidents', though there are some younger bits of trim here and there.

Having said that I'm not overly worried, it's an old car and things wear out / break... I've already put electric windows back in and reinstated a drivers side seat base for the passenger one a previous owner had fitted, so it happens and  is part of the cars history.

Did the polishing trick I'd used on the MK2's tail lights for the clear binnacle cover, which luckily enough was easy to take off for the purpose... amazing the dust and crap that'd built up on the inside as well.



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Some borderline fakery here...

Like MK1 / 2's there's lots of stickers out there for 205's as well, to replace lost or damaged originals and I've become a bit of a sticker fetishist

While my head lights aren't original Lucas items (they're much more recent repros.) I thought I'd have a go at giving the shameless impression they are.

Didn't have any originals to work with so these are very vague likenesses based on poor internet images. The barcodes are completely make believe.

Easy to create... print off, put on double sided adhesive sheet and laminate with a clear one sided top, then cut to shape.

They're not somewhere that's going to see much moisture but I think they'll be pretty resistant, even they do weather it'll make them more authentic and you can always make some more if need be.

Feel free to use.





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Working from the edges in, getting things ready to put back together.

The red part of the rear seat belt buckles had faded to pink under 30 years of sun so while they were out getting a clean (read that as sterilised with isopropanol) they got a lick of paint. The black plastic part of the buckle got re-textured / painted too.







Sons old undercrackers came in handy to mask off the webbing.



Had to sit down for half an hour after the stress of having to punch holes in the new fabric to fit the refurb'd brackets.









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Making steady progress... on the few sunny days there's been it's surprising what you can get done, may even almost be at the point of putting things back on as opposed to taking them off!

At some stage the cars dummy rear light, the one that evens up the look of the rear fog light on the opposite side of the lower valance had been replaced with the reversing light version from the later phase 2. Their reversing lights were removed from the tail lights for the mild facelift just after my phase 1.5 ended.

Took the opportunity to also remove the spare wheel cradle, fittings and the wheel itself for a refurb.

The spare had been painted a dark grey so went off to a local place to get it back to the correct silver.

The tyre itself was new, in the sense that it doesn't appear to have even been used, but is almost 10 years old... borderline needing replaced.

It's 185/55 15", the stock size for 1.9's, while the tyres on the 4 x road wheels are 195/50 15's.

The rolling circumference is nigh on identical but as they too are 10+ years old I'll be getting new ones before driving further and going back to the correct size ( and Michelins) at the same time.

Found a guy on-line that does Ford stickers... if you thought VW owners were anal, check out the range he does. There's even Recaro ones for up inside the seat frame base!

https://jbclassics.co.uk/

What caught my eye was his spare wheel/tyre stickers. He does a few different ones but as Michelin MXV's are listed as OE on the factory tyre pressure data sticker, thought I'd get a few.





Unfortunately they're for 195/50 15's (Escort RS Turbo size) but if you notice that, fair play to you.





As 205 spares hang below the car, it'll mean from certain angles it'll be visible from the rear.



This is a pic of a similar 1.6 that was for sale, with it's original spare, so I think he's got it pretty much spot on -

Re: 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

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Been after one of these since I got the car... back to the 80's this summer!









Re: 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...

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Bit of a red letter day yesterday... rear number plate back on, which may not seem like much, but for me it marks the point where things are now being reattached and not just taken off!