Wow never seen that amount of rust on one . How come you never took it back to where it was first tested?


Carl

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C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK
36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn

MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest.
Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs

Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo

Wowzer. That is pretty damn rusty. It would appear these Rallye's really are begining to rot now. The GTI's seem to hold up better? Respect for putting the effort in to save it!

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Bianca white 306 Rallye
Arctic blue Clio 182 FF
Alpine white 205 1.9 GTI

Blended in nicely then! Is it just me, or do the Rallyes rust worse? They are terrible around the front chassis legs. Were the GTI's better rustproofed? One of the reasons I got into pugs to start with was because they didnt rust like Fords/ Vauxhall's, begining to doubt it now!

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Bianca white 306 Rallye
Arctic blue Clio 182 FF
Alpine white 205 1.9 GTI

When you look at E46 BMWs and other early-2000s cars the 306 rustproofing holds up pretty well. It's just that after 15 years of abuse any chinks in the armour are starting to show. As Welshpug says, the only rust holes in mine were where idiots had damaged it with a jack - the stiffeners behind the font wheels and a dented driver's side sill.

I also found the failing underseal in places on the chassis legs, was doing an excellent job of keeping the metal wet. I chiseled all loose underseal off and dealt to the rust.

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Cherry Rallye SOLD

Well got a call from the restoration company and it's ready to be picked up!

Exciting times

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The guy is a genius




I haven't got a picture of the front as I don't want to remove the wheel to see it
But from what I can see it looks good!

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Wow what a transformation looks realy good

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"Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off."

Update ish

Purchased:
Braided brake lines
Rear callipers
Rear calliper rebuild kit
Caliper paint
Brembo rear discs
Ds2500 rear pads
Brake pad fixing kit

Just need to get some brake fluid, anyone have any suggestions?
And then I should be good to go

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i swear this car was found in the bottom of a swap. how one car can be full of so much rust and still be in one peice is beyond me.. its not just the bodywork either! its every single nut, bolt, clamp and fixing!! even the spare wheel clamp was rusted solid! im pretty sure this car has been parked in salt water!

So got on with removing my calliper and used the correct halfords pro brake nut tool as in the past i have rounded these things off...

use the tool and everything rounded anyway....

looks like i need some copper pipe and a flaring tool now! even the clip that holds the flexi pipe by the compensator was stuck solid!

I need to remove the pipe that comes from the compensator to the flexi pipe to replace it. however is it correct that this is infact a 10mm nut, or has it been rounded off?


Can anyone advise on size of brake pipe? im sure its universal but stand to be corrected! Also what size unions/bolts or whatever the professional name for them is
Alan

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cheers welshpug!

actually whilst i have you here and the fact that you are actually a genius and know more about Peugeot then Armand Peugeot himself..

I am looking for the size/partnumber of the torx bolt that holds the fuel pressure regulator in on the 306 hdi. I have checked service box on both the regulator and the pump and cant see the part listed. I need a replacement as i dropped mine

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Guess its time to learn how to weld

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So i found another hole, this time in the rear o/s arch. I decided it was now or never to learn how to weld


So i gave it a go, cut it out, blew a LOT of holes, ruined good metal and generally made a mess of it all! but hey, I did it. I filled in all the little pin pricks and gained a lot of confidence. as you can see i blew bigger holes than the original one! but this was my first ever go welding (apart from on scrap metal.



This is it from the inside with a skim of filler


I also replaced the bit of metal on the bottom



So, Where does that leave me?

To get it on the road I need to:
Fit refurbished calipers
Fit DS2500 rear pads
Fit Brembo rear discs
Run a new brake line from ABS pump to rear of car
Buy a new offside brake cable & fit
replace brake lines under rear of car
Paint and fit rear disc guards

For Piece of mind i need to:
Kill rust in rear wheel arches
Grind rust underneath car & treat
paint rear aches in stonechip & white
Purchase and fit new rear arch liners
Purchase and fit cambelt and waterpump
Purchase and replace offside drive shaft

Slow time things:
Replacement front bumper with black grille
Gearbox oil leak

So in essence a tonne more wedge to spend!!

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well, someone cared enough to put spax all round, DS2500 pads up front, a strut brace and it obviously had 17s on at some point.. it has a stack of receipts, but somewhere along the lines it has been unloved.

i have never seen it on a forum anywhere so..
i presume it either crashed into a milk float or ended up on its roof

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