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I did buy an "original Peugeot quality" dipstick that was inside an unsealed PSA packaging with the end of the printed part number strategically damaged. Good thing the barcode under it was still fine and read 1174.49 instead of 1172.99.

A friend got this 508 model for me in Edmonton and I got it today! 508 SW.

I was able to get a seemingly identical to original from Rob Courter at Javel. Was like 75$

It's a 5 year old post but if anyone need a Mi16 dipstick just get yourself a TU engine one part number 1174.49 and mod it. You have to shorten it and cut a new notch for the max level, min level (former TU max level) isn't exactly as low as original but it's not a bad thing on a XU9J4.

Couldn't get to the 404C today due to the B200 having a "boing" moment on Thursday when going over a bump - it turned out that the upper right rear drop link bolt sheared off and was rattling like hell. So I removed it and have to get new ones. New 17.5 mm rear wheel cylinders are on their way for the 404C, from France.

They have already been junked. Just in case anyone stumbled across this post in the future. No way for me to delete it, sorry.

They are from a USDM car, but should fit 505 wagons worldwide. They’re made in France, but fit US domestic market cars. Rabin

Are my brake lights Original 505, do I list them as from France or US? Thanks

Those are the headlights I have in my 505. Looking for the euro glass lights or the early 80’s us dual lights.

Good question. I usually am not a SUV kind of guy, but.... The GLC 350e: is comfortable quick (0-100 under 7s) easy to get in and out of has 120 km real-world EV range looks more wagon-y than SUV-y and does not look like it wants to eat your face, as most SUVs do stunning interior my wife likes the colour (light green metallic) has a decent 4WD system easy to load future grandchildren in and out of If Mercedes had offered a C or E Class wagon in PHEV we'd have considered that, but their interiors would be a lot more compromised by the battery and they're a tad low for older folks like us. The C and E PHEV wagons are available in Europe but they have smaller batteries to not overly impact the trunk size, so the EV range is less. Had considered a RAV4 Prime but strangely they do not offer leather seats at any price, so you get vinyl.....also my wife hates their interior (it is like a Corolla including hard HDPE door cappings on the rear doors, the cheap cost cutting showroom trick in cheap cars that I just can't take). Also looked at the Toyota Crown Signia, which is also wagon-y but it's not a PHEV. It does come with leather. Our experiment in Europe with the PHEV 508 SW in 2023 convinced me that if we needed to get a new car, it'd be a PHEV. The B Class is still going well but it's not a car to retire with, at 360K km. Options: 60kW fast charger sunroof ventilated front seats heated rear seats leather seats active Distronic cruise navigation Avoided the AMG kitted versions which are more common with their katana slashes on the bumper skins and grumpy grille...and those also come with the lane keeping and other self driving nannies, which I don't want.

Progress is progress! Curious why the GLC 350e? Wasn’t on my radar at all - although I have been searching for ‘21 e-series wagons (last year they weren’t lifted I believe), but they’re holding their value exceptionally well! Rabin

I removed the (16 mm) rear wheel cylinders last weekend and one was recoverable but the other was not looking good. So I've just ordered 2 new 17.5 mm ones - original Lockheed DBA - from France and they should arrive soonish. I have to check the fronts shortly. The braking system was mostly empty for the past 4 years which did the cylinders no favours. I checked the master cylinder and it's OK - cleaned it out. The Hydrovac was rebuilt by White Post about 5 years ago so it too should be OK. If the fronts are scrappy, I'll need to find some OE ones if possible, as the replicas available these days are generally said to be crap and last like 2 years. OE will be face-meltingly expensive. NEw GLC 350e will be coming in late April or May so I don't want to spend a ton on the 404C right at this time!

the link is broken. anyway we can get a diagram? Thanks, Sam 89 405 mi16

Good stuff!

Thank you both for your continued help. I will probably list the brake lights on eBay. Is there a certain year I should add and are these USA OEM? or France?

True - but it’s the plastic surround that’s in likely the worst shape I’ve seen. Even the chrome trim that clip around headlights don’t appear to be in great shape. Just my opinion though! Rabin

Ssshhhh! It's taken the man a long time to get this far, and obviously there's a lot still to be done. Actually, I failed to mention that he's also currently working on building up a replica Lotus Cortina, that will delay the older 203 restoration. Until this last little while I've been chiding him as being tardy with all of this, but what he's done in the past couple of years has been most impressive. It's me who's looking slow now. And I'm younger, I don't know by how much exactly, but I'm 78. And a bit.

The good thing about the US models is that you can find brand new sealed beams to fit inside, even modern LED ones. That can be usefull “just in case” now that euro H4/H1 headlights are hard to find.

Wow - Is that Norm in the picture reaching down to Hotwire it? May I ask Norm’s age? (Because he might be my new hero!) Norm sounds like an absolute legend - please pass along my admiration, and thanks very much for posting this here as well Ray! I sure miss the Aussiefrog hey days, there was SO much info in those forums I used to spend hours mining for info. Rabin

If someone NEEDS them then they’re worth $200 for sure, but most of us buy stuff like this “just in case”, an that might be a bit much for “just in case”. Hording Peugeot parts does come with the territory however, so I do have a spare set in the garage, and I have a parts car as well so there’s no judgment here! Those headlights have to binned however - No one would buy them as a replacement. They’d take hours to refurbish, and quite honestly the USDM light is only really somewhat sought after outside North America, and even then they want pristine ones. North Americans usually want Euro headlights so yeah, no one would want those. Rabin

I've found this ebay link, Do I have the same model and should list it the same? Maybe ask 200 for the pair? https://www.ebay.com/itm/323372718376?_skw=Peugeot+505&itmmeta=01JMD2C0JMQJE9YJKV1EVZT3BZ&hash=item4b4a841928:g:kNMAAOSwnn1bXigl&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8MHg7L1Zz0LA5DYYmRTS30mAuclyY%2FPC3ZHpfJkZhgDGHqAxNOZM75hdsp%2FK%2FqKfD%2FEf7hgyHhS6mD1F%2F5Gi37hrn1XSpE29dG1CR19Y0hKO93XCRK6Y2qjcqU9zQYlTM0FIg66tEptCqnQgrux2GI0n3utaqrBKU2M09MgwjiGsM8ERF2nP7gl2xcTVI57achSuL4rehzoH6L9XkB%2FfqkY8EtLusPXs4zIgDwI4AObR3lQq8%2BxiiVVvLS%2FjJp4w4NIMW7njiyQrkmb7YrRN%2FLIHSeOpr5RfNM%2FKGGqkB7KMff%2Fd%2FJF621mgvwzj7dIBLA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7qJsKKjZQ

Thanks for your reply Bean! I've just edited the location to United States. The only challenge now will be to convince him to throw them away in the garbage. He is a hoarder and even with your expertise and evaluation, he will still want to keep them and take up space. I'm afraid to even mention that the rear headlights "might have some value" because those words will encourage him to keep more stuff.

Not mine, but these belong to a friend with whom I've played Peugeots for over fifty years. His name is Norm Smith and he lives in an area known as the 'Northern Rivers' of New South Wales. In a hilltop shed he works on his cars, and he doesn't only have these 203s. His Lotus Elan +2 has just had a serious revamp while his Cortina GT500 is quietly awaiting some kind of activity. But our focus is on the 203C and its older 203 stablemate, dating back to 1949 or so. At the outset I'll mention that Norm does everything himself. Almost. He takes the bodies into town for their media-blasting and some of the finer welding has seen him call in help. Engine and gearbox rebuilds he does himself, preparation and painting too. Happily, the 203C, which has now been made to run for the first time in, I think he said, 38 years... Painted and on wheels. This has been a down-to-the-bare-bones restoration, though it's been restored to the little-bit-more-than-standard form it was in during the 20 years or so Norm used it as his primary form of transport. All the (little bit of) rust is gone, everything mechanical gone over, engine rebuilt of course, the tape around the doors is there so he can drive it around the yard to make sure things like the 404 front disc brakes are right and other salient things. And while he's been doing the bodywork there's been some flow-on to the 1949 model 203 he will be working on next: 1949 model benefits too. Front panels got the resto treatment at the same time, lessons and experience on the one benefitting the other to some degree. He was keen for me to hear the engine, which is a 403 engine (almost 200cc bigger than the 203) run and so hotwired it to get it running... Hotwiring. At this stage the wiring is only temporary and things like ignition switches and starter buttons are yet to be installed. ...and apart from a loose tappet or two it was sweet as a nut. You can be sure Norm took a lot of care with the rebuild. A whole new exhaust system has been created and fitted, of course, and Norm was proud to show off the correct fitment of the muffler: Muffler mounted. It will be hidden by the rear bumper so Norm was keen for me to get a shot of this setup. There were two improvements to the specification over and above what he had when he was using it daily. One was to fit the last model of 404 final drive, which is something which necessitates a bit of a modification to cope with the larger bolt pattern around the right hand side of the housing. He obtained the parts from Damien Jenkins, who Norm thinks used the modifications to fit a similar unit to his Mazda Rotary-powered 203. The extra bracing around the axle tube flange is something I've never seen before, but understandable: Big diff. The late 404 diff is bigger and stronger than the early 404 unit Norm had previously, axle shafts are larger too, they'll never break! This diff came out in 1966 in France, so it's the one with heavy ribbing around the housing, this particular unit having come from a car which had done just 75,000miles. To use the 404 final drive ratio it's necessary to fit the C3 gearbox, made from about 1958 to 1966 and Norm naturally had this in place years ago. But it was connected to the original column change mechanism. His other advance with this rebuild cures that problem... Floor change. Norm thinks this might be an Ivan Washington unit, and he's very happy with it having done several laps of his yard swapping gears. A major job now in progress is the creation of a wholly new wiring loom, Norm's determined to make it up himself.

Welcome to the forum. Your location of Covington it’s very specific, so not sure what country you’re in. If you were in Europe the headlights *might* have some value to the right person, but they’re in terrible shape so if you’re in the States they likely could just get binned unless you were able to restore the plastic surround to clear again - but most folks would just upgrade to glass Euro headlights. The wagon rear tail lights might have some value to someone however as they look decent, but have no idea on what a good price would be. One of those things that you really don’t need to replace very often! Rabin

Hello good people, I'm trying to prove to my Dad that someone else can use his old station wagon parts he saved. I understand the nostalgia, but I want to lower the stress of bulky items he wont ever use. What do I have here? I see Seima 19 06 0 SAE H 83 Can someone tell me a fair asking price for everything? Thanks!