Bean

Hi Thor, You will need to meet @V-M as he should be able to help you out with the really hard to find bits. Will come down to budget and skill levels for putting it together. There is a TON of info on the site and it’s been discussed a in depth, but few have actually built the cars up - I’m still collecting parts for mine! Rabin

Interesting - Lorenzo Cirelli appears to be the photographer, Evan must me the owner? Evan's IG account was private, and neither the Cirelli_foto or the cirelli_auto account had any Peugeot pictures on it yet. Cirelli_auto says they're from San Francisco however. Rabin

The gauge cluster looks fantastic - looks "the business" as they say. Curious - I have no idea what the horns even sound like. Are they small car "European" sounding or are they more like modern cars now? Rabin

Great progress! Love the seats you bought as well. Have you ever read up on sand bending pipes? I had buddy’s that built cages years ago with a hydraulic bender and they used to pack the tubes with sand and bend them that way to avoid distortion. Getting a good shop to bend them up is definitely the better option of course, but if you run into a situation where you need to do a one off it might come in handy. Are you doing a chromoly cage or ? As an aside - I finally bought my own mig welder myself. Hopefully this summer/fall I can tackle my own rust repairs! Rabin

Had to chuckle at the 2 car garage set up. Car looks gorgeous Mike! Rabin

Did you happen to take pictures? We didn’t actually get the later intercooled 505 turbo diesels (XD3TE) cars so if it is intercooled it’s aftermarket or it’s a newer euro import. Normally both motors should have the Bosch VE injection pump, but the intercooled motor came with a rotodiesel pump iirc. If it is a euro motor then good Lord it’s a rare bird. Anything you mentioned to take took off could be made to work, but it would depend what the reasoning would be to update it. Newer air filters are hard to come by, and a well maintained oil bath filter is hard to beat. Rabin

Curious if you could solder a replacement carbon brush to that used up one as a spare? Is the commutator in good shape? Rabin

Funny - In high school I drove from North Battleford Saskatchewan to Pioneer Motors in Edmonton just to go to an actual Peugeot repair shop. When I got my first 86' 505 Turbo in ~1994 the front strut perch rusted out. Called Pioneer and found out there was a 10yr/100K mile extended warranty and Julio sent me 2 new strut housings for free! I still have them - I took the rusted out struts apart and welded the perch back and reassembled. Rabin

I was contacted by a gentleman in Boston looking to find homes for two 1986 505 Wagons. One is a very rare XD3T TD 4sp auto wagon, the other is likely just an XN6 gas wagon: ----------------------------------- I drove the 86 for a while and liked it. I picked it up from a couple in Cambridge. I had Frank Bowman (Peugeot mechanic in New Bedford) check it out and he told me that the oil cooler was leaking bad. He disconnected it said that I could drive it without an oil cooler. I did but thought that the oil ran hot. I don't remember why I stopped driving it. The 4 speed was nice and whe

Hi James, I’ve taken custodianship over the car after much discussion Thomas basically just wanted it to go to a good home. It’s still in the Calgary area in covered winter storage. Rabin

Good to hear Wade! Is this the first time you’ve posted on the forum? Glad to finally have you on here. Keep us posted on the car and the stash. Have any of the other cars been rescued? Rabin

What about wrapping it? You could also see about getting a paint matched in a spray bomb, then do a spray bomb job - Some decent work can be done with the right technique. Plasti-dip wears terribly, but it might look OK for a bit. Rabin

28.3mm is what I measured. Sorry for the delay - If I don’t respond it’s because I haven’t seen the post! Rabin

Do you still get the flashes? Did you ever check the wiring to the NTC sensor? And have you tested and verified your ground wires? I redid the ground wires, as well as a new NTC sensor as well. The later cars used a pricier NTC sensor that was blue, and it cross referenced to the same one used by Volvo. Rabin

BTW - Your Speedo cable is fraying badly most likely at the transmission which is causing the speedo to bounce. This is a long shot, but try unplugging the sensor on your speedo cable. Or disconnect the speedo cable at the transmission. I wonder if the variable assist is causing the locking somehow? Rabin