Crank, no start....

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Re: Crank, no start....

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What a great result!! Look forward to seeing that at some point!! Well done!! :-D
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Ta muchly, Mick. I'm still doing shakedown runs - quite literally at the moment as the tyres are a little square from sitting all those years :lol: I'm loathe to replace them as they're brand new Continentals :shock: :)
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As long as there is no signs of sidewall degradation you should be able to get some miles out of them. Try over pressurising them for an hour or so and then drop back to normal and take it for a run, worked for me on my Delica which had stood for 4 years when I got it. :)
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I must have been lucky with the Coupe, it was off the road for nearly ten years, front tyres where pretty worn out and had terrible sidewall cracking, but thankfully the rears, near new when taken off the road, were still in good condition. They were only cheap Nexens (with the snazzy directional tread!) But moved to the front and used up, seemed fine. No big instances of flat spotting either thankfully (perhaps tempered by the weight difference between a luxurious SL and a more-sexy 406 "minicab" :)
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You may find this an interesting read bobins: :-D
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That'll be interesting to see what that does (or doesn't) go for later this evening. I look at those R107 as perfect for slowly driving around enjoying the experience and the surroundings - not for frantic driving, but for driving for pleasure.
I note the advert happily proclaims the car comes with 3 keys...... I enquired about a spare key for mine at the Merc dealers yesterday. There's good news and there's bad news . The good news is that keys are only £320 each...... The bad news is that there aren't any. MB may see fit to have some more made at some indeterminate point in the future :roll:
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Just caught up on this Robin. Excellent and what a result :D
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I received a bundle of old receipts and sales bumpf for the car from the previous owner today. The original sales advert from the classified section of The Times from when it was less than 6 months old was included :)
The Times classified 1988
The Times classified 1988
In detail - a small selection of Peugeots available as well :)
The Times advert
The Times advert
Not so sure about this one though :shock:
Unwanted Xmas present
Unwanted Xmas present
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Gosh, awash with 406 Coupes! :)
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In case you missed it that car sold for £23.5k plus fees :-D
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Jeez ! It did seem to be a relatively good order though. I wouldn't be surprised if the buyer's plan is to own and enjoy it for a year and then this time next year sell it for roughly the same amount and then start the process all over again :)
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The gift that keeps on giving !! #-o

Today was chasing down an errant climate control unit :?
Climate control unit - own work
Climate control unit - own work
Easy enough to remove - a couple of MB radio removal keys and out it pops.
The issue had been that it was all over the place instead of doing what it should have been doing : Fans on but air not coming out where it should have done, front fans for the condensor running but no aircon, bits of the display going on and off, etc, etc. I spent a bit of time massaging the wires that go into it and found that the CCU would change behaviour with the slightest prod - classic dodgy joint indication.

Easy enough to open up..... with a bit of improvisation :-D
Removing the cover of the CCU - own work
Removing the cover of the CCU - own work
Nothing obvious on the soldering of both sets of connector pins, but I re-flowed the solder on them anyway :)
CCU innards - own work
CCU innards - own work
Clipped it back together then returned to the car to have a look into the two multi-pin plugs that plug into it. It was easy enough to get into the plugs for a better look at the connectors and there seemed to be nothing awry, so a quick splodge of contact cleaner and I put them all back together and turned it all back on and....... nearly success #-o
The CCU behaves as it should now - all the controls work OK and the vents open and shut as they should, but still no actual aircon : compressor not engaging and the condensor fans not running. :( Handily - the CCU has an array of diagnostic features to allow you to troubleshoot. A series of key presses will get you - amongst other things - live sensor readings. A common fault on these is that the evaporator temp sensor goes U/S and gives an unrealistic reading and that stops the air con from working. Sure enough - the reading was above 40°C for no good reason. A-ha ! That'll do it then :) A new one ordered for just under a tenner delivered. We'll have to wait and see if that gets the system back up and running, or if something else will decide not to work. ](*,)
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A great result on both Robin, this car is certainly being very willing and happy to be revived...

Are you planning to keep it long-term?
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I think it's going to be a long term thing, Jim :-k The chances of me ever owning or buying another one are somewhat slim :lol:
It's a sound car (if you ignore the teething troubles to do with recomminssioning it :lol: ) and it's a lovely relaxed ride but can pick up its skirt and hustle when needed :wink: I like the idea of highdays and holidays in it.

I'm umm-ing and ahhh-ing about getting it a full body respray in original colour but haven't enquired about costs yet. It'll be many £k's no doubt, but it's probably worth it in the long term and I might even get my money back if I ever sold it. Anyone know ballpark figures for a full exterior respray in original (metallic) colour ? There's a small amount of panel beating that'd need to be done and tiny rusted stone chips to be dealt with, but no rusty show-stoppers on the body.
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My punt in the dark based on current costs, the paint itself being much dearer than it used to be, would be anywhere between £4k and £9k depending on the amount of prep needed. :)
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