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 Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:25 am |
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Joined: Nov 30, 2011
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Location: Scotland
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Well, bought a Peugeot 206 last weekend. The car is in a bit of a mess so this project thread is going to be what im doing to clean it up
Car Details: Preplex 206 gti 138 in Moonstone Blue
Faults with the car: When i bought the car i was told it had failed its MOT on its torsion bar but in closer inspection it got worse!!!
The rear drivers side quarter has been replaced at some point in the cars past... not replaced very well as along the sill where it was welded there are rust bubbles under the paint. The sill itself has split and rusted!
There is a hole in the sill which will need sorted out
After taking the car out a drive it was clear that the torsion bar was absolutely hanging and every time you turned left the car tried to kill you!! So the torsion bar was ripped off of the GTi and one was taken off a 1.1 206 that my mate was scrapping and put onto it. Then came Swapping the Drum brakes to the GTi disk brakes with the help of Stuart (Cammson)
Drum brakes on the 1.1 beam
GTi beam being taken apart
Hub stripped and swapping over the stub axles
Gave them both a clean up with some brake cleaner and a rub with 800 grit.
Fitting the GTi stub axle
Brake lines had to be swapped to reach the caliper
Caliper to be fitted
Got both sides finished with the disk brakes on!
But we had a problem with the brake line joint at the torsion bar! While we were trying to sort it out all of the brake fluid p**sed out of the pipe and emptied the header tank! so after we put the brakes back together and filled it back up there was no brakes, we were going to try bleed the front brakes but the nipples looked a bit too iffy to try move when we have none spare! but think were going to look into this at the weekend!
With the torsion bar replaced i went to the front of the car and found that both outer cv boots were a bit....
Split!
there's also paint missing off the wings and sills!
So the car is kinda HANGING! one of the wishbone bushes is away so im going to order a couple of these, anyone know of a good cheap place to get a set?
Put all the wheels on and took the car out a drive... the car didnt have the best of brakes but they kindof worked! Left the backbox off the car and heres how it sounds
s336.photobucket.com/a...08adcf.mp4
Thread will be updated when there's more progress!
Thanks for popping in 
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:36 am |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010
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Location: Halifax
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A lot of work to do there. Do not put cheap bushes on they will not last 6 months. I know this from experience and others will tell you the same. Get the genuine ones, bit expensive but will be good for 3 years to it works out.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:37 am |
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Joined: Jan 10, 2011
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Location: surrey
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Why did a gti have drum brakes?
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:46 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Fort William
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| craigy00craig wrote: |
| Why did a gti have drum brakes? |
it didnt, they were on the 1.1 rear beam we fitted, we took them off and swopped the stubs from the GTi beam to put the discs back on the car...
Cammson.
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:50 am |
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Location: surrey
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| cammson wrote: |
| craigy00craig wrote: |
| Why did a gti have drum brakes? |
it didnt, they were on the 1.1 rear beam we fitted, we took them off and swopped the stubs from the GTi beam to put the discs back on the car...
Cammson. |
ahhhh i see, thanks i was really confused
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:51 am |
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Location: Fort William
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| craigy00craig wrote: |
| cammson wrote: |
| craigy00craig wrote: |
| Why did a gti have drum brakes? |
it didnt, they were on the 1.1 rear beam we fitted, we took them off and swopped the stubs from the GTi beam to put the discs back on the car...
Cammson. |
ahhhh i see, thanks i was really confused |
lol no bother! 
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:32 pm |
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Location: In the garage
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Nice to see some work being done on the oily bits, shame about the rust though.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:59 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Kings Lynn
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Best of luck with it! As Edward says, its nice to see someone repairing one instead of breaking it for a change! Mine is also missing paint off the sills at the front like yours  Its on the never ending list of things to do! 
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| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:02 pm |
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some work to-do on that..
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:17 pm |
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| shell-vt wrote: |
| some work to-do on that.. |
No s**t...
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| spike_202 wrote: |
| My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:19 pm |
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Are the 1.1 torsion bars not thinner than the 138 bars? The ride might be a bit bouncy!
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:23 pm |
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Location: A Track near you ;)
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| craigy00craig wrote: |
| cammson wrote: |
| craigy00craig wrote: |
| Why did a gti have drum brakes? |
it didnt, they were on the 1.1 rear beam we fitted, we took them off and swopped the stubs from the GTi beam to put the discs back on the car...
Cammson. |
ahhhh i see, thanks i was really confused |
not hard is it really!!
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:27 pm |
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| Steve206 wrote: |
| Are the 1.1 torsion bars not thinner than the 138 bars? The ride might be a bit bouncy! |
IIRC its the 180 and SW bars that are bigger.
I know what you mean Howey its a shame to see a nice car being stripped over something that wouldn't be that hard to fix.
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:17 am |
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Im not sure about the torsion bars on 206's but I know they are different on 306's. Wouldnt be hard to change them. this is really just to get it through its MOT then il source another 206GTi torsion bar and replace bearings if needed. Anyone selling a decent torsion bar relatively close to where i am?
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