Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
It must have been a 505 Turbo Diesel as I don't believe that the turbo Diesel engine was available in the earlier and more solid 504. The NA 505 was about the same as a 240D in performance. Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
Kevin Kraly wrote: I like the PooJo 504, seemed to be a very solid car. My neighbor had three of them in the 1980's, 2 '79 Diesel sedans and a '76 Diesel Station Wagon. If they weren't so hard to get parts for here in the states, I would get one since they are often in the sub Kilobuck bracket. Do Peugots sell singly, or do they usually come with a couple of parts cars? Of course, if there's a weak part, and it's broken on all your parts cars, then you're stuck with self importing. Does France have a good internet parts store like Rockauto.com, or a Peugot specific one like Rusty? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
Dimitri Seretakis wrote: One month later I saw it driving around in the adjacent town. Was the door fixed? My dad sold the Jeepster Commando when I went to university. It needed a shift fork, which I wanted to replace and he wouldn't let me tear the transmission apart. As soon as I was gone, he advertised it for $200. When the bottom of the tailgate had rusted out a few years later, we riveted in a full width aluminum patch. I saw that Jeep running around the next summer, still with its aluminum/steel tailgate. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
Yes a 505. I'm then mistaken! I don't have any experience witha 504. It may very well be a good solid car. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2011, at 2:54 AM, Kevin Kraly kr...@comcast.net wrote: It must have been a 505 Turbo Diesel as I don't believe that the turbo Diesel engine was available in the earlier and more solid 504. The NA 505 was about the same as a 240D in performance. Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I don't remember if the door was fixed. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 3, 2011, at 7:10 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Dimitri Seretakis wrote: One month later I saw it driving around in the adjacent town. Was the door fixed? My dad sold the Jeepster Commando when I went to university. It needed a shift fork, which I wanted to replace and he wouldn't let me tear the transmission apart. As soon as I was gone, he advertised it for $200. When the bottom of the tailgate had rusted out a few years later, we riveted in a full width aluminum patch. I saw that Jeep running around the next summer, still with its aluminum/steel tailgate. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net Dimitri Seretakis wrote: One month later I saw it driving around in the adjacent town. Was the door fixed? My dad sold the Jeepster Commando when I went to university. It needed a shift fork, which I wanted to replace and he wouldn't let me tear the transmission apart. As soon as I was gone, he advertised it for $200. When the bottom of the tailgate had rusted out a few years later, we riveted in a full width aluminum patch. I saw that Jeep running around the next summer, still with its aluminum/steel tailgate. Mitch. ___ Aluminum and rivets make great body repair parts; probably on a par with shoe goo and microwave ovens. Toward the end of it's life the floorboard under the drivers feet in my '67 200D rusted out in the back and sides. It was very handy because you could push down on it and sweep dirt and sand out through the crack. Finally, after son and daughter complained about it several times, I laid multiple layers of aluminum valley on the floorboard and up the sides of the tunnel and side beam, and whacked them into shape with a rubber mallet. Several outdated and lumpy tubes of window caulking were split open and the contents spread on the aluminum pieces to seal out water. Then I drilled and pop-riveted the whole mess in place. Because of the multiple layers of aluminum valley, the new floor was very strong. It was still in good condition when the White Tornado, as the teenagers called it, met its end in a Georgia junkyard. Gerry ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
Gerry Archer wrote: Because of the multiple layers of aluminum valley, the new floor was very strong. It was still in good condition when the White Tornado, as the teenagers called it, met its end in a Georgia junkyard. Gerry ___ When the floor failed in my Chevy Citation, the main problem was that the bench seat had nothing to attach to on the driver's side. I solved that with a piece of wolmanized 3/4 plywood, a single layer of aluminum flashing, a dozen 1/4 bolts, and a can of rubberized undercoating spray. I covered the hole with flashing, bolted down the plywood, bolted the seat to the plywood (from then on, the driver sat 3/4 higher than the passenger), and sealed it up from underneath with the undercoating. That floor was in better shape than most of the rest of the car when I drove it to the junkyard at 210,000 miles. I broke the 1-2 shift fork and I was not willing to pull the tranny on a car that had reached its life expectancy already. The shift fork was my fault, the anti-wear coating was gone and the fork was worn about halfway through at 168k. I didn't want to pay $60 to order a new one and wait another week to put the car back together (I'd taken the tranny apart because a bolt fell out of the shift interlock and I had a handful of neutrals). Looking back on it, I'm lucky it lasted another 40k miles. I still look back on that 5 door Citation as the best little truck I ever owned. Fold up the back seat and it had a long flat cargo area, big enough to hold my rolling tool chest and all its drawers. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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A one year subscription to the Phewgot discussion list, you do know how to speak French? Apparently though the 505's et al are not bad little cars, don't know personally but the ex brother in law used to rave about em and even tried to palm off one onto me. Hendrik who has never owned a French car Mitch Haley wrote: Hendrik Fay wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ZWtQT_X5M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIQ-VXruBME Anyone care to count them? I count one Peugot. What do I win? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
I like the PooJo 504, seemed to be a very solid car. My neighbor had three of them in the 1980's, 2 '79 Diesel sedans and a '76 Diesel Station Wagon. If they weren't so hard to get parts for here in the states, I would get one since they are often in the sub Kilobuck bracket. Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
Not nearly as solid as a 123. I think they have head gasket issues. They are however nice looking cars. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2011, at 11:11 PM, Kevin Kraly kr...@comcast.net wrote: I like the PooJo 504, seemed to be a very solid car. My neighbor had three of them in the 1980's, 2 '79 Diesel sedans and a '76 Diesel Station Wagon. If they weren't so hard to get parts for here in the states, I would get one since they are often in the sub Kilobuck bracket. Kevin in Hillsboro, Oregon ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Well 1000's of African taxi drivers can't be wrong and then there are those two who couldn't quite afford a 123 and had to get the French version. Hendrik who is without 123 action but still has parts for them Dimitri Seretakis wrote: Not nearly as solid as a 123. I think they have head gasket issues. They are however nice looking cars. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Hundreds of old stinkers and one Frog
Not sure about the head gasket issues but I am sure that they are much flimsier than a 123. I owned one for a few months. Story goes... was in high school and a friend calls me over to smash his parents car before taking it to the scrapyard. It was the peugot turbodiesel. He managed to get one door kicked in before I told him to stop. I told him that I'd take it off his hands. It needed a tranny rebuild and brakes. He drove it to my house slowly and I parked it in the back yard. It stayed there for a few months while I researched the options for fixing it. One day a French speaking African vacuum cleaner salesman knocks on the door. I didn't express any interest in vacuums but he did express an interest in the Peugeot and asked if it was for sale. I said that it could be but that he probably wouldn't want it as it had many issues. He insisted and we agreed on a price of $250. I took the cash and split the profits with my friend. One month later I saw it driving around in the adjacent town. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Well 1000's of African taxi drivers can't be wrong and then there are those two who couldn't quite afford a 123 and had to get the French version. Hendrik who is without 123 action but still has parts for them Dimitri Seretakis wrote: Not nearly as solid as a 123. I think they have head gasket issues. They are however nice looking cars. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
