Morning Comrades,
Was fortunate to find this forum after a problems with my wife's 206 1.4 XL (2000).
I passed my driving test in 1975, first car Mini 1000, cutting my 'mechanical teeth' changing heater hoses,
points,rotor arm's etc. etc. No doubt a lot of you have not a clue what I'm talking about.
So I am totally left behind by today's technology.
Regards
Henry
Bit of an old fart newbie
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Capncol
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Re: Bit of an old fart newbie
Welcome to the forum
Did you set the points with a dwell meter or feeler gauges?henry wrote: .........cutting my 'mechanical teeth' changing heater hoses,
points,rotor arm's etc. etc. No doubt a lot of you have not a clue what I'm talking about.
Regards
Henry
Cheers Col.
206cc 1.6ltr (Wifes toy)
Mercedes ML (workhorse)
Corvette C3 (my toy)
When requesting help of a technical nature, please give as much detail of the fault as possible along with details of exact model, engine size & type, gearbox, year, mileage, and any relevant work carried out to try to solve the problem to help us help you.
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206cc 1.6ltr (Wifes toy)
Mercedes ML (workhorse)
Corvette C3 (my toy)
When requesting help of a technical nature, please give as much detail of the fault as possible along with details of exact model, engine size & type, gearbox, year, mileage, and any relevant work carried out to try to solve the problem to help us help you.
Better still, put the details in your signature.
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GrandadMonkey
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Re: Bit of an old fart newbie
Hello Henry! Glad you're finding some help from this forum even though we cater really for 206cc owners. Pleased to have you with us.
I know exactly what you're talking about. A service used to include grease nipples on the steering, suspension and prop shaft u-j's too - every 1000 miles! My first car was a 1956 Ford Prefect with a side-valve engine. I still do most of my own maintenance still, and help out my daughters and son with their cars too.
There is so little to do on today's modern cars but it amazes me that owners these days still can't be bothered to do what IS necessary, e.g. change the oil and filters regularly, check the tyre pressures, renew brake fluid & timing belt etc on time. Diagnosis seems to have gone out of the window too, now that the cars tell US what is wrong with them themselves. Most people seem to have no clue what goes on under the bonnet and appear more interested in ICE, Bluetooth, and fancy lamps. Not everything has got better though. Have you tried changing the headlight bulbs on some cars now?
I know exactly what you're talking about. A service used to include grease nipples on the steering, suspension and prop shaft u-j's too - every 1000 miles! My first car was a 1956 Ford Prefect with a side-valve engine. I still do most of my own maintenance still, and help out my daughters and son with their cars too.
There is so little to do on today's modern cars but it amazes me that owners these days still can't be bothered to do what IS necessary, e.g. change the oil and filters regularly, check the tyre pressures, renew brake fluid & timing belt etc on time. Diagnosis seems to have gone out of the window too, now that the cars tell US what is wrong with them themselves. Most people seem to have no clue what goes on under the bonnet and appear more interested in ICE, Bluetooth, and fancy lamps. Not everything has got better though. Have you tried changing the headlight bulbs on some cars now?
Ron
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)
"If it ain't broke don't fix it!"
Golf 1.5 Tsi Evo SE Nav Estate Atlantic Blue
Polo 1.0 SEL DSG Reef Blue (wife's)
(Previously owned a 2005 206CC 1.6 Allure Moonstone for 10 years)
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gazza82
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Re: Bit of an old fart newbie
We should get t-shirts printed up! 
First car I worked on was my grandad's Ford Popular side-valve (1958 I think), then my first car a 1958 948cc A35 2-door (awaiting restoration in my Mum's garage!). Then a 6-cylinder 2.5 Triumph PI Estate (rebuilt the engine on that when the crank started to move forwards with the clutch!). My first big project was to rebuild a '63 MG Midget (had to get replacement shell). Plus the 1098cc A40 and an MG Maestro 1.6 that the gf/wife had before and after the Midget (that had to go when the family started to arrive ... she said no to strapping the carrycot on the boot rack!
). The Maestro had the voice synthesiser to remind you of seat-belts, etc ... and people think Sat-Navs are annoying!! 
Still have my old collection of AF spanners and sockets!!
Then came a battered Hillman Avenger 1500 (replaced a lot of panels and completely resprayed), and Ford Cortina 1.6 (threw a cam belt on M4 but DIDN'T damage the valves ... low compression version).
Then a succession of company cars, some I bought at end of lease for my wife. MG Montego 2.0, Alfa 75 2.0 Twinspark and the current Alfa 156 TSpark that we've had since new. Now learning about the Alfa MiTo. (Also had a Jeep Cherokee but didn't buy that as the rear axle was clunking after three years!)
And the rest of the "fleet" are a Peugeot 206 1.4 HDi hatch, a 206CC 2.0 LE and a Clio 1.5 dCi, all maintained by "Dad's Garage" ... along with my Decorating, Plumbing, Electrics, Computer, Gardening and Taxi services!!
Best buys in last couple of years: Lexia-3 cable kit so I can use PP2000 on the two Pugs and a Sealey diagnostic box used for the Pugs and Clio (also have DDT2000 software on laptop). Also have two diag systems for the 156 but haven't yet needed to play with the MiTo yet.
Long gone the old days when it was all done with a meter, good eyesight and hearing, and guess work!
Luckily we also now have these forums to bounce ideas off each other ... rather than paper manuals and just our own experience!!
First car I worked on was my grandad's Ford Popular side-valve (1958 I think), then my first car a 1958 948cc A35 2-door (awaiting restoration in my Mum's garage!). Then a 6-cylinder 2.5 Triumph PI Estate (rebuilt the engine on that when the crank started to move forwards with the clutch!). My first big project was to rebuild a '63 MG Midget (had to get replacement shell). Plus the 1098cc A40 and an MG Maestro 1.6 that the gf/wife had before and after the Midget (that had to go when the family started to arrive ... she said no to strapping the carrycot on the boot rack!
). The Maestro had the voice synthesiser to remind you of seat-belts, etc ... and people think Sat-Navs are annoying!! Still have my old collection of AF spanners and sockets!!
Then came a battered Hillman Avenger 1500 (replaced a lot of panels and completely resprayed), and Ford Cortina 1.6 (threw a cam belt on M4 but DIDN'T damage the valves ... low compression version).
Then a succession of company cars, some I bought at end of lease for my wife. MG Montego 2.0, Alfa 75 2.0 Twinspark and the current Alfa 156 TSpark that we've had since new. Now learning about the Alfa MiTo. (Also had a Jeep Cherokee but didn't buy that as the rear axle was clunking after three years!)
And the rest of the "fleet" are a Peugeot 206 1.4 HDi hatch, a 206CC 2.0 LE and a Clio 1.5 dCi, all maintained by "Dad's Garage" ... along with my Decorating, Plumbing, Electrics, Computer, Gardening and Taxi services!!
Best buys in last couple of years: Lexia-3 cable kit so I can use PP2000 on the two Pugs and a Sealey diagnostic box used for the Pugs and Clio (also have DDT2000 software on laptop). Also have two diag systems for the 156 but haven't yet needed to play with the MiTo yet.
Long gone the old days when it was all done with a meter, good eyesight and hearing, and guess work!
Luckily we also now have these forums to bounce ideas off each other ... rather than paper manuals and just our own experience!!
Family Fleet: ex-Cayman Green 206 CC 2.0 LE, Indigo Blue 206 1.4 HDi Hatchback, Subaru BRZ Auto, Alfa Romeo MiTo