Roffle Peugeot 405 1.9TD - Going Home.

[Jim Bell]

Nice clean car hope it lasts you well,

How do you find headroom?

It's fine man. Need the seatback tilted away slightly but there's much more room than in a Cavalier or Astra.

[garbaldy]

The only one I managed not to rub my hair of on was a sunroofless one, I was always going to modify the seat base to lower seat.

[beko1987]

£12k for a whole pug 405? That is good value!

[purplebargeken]

That looks proper smart. Practical too.

[Richard]

They improved the headroom a bit in the later models, mostly by deleting the sunroof but even with a sunroof they were a bit better.

[purplebargeken]

4 & 36 please.

[Honey Badger]

Cracking looking motor, we used to have a 405 2.0 per estate as a work hack and it was always fun to have a blat about in, definitely one of pugs best looking models. Yours looks mint.

 

Excellent purchase, are we running a book on how long you keep it I'll take 37.3 days please.

[Lord Sterling]

Looks like a proper cracker there VND, great purchase. The seats must velour sinkingly lovely to sit in.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I will be changing the plates so something in a more pleasing font, without flags, as a matter of urgency.

You should be PUMMELLED by the full force of the MOT for that WRONG FONT plate.

[Jim Bell]

They only tend to pull people for petty things like that if they look VERY SUSPICIOUS.

[Lacquer Peel]

I just commissioned new numberplates for you, £50 please.

 

 

[Lacquer Peel]

You just need to change it to a Ford Mondeo GLX petrol.

[Bren]

The pinnacle of shite ownership?

 

20 years old, runs on veg, without the complexity of modern diesels.

 

Top bombing.

[nacho man]

I bet you could sell this 20 times over on here, I would definitely put my name down for a 100000003% future buyage scheme.

[Junkman]

It goes to full with IGN then goes to empty and never moves again?!?  (there plenty of oil in the car)

It does exactly what it is supposed to do. It shows you the oil level when the ignition is on, but the engine is off.

When the engine is running, it's going on zero. Did it not come with an owner's manual.

 

 

The clutch is exhibiting similar symptoms to the 305 and 306 I have had in the past.  It pulls fine and doesnt slip, but there a judder on pulling away (even at moderate revs, and worse in reverse) and the pedal travel is short and stiff. 

Pug clutches seem to go like this for some reason so its something to address in the future but absolutely fine to enjoy as is for the time being.

The clutch cables of Peugeots and Citroens of this era are wear items and have to be replaced at relgular service intervals.

[Jim Bell]

It does exactly what it is supposed to do. It shows you the oil level when the ignition is on, but the engine is off.

When the engine is running, it's going on zero. Did it not come with an owner's manual.

 

 

 

The clutch cables of Peugeots and Citroens of this era are wear items and have to be replaced at relgular service intervals.

 

It did come with an owners manual, which helpfully described it as an Oil Level Gauge. No further mention.

 

It's not the cable either I'm affraid. Or I'm pretty certain it's not. I changed a cable on a 306 that was displaying similar symptoms to no avail, and it just got worse and eventually snapped the plastic connector behind the pedal.

 

Changed the clutch and it was fine.

 

Though I admit I'm often wrong.

[Lacquer Peel]

A 405 TD is probably already like a supercar after WW's recent steeds.

I noticed some mild tinkering makes the XUD9TE more user-friendly if not a speed machine, they are a bit laggy in standard form but some minor adjustments to the fuel screw and boost compensator almost eliminate it and you can enjoy real world benefits like not changing gears so often.

Argh, I'd love a car with a VE pump again.

 

Some excellent guides here, for people who haven't seen them before:

 

The Exhaust

 

The Intake

 

Fuelling Adjustments

 

Boost and the Injection System

 

Final Tuning of the Injection System

[Ghosty]

 a wood knob, 

 

KNOB CAR

[beko1987]

Bookmarking that for when i get my exhaust and rear brakes sorted!

[Felly Magic]

I think the forum has fallen in love with this dinosaur juice powered Pug wagon. Top bombing there, and has already been said, everyone is queueing up to buy it off you

[Ghosty]

Everyone except Junkman...

[loserone]

I think when WW finally succumbs to moving it on in three days' time, the old fair method will be an AS raffle.  It's not like it's going to be tricky to sell the tickets, even at £$£$.

 

Well bought, that man.  Looks ace and I've love to try more of these early 90s pugs.

[DodgyBastard]

A 405 TD is probably already like a supercar after WW's recent steeds.

I noticed some mild tinkering makes the XUD9TE more user-friendly if not a speed machine, they are a bit laggy in standard form but some minor adjustments to the fuel screw and boost compensator almost eliminate it and you can enjoy real world benefits like not changing gears so often.

 

Argh, I'd love a car with a VE pump again.

 

Some excellent guides here, for people who haven't seen them before:

 

The Exhaust

 

The Intake

 

Fuelling Adjustments

 

Boost and the Injection System

 

Final Tuning of the Injection System

 

I really need to try some of this shit on the Tata...

[Jim Bell]

This old brick is getting a fresh clutch cable on wed (I'm hoping JM is right and that I'm wrong).

 

I also got some dealer plates made up after a recommendation from Dougong.

 

The original dealer is still trading, and I have a couple of key rings but they wouldnt suply me with plates.

 

DMB graphics came up trumps and did the plates, a dealer sticker and something called a "tax dick holster?!?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was hoping theyd be pre drilled.

[dollywobbler]

How would they pre-drill them? Are the holes that universal in their spacing? Remove old plates, put over the top of new plates, drill through holes. Sorted. It's what we did with the Dyane ones. 

 

As for PSA clutches, especially on XUDs, I've never owned one that had a nice clutch. The springs on the clutch do weaken with age, so many clutches get changed even with plenty of life left on them. I'm considering it for the XM before the heaviness of the clutch does the cable in. I should probably change the cable too, but they're hideous money on the XM.

[Jim Bell]

How would they pre-drill them? Are the holes that universal in their spacing? Remove old plates, put over the top of new plates, drill through holes. Sorted. It's what we did with the Dyane ones.

 

As for PSA clutches, especially on XUDs, I've never owned one that had a nice clutch. The springs on the clutch do weaken with age, so many clutches get changed even with plenty of life left on them. I'm considering it for the XM before the heaviness of the clutch does the cable in. I should probably change the cable too, but they're hideous money on the XM.

 

I dunno man? With a drill?

 

They demand a copy of the v5 before they start. So the spacing should be reasonably easy to work out if you know what vehicle and year it is.

 

Guess I was wrong though. What a dick eh?

[cms206]

Wow, the original owner lived in the town where I spent the first 18 years of my life. In fact when I returned I lived about a quarter mile from that house. Not bad to say it's a tiny little shithole, not like "oooh they were from London, I lived in London too".

My Cavalier was new to a fella in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Beulah Road or something. Lovely folks.

[Rusty_Rocket]

Those DMB plates look flippin PERFECT

[KruJoe]

Are the holes that universal in their spacing?

 

They are on some Toyotas. This has proved quite useful in my experience...

[Pillock]

My Cavalier was new to a fella in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Beulah Road or something. Lovely folks.

My mate lived on Beulah road, and his dad had a black sharknose 3 series when they were bangers. His mum was fit.