Delight your family and surprise your friends by changing your own tyres!!

[panhard65]

Fiat Ulysse / Peugeot 806 / Citroen Synergie?

Thats my guess as well. I keep toying with the idea of Alfa wheels on my 806  but as it has near new tyres I just can't justify it

[dozeydustman]

Citroen Dispatch?

[Supernaut]

The mention of two Italian badge engineered versions is nicely misleading for some.

 

We didn't get the Lancia here.

[djoptix]

Fiat Ulysse / Peugeot 806 / Citroen Synergie?

 

We have a w1nz0r!!!!

 

 

Mine for the princely sum of £470 including the train ticket and a day's temporary insurance. 1.9td, VSX model so it has six seats instead of seven. Theoretically it has aircon but of course it's broken. It seems mechanically surprisingly sound.

 

Bad points: driver's front wing is fucked, it's paaaainfully slow after the Saab 2.3t (which will be for sale soon). And the main thing; inside it is Ab. So. Lutely. Fucking. Minging.

 

I'll start a thread soon, this one might be a keeper.

[Jim Bell]

That looks top bin.

[panhard65]

Yay welcome to the club My 806 is an HDI and even with 259,000 miles will still crack a ton easily. It also does over 40 to the gallon and you can get 3 French motorbikes in the back. They are great workhorses and I love mine.

[Supernaut]

That looks fuggin' ace on the Alfa wheels!

[djoptix]

This one is my third. The first one was this colour and the 1.9td. It got set on fire on my drive when I lived in a crappy bit of Bristol. The second was a green HDi which I ran into the ground a bit. When I bought it, the POs had turned it into a mini camper and it came with a load of camping kit (though no rear seats).

 

Since then I've had a couple of C5s but I've always missed the load lugging capabilities of one of these. We'll see how this one goes...

[djoptix]

It's got a good number plate too. (dreadful pictures courtesy of the FB ad)

 

[Lacquer Peel]

2/4 cars I've had with working air con were XUD powered. Just needs a regas M8. I almost bought an XUD Ulysse a while ago, I think one of these would suit me well.

[D Spares & Tyres]

It's got a good number plate too. (dreadful pictures courtesy of the FB ad)

 

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That came from Croxfords of Worcester Road, Kidderminster. My local Citroen dealer. Gone now though.

[fatharris]

Looks tidy as you like.

 

Well bought!

[dougiefourspeed]

These are great. My parents had both a Mk1 Ulysee and then one of the very final 806’s on a 52 plate. Both 2.0 pez. I never drove the Fiat but the Pug was lovely. Comfiest drivers seat ever, punchy engine and 500+ Miles to the tank full.

 

They bought an 807 new to replace it in about 2008 which was so shit they sold it and kept the 806 until about 2012.

 

Well bought sir!

[bramz7]

I've always fancied an 806 but my other half hates them. I think her parents had one and she assumes it's me trying to force kids on her basically.

[djoptix]

Surely she has met you and would know that you want it for hauling tat around in?

[djoptix]

I changed the glowplugs. What a bastard of a job.

 

Guess which ones weren't working?

 

[djoptix]

As of today the Synergie has a fresh MOT - it only failed on tyres! I don't see what all the fuss is about, they look fine to me.
 

 
This seemed like a good opportunity to use my tyre changer. I've mounted it on a baseboard and tethered it down, as shown, with turnbuckles and a ratchet strap...
 

 
I've filed down some needle nose pliers so I can remove the valve cores - this makes it easy to deflate and also helps when reinflating the tyre.
 

 
Next thing is to pop the tyre off the rim. Depending on the tyre/wheel combination, this can be nice and easy, or a complete bastard of a job. The angle of the "foot" is crucial. Too close to the upright and the foot will pop off the bead; too far away and it will just push the tyre into your leg.
 

 
Once the tyre is off the rim, put the wheel on the upright...
 

 
...I use some welding gauntlets to stop the wheel surface getting marked.
 

 
Next, take the top bead off. The trick is to take it slow and use plenty of lube. If you go rushing in there with your big tool when the rim is dry, nobody will end up happy. First work your tip in...
 

 
...then work around until that rim is nice and loose. You may like to keep her the wheel steady with your other hand.
 

 

Refitting is the reverse of removal. You'll need two hands here as my video shows - I might have used a bit too much lube as well...

 

 

...finally, revel in perhaps the most satisfying automotive job; the lovely moment when the tyre goes "bang" and seats itself.

 

[Jim Bell]

My favourite bit was when the thing went bang.

[Cavcraft]

Hats off for managing to break the beads on an alloy wheel with one of these. We struggled like an asbolute bastard and just used it for a couple of steels in the end.

[Mally]

I had one of those machines.

Never managed to break a bead with it, so sold it for 15 quid.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Ooh, I did this once! Tyre fitter let me have a go. Fun but a bit scary - do not get your fingers in the wrong place.

[djoptix]

My favourite bit was when the thing went bang.

I was also fond of that bit.

[yes oui si]

My favourite bit was when the thing went bang.

I was hoping that this would be like your guide to tyre changing from RR back in the day, involving bits of barn door and all sorts...

[djoptix]

Hats off for managing to break the beads on an alloy wheel with one of these. We struggled like an asbolute bastard and just used it for a couple of steels in the end.

 

I had one of those machines.

Never managed to break a bead with it, so sold it for 15 quid.

 

There is definitely a series of knacks that you need to develop for it. I've had it for a few years but I reckon I'm only just getting good at it. It has paid for itself though - I've used it for a lot of changes now. At a market average of £10 a corner I think it's well worth having, especially if you change track tyres around...

[Jazoli]

Looks like a lot of hard work to me, I do my bike tyres but car tyres are a step too far for me anyway, ps a valve core tool is a quid

[Saabnut]

I used to have one of those machines - I gave it to a friend when I bought an elctro/air one from a closed garage. It is nothing like as good as the new ones, but it does fine for me.

[Rave]

Good work. How do you balance the wheel, out of interest?

[garbaldy]

Good work. How do you balance the wheel, out of interest?

I just do a muckle roll back or two usually works.

[junkyarddog]

Everyone should have a tyre removal system.

 

I keep this one in the shed,runs on crisps and the occasional can of coca cola

 

[djoptix]

Looks like a lot of hard work to me, I do my bike tyres but car tyres are a step too far for me anyway, ps a valve core tool is a quid

 

Yes, I have since discovered this!! Oh well.