Daily driver...

[dgt]

Not my daily driver but will be as of August this year

Some may have seen a few pics of the car but I might aswell make a thread!

So, I have a 1998 406 1.9TD. Bough it in April with a few defects


First spotted 2 blown bulbs and a leaking (wrong) backbox



Awaiting the new backbox still


Aerial was missing so I replaced it with the one off a 106 I have here too



Next was a non working window, down to a faulty motor


Then a faulty stop solenoid, I had to rewire it into the ignition loom


The interior was so grubby and smelly, I had to replace it with another one... The smell would knock you out



So I tore almost everything out and binned it!




Now fitted with a GLX interior

After that was the timing belt...


Broke the pulley taking it off had to get another one...


Most recent was the engine steady


Or rather, lack of


And some caliper paint for the rusty calipers


Still plenty to do!

[jonsowman]

You've put a lot of work into this, great to see Well done!

What else have you got planned for it?

Nice to see another D8, they seem to be getting rarer

[Gary406]

you have been very busy by the looks of it. did you take a pic of the complete interior ?

[dgt]

You've put a lot of work into this, great to see Well done!

What else have you got planned for it?

Nice to see another D8, they seem to be getting rarer

Cheers! I plan to get some alloys and coilovers when finances permit tried to wire in the rear elec windows, I'll need more time to figure that out, seems to be a challenge to do, don't want to let those GLX cards go to loss! First though is to get it roadworthy, technically it is tested untill the end of August but it wouldn't pass with those ball joints...

They do indeed seem to be vanishing, I was lucky to find this one close to where I'm from...

you have been very busy by the looks of it. did you take a pic of the complete interior ?

Cheers! Haven't a pic of the interior in the car but here's a pic of it in the van...


I'll be getting proper pics in daylight

[dgt]

Damn, never got those pics... The car is a mess inside!

Still sorting it out mechanically. Priority


The dirt and smell was disgraceful




The old clutch was slipping...


Much better


Needed a new turbo pipe too


And a lot of the engine needed a damn good clean! An example why...


This was actually black...


Not anymore

[Welly]

That's a great job, well done so far

[Ares]

I admire your will and knowledge,nice job you done.
what are those other cars,the older.pics of them all we want
keep up the gopod work,lovely car,i have the same,silver color

[dgt]

I admire your will and knowledge,nice job you done.
what are those other cars,the older.pics of them all we want
keep up the gopod work,lovely car,i have the same,silver color

Well, those other cars, there's a few different ones hiding in some of the pictures... So I'll put up the ones hiding in the pics worthy of putting up!

In one of the first few pics I put up was a green Vectra and a silver Bravo... In some of the others (window fix and interior shot) there's an Iveco van (not mine)

I spoke of a 106, it's a weird one, for off road use...


It doesn't look like that any more!

In one of the car jacked up on the drivers side is my Alfa 166. 2.5 V6 with my E34 lurking behind



In the other pics, there's 2 W126 Mercs (not mine!) ones a 280SE and the others a 500SE
This one is for spares


The one in the garage is being restored, bit by bit




A good few more cars here too... We absolutely love Bravos here!

The 406 is replacing the dark blue Bravo in the 1st pic as my daily driver btw

[lozz]

The alfa looks nice, what Mpg do you get out of it ?

Bravos are good not many left tho , Did you have the 2.0 2ov bravo?

[dgt]

The alfa looks nice, what Mpg do you get out of it ?

Bravos are good not many left tho , Did you have the 2.0 2ov bravo?

The Alfa averages about 22mpg normal driving far handier on longer runs and far thirstier around the town but the sound of the engine makes it all worthwhile It currently sits infront of the house, I don't drive it much anymore. A long term resto

Sadly over here a 2.0 20v Bravo is nearly unheard of. We have had 7 Bravos, 6 1.2's and a 1.9TD, currently have 4. I originally got the Alfa to stick it's engine into my Bravo but I very quickly fell in love with the Alfa, I couldn't do it!

[dgt]

Back to the real world...

Painted calliper and bracket


New track rods


Brake bleeding!


Disgraceful...


Next, boot of goodies


Out with the old...


Old loom...


New loom


Front door...


Only way to get it out!


Currently scratching my head trying to get the rear windows to work...

Lastly, drop links


Front almost sorted

[lozz]

excellent stuff mate,

so not much left to change before youve totaly rebuilt it

What paint did you use on the calipers? it looks alright that,

[dgt]

excellent stuff mate,

so not much left to change before youve totaly rebuilt it

What paint did you use on the calipers? it looks alright that,

It wouldn't be the first time I've rebuilt a daily hack

I used Halfords blue calliper paint on the callipers and hammerite black on the brackets. The drums are painted blue, but I think I'll revert them to black...

Replacement day is approaching

It wasn't getting the correct fuel, decided to take out the sender and see what it was like.

This didn't fill me with confidence...


Wasn't as bad as I thought, but still dirty


Now revs up cleaner

New battery too


A nasty niggling problem was a non working headlight... Time to sort that!


This was going to the expansion bottle, a sign of things to come...


....after ripping out the right front corner of the car


But it paid off and after finding the offending grey wire I finally have full lighting power


Grille will be going back on, as soon as I get a radiator for it.... One thing after another!

[Blue406]

Wow.
If this thing doesn't look like it just rolled out of the factory when you're done, I'll be disappointed!

[dgt]

Wow.
If this thing doesn't look like it just rolled out of the factory when you're done, I'll be disappointed!

I do what I can! The painting and dent removal will ensue when I get it tested for hat fresh out of the factory effect

So more stuff was done...

First, the lock was annoying me. It kept deciding when it wanted to work. So I got another one and binned the old one!


It was clearly messed with before...


Next, new door hinge, for obvious reasons!


Followed by a new rad and thermo pipe


As the old one was, er...


Front card fitted


Trim fitted


Putting on a bracket for the GLX card...


Fitted


And, finally, pics of a somewhat clean interior that need cleaning...!



Still not finished either!