So this is what owning a french car is like...

[Bailes1992]

Oh yes, eam sealer and underseal. Hides a multitude of sins!

Well the rust was covered in cardboard and underseal lol. We were pulling newspaper out of it dated to 2003

[Harshan]

It's a good job you're in a recovery service as a young chappy. I spent years chancing it and driving all over the place....London, York, Manchester etc all with no chance of getting home if the worst happened and all in the days of no mobile phones. Mind you cars were simpler then, probably less chance of a breakdown than today

Amen to that ... I had about dozens of old cars including 3 504s.. some were with 1960's! YOM, yet ran rock solid. Accidentally bumped into my first Peugeot, that is 504 in 2001 and she ran solid one and a half year without even a service!. During 6+ years of ownership, it had only stayed couple of days in the garage not running, yet French. So does other 504s. Upgraded(?) to this bloddy 406 and from the day 1 I started to think, "damn is this a different brand?" "is this a Peugeot ?", " is this a successor of mighty 504?"
My better half (and in laws too) keep on complaining saying, 504 was more comfortable than this. Now me thinks, why I sold my beloved 504s.

[Harshan]

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[StevieboyTD]

About 20cm long by 10cm wide?

pfft, worked on an escort 55 van a couple of weeks ago, hole was 2" square, by the time i found solid steel, it was 18"x7"

[mjb]

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Much better than silly horizontal scroll bars

[Bailes1992]

Can anyone explain to me how the outside of the driveshaft looks intact yet theres stuff from the inside of the driveshaft where the ball bearing failed all over the place?




This is looking at it from above...

[steve_earwig]

Whuh? Where'd all that cr@p come from?

I still don't get if that's the driveshaft inner cv joint or the differential side bearings Although I'd expect lots of oil on the gearbox for that.

@Harshan: Love the 504 nostalgia I still see the occasional one knocking around here, must take a pic next time.

[Harshan]

Whuh? Where'd all that cr@p come from?

I still don't get if that's the driveshaft inner cv joint or the differential side bearings Although I'd expect lots of oil on the gearbox for that.

@Harshan: Love the 504 nostalgia I still see the occasional one knocking around here, must take a pic next time.

I'd too suggest inner bearings by judging based on spewed oil which has happend only for a short period of time. Being the short driveshaft it's easy to take out and inspect. Check the innter CV also for cracked/knackered spring or CV itself.

This happened to me recently and car started wobbling a lot and to find innter CV joint doesn't have any of small needles in it.

@Steve: Would love to see there's people admiring 504 nostalgia, it actually is a 504 sickness. But prevailing economic and vehicle market conditions make it's extremely impossible to make a practical daily runner off from a 504. Few years back there were enough spares but then again I had to be extra cautious of reckless drivers to safeguard rare body parts such as bumpers.

[steve_earwig]

Peugeot seem to be phasing out D8-specific parts already so I'd imagine getting anything for a 504 would be almost impossible!

[Harshan]

Peugeot seem to be phasing out D8-specific parts already so I'd imagine getting anything for a 504 would be almost impossible!

at the same time agents for Mercs in Sri Lanka will provide you almost anything for any Merc you own, be it a 180 or 220. Something to do with principles or agents? having said that, Peugeot would have a better impression, brand recognition if not for shitty agents.

[steve_earwig]

Funnily enough I'm told Merc can supply parts for their cars going back to just after the second world war, presumably they have some sort of pride in their cars which Pug obviously don't.

They'll cost you an arm and leg of course

[mjb]

Peugeot seem to be phasing out D8-specific parts already so I'd imagine getting anything for a 504 would be almost impossible!

I think it's going to be more a case of "running out of" rather than "phasing out". I imagine they've not made a single 406 component since around 2002...