u/deeo2468

1.1 5 speed

88k km

made the 6 hour drive home zero issues at a constant 3k rpm at 100kmh

no radio from factory

truely lovely little car

hi guys im replacing my ignition switch, ive done everything up until now where it says to "Rotate the assembly upward until the tumbler clears the front of the dash and remove the assembly" but i cant get it rotated enough to get it out. Ive tried watching vids but its always unclear what theyre doing. Ive undone the clamp and the lockout pin is pushed in all the way that's why im able to pull the assembly up and down

Hi guys just bought a new to me Peugeot roadbike probably early 90s but not sure, hasn't been ridden in decades probably.

I want to bring it back to a "pleasant riding" state as i do intended to ride it a lot. The frame feels like a perfect size for me, i have 89cm inseam, bike is either 59 or 60cm dosent say anywhere on the frame, those are my measurements.

The other day i swapped out the old tires and inner tubes for some fresh ones.

Brakes feel super stiff and dont do a whole lot of stopping. Is that just a new cable and pads or do i need to dig into the brakes too and lube something up?

Also the rear derailleur when im using the shifter dosent want to move under the biggest cog so i cant select the lowest gear, what could that cause?

Biggest question, should i refresh these old parts or just straight up purchase a new group set and new brakes and restomod it.

Whole bike needs a good refresh and i never did too much bicycle wrenching but i work on my own car a lot so this shouldn't be that difficult im just not sure what problems cause what symptoms and what parts to order/buy.

Any help is appreciated thank you

Hi guys first post.

I am from Croatia, and I was just wondering what is the ownership of this car like in Europe, if someone from this sub owns it there?

Im a super big fan of the car and would really like to purchase it in the near future. If i understand correctly outside of the NA market, the only available spec in Euro and Australian/NZ market was the Ultra Luxury spec? So air suspension, soft close doors, rear seat stereo controls and rear seat cooling/heating and massaging, cooler box, Mark Levinson sound system, basically the full Ultra Luxury like the USDM one or did they cut some of the features out?

Aside from that what is the ownership experience like in Europe? Lexus isnt a common brand here at all so what is the part availability and such like?

Im not too concerned about the fuel economy or emissions.

There are a few on sale on Autoscout24 (a popular European car sale website), Id like to purchase a facelift as i do like the way it looks more and having an extra gear, i also heard that a few of the small reliability kinks were worked out with the facelift, especially the 05-06 year, even though apparently the gearbox requires a bit more care.

Id like to purchase a completely stock one with a nice decently detailed maintenance history with obviously the least amount of mileage possible (but id be more than happy with anything under 200k km), and also preferably from an area which dosent get snow/road salt. I have a budget of 12k or so euro. Is this realistic? Please let me know.

Pfa.

Thank you.

Crazy what a difference the valve adjustment made not only to the torque and feel but also to the fuel economy.

Before id get on average 8.5 to 9l per 100km for both city and highway driving. (27 to 25mpg) Sometimes as high as 10l/100km (23mpg) if i was really in a rush.

Post valve adjustment it went down to only 7.03l/100km, which is also half city half highway. (33.5mpg). And this is definitely not driving it conservatively either.

This means that on a full tank, 65l (17.1 US gall), it could do 923 kilometres or 573 miles. Not too bad for a 50 year old diesel in a luxury boat with 113nm/83lbft of toruqe (200d)

i know its supposed to be 50/50 (and zerex g05), but is it supposed to be 50% percent PURE coolant and 50% distilled water,

or 50% ALREADY pre mixed coolant and then 50% distilled water. my coworker is calling me crazy for mixing in 50% pure coolant.

pic for attention

i went full balkan spec

took off the cluster the other day and ive noticed this loose connection. does anybody know what its for? there was no obvious plug in points on the rear of the instrument cluster

just completed mt first valve adjustment and it was worth it. dont mind what im doing in the first video just listen to the noise. engine sounds way happier at all rpms and pulls harder (its a 200d so every bit of torque counts). every single valve was out of adjustment a considerable amount.

a lot of fucking around but with patience a monkey could do it, its actually kind of relaxing once you get a good flow going after the first few valves.

hey guys. i think im reading the gauge right but this is almost a thousand rpms right? when im driving the revs drop normally in-between shifts so its only an idle thing. no codes or anything. saxo 1.5 diesel '01

as you can see i point the laser on the thermostat housing. the side which has the hot coolant interacting with it at all times is showing 70°C. The side which only has coolant flowing thru it after the thermostat is open is showing 30°C cooler. This was after a 30 minute drive on a warm night so it definitely should've opened, which would've made the temperature much more similar. The block temp was 90°C.

The thermostat was tested in stovetop boiling water before we installed it and it did open.

I think this means its stuck closed, its at 47°C probably because of ambient temperature.

Please let me know what you guys think.